COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI is investigating a New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans that left several dead as an act of terrorism. New Orleans TV station WGNO reported 15 people had died by late Wednesday afternoon, citing the local coroner. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic events that unfolded in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man died early Wednesday when a fire broke out in a four-unit apartment building in Boone County just outside southwest Columbia. The fire was reported a little before 4 a.m. at 4357 W. Bellview Drive. Firefighters found a man in the living room of an apartment and removed him from the
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) The Mizzou Tigers’ defense held strong late in the fourth quarter, delivering a narrow win against Iowa in the Music City Bowl. The Tigers won 27-24, powered by two 50-plus-yard field goals from kicker Blake Craig. You can watch the full postgame press conference with Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, quarterback Brady
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer who vowed to restore morality and truth to politics after an era of White House scandal and who redefined post-presidential service, died Sunday at the age of 100. The Carter Center said the 39th president died in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by
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A Boone County grand jury indicted a Springfield, Missouri, man Friday with murder in a local crash.
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach police said Friday that they arrested a teenager in connection with a threat that led School of the Osage to cancel nighttime events. The Osage Beach Police Department posted a news release on social media Friday afternoon saying a 15-year-old had been arrested in connection with the Thursday threat
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor decided Thursday that two Callaway County deputies who had a fatal shootout with a suspect will not face charges. Cpl. Justin Bax and Deputy Gardner Pottorff were shot on Oct. 14 during an exchange of gunfire with a Texas man, Jonathan Beason. Beason died from gunshot wounds suffered in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged Friday with murder and a woman with manslaughter in a November beating death in Columbia. Alexander A. Aklan, 28, of Columbia, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Antonio Davis, 56, of Columbia. He had already been charged with first-degree assault, drug trafficking, armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Jackson County judge blocked Missouri’s near-total abortion ban Friday following the passage of a statewide constitutional amendment in November. Judge Jerri Zhang’s 22-page ruling temporarily blocks several state laws regulating the procedure. That includes Missouri’s law banning abortions except for a medical emergency. Planned Parenthood sued the state shortly after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A special prosecutor won’t file charges against Boone County deputies and Columbia police officers involved in a shootout that ended in the suspect’s death. Officers shot and killed Damion A. Linder during a standoff at a Sturgeon mobile home park in early June. Marion County Prosecuting Attorney Luke Bryant decided last month
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors charged a man Tuesday with murder for his alleged role in a deadly October shooting and charged another man — who was already in custody and charged — with murder. Daevion McCray, 21, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Orrion Moody, 28, of Columbia. Police found Moody with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis woman who pleaded guilty to the death of her infant whose body was found behind a Columbia tire store was sentenced Monday to probation. Lavosha Daniels was sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of corpse abandonment and seven years for involuntary manslaughter. The sentences would run
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, Shimon Prokupecz, Hanna Park and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. A student and a teacher were killed, and six
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man admitted to fatally shooting a St. Louis man last week in the parking lot of a Boone County bar, court documents say. Steven S. Jones, 45, was charged Sunday with being a felon with a gun. A probable cause statement says Jones admitted to shooting the 42-year-old victim outside
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley R. Williams, Gloria Pazmino, Evan Perez, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras, Shimon Prokupecz and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — As the manhunt for a still-unidentified suspect in the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan continues on its fifth day, police are missing key pieces of evidence and combing through what
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Men’s Basketball has toppled the top-ranked team in college basketball. MU defeated Kansas in the latest installment of the Border Showdown 76-67 in court-storming fashion, securing the program’s first victory over the No. 1 team in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 rankings since the 1997 season. You can watch the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Football is Music City Bowl bound. Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz’s group has punched a ticket to face Iowa in the Music City Bowl on Monday, Dec. 30 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, per an official announcement from the team. Kickoff time for this postseason matchup is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty Friday to killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Sevance T. Brewer, 32, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder after being charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder for the death of the fetus and other felony charges. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roads were covered in much of Mid-Missouri as the area saw its first snowfall of the season Saturday. According to a social media post from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, as of 6 a.m. Saturday, Troop F handled 80 non-injury crashes, seven crashes with injuries, one fatal crash and 186 stranded motorists.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday evening that Highway 50 had to be closed east of Tipton because of an RV fire. The patrol’s Troop F posted on social media just before 6 p.m. that an RV was “fully engulfed” in flame and had a large amount of propane on it.
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