Mid-Missouri sees a decent amount of energy in the environment this evening/ tonight according to the instability tracker with higher values back towards Kansas City. Storm start times are looking to primarily exists after midnight Monday night due to an atmospheric CAP in place. So what exactly is a cap? Well, it’s a thing that
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By Taylor Romine and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Four people, ranging in age from 4 to 18, are dead and several others are injured after a car crashed through an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois, authorities said. At about 3:20 p.m. Monday, police responded after a vehicle drove through the east side of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia utility crews were back out on the streets picking up trash and blue recycling bags this morning despite recycling processing being suspended following an EF-1 tornado. The plans were announced last week with the plan of helping residents continue their trash and recycling routine even with both recycling and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lower bond has been set for a woman who is accused of shooting and killing a woman at a Holts Summit apartment complex earlier this month. Heather M. Smith, 37, was charged with second-degree murder, child endangerment, armed criminal action and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Her bond was
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Local agencies underwent an emergency training exercise at the Columbia Regional Airport on Monday. The triennial training allows emergency personnel to respond to a simulated plane crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lee’s Summit man filed suit Friday against a law designed to give the attorney general more power in a lawsuit over abortion rights and changes how ballot questions are written. Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 22 into law on Thursday in Cole County. The law allows the attorney general to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri is the 18th largest state by population, with 161 licensed hospitals statewide. In rural counties, their numbers are dropping. According to the Department of Health and Senior Services, 12 Missouri hospitals in rural counties closed from 2014 to 2023. “Minutes can mean the difference between life and death,” said Heidi Lucas,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The construction of a roundabout in Versailles will begin on Monday, May 5 at the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 5, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Work will take place 6 p.m.-6 a.m. Monday through Friday through mid-June, the release says. All work is
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Married couples who no longer have an emotional attachment to each other but stay together for financial or other reasons might be experiencing a “silent divorce.” The signs are loud and clear. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man was sentenced on Monday to eight years in prison for child sex crimes. Joshua Ginsberg, 44, of Roach, Missouri, pleaded guilty in February in Morgan County to two counts of sexual conduct involving a child younger than 15 years old. He is being held at the Morgan County
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged with six felonies after authorities claim he trafficked stolen identities. Christian Blackmore, 31, of Sunrise Beach, has been charged with trafficking stolen identities, first-degree tampering with a vehicle, two counts of drug possession, one count of tampering with evidence, driving revoked and an infraction of displaying plates
Continue Reading By Dana Karni and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Embattled Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar says he will step down on June 15, nearly three months after Israel’s government voted for the first time ever to dismiss the head of the security agency. “My love for the homeland and my loyalty to the state are
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The criminal investigation into Sedalia councilman who resigned last week may include sexual harassment of a juvenile, according to a Monday email from Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders. Former Ward 1 Councilman Tom Oldham stepped down on Thursday after “serious allegations” were brought against him, the City of Sedalia wrote in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Someone purchased a lottery ticket in Sturgeon that led to a $2 million prize, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Lottery. The ticket – that matched all six numbers on Saturday night’s drawing — was bought at Prenger Foods at 105 West Smith St. It is the first Lottery-made
Continue Reading CNN By Max Saltman, Paula Newton and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Canadians hit the polls on Monday in an election overshadowed by tariffs, economic uncertainty and annexation threats from the United States. Voters will decide whether to grant Prime Minister Mark Carney a full four-year mandate or give the Conservative Party a turn at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper took questions from reporters Monday afternoon along with star player Grace Slaughter. Harper has signed several players since being hired last month to lead the women’s team after the departure of Robin Pingeton. Watch the news conference live in the media player.
Continue Reading By Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — A Kansas City firefighter-paramedic has died after being stabbed by a patient during a medical transport early Sunday morning, city officials announced. Firefighter-paramedic Graham Hoffman, 29, was critically injured around 1 a.m. while transporting a patient to Saint Luke’s Hospital
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — US federal agents early Sunday raided what authorities described as an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs and took into custody more than 100 migrants accused of being in the country illegally, the US Drug Enforcement Administration said. “What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence,”
Continue Reading By Saskya Vandoorne and Sérène Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — Nearly nine years after billionaire reality TV star Kim Kardashian was bound, gagged and robbed at gunpoint during Paris Fashion Week, the trial of nine men and one woman accused of carrying out the dramatic heist opened Monday at a packed courthouse in the French
Continue Reading By Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel on Monday boycotted a hearing at the United Nations’ top court on its decision to ban a UN aid agency that has served millions of Palestinians since it was established in 1949. The hearings will look at Israel’s obligations, both as a member of
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