The Education Department said Tuesday it plans to lay off more than 1,300 employees in an effort to cut its staff in half, according to the Associate Press. This comes in preparation of President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Task Force on homelessness discussed plan on Thursday to further resources in Mid-Missouri. The group was updated on what officials in Columbia are doing. One of the main focuses was making changes to Turning Point in Columbia, including a new contract for an overnight center and expanding the temperature
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The man charged Wednesday for allegedly spraying two strangers with a caustic liquid near the parking lot at Bear Creek Trail made his initial court appearance Thursday. Maxon Castle, 22, has been charged in Boone County with two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the Tuesday incident in the trail parking
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The outgoing prime minister of Greenland on Thursday said he would summon party leaders to strengthen their rejection of US President Donald Trump’s plan to annex the island territory, following his most recent comments on the issue. In an Oval Office news briefing with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ameren Missouri filed an application on Monday to lease a project site from Audrain County, the Missouri Public Service Commission said in a Thursday press release. Ameren looks to build a 50 megawatt solar facility referred to as the Vandalia Project. The PSC March 26 as the deadline “for those wishing to
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Just yesterday we talked about C.A.P.E. ( Convective, Available, Potential, Energy) and how it’s one of many ingredients needed to make storms happen. Cape is basically the energy for the storms, or the fuel. Another ingredient that’s going to be much needed is going to be wind shear, and we actually have two types. We
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man was charged in Pettis County after he allegedly led a trooper on a high-speed chase on Wednesday. Maxwell Payette was charged on Thursday with aggravated fleeing, four counts of armed criminal action, one count of drug possession, unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of illegal gun possession and
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Looming tariffs and avian flu are just some of the factors impacting grocery bills. See how much the cost
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags at Johnson County government buildings to fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of Vernon Collett. Collett, 60, was a captain at the Johnson County Fire Protection District who died on Saturday while responding to a fire in the 600 block of Northeast Route
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A registered sex offender from Versailles was charged on Thursday after he allegedly tried to lure a child into a white van on Wednesday. James Anthony Ferrell, 64, was charged in Morgan County with child enticement, second-degree attempted kidnapping and drug possession. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without
Continue Reading By Caitlin Danaher and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — Armenian and Azerbaijani officials said Thursday that both countries have agreed to a peace agreement set to end nearly four decades of conflict between the two post-Soviet countries. The neighboring countries have been engaged in a decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region in the Caucasus
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported in a Wednesday night building fire in Holts Summit, the Holts Summit Fire Protection District wrote in a Thursday afternoon press release. A large utility building – in the 12000 block of Callaway County Road 391 — was engulfed in flames when units arrived at 8:35 p.m., the
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The United States has put forward a new proposal that would secure the release of a handful of living hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a month-long extension of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, a source familiar with the negotiations said. The exact number of living and
Continue Reading CNN By Chelsea Bailey, Jeff Winter, Omar Jimenez, John Miller, Mark Morales and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 100 people were arrested after protesters gathered at Trump Tower in Manhattan Thursday to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained by ICE over his involvement with pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University. The
Continue Reading By Chelsea Bailey, Jeff Winter, Omar Jimenez, John Miller, Mark Morales and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 100 people were arrested after protesters gathered at Trump Tower in Manhattan Thursday to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist detained by ICE over his involvement with pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University. The protest,
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — A federal judge has ordered half a dozen federal agencies to “immediately” reinstate probationary employees fired last month as part of the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly shrink the federal workforce, calling the effort a “sham.” The preliminary injunction issued from the bench Thursday by US District
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Residents of Naples and its surrounding areas abandoned their homes and camped out in parks and cars after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck near the Italian city early Thursday morning, rattling nerves after weeks of intense seismic activity. There were several reports of homes damaged and cars hit
Continue Reading CNN By Michelle Krupa, Dakin Andone, Travis Caldwell and Asher Moskowitz, CNN (CNN) — Both sides of his door had been secured with plywood and a lock, the man would later say, to stop him from getting out. For years, he’d only been given two sandwiches – egg or tuna salad, or peanut butter –
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — At least eight agencies are investigating a recent fire at a Bayer executive’s New Jersey home as a possible arson, authorities said. The fire happened around 7:30 a.m. March 4 “at an occupied residence on East Lane in Madison,” the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office told CNN on Thursday. “The
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Ibrahim Dahman and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s plans for the future of Gaza were further shrouded in confusion on Wednesday when he told reporters that “nobody is expelling any Palestinians” from the enclave – an apparent climbdown from his previous proclamations that its population should be
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