CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will be making pavement upgrades along Interstate 70 in Callaway County over the next several months beginning Wednesday. Crews will begin with eastbound lanes going from the Boone/Callaway County line and to Kingdom City. The overall project will include resurfacing the lanes and ramps between Kingdom
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities in Wisconsin say a standoff ended after a man who had threatened to shoot police climbed into a ceiling, fell through and was arrested. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department said the standoff started Sunday just after 4 p.m. with a 911 call for someone
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEXAS (KTVT) — On a recent sunny Saturday, a local car show was buzzing. Nearly two dozen cars, and not a single one of them needed a drop of gas. Why? They were all driving all-electric vehicles. Just a battery-powered motor to push them down the road. We
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter, producer and activist. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1950 Birth place: Saginaw, Michigan Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Judkins Father: Calvin Judkins Mother: Lula Mae Hardaway Marriages: Tomeeka Robyn Bracy (2017-present); Karen “Kai” Millard Morris (2001-October 5, 2015, divorced); Syreeta Wright (September 14, 1970-1972,
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The US Food and Drug Administration will consider within months emergency use authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in children 2 to 11 years old — at a time polls show younger Americans are least likely to say they want a shot. The move comes as the country’s daily Covid-19 cases and deaths are now
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FISHERS, Indiana (WISH) — A 10-year-old boy from Fishers is on a mission to help the homeless across Indiana. Last week, Maddox O’Connor asked police to help hand out 200 blessing bags. Now, he has an even bigger goal of donating 3,000 bags full of food, hygiene products
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Diocese of Jefferson City has hired Emma Williams as an assistant principal of curriculum and instruction for the 2021-2022 school year for Helias Catholic High School. The hire is effective July 1. Williams comes to Helias from Osage County R-2 in Linn, Missouri. “Mrs. Williams will bring Helias valuable experience
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Judges could issue lifelong restraining orders that also cover pets under a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature. Senators on Monday voted 31-0 to send the bill to Gov. Mike Parson. Currently, orders of protection are limited to at most one year. After that, victims have to go back to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — The NYPD wants your help finding whoever attacked an Asian woman Sunday near Times Square. It happened around 8:45 p.m. on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue. Police said two women were walking when they were approached by the suspect, who told them to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — There is a disturbing video of a school principal in Clewiston hitting a six-year-old student with a wooden paddle. The student’s mother recorded the incident on her cell phone last month. The child’s mother said she did not give consent for the child to be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WJZ) — It’s tough to get an appointment with Steve Silva. “Pretty busy, booked up like every day,” Silva said. The Beacon Hill barber’s loyal client list is long and it’s been awhile since customers sat in his chair. “I missed being here,” said Silva. Steve is
Continue Reading Pfizer expects to file for full US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 16 to 85 this month, and will seek emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children ages 2 to 11 in September, the company said during an earnings call on Tuesday. The company’s vaccine safety and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore City Fire Chief Niles R. Ford addressed allegations Tuesday that the department did not have any units to respond to a quadruple shooting in Carroll Park over the weekend. A 22-year-old man is dead and three others are injured from that shooting. It happened
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — “When you look that kind of behavior up in the encyclopedia, it says ‘psychopath,’” said Jason Fincher. Not long ago, Fincher had gotten a pair of Great Dane puppies. “They are absolutely great dogs. I love them, they’re amazing,” he said. They lived in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — Whitney Pastorek got her annual mammogram from a hospital in her insurance network, not thinking twice about it, as she’d never paid for the preventative checkup before. Until the bill game; $403.02 from a doctor she didn’t know. “I was shocked. I didn’t know who
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — Detectives are trying to find the person who broke into Atlanta firefighters’ cars overnight. The break-in happened in southeast Atlanta at Fire Station 2 located at the 1500 block of Jonesboro Road in southeast Atlanta. According to Atlanta police, firefighters were responding to a fatal
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Shaunasty Townsend, 33, of Columbia was charged Tuesday with first-degree assault and first-degree robbery in connection with the attack April 16 on Elm Grove Drive in northeast Columbia.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The University of Mobile will award the doctor of humane letters to Sarah Bailey Thomas, a UM graduate who shattered glass ceilings and became the first female official to work a Super Bowl earlier this year. Thomas will deliver the commencement address at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MAGGIE VALLEY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two owners from a Maggie Valley Inn are going viral after posting what some are calling a gross message on their kiosk. Maggie Valley Inn owners say ‘no regrets’ after posting divisive sign “Right now, the kiosk says ACAB, the barrel is
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The pandemic has caused more than 1 million deaths worldwide. Experts say that toll has contributed to mental health problems including anxiety, depression and other trauma and stress-related disorders.
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