Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new antiviral drug, delivered in a single shot, could be a key tool to slow community spread, according to a Canadian study that shows the treatment may be able to help those with milder cases of COVID-19 recover from the infection much
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia fire crews are battling a fire at the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center Saturday morning. The fire started around 6 a.m. in the 1700 block of Paris Road. Smoke billows from the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center as fire crews work an active fire. Our crews on scene say at least
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“It’s a black hole.” That’s how one reader described the process of trying to sign her elderly parents up to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. In the past year, this virus has changed everyone’s life. Death, in an instant, became a constant worry for many. Schools closed and parents looked for ways to explain this new
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Brookhaven, Georgia (WGCL) — The mom of a Brookhaven child, who spent more than a week in the hospital due to complications from the coronavirus, believes now is not the time to return to in-person learning. On Wednesday, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Carroll County, Georgia (WGCL) — A substitute teacher in Carroll County faces 20 counts child molestation after police were alerted by staffers at Mt. Zion Elementary School. Carroll County investigators said they were called about allegations of misconduct by substitute teacher Amelia Ressler, 30, of Carrollton. The Carroll
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Jackson County, Mississippi (WALA) — JCSO states that on Thursday morning, the child was crossing the westbound lane of Jim Ramsey Road to get on her bus when the car hit her. The bus was stopped in the eastbound lane. According to JCSO, the child was taken to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Mobile, Alabama (WALA) — Nearly a week after 21-year-old Bradley Nall was shot and killed, four people have been charged with felony murder in his slaying. Hours after FOX10 News reported that 22-year-old Julian Sullivan was wanted for questioning in the case, he turned himself in and was
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Joseph, Missouri (KCTV) — St. Joseph Police, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol have successfully completed a human trafficking operation Friday night. The operation was completed at St. Joseph’s, Bucky’s and Love’s Travel Stop. St. Joseph Police Department, the Buchanan County Sheriff’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — A man has been charged in the murder of a mother and her two daughters in a “gruesome” South City shooting in the Dutchtown neighborhood. Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department were called to a home in the 4100 block of South
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In his first phone call with new United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China’s top diplomat has again pinned the blame on Washington for plunging bilateral relations to their lowest point in decades, and rejected international criticism of Beijing’s policies in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. Yang Jiechi, the top foreign policy aide to Chinese
Continue Reading Two days after officials welcomed back students to on-campus instruction, about 100 students and staff across a San Diego County school district were ordered to quarantine due to Covid-19 infections reported across various K-8th grade campuses — raising questions about whether schools in the region are ready to reopen their doors. “While the quarantines so
Continue Reading Four family members, including three children, were killed in an early Saturday morning mobile home fire in Snellville, Georgia, according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services. Police were in the area for a separate incident when they called in the fire at 2:19 a.m., officials said. Bystanders tried to get into the home to
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The United States has seen progress on several fronts against Covid-19 this week — including the opening of new mass inoculation sites and a third vaccine maker seeking authorization. While health experts are concerned that more-transmissible coronavirus variants could worsen spread of the disease — and in some cases put up a measure of resistance
Continue Reading US high school volleyball players no longer need approval to wear religious head coverings during matches, thanks to a 14-year-old Muslim player who inspired the rule change. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which sets competition rules for most US high school sports, announced on Thursday the new rule and said it
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More than a year after the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in Wuhan, China, Go There travels back to the city of 11 million people to hear about the lessons learned from the pandemic. David Culver was in Wuhan in January 2020 — when he had to leave hours before a massive lockdown —
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When Patricia Dowd passed away last February, no one knew it was from Covid-19. She was 57 and very active, her brother said. Dowd had come down with flu-like symptoms but didn’t qualify for a Covid-19 test because they were scarce and restricted at the time. On February 6, Dowd died suddenly after her heart
Continue Reading China’s Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first picture of Mars, according to the Chinese space agency. Tianwen-1, whose name means “Quest for Heavenly Truth,” sent back a black and white picture of the red planet, which was taken when the probe was around 2.2 million kilometers away from Mars, the CSA said. Launched in
Continue Reading Super Bowl LV will be more than a battle between two of the premier quarterbacks in the National Football League. The crown jewel of American sports will be played Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, which, like many sporting venues around the country, has been doubling as a coronavirus testing site during the pandemic
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Road crews across Mid-Missouri started pretreatment of priority routes ahead of the anticipated winter weather. Columbia Public Works began pretreatment of main roads Friday and plans to continue pretreatment ahead of the snow Saturday morning. Ashlyn Sherman, a spokesperson for Columbia Public Works said crews will continue to monitor road conditions throughout
Continue Reading As a Pittsburgher by birth, I’ve got a lot of hometown pride. (Just ask anyone who’s ever met me.) I love Heinz Ketchup, the Pirates, the Steelers, the Penguins, Mister Rogers, Andy Warhol — and our city’s famous Primanti Bros. sandwiches. And I was really looking forward to making my homemade version of a Primanti’s
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