COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mid-Missouri schools were impacted this week by winter weather and poor road conditions. A number of schools called off class, while others chose to partake in alternative methods. Missouri law requires public school districts and charter schools to provide a minimum of 1,044 instructional hours each school year, but with winter weather
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By Joyce Jiang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In the wee hours of an October morning, dozens of dogs chased the hulking figure of an animal scrambling through a forest in northwestern China as a thermal drone whizzed overhead. “The dogs caught it! Just stab it! Stab it!” a drone operator shouted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No fatalities have been reported on Missouri roads, but nearly 300 crashes have occurred during a counting period related to Thursday night’s winter storm, the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote in a Friday evening social media post. Roughly 4 inches of snow fell in Columbia on Thursday night and Friday morning, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been accused of killing another patient at Fulton State Hospital earlier this week, the Fulton Police Department wrote in a Friday evening press release. Police wrote that Jabril Kanatzar, 29, is accused of killing another patient following an assault that occurred on Monday. Police wrote that they were called
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A committee of Missouri House and Senate members say communication with Capitol Police has been an issue. The lawmakers met Thursday as the Joint Committee on Capitol Security with Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe’s inauguration just days away. Members told ABC 17 News on Friday that they are concerned about Capitol security in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With snowfall slowing down, snowplow crews in Columbia and Jefferson City are turning their attention to residential streets and parking lots in the area. Mid-Missouri was hit with a pair of winter storms this week, with the most recent occurring Thursday night and Friday morning. Roughly 4 inches fell in Columbia, according
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Iran unveiled an underground missile storage facility and announced Friday that it is manufacturing “new special missiles,” according to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) affiliated Tasnim news. Video released on Iranian state TV IRIB on Friday showed IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami and Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bond for a man accused in the death of a Jefferson City man in 2018 was reduced on Friday. Berry Jones, 32, of Davenport, Iowa, was charged with accessory to second-degree murder, accessory to first-degree robbery, accessory to delivery of a controlled substance and accessory to tampering with evidence. Jones pleaded
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in Callaway County with several child pornography charges. Joshua Jungermann, 38, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor child, first-degree promoting child pornography, child porn possession and five counts of first-degree promoting obscenity. An address was not listed in court records. He is being held at
Continue Reading By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Casey Tolan, Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Rob Kuznia, Scott Glover, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash and Nelli Black, CNN (CNN) — Even as flames in Southern California continued to carve a destructive path on Friday and fire officials sought to assess the damage and determine how the fires began,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged on Friday with child molestation after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child last week at a restaurant in Moberly. Hector Marcos-Perez, 32, was charged with second-degree child molestation of a child younger than 12 years old. A press release from the Moberly Police Department says that Marcos-Perez is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Tipton man was seriously injured in a crash on Thursday in Moniteau County after ice flew off another vehicle. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says that the crash occurred in the northbound lane of Highway 5 near Route NN. A large piece of ice fell off an unknown vehicle
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bernard Madoff, who was convicted of running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Personal Birth date: April 29, 1938 Death date: April 14, 2021 Birth place: Queens, New York Birth name: Bernard Lawrence Madoff Father: Ralph Madoff Mother: Sylvia (Muntner) Madoff Marriage: Ruth (Alpern)
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Personal Birth date: January 20, 1930 Birth place: Montclair, New Jersey Birth name: Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Father: Edwin Aldrin Sr., an aviation pioneer and oil executive Mother: Marion (Moon) Aldrin Marriages: Anca Faur (January 20, 2023-October 28, 2025, her
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine. Personal: Birth date: January 25, 1978 Birth place: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine Birth name: Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky Father: Oleksandr Zelensky, computer science professor Mother: Rimma Zelenska, engineer Marriage: Olena (Kiyashko) Zelenska (2003-present) Children: Oleksandra and Kyrylo Education: Kyiv
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A winter storm blanketed Mid-Missouri for the second time in a week overnight, shutting down schools and making travel hazardous. Snow began falling Thursday night and continued into Friday morning. The Columbia Regional Airport had measured 3.3 inches of new snow by 6 a.m. on top of accumulation already on the ground.
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TODAY: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day, as snow has accumulated overnight, leaving travel tricky again to end the week. We’ll see a fluffy accumulation across most of the region, complicating travel, especially on untreated roads. Get the latest here. After snow stops, we’ll likely stay cloudy, with temperatures struggling to reach the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Solid Waste postponed trash and recycling pickup Friday because of the weather. Solid Waste customers can leave their carts at the curb and the city will pick them up Saturday, the City of Columbia says in a Facebook post. Monday trash customers can also leave their carts out for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is set to face another SEC foe this weekend after snapping a long conference losing streak. Vanderbilt will come to Mizzou Arena for a 2:30 p.m. Saturday tipoff. The Tigers are coming off a big home win against LSU that ended a 19-game SEC losing streak. Vanderbilt
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Mohammed al Sawalihi and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Two Palestinian former detainees who were recently released from Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman detention center said they saw the prominent Palestinian physician Hussam Abu Safiya there last month, saying he was in “poor condition” when he arrived. The former detainees said Abu Safiya
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