By Jessie Yeung, Bill Weir, CNN (CNN) — Bob Dylan will perform at the annual Farm Aid festival this Saturday, announced the organization, which raises funds to help farmers in need. He’ll be among a number of stars at the music festival, including Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and more. He last
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Council members can now view previously closed information regarding the downtown hotel and conference center. This information is only available to council members in a hard copy, and it can only be read while in City Hall. It comes from a market study done by CBRE Hotels. Ward 4
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There have been a total of 31 fans ejected from Mizzou football games so far this season. The Tigers have played three games so far and will host South Carolina this Saturday. The Aug. 28 Thursday night season-opener against Central Arkansas saw four ejections, including two for vaping, one for sneaking in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will not air Wednesday night as ABC evaluates the show’s future. A reshowing of “Celebrity Family Feud” will run in Kimmel’s place at 10:30 p.m., John Paek, executive director of ABC Broadcast Distribution. A networking note indicates Kimmel’s program will be preempted “indefinitely.” Kimmel has come under fire for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The roof of the gymnasium at North Callaway Middle School in Auxvasse took “significant damage,” after storms came through the area on Monday night. North Callaway Assistant Superintendent Nicole Buschmann shared photographs with ABC 17 News on Wednesday that showed a hole in the roof, as well as damage to the gym
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one is in custody after several people fired a barrage of gunshots that hit homes and vehicles in a residential area just east of Columbia. Boone County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brian Leer said that at around 1:17 a.m. Tuesday, the department received several calls of shots fired from the area of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lincoln University student died Tuesday night at a residence hall on campus. Jefferson City police dispatch records show first responders were called to 825 Chestnut St. at 5 p.m. The Cole County Sheriff’s Office responded and Sheriff John Wheeler told ABC 17 News that foul play is not suspected. A cause
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Long lines and flight delays aside, most North American travelers are surprisingly satisfied with their flying experience. See how your favorite airport measures up. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Legal woes Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Highway 5 in Howard County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 74-year-old man from Glasgow, Missouri, drove a 2007 Ford F-150 northbound as it went off the right side of the road.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County woman was charged on Wednesday after authorities say she sent nude photos of a man to people he knew without his permission. Roni Spicer, of Cairo, was charged with nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. A warrant was requested and a court date has not been scheduled. The probable
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By Karina Tsui, Amanda Musa, Gabe Cohen, John Miller, Josh Campbell, CNN Spring Grove, Pennsylvania (CNN) — In late August, a pickup truck sitting in the driveway of a rural Pennsylvania home was set on fire by an unknown culprit. Even though the woman living there suspected her ex-boyfriend of committing the offense, she asked
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The former president of Mizzou Students For Justice in Palestine was charged with a misdemeanor on Tuesday in Boone County for accusations related to a March incident. Isleen Atallah, of Columbia, was charged with fourth-degree assault. A criminal summons was issued for Atallah to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 6.
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By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Medical tests on Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro this week showed the presence of an early type of skin cancer, doctors said Wednesday. According to results from a Sunday procedure to have skin lesions removed, doctors found squamous cell carcinoma, which starts in cells in the middle and outer
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in his first court appearance on charges that he paid for what the U.S. attorney calls “live child sexual abuse videos.” David L. Maddox, 59, was indicted on Aug. 5, but the indictment was unsealed in federal court in Jefferson City during his
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big. On Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Academy of Film and Television awarded the 2025
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By Andy Rose, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The death of a Black student found hanging on Delta State University’s campus in Mississippi this week has been ruled a suicide, the county coroner said Thursday. The body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed, 21, was found Monday morning hanging from a tree near the university’s pickleball
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By Ibrahim Dahman Nadeen Ibrahim, Abeer Salman, Tim Lister, Lauren Izso and Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Israeli tanks were stationed on the edge of Gaza City on Wednesday ahead of a planned ground operation into the enclave’s largest urban area, according to eyewitnesses and satellite imagery. Amid the military build-up, tens of thousands of
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By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — As Britain’s royal family welcomed US President Donald Trump to Windsor Castle in a lavish ceremony on Wednesday, the British public gave the American leader their own – markedly less friendly – response to his presence in their country. In an altogether different kind of greeting, Brits have
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A vigil for conservative activist Charlie Kirk will be held Wednesday night at the State Capitol. The vigil will begin at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday on the south lawn of the State Capitol and all are welcome to attend. According to a press release, the event is not political and is community-centered,
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By Jack Guy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Citizens of the Czech Republic are waiting with bated breath for a longstanding mystery to be solved: What were the last words of the country’s revered first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk? The final thoughts of the statesman, who governed the Czechoslovak Republic from 1918 to 1935,
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