An EF-2 tornado swept through Pilot Grove in Cooper County, causing damage to homes, garages, power lines, and vehicles, but miraculously, there were no injuries or deaths, and the community came together to offer support and help.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A sex offender from Warrensburg was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, according to a Wednesday press release from the Department of Justice. William Aloys Wameling, Jr., 39, will also have to pay $99,000 in restitution to the victims. He pleaded guilty to the charges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hallsville man has been charged with two felonies after he is accused of shooting man Monday in Kirksville. Biagio Davenport was charged in Adair County on Tuesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Tuesday. The Kirksville Police Department wrote on its Facebook
Continue ReadingBy Gloria Pazmino, CNN Boston (CNN) — Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home, her attorneys charged Wednesday. In documents filed with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Municipal elections in Missouri are April 8, and one of the roles up for grabs is the mayoral seat in Columbia. Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe is running for reelection, while challengers Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy take a shot at the seat. View an interview ABC 17 News reporter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Municipal elections in Missouri are April 8, and one of the roles up for grabs is the mayoral seat in Columbia. Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe is running for reelection, while challengers Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy take a shot at the seat. View an interview ABC 17 News reporter
Continue ReadingCNN By Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A 22-year-old Palestinian man was tortured and killed by Hamas militants after he criticized the group publicly and participated in rare anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, his family said. Uday Rabie was taken last week by dozens of armed fighters with Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam
Continue ReadingBy Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge is set to consider motions to release Georgetown University fellow Badar Khan Suri on bond while litigation continues over his revoked visa. Khan Suri’s attorneys have also asked the court to compel ICE to transfer him back to the federal district in Virginia where his
Continue ReadingBy Djenane Villanueva and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias says he has had his visa to enter the United States revoked. Arias, 84, said he doesn’t know why his visa was canceled but accepts that the US has the right to make such a
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Watch Meteorologist Chance Gotsch give a live report from Cooper County in the YouTube player. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The tornado that hit the Pilot Grove area in Cooper County on Wednesday morning was an EF-2, according to the National Weather Service. EF-2 tornadoes pack winds of up to 135 mph. This one brought down trees
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crime has been a pressing issue in the City of Columbia in recent years, and potential leaders say they plan to tackle the issue in office. Incumbent Mayor Barbara Buffaloe is looking to serve another three years in office in the April 8 election, while Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Municipal elections in Missouri are April 8, and one of the roles up for grabs is the mayoral seat in Columbia. Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe is running for reelection, while challengers Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy take a shot at the seat. View an interview ABC 17 News reporter
Continue ReadingWatch President Donald Trump’s event in the YouTube player. CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is stepping up his massive global trade war, a move that’s certain to weigh on Americans’ wallets and could push the US economy into a painful recession. On Wednesday, Trump declared a national economic emergency and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe requested that President Donald Trump approve a major disaster declaration to give federal assistance for storms that caused significant damage in Missouri counties on March 14 and 15. A Wednesday release from the governor’s office say that Kehoe is requesting FEMA individual assistance for 25 counties, including: Bollinger, Butler,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump has for weeks been labeling April 2 “Liberation Day.” On Wednesday afternoon, he took to the podium to unveil a sweeping tariff program during an event outside the White House.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Municipal elections in Missouri are April 8, and one of the roles up for grabs is the mayoral seat in Columbia. Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe is running for reelection, while challengers Blair Murphy, Tanya Heath and write-in candidate Lucio Bitoy take a shot at the seat. View an interview ABC 17 News reporter
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Minneapolis (AP) — A University of Minnesota graduate business student who’s being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suing for his immediate release, saying his arrest violated his rights and he’s been given little explanation for why he’s being held. The lawsuit filed this week on behalf of Doğukan Günaydın, 28,
Continue ReadingCNN By Shoshana Dubnow and Pamela Brown, CNN Arlington, Virginia (CNN) — Greg Cabana, a veteran government teacher, remembers a time where his job as an educator felt secondary to being the phone police. “It was absolutely every class period,” Cabana told CNN. “It wasn’t the question of if students would have their cell phones
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was charged on Wednesday after authorities claim she abused a dog at Cosmo Park and a motel on Monday. Renee Rardin, 37, of Columbia, was charged with two counts of drug possession, one count of third-degree assault and one count of misdemeanor animal abuse. She is being held at the
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