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Contract negotiations for Boone County children’s organization start amid funding shortfall

Editor’s note: Reinke’s position has been clarified. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Children’s Services Board started contract negotiations Thursday with a children’s program that provides social, emotional or behavioral support to school-aged children. This comes a couple of months after the Family Access Center of Excellence was asked to cut about $1.6 million ahead

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Missing Randolph County teen found dead; prosecutor says homicide charges possible

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old girl who had been missing since last week has been found dead, according to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. Randolph County Sheriff Andy Boggs stated in a press release sent early Thursday, “This is not the outcome anyone hoped or prayed for, and our hearts go out to Kayla’s family,

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US ramps up pressure on Cuba with potential Castro indictment following visit by CIA chief

By Patrick Oppmann, Hira Humayun, Michael Rios, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — The US is ramping up pressure on Cuba’s government, preparing an indictment against former President Raúl Castro, according to sources, as Washington demands reforms from the Cuban government in exchange for humanitarian relief from an energy crisis it orchestrated. News of the potential

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