COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced a new head of the state’s K-12 schools on Wednesday. Lisa Sireno will serve as interim commissioner for the department, DESE said in a news release. Sireno was the department’s deputy commissioner of learning services, a job she took over in July. Sireno
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Benton County Health Department announced Monday on its social media that four cases of measles have been reported in the county. People who have been possibly exposed are being contacted. People who may have been exposed “should watch for the symptoms of measles for 21 days from the date of exposure”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri farmers are encouraged to pre-file applications with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the over $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program. The program is a one-time payment that is intended to provide farmers with financial relief during the harvesting season. It is funded by the 1933 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Waterfowl hunting at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area has been put on pause, according to a Wednesday press release from the Missouri Department of Conservation. MDC wrote that hunting is being suspended “due to limitations in the area’s water supply infrastructure.” Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area “relies on water from the Missouri River, natural
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia announced in a Wednesday press release that election petitions for this upcoming spring’s Ward 2 and 6 elections are available for pickup. The first day to file for the election is Tuesday, Oct. 27. Ward 6 Councilwoman Betsy Peters told ABC 17 News that she will run for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday that speed limits will increase to 75 miles per hour on eight stretches of rural interstate around the state. In a news release, the department stated it took various factors into consideration when deciding where to change speed limits: Current traffic numbers. Truck traffic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lifelong Columbia resident says he has shared his concerns about excessive speeding on Garth Avenue, but he claims the city won’t take his issue seriously. Stacy Wilson, 63, has lived in the 2500 block of North Garth Avenue for over 30 years. He told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of murder in Morgan County had another felony case bound over to the Morgan County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Robert Anselmo is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Johnetta Yeager. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail. That case was moved to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) More Mid-Missouri students are exploring careers in the skilled trades, according to construction industry officials. More than 1,500 high school students registered for Build My Future Central Missouri, a construction career showcase held Wednesday at the Jefferson City Jaycees Fairgrounds. The event featured hands-on activities where students could practice laying bricks,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials say a threat a student made at Smith-Cotton Junior High School in Sedalia on Wednesday was not credible. The Sedalia Police Department wrote on its social media that after a threat was made on social media on Wednesday morning, a school resource officer detained the student. “The threat was found not
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The prosecution is no longer seeking the death penalty for a man accused of shooting and killing two people in 2022 at a Jefferson City bar. Damien Davis, 39, is charged in Cole County with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a
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Por Max Saltman, Barbie Nadeau y Christopher Lamb, CNN La cirugía de cáncer a la que se sometió el papa León XIV a principios de octubre fue un éxito y no se requiere tratamiento adicional, informó el miércoles la oficina de prensa del Vaticano en un boletín. “Los informes histológicos finales y los análisis de
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By Max Saltman, Barbie Nadeau, Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer surgery last week was a success, and no further treatment is required, the Vatican press office said in a bulletin Wednesday. “The final histological reports and molecular biology analyses of the tissue removed during the Holy Father’s surgery have been
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CNN By Rebekah Riess, Aidan Johnstone, Lauren Mascarenhas, Aidan Johnstone (CNN) – The chemical release in Toledo was due to an “error that occurred when the material was being transferred,” according to Bryant Somerville, a spokesperson for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA confirmed the released chemical, which came from a 5,500-gallon tank, is
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, Aidan Johnstone, Lauren Mascarenhas, Aidan Johnstone (CNN) – The chemical release in Toledo was due to an “error that occurred when the material was being transferred,” according to Bryant Somerville, a spokesperson for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA confirmed the released chemical, which came from a 5,500-gallon tank, is glycidyl
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look back at the events of 2026. Notable US Events January 3 – President Donald Trump announces that the US carried out a “large scale strike against Venezuela” and that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, have been captured and removed from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court disbarred Columbia attorney Matthew Alexander Perry on Tuesday. The Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel had wanted to disbar Perry for violating “multiple rules of professional conduct relating to competence, diligence, communication, meritorious claims, expediting litigation, following court orders, misrepresentation, and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.”
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By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Two women have alleged this month they were sexually assaulted at different fraternity homes near the University of Chicago campus, adding to a string of allegations roiling the nation’s universities as they face a reckoning over sexual assault in their communities. A woman recently reported she was
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By Lucie Lepellec and Billy Stockwell, CNN Paris (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron has slammed what he called “stupid comments” from some foreign leaders over protests sweeping the country, after his US counterpart Donald Trump claimed migrants were fueling the unrest. “We’ve had people claiming that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new respiratory virus tracking website to predict spread in communities nationwide. The site shows the estimated growth of COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory syncytial virus in Missouri. The CDC launched the new website in early October, and it uses estimations to identify outbreak peaks
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