Associated Press Form Energy, a company that is beginning to produce a longer-lasting alternative to lithium batteries, hit a milestone Wednesday with an announcement of $405 million in funding. The money will allow Form to speed up manufacturing at its first factory in Weirton, West Virginia and continue research and development. Manufacturing long-duration energy storage
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man has been charged with several child sex crimes. Memphis Raines Dils was charged with five counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of first-degree sodomy and tampering with a witness. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday and he is not listed on the Callaway County
Continue Reading Associated Press Hurricanes are forcing changes to Florida’s election procedures. After Hurricane Helene, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order granting greater election flexibility to officials in 13 hard-hit counties. More changes may be necessary after Hurricane Milton. The previously announced changes allow local officials to switch or consolidate polling sites and make it easier
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer WARE, England (AP) — The Chicago Bears remain focused on the city’s lakefront as the location for a nearly $5 billion stadium development project. Team president Kevin Warren spoke at a news conference at the team’s hotel outside London ahead of Chicago’s game on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Early in-person voting is beginning in Arizona, making it the first of this year’s presidential battleground states where all residents can cast a ballot at a traditional polling place ahead of Election Day. The start of in-person voting on Wednesday in the closely contested state also is drawing
Continue Reading Associated press A private liberal arts college in Vermont that changed the name of its chapel over ties to eugenics will not be ordered to restore the title. A former governor and special administrator of the John Mead estate says he is disappointed in last week’s ruling but that the judge is allowing the case
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to New York in the race’s final stretch and will hold a rally at Madison Square Garden. Trump is planning his event for Oct. 27 to kick off the final week of campaigning. That’s according to a campaign official familiar with the plans who spoke
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A Fulton man was pronounced dead at the scene of a one-vehicle crash early Wednesday.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man has been charged with two counts of statutory sodomy involving a child younger than 12 years old. Larry Fritzam, 60, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. According to the probable cause statement, the child told law enforcement that
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has imposed visa bans on former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, his vice president and their immediate families for corruption. The State Department announced Wednesday that Correa and his one-time deputy Jorge Glas would no longer be eligible to enter the United States. The ban also applies to their spouses
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame football player and coach Mike Ditka. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1939 Birth place: Carnegie, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Keller Dyczko Jr. Father: Michael Ditka Sr., steel mill worker and railroad union organizer Mother: Charlotte (Keller) Ditka Marriages: Diana (Trantham)
Continue Reading Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Friends and family of a state police recruit who died during training protested outside their graduation ceremony, demand to know how he died. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, died at a hospital on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise in a boxing ring and suffering
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ratan Tata, one of India’s most influential business leaders, was cremated after a state funeral in the country’s financial capital on Thursday. The veteran industrialist, former chairman of a $100 billion conglomerate Tata Group, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night at the age of 86. India’s Home
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two former corrections officers in Alabama have agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges in the death of a mentally ill inmate. Heather Lasha Craig and Bailey Clark Ganey agreed to the plea deals separately. Court documents say the incarcerated man, Tony Mitchell, died of hypothermia and
Continue Reading Associated Press RAMSEYTOWN, N.C. (AP) — National Guard members who deployed to western North Carolina are still carrying out aid missions nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene. Much of their humanitarian work involves delivering aid or checking in with mountain communities cut off from the outside world by storm-damaged roads. Priorities for those in impacted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hurricane Milton continued its path through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Wednesday. The storm was a Category 4 on Wednesday morning but was expected to weaken as it comes ashore somewhere on Florida’s west coast. Heavy wind and rain is already visible on live camera feeds from Florida. Watch them
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer Lane Kiffin wasn’t ready to talk about his own game yet. The Mississippi coach fixated instead on the final moments of Vanderbilt’s stunning upset of then-No. 1 Alabama. “Sorry, I mean this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing going on,” Kiffin told reporters after the Rebels’ win over South Carolina. “Better watch, you’re probably
Continue Reading Associated Press Hmong Minnesotans were among those who watched as Gov. Tim Walz was catapulted onto the Democratic presidential ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris two months ago. They have watched him crisscross the country and earlier this week debate Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance. Hmong lawmakers and community activists say Walz has built a
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s corrections chief says the department is expected to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year. The announcement signals a pending end to the yearslong pause that was put in place after a blistering report revealed that the state had conducted several executions
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee election officials are disputing a judge’s ruling that restored the voting rights of four people who can’t have guns under their specific felony offenses. The motion filed by the state last week shows the impact of a new Tennessee policy that gun rights are a prerequisite to casting
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