COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been charged in two cases after he allegedly stole from separate vehicles on Sept. 1 and 3 in Jefferson City. Sajan Karki, 31, is charged in two Cole County cases with second-degree burglary. He is being held on $5,000 bonds. A bond review hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department on Tuesday announced that it found no evidence of “foul play or criminal activity” after a 70-year-old man was found face down in the Missouri River last week. JCPD wrote in a press release that Michael Blecher was the man who was found in the river near
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency crews on Tuesday morning were called to a trailer fire in north Columbia. Columbia firefighters responded to a double-wide trailer in the 4500 block of North Range Line Street. Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer told ABC 17 News on scene that firefighters found the trailer with a large column of smoke. Fire
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced that more traffic deaths occurred this Labor Day weekend than last year. Eight people died on state roads between 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. Last year during the same time period, six people died in total, with MSHP investigating four, MSHP wrote in a
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By Pete Muntean, CNN Miami (CNN) — When the Amazon Air cargo plane barreled off the runway at Miami International Airport this week going nearly 130 miles an hour, there was little to slow it down. The 156-foot-wide jet crushed vehicles, smashed concrete road barriers and tore through navigational equipment. Five people in vehicles were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction of a roundabout at the intersection of South Fairview Road and Chapel Hill Road began Tuesday. According to a news release from the City of Columbia, the project is intended to improve safety and traffic flow at the intersection. The construction also includes stormwater improvements, along with sidewalk improvements along the
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky withdrew his petition for a new trial at a hearing Tuesday morning with plans to pursue federal relief, according to a spokesperson for Sandusky. A judge in Centre County, Pennsylvania, accepted the withdrawal of Sandusky’s petition at the state court
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fierce political backlash Tuesday over a report that the president of the UAE had warned him of a major Hamas operation days before the October 7, 2023 attack. The Prime Minister’s Office dismissed the report as an “absolute lie.” But with Israel’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A water main break will have one lane at the High Street viaduct in Jefferson City closed until Friday. The Jefferson City Public Works Department said in a news release Tuesday that the eastbound lane of West High Street will be closed south of the viaduct while contractors work on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was pronounced dead at the scene of a motorcycle crash in Osage County Monday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 45-year-old Jefferson City man was driving a 2020 Harley-Davidson Fat Bob southbound on Highway 63 north of Route T at 6:37 p.m. Monday. The motorcycle
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The defense attorney for Lindsay Clancy expressed a willingness to work out a plea deal for his client in an interview Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Attorney Kevin Reddington addressed next steps after the case of the Massachusetts mother who argued she should not be held criminally responsible
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By Andy Rose, Whitney Wild, CNN Joliet, Illinois (CNN) — An Illinois woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son last week was ordered to be held in jail during a court appearance Tuesday morning as she faces three counts of first-degree murder. Corie Walsh, 40, of Frankfort – an Illinois village southwest of Chicago –
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By Gloria Pazmino, Katherine Koretski, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public. Mayor Zohran
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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Prince George has started the next stage of his education with his first day at Eton College on Tuesday. The 13-year-old is following in the footsteps of his father Prince William and his uncle, Prince Harry – both of whom attended the prestigious school outside of London. George
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By Kara Fox, Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in a coordinated move that underlined Israel’s growing isolation on the international stage. Announcing the sanctions in UK Parliament, British Foreign Secretary Ed
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Missouri has made the midterms that much more interesting with its down-to-the-wire battle over which congressional map will be in effect this November. Now, the lawsuit over whether a Republican-friendly map approved by the legislature last year should be the law of the land, or the map drawn after the normal census in 2022, has
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By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The Eiffel Tower in Paris was closed on Monday as employees went on strike to protest claims female colleagues were told to stay out of sight during a visit by a Hindu religious group, drawing criticism from French politicians. Around 100 members of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
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By Hanna Park, Rebekah Riess, Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Four bodies have been recovered after a plane carrying four relatives disappeared during a flight from the Bahamas to the Miami area, prompting a multi-agency search involving the US Coast Guard. Early Tuesday, the family had said one body had been recovered. Later, Lt. Darius
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By Kathleen Magramo, Eyad Kourdi, Becky Anderson, Tim Lister, Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a major attack on southwestern Saudi Arabia early Tuesday, targeting oil and other infrastructure in an escalation that risks widening the region’s conflicts and adding further pressure to crude prices. Saudi-led forces vowed a resolute
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council is scheduled to formally adopt a 1% public safety sales tax passed by Columbia voters in August at its meeting on Tuesday. The tax would then take effect on Jan. 1. City leaders project the tax to generate an additional $38 million each year to support police and
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