COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vehicle crash in South Columbia closed Providence Road near in the intersection of East Southhampton Drive around noon Sunday. A text from the Boone County Joint Communications alerted drivers that the road reopened around 12:45 p.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw two cars at the intersection. One vehicle was overturned,
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As the November election approaches, Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey is focusing on Proposition L, which, if passed, would establish a sales tax to fund a new county jail, but another ballot measure, which has taken a back seat, could change how a sheriff is removed from office.
Amendment 8 would establish the county sheriff in the Missouri Constitution, but the role is already outlined in state law. While Carey has other priorities this election season, he said he’s against Amendment 8.
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An Osage Beach woman was airlifted with serious injuries after a crash in Morgan County Saturday night.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 32-year-old was a passenger in a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro driven by a 37-year-old man from Ivy Bend.
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By Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has excoriated Ukraine’s leader after the country launched one of its biggest drone attacks on Russia this year, hitting a key oil terminal in defiance of his demand it stop hitting Russian energy infrastructure. There have been growing tensions between Ukraine and
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The three children and a teacher shot to death at Silver Rail Elementary School in central Oregon were in a classroom dedicated to students with special needs – an environment that’s supposed to be nurturing, safe and supportive. As is the case with mass shootings, the dead and wounded
Continue Reading By Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has made his first major public appearance since his lung cancer surgery, saying the experience brought him closer to all those who suffer, from the same spot in the Vatican he announced a week ago he needed an operation. The 71-year-old pontiff lead the Sunday
Continue Reading By Tal Shalev, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — For years, Israelis driving the country’s highways in the final weeks of an election have seen the same image: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu standing beside President Donald Trump, under the slogan, “A different league.” Less than two weeks before the October 27 vote, the billboards of Netanyahu
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OXFORD, Miss. (KMIZ) The Tigers dropped their second road game of the year to the Rebels, 31-3. You can watch the full postgame press conference with head coach Eli Drinkwitz in the video player below. No. 13 Mizzou showed flashes of production on offense, but couldn’t string together enough to take down No. 9 Ole
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A chili cook-off and motorcycle show in Columbia brought people together for a good cause Saturday, but for members of the New Breed Motorcycle Club, the event was about more than raising money. It was an opportunity to show people struggling with addiction that a different way of life is possible. The
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, Jessie Yeung, Paula Newton, Max Saltman, CNN Toronto (CNN) — Four Canadian service members were killed and dozens injured in a major fire Saturday that occurred as troops were conducting combat training with live munitions at one of the country’s largest and busiest military bases, officials said Sunday. Thirty-nine people were being
Continue Reading By Mauricio Torres, CNN Mexico City (CNN) — Months after a deadly car wreck revealed the CIA’s participation in a raid on a Chihuahua drug lab, authorities arrested César Jáuregui, Chihuahua’s former attorney general, for allegedly allowing US spies to participate in the operation without permission from the Mexican government. Gilberto Loya Chávez, the acting
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By Emma Tucker, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — What began as a soccer game on a sunny Saturday in Wichita, Kansas, for children whose loved ones watched on the sidelines ended in tragedy when a pickup truck sped onto the field, killing a 6-year-old boy and a man and injuring 10 others. The truck had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of people gathered at Stephens Lake Park on Saturday morning for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s, raising money for research and support services for people affected by the disease. Sarah Lovegreen, vice president of programs for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Missouri Chapter, said the organization has set a fundraising goal of
Continue Reading By Joseph Ataman, Catherine Nicholls, Sana Noor Haq, James Legge, CNN (CNN) — France’s President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Sunday evening as communities reeled from one of the most violent nights of unrest in recent years after largely peaceful anti-government protests descended into rioting, leaving government buildings torched, one police officer and one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department had a portion of Ripley Street near Benton Elementary School blocked off around 11:40 a.m. Saturday. A text from Boone County Joint Communications asked people to avoid Hinkson Avenue and Melbourne Street; however, police presence appeared focused on Ripley Street. An ABC 17 News reporter saw at least
Continue Reading By Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli settlers attacked a group of European diplomats in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, one day after a Washington Post journalist was injured in another assault. Settlers attacked the group of European diplomats in the village of Taybeh, a Palestinian Christian village east of Ramallah,
Continue Reading By Eduardo Cuevas, CNN (CNN) — It began with tingling and numbness in the graduate student’s fingertips and weakness in his legs. As summer ended, it got worse, as the numbness spread across his left arm and all his fingertips. But after weeks and visits to the University of Wyoming student health clinic, he told
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Week 8 of the Missouri high school football season kicked off on Friday night. You can find scores from all of your Mid-Missouri teams below, as well as highlights in the video player above.
Continue Reading By Brittany Shammas, CNN (CNN) — Inside a nondescript brick house overlooking West Virginia University’s picturesque campus, Nolan Burch stood with his fellow pledges, laughing and joking around as he held a necktie to his eyes. The time had come for the Gamma Phi chapter of Kappa Sigma’s “Big/Little ceremony” – the final rite in
Continue Reading By Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — It looked like a typical October evening at Six Flags Over Georgia. The sinking sun cast a golden light over families standing in line for haunted houses and rides. Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet. Yet behind the amusement park’s
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