COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has been arrested in Paducah, Kentucky, in connection with this past weekend’s shooting of Mizzou running back Ahmad Hardy in Mississippi. Rashodrick Harris, 20, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of aggravated assault, according to Laurel Police Department Sgt. Macon Davis. He is also facing an additional count in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No charges will be filed against an Iberia teacher who was accused of having sexual misconduct with a student. Miller County Prosecutor Robert Seek, who was appointed to the position earlier on Friday, told ABC 17 News that no charges will be filed against Casey Ann Mason. Mason, 28, was booked into
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A healthcare worker has been accused of sexually abusing a patient last year at Phelps Health. Alan Atkisson, of Rolla, was charged on Thursday in Phelps County with second-degree sexual abuse. A patient reported on Aug. 15. 2025, that Atkisson, who is described as a sonographer in court documents, sexually abused them
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By Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration needs fewer air traffic controllers than earlier estimates to be fully staffed, the agency announced Friday. Under the 2026 – 2028 Workforce Plan, 12,563 Certified Professional Controllers will be required, down from the 14,633 the agency forecast it needed for those years in 2024. “Modern
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter in an August 2024 bar fight that led to a man’s death. Kamari Balton, 27, was previously charged with second-degree murder in the death of Rafael Ayala. He pleaded guilty in Cole County on Friday morning. He will be sentenced at
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity. The hackers responsible have exploited automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems that were sitting
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By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities arrested and charged an Iraqi militant leader with coordinating and planning at least 18 terrorist attacks in Europe that targeted Americans and Jews, all in the name of ending the war in Iran, according to a federal criminal complaint. Prosecutors allege Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi “directed
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By Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, Israel carried out strikes on Gaza City killing Hamas’ most senior military leader, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency. The Israeli strikes on Friday killed at least seven
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 47-year-old Mountain View man was seriously hurt after a semi-truck crash in Boone County just before 6 p.m. Thursday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 2007 Kenworth W900 on Route UU and Gillespie Bridge Road when he failed to navigate a
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s dramatic downfall was sealed following a sensational six-week 2023 trial in which he was convicted of murdering his wife and son. But the long-running saga involving the scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors took an unexpected
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) People Not Politicians will be holding a rally Friday afternoon, demanding that the Secretary of State immediately certify the referendum petition challenging the “Missouri First” congressional map. The People Not Politicians protest will be in front of Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’s office starting at noon. Earlier this week, the redrawn
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By Emma Tucker, Caroll Alvarado, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A livestreamer known for posting videos with racist content online appeared in court Friday morning on charges including attempted murder after he shot a man outside a Tennessee courthouse, according to authorities. Dalton Eatherly – who goes by “Chud the Builder” online – got into
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN A stretch of severe storms is expected to impact parts of the central US this weekend, which could affect travel plans across the region. The new CNN Weather newsletter was designed for moments like this — not just to send alerts, but to provide expert coverage and help you stay one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored after storm damage caused nearly 1,000 Evergy customers to lose power. According to the Evergy outage map, the affected areas included Roanoke, Armstrong, Glasgow, Forest Green, Aholt, Dalton, Oil City and Brunswick. The outage was first reported at 2:25 a.m. The outage map says storm damage is to
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Somali pirates are profiting from the war in Iran as commercial ships, bypassing conflict routes through lengthy detours around Africa, sail into their strike zone. The intensifying conflict in the Middle East has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – a vital route for roughly 20% of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been restored for Boone Electric customers. There were nearly 1,500 Boone Electric customers without power in an area just west of Columbia on Thursday evening, according to the Boone Electric outage map. Outages were reported in a neighborhood near West Gillespie Bridge Road, while several more were reported near Vawter
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Richard Glossip, 63, was released on bond Thursday –– the latest dramatic turn in a nearly three-decade legal saga that had seen the former Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled for execution nine times before his conviction was overturned last year by the Supreme Court. Over the years, the case
Continue Reading CNN, KOCO, KFOR, OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Richard Glossip, 63, was released on bond Thursday –– the latest dramatic turn in a nearly three-decade legal saga that had seen the former Oklahoma death row inmate scheduled for execution nine times before his conviction was overturned last year by the
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It’s the University of Missouri’s graduation weekend, with thousands of family members and alumni flooding town to celebrate the Class of 2026. For locals, that means lots of extra traffic (especially with ongoing road work on major routes), long waits at restaurants and other inconveniences. Of course, the commerce does a lot of work to
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By Jessie Yeung, Sylvie Zhuang, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump spent his final morning in Beijing in Zhongnanhai — the highly secretive, tightly guarded leadership compound of China’s ruling Communist Party. Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping strolled through its pristine gardens, with Trump admiring the roses and Xi offering to send seeds
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