By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Settling in for a seven-hour flight across the continent this week, President Donald Trump offered little indication there was anything wrong. His new press secretary’s rocky 14-minute debut at the White House podium was being met with decidedly negative reviews. An hour later, she’d offered
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released a new survey Thursday examining the state’s cannabis market over the past year, with the study reporting room for growth. The study, conducted by New York-based Cannabis Public Policy Consulting LLC, used data from 1,200 cannabis consumers over the past 35 months to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A substitute teacher and cross-country coach in the Macks Creek School District who is also the Hickory County treasurer was charged this week in federal court with distributing child sex abuse material. Kenneth S. Ratliff, 51, appeared Thursday in federal court in Jefferson City on one criminal count. The federal complaint alleges
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Christopher Lamb, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin from hospital on Friday, just days after his lung cancer surgery, and expressed his concern about the “grave humanitarian situation” in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city. During the call, the Vatican said Leo expressed “deep concern” about
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown, Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Lexington, South Carolina (CNN) — The judge overseeing Alex Murdaugh’s highly anticipated retrial for the murders of his wife and son insisted the case would proceed to trial in six months and chastised the parties for squabbling over evidence during a two-hour hearing Friday. “I’m gonna
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CNN By Lauren Kent, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky praised “real leaders” in Europe at a summit in Belgium on Friday, taking a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump amid testy relations between Kyiv and Washington. European leaders are rallying around Zelensky after the White House heaped pressure on Ukraine
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky praised “real leaders” in Europe at a summit in Belgium on Friday, taking a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump amid testy relations between Kyiv and Washington. European leaders are rallying around Zelensky after the White House heaped pressure on Ukraine to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The fight to end Alzheimer’s disease continues Saturday as Columbia’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s aims to raise $195,000 for research and support for the more than 7 million Americans living with the disease. Saturday’s walk will be held at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia. Registration begins at 10 a.m. with the opening
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOFTBALL Southern Boone (12) Fulton (0) FINAL Blair Oaks (12) Boonville (3) FINAL Eldon (12) Hermann (6) FINAL Osage (3) California (1) FINAL Centralia (10) Moberly (0) FINAL Mexico (16) Macon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works is considering a roundabout at East Green Meadows Road and East Nifong Boulevard in an effort to improve traffic flow and reduce crashes on the city’s south side. The Public Works Department hosted its first public open house Thursday evening to give residents a look at
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Residents at Riley’s Mobile Home Park in Moberly are still without running water as contractors work to address contamination concerns. Work started on Wednesday to restore water at the park after it was shut down last week. The property manager hopes to restore service this week, pending water testing and city approval.
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CNN By Emma Tucker and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening. The shooter, armed with a long gun, forced his way into the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Lodging Association has filed an appeal in its case against the city. The lodging association filed a lawsuit in 2025 against the city, the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau. It alleges that lodging tax funds collected for the Jefferson City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,300 City of Columbia electric customers were without power on Thursday evening. The city’s outage map shows 1,336 customers in southwest Columbia were without power in neighborhoods near Scott Boulevard. An outage was reported near Rainbow Trout Drive at 6:57 p.m., according to the map. Residents in the neighborhood south
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s public hearing on Flock cameras is expected to be held Monday, Nov. 9, according to city documents. The City Council’s agenda for Monday shows the council is voting on holding the public hearing. A first read was held last month. The measure is listed on the consent agenda. The Flock camera
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Millions of dollars are being raised and spent in the fight over Missouri’s abortion policy. Thursday was the quarterly deadline for committees to file with the Missouri Ethics Commission over money raised and spent during the election cycle. Groups involved in the debate over Amendment 3 were among the many groups to
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, according to preliminary information from a law enforcement source. The shooter was a 16-year-old male, according to multiple law enforcement sources. The shooter had already been shot
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STURGEON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission met Thursday afternoon to consider a budget amendment to increase funding to cover the cost of out-of-county detainee housing. Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey proposed a $1.9 million increase in funding; this money would only be used to pay the rest of the 2026 costs for out-of-county detainees.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group supporting a measure to build a new jail in Boone County has raised $46,045.71 this election cycle, according to the October quarterly report to the Missouri Ethics Commission. Proposition L is a proposed 3/8-cent sales tax that would be used to build a new jail, if passed, and will expire
Continue Reading By Taylor Galgano, Bill Kirkos, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Mia Lara’s first fraternity party ended with her chasing the man, who she believes sexually assaulted her friend, through the streets of Chicago. The alleged sexual assault was reported last weekend at a fraternity house and is under investigation by the University of Chicago and the
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