COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Summer Lunch Program is set to make its return on June 3 to provide children with free lunches throughout the summer until August 2. There will be a variety of locations for children 18 and under to go and grab a meal during the day. Public Health and Human Services will
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The Board of Governors for the University of North Carolina System voted Thursday to repeal and replace its existing diversity and inclusion policy that applies to the 17 schools the board oversees. The new policy reverses one that was adopted in 2019 that sought to “foster an inclusive
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Billions of dollars’ worth of sunken treasure has been found at a shipwreck site off the coast of Colombia, prompting an “unprecedented” underwater expedition. The 300-year-old warship on the seafloor has been declared a “protected archaeological area” as a legal battle ensues over who owns the artifacts. Here’s what
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Billions of dollars’ worth of sunken treasure has been found at a shipwreck site off the coast of Colombia, prompting an “unprecedented” underwater expedition. The 300-year-old warship on the seafloor has been declared a “protected archaeological area” as a legal battle ensues over who owns the artifacts. Here’s
Continue ReadingCNN By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the flower opens, revealing its tenant. Here in southern California, in the middle of the
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the flower opens, revealing its tenant. Here in southern California, in the middle of the Mojave
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Wednesday was the fifth anniversary of the 2019 tornado that hit Eldon and Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching two days of military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a new leader long loathed by Beijing. The exercises began early Thursday, in what China described as “punishment” for
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — Families of Rohingya people trapped in Myanmar’s west are desperately trying to contact loved ones after a weekend of widespread arson attacks displaced up to 200,000 people and caused extensive destruction of homes. The country’s Rohingya have long suffered mass atrocities and forced displacement that many
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a hit-and-run incident as a potential bias crime after a driver struck a man in the parking lot of a mosque while driving toward him at high speed, police said. The 36-year-old victim had non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, Mia Alberti and Fidel Gutierrez and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Nine people were killed and a presidential candidate was briefly taken to hospital after a stage collapsed under heavy winds at a campaign rally in Mexico on Wednesday. Candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez said he was not injured in the incident, which
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee’s Medicaid program will in a few months provide free diapers for covered children under the age of 2 – the first state Medicaid program to do so, the program said Tuesday. On Friday, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved an amendment to
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — China has launched two days of large-scale military drills surrounding Taiwan in what it called “punishment” for so-called “separatist acts,” days after the self-ruling island swore in a new democratically elected leader who called on Beijing to cease its intimidation tactics. As part of the drills,
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Columbia police say they’re trying to identify two bodies found during an investigation into two missing women.
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Five years after the May 22, 2019, tornado hit Jefferson City, local leaders say low-income housing is a problem that’s only grown in the area.
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On May 22, 2019, the National Weather Service in St. Louis issued its first-ever Tornado Emergency as an EF-3 tornado tore through the capital city just before midnight.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The grand opening for MU Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital and Birthing Center was held on Wednesday. The invitation-only event featured comments from hospital leadership, as well as University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. The new facility features more than 160 beds, as well as several pediatric specialties among other amenities for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department’s swift water rescue team held a training at Perry Phillips Lake on Wednesday afternoon. Team members practiced boat operations, victim pick-ups and rope skills. CFD Capt. Tommy Goran said the department hasn’t had any water rescues so far this year, but one way to avoid needing to be rescued is
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TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Eldon man was found guilty on Wednesday of multiple child sex crimes. Joshua Steven Shackley, 45, was found guilty by a Miller County jury of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree child molestation, according to a press release from the Miller County Prosecutor’s Office. He is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A marine who was attending Fort Leonard Wood for specialty school is missing, according to a Facebook post from the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. Private First Class Kavian Elder, 19, was last seen on May 3. He is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds, according to the post. “a Marine,
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