COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the Columbia Board of Education detailed a possible student cellphone policy plan and discussed the implementation of a weapons-detection system during a roundtable discussion on Wednesday evening. About a dozen people showed up for Columbia Public School’s first listening session at Battle High School. The sessions are designed to allow
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By Kathleen Magramo and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his way to meditate inside an island shrine for two days to cap weeks of election campaigning – his latest public display of religiosity days after proclaiming he was sent by god. India’s election is the world’s largest, a
Continue Reading By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — After lawyers argued for new DNA testing in the murder case against Scott Peterson, a California judge ruled Wednesday that only retesting of DNA on duct tape that adhered to his wife Laci Peterson’s pants will be permitted, while testing of other new and prior evidence in the
Continue Reading CNN, KGO, KSEE, FAMILY PHOTOS, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, SAN MATEO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — After lawyers argued for new DNA testing in the murder case against Scott Peterson, a California judge ruled Wednesday that only retesting of DNA on duct tape that adhered to his wife
Continue Reading By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — As Australian women push for action on domestic violence – a problem described by the country’s prime minister as a “national crisis” – one state has appointed a special official charged with improving men’s behavior. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan announced Wednesday that state MP Tim Richardson would serve as
Continue Reading CNN By Natalia Cano, CNNE (CNN) — Several attacks against political candidates have been reported in Mexico as the campaigning period for the country’s largest election in history draws to a close. With just hours before the electoral campaigns officially conclude on Wednesday, a string of violent acts against candidates and their staff have been
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — For about a decade, the residents of a Los Angeles County neighborhood have been bedeviled by mysteriously shattered windows, cracked windshields and near misses from tiny projectiles, all allegedly at the hands of an 81-year-old neighbor who police are calling a “serial slingshot shooter.” The
Continue Reading By Jade Gordon and Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office says it will conduct a review and analysis after a Wednesday report from The New York Times and Mississippi Today detailed messages in an encrypted WhatsApp group chat between known “Goon Squad” members and other law enforcement officers, some of whom are still employed by the county. The
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than a dozen of Hong Kong’s leading democracy figures were found guilty Thursday on subversion charges, following the largest national security trial since Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the once free-wheeling city. The 14 activists and politicians were convicted of “conspiracy to commit
Continue Reading By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nelson Velázquez homered twice, Salvador Perez hit his team-leading 10th homer of the season and the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game skid with a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Velázquez’s first homer came in Kansas City’s four-run third inning. After Minnesota jumped out to an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A naloxone education and distribution event was held Wednesday at The Blue Note in Columbia. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services staff provided training to those who attended on how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and how to administer the nasal spray NARCAN on victims. The event is
Continue Reading By Natalia Cano, CNNE (CNN) — Several attacks against political candidates have been reported in Mexico as the campaigning period for the country’s largest election in history draws to a close. With just hours before the electoral campaigns officially conclude on Wednesday, a string of violent acts against candidates and their staff have been reported
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The emergency room at MU Health Care’s Women’s Hospital on Keene Street will close on June 10, according to the hospital’s website. The website states that MU Health Care will have a centralized emergency room at University Hospital and a separate emergency room for children. The centralized emergency room allows access to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Farmers Market — located at the MU Health Care Pavilion near The ARC — held its first Wednesday market of the year. May 29 marked the first day of the market being open from 4-7 p.m. every Wednesday until Sep. 11. According to a news release from the market, this
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Summer school will begin on Thursday for Columbia Public Schools students. More than 9,800 students will attend summer school this year, which runs through June 26, according to an email from district spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark and information from the district’s website. The email stated the district’s driver’s education course returns this session.
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the triple murder trial of Chad Daybell, a case Idaho prosecutors claim was fueled by power, sex, money and apocalyptic spiritual beliefs. Daybell has pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and
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Work to improve Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center has started.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged with domestic assault and other felonies after he allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman on Tuesday. Ediberto Estrada was charged with first-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, first-degree harassment and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Buck Leonard. Charlie “Chino” Smith. Turkey Stearnes. Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for more than 2,300 players — historic figures like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige and Mule Suttles — were incorporated into the major
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — New York officials put safety precautions in place after terror group ISIS-K made a “global” threat earlier this year against the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup on Long Island, New York. On Wednesday, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder said the event received an ISIS-K-linked threat
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