COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, University of Missouri students celebrated “Reading Day,” also known as “Stop Day.” It’s intended to give students a day off from class each semester to study, before finals start next week. This year, the Columbia Police Department and MUPD planned to work to prevent students from violating the city’s nuisance ordinance. CPD passed out flyers earlier
Continue ReadingJOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Arenado drove in three runs, Sonny Gray gave up three hits in seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Friday night. Gray (4-1) walked one and struck out five in his longest outing of the season as the Cardinals
Continue ReadingBy Jose Alvarez, Sandi Sidhu, Fidel Gutierrez, David Shortell and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Three bodies were found Friday in the Mexican region where an American and two Australians have been missing for several days, multiple sources told CNN. Authorities haven’t confirmed if the bodies correspond to the three missing tourists, a source said. But a
Continue ReadingBy AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer, Brady Singer pitched six dominant innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 7-1. Perez hit his eighth home run of the season in Kansas City’s six-run seventh inning to break open what was a pitcher’s duel.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Superintendents from Boone County schools and neighboring districts signed a letter on Friday that asks Gov. Mike Parson to veto a bill that would allow charter schools to operate in Boone County. SB727 passed the Missouri House last month. The bill mentions that school districts in Boone County would be added to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County tornado siren that malfunctioned on Thursday after a lightning strike has been repaired, according to a Friday evening press release from the Boone County Office of Emergency Management. A siren in the 5400 block of North Highway 763 had a technical malfunction Thursday afternoon and activated without a warning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A March fire that left a building in North Columbia destroyed was set intentionally, according to a report from the Columbia Fire Department. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire on March 22 left Plush Lounge on Business Loop in a total loss. No one was injured. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A patient at the University of Missouri Psychiatric Center was charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly tried to smother a sleeping patient with a pillow. Cody Hall was charged on Friday and the probable cause statement claims that the assault occurred on Saturday, April 27. A court date has not been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 5,500 University of Missouri students in Columbia will graduate next week, according to a Friday press release from the university. There will be 5,569 degrees awarded for the commencement ceremonies that occur Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12, the release says. That total is down from the May 2023 ceremonies, where
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cliff Drive will be closed to through traffic next week as the City of Columbia Stormwater Utility will work to replace an inlet, pipe and a section of the street, according to a Friday press release from City of Columbia Utilities. The closure will be just south of the intersection with University
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A plane that crashed near Hartsburg on April 16 reached about 16,000 feet above sea level before it fell, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. The victim in the crash was Wade Bates, 58, of Arkansas, died in the crash, according to previous reporting. According to Federal
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Three men have been arrested and charged in Canada for allegedly murdering a prominent Sikh separatist, according to police, in a case Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously linked to the Indian government, drawing vehement protests from New Delhi. The suspects were identified in court filings as Karanpreet Singh,
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office is alerting residents along the Osage River for flooding after Ameren Missouri adjusted the Bagnell Dam’s discharge of water. According to a Facebook post from the Osage Emergency Management Agency, Ameren Missouri started spill gate operations at 11 a.m. Friday, the total flow through the dam
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When the Chang’e-4 mission landed in the Von Karman crater on January 3, 2019, China became the first and only country to land on the far side of the moon — the side that always faces away from Earth. Now, China is sending another mission to the far side,
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered 41-year-old David Lee Nelson to pay more than $60,000, with some of the money going toward counseling for the victims. Some
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot. The campaign turned in more than 380,000 voter signatures on Friday. Now Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office must verify the
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Italy’s Ministry of Health has banned the popular wellness trend of “puppy yoga” amid concerns that the puppies used in the practice could be exploited and mistreated. Typically, sessions involve puppies roaming around a yoga class and sometimes being incorporated in poses. Giovanni Leonardi,
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Alex Hardie, CNN (CNN) — Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station while trying to vote in the United Kingdom’s local elections after forgetting to bring photo ID – a requirement he introduced while prime minister. Polling station staff were forced to turn the former prime minister away as
Continue ReadingKDKA, CNN By Brammhi Balarajan, Jillian Sykes, Caroll Alvarado and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A former nurse who killed at least three patients and tried to kill more than a dozen more at nursing facilities across Pennsylvania has been sentenced to life in prison, the state’s attorney general said. But the family of one
Continue ReadingCNN By Antoinette Radford, Sana Noor Haq and Abdel Qadder Al-Sabbah, CNN (CNN) — “Whoever stays until the end, will tell the story. We did what we could. Remember us.” Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila scrawled these farewell words in blue ink on a whiteboard in Al-Awda Hospital, in Jabalya, on October 20, according to Médecins
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