By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alec Bohm had an RBI double in the 10th inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3. Bohm’s hit off Ryan Helsley (1-1) drove in automatic runner Cristian Pache, and Bryson Stott followed with a sacrifice fly for the insurance run as the
Continue ReadingCNN, KTNV, KVVU By Christina Maxouris, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A man fired a gun inside a law office in the Summerlin area near Las Vegas during a child custody deposition hearing Monday morning, killing two people, Las Vegas police said. The shooter also is dead, and police believe he took
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife were sentenced in separate appearances on Monday for recording a sexual assault of an unconscious 4-year-old, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Paul Emerson Schofield, 35, and his wife, Sara Ellen Schofield, 31, both of Jefferson City, had
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man on Friday was found guilty by a jury on two counts of first-degree forcible rape, according to a press release from Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson. Francis Henry Kempker, 53, will be sentenced in June, according to the release. He is currently being held in the
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas has been hospitalized, days after his arrest during a high-profile raid of the Mexican embassy in Quito. Glas was taken a hospital in Guayaquil after falling ill, the country’s national prison agency SNAI said Monday. He became ill after he
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View a replay of the ABC 17 News Eclipse Special in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) People around the country were able to see a solar eclipse on Monday. View photos of some of the scenes from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were both in the path of totality. Photos of
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CARBONDALE, Ill. (KMIZ) View a video of how Monday’s total solar eclipse looked at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois, in the web player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday the Columbia Board of Education is expected to approve a bid from Communications Technology Inc. to provide weapon detection systems for all three comprehensive high schools. CPS had an interview team comprised of six members to review proposals from six vendors. After the interview process, the team selected Alliance Technology
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred last month at The Links, a Columbia apartment complex area, was determined to have started from a stove burner that was left on by accident, according to an email from a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. The fire was ruled unintentional, the email states. Firefighters responded to a fire
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The Central Missouri Astronomical Association had been looking forward to Monday’s solar eclipse for around 25 years.
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Missourians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty are planning demonstrations against the execution of a Mid-Missouri double murderer.
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A southern Illinois town is preparing to host several events around its second solar eclipse in seven years.
Continue ReadingBy Tareq Alhelou, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Palestinians forced from their homes in Khan Younis by Israel’s military offensive have begun returning in small numbers to the southern Gaza city following the withdrawal of Israeli forces, with many arriving to find their former neighborhoods looking like wasteland.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chamois man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty in July to producing child pornography, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Dylan Joseph Minor, 27, was sentenced to 15 years without parole and will be required to register as a
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A Boonville woman encourages everyone to see a total solar eclipse at some time in their life after she and her husband experienced totality Monday in Van Buren, Missouri.
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The eclipse has slowed down traffic in parts of Missouri.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bay Springs, Mississippi, man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for a child enticement charge that involved a teenager from Columbia, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Zachary Wes Buckley, 49, pleaded guilty in November to child enticement and was sentenced to 16 years in federal
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It was a spectacular sight, the sky going completely dark under clear skies for four minutes in southern Illinois. The next total solar eclipse won’t happen for more than 20 years, but data from the sun’s activity today could give us insight into climate change in the future. Dr. Cori Brevik is a scientist and
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ABC 17 News had crews in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were both on the line of totality for Monday’s solar eclipse.
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Religious authorities in Malaysia have stepped up moral policing efforts during the holy month of Ramadan in what critics warn has been part of a wider recent shift toward a more conservative form of Islam in the multi-racial and culturally diverse nation. Ramadan, regarded as the holiest month in the
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