COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia advocates are frustrated with the lack of change after nearly one year since the city hired its first diversity, equity and inclusion officer. D’Andre Thompson was hired in the role by Columbia’s City Manager De’Carlon Seewood in April 2023. After officially beginning his role on May 1, Thompson said his initial
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press A conservative quest to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college governing boards, with officials in about one-third of the states now taking some sort of action against it. Tennessee became the latest when the Republican governor this week signed legislation that
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works Department held a second transit study open house on Tuesday at Wabash Bus Station. The department is conducting a study to improve the Go COMO, the city’s transit provider. The meeting allowed the public to speak with representatives from Olsson, an engineering firm that the city
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics confirmed the news that began to make its rounds on Monday afternoon. Former Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch will take the reigns at MU. The UM Board of Curators is planning to meet on Wednesday to approve his contract, before an introductory press conference is held later in the week.
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By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavin Smith hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs to help the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 14-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Christian Walker and Kevin Newman also homered for Arizona, which leads the majors with 148 runs.
Continue Reading By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In her primary victory Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee not only far outperformed her lone challenger across the District, but she was also on track to far surpass her own win in the primary two years ago. The Associated Press
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with the stabbing of a Palestinian-American was indicted by a Texas grand jury Tuesday on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, despite calls from Muslim civil rights advocates to have him charged with a hate crime. Austin police arrested
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the go-ahead double in the fifth inning for Kansas City after a costly error by Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and the Royals’ bullpen shut down Toronto the rest of the way in a 3-2 victory Tuesday night.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House
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A court case was dismissed Monday after former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism submitted a formal letter of resignation.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A resurfacing project will cause a lane of Providence Road in Columbia to close on Thursday, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. At their December 2023 meeting, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded Capital Paving & Construction, LLC (Capital) a $5,506,594.12 contract to resurface 5.33
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The University of Missouri is seeing its largest number of enrollment applications in nearly 10 years.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man accused of several child sex crimes has an arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 6 at the Callaway County Courthouse. Freeman Myron Larnerd, 53, was charged with child porn possession, unlawful use of a weapon, statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 14 years old, first-degree statutory
Continue Reading By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine is tightening pressure on men of call-up age living abroad by temporarily suspending consular services, amid a wider overhaul of the country’s mobilization rules aimed at beefing up its defenses against Russia’s invasion. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced the suspension in a post on social media Tuesday, saying that it
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The U.S. Senate is expected to discuss and possibly vote Tuesday on a bill that would send tens of billions of dollars to overseas allies and effectively ban TikTok if the company refuses to sell.
Continue Reading CNN, WZTV, WTVF, TN HOUSE By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed. The bill, according to the summary, authorizes a faculty or staff member of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds subject to certain
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MILLERSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday in Callaway County on Route WW, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, the crash occurred as Julie Schafer, 43, of Florissant, was heading eastbound in her 2003 Dodge Caravan and failed to negotiate a turn.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man was charged with first-degree domestic assault on Tuesday. George Kenneth Crouse, 28, was arrested on Monday and was placed on a 24-hour hold in the Randolph County Jail. A warrant was issued and served on Tuesday and a $10,000 bond was set. The warrant states he is not allowed
Continue Reading By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — State legislators in Tennessee passed a bill Tuesday allowing teachers and school staff in the state to be armed. The bill, according to the summary, authorizes a faculty or staff member of a school to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds subject to certain conditions: • Get an enhanced
Continue Reading By Sugam Pokharel, Chris Liakos, Radina Gigova and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings. The Greek meteorological service said weather conditions on Tuesday had favored the movement of dust from Africa and
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