By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers and Holly Yan, CNN Brandon, Mississippi (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison. Their sentences will run concurrently with their federal sentences handed down last month,
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping held rare talks on Wednesday with a former president of Taiwan who supports closer ties with China, a highly unusual meeting just weeks before the democratic island swears in a new leader Beijing openly loathes. Ma Ying-jeou, who led Taiwan
Continue Reading CNN By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Brian Dorsey for the 2006 murders of his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Benjamin Bonnie, after an effort to have his life spared failed in recent days. Dorsey’s time of death was recorded as 6:11 p.m, the Missouri Department of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County residents on Tuesday were able to attend a of housing meeting studies meeting, the first in a series of meetings that will take place this week throughout the county. Tuesday’s meeting took place at The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri in Columbia. Owner of Amarach Planning Services, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team announced on Tuesday that it will be opening up the 2024 season with the program’s third-consecutive Thursday night kickoff at Faurot Field. The Tigers’ season opener versus Murray State has officially been moved from Saturday, Aug. 31 to Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. “Holding our season opener
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 4-3 for their fifth consecutive victory. Garrett Hampson began the Kansas City 10th on second as the automatic runner, replacing Vinnie Pasquantino. Hampson raced home when
Continue Reading WTKR, FACEBOOK, ABBY ZWERNER, NEWPORT NEWS JUDICIAL COURT, CNN, Facebook/Abby Zwerner By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Virginia elementary school administrator was indicted last month and charged with eight felony counts after a 6-year-old student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher last year. Ebony Parker, the former assistant
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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (KMIZ) Convicted murderer Brian Dorsey was executed on Tuesday evening, Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann stated in a news conference. Officials were given the OK to administer the lethal injection to Dorsey at 6:01 p.m. He was dead by 6:11 p.m. The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Dorsey’s
Continue Reading CNN By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — More than two years after a shooting at a Michigan high school left four students dead, a court heard gut-wrenching impact statements from the victims’ families as the parents of the shooter were sentenced to prison. James and Jennifer Crumbley were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials earlier this year
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto bruised his neck when hit by a Zack Wheeler wild pitch in the seventh inning of Philadelphia’s 3-0 loss to St. Louis, and the three-time All-Star was removed from the game. Wheeler was pitching to Brendan Donovan when he bounced and 0-1 curveball, catching Realmuto on the
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 62-year-old Richland, Missouri, woman was seriously injured Tuesday in a Pulaski County crash at the intersection of Route AB and Star Lane, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as Eldona Marlowe “suffered a medical condition” as she was was heading eastbound on Route AB
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Katy Trail near the Rocheport Bridge will be closed next week, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Traffic on Interstate 70 will not be affected. Contractors will be setting structural steel girders over the Katy Trail, as part of the construction of the eastbound bridge,
Continue Reading By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — More than two years after a shooting at a Michigan high school left four students dead, a court heard gut-wrenching impact statements from the victims’ families as the parents of the shooter were sentenced to prison. James and Jennifer Crumbley were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials earlier this year but
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Columbia Public Schools approved a bid with Communications Technologies Inc. for weapons detection systems at its board of education meeting Monday night.
Continue Reading BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in attack that left couple’s 4-year-old girl home alone.
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A statewide alert has been put out for a 2-year-old girl abducted from Springfield, Missouri.
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Houston Astros left-hander Framber Valdez was placed on the 15-day injured list because of elbow inflammation as manager Joe Espada said he d he hoped the pitcher will miss only a couple of starts. Valdez was scratched from his scheduled start in the series opener,
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Now that Monday’s celestial spectacle has come and gone, millions of people across North America may find their protective eclipse eyewear lying around the house. For the fortunate folks who witnessed the rare solar event, there may not be a need to throw out gently used pairs of solar
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged after he was accused of threatening students at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri with a knife and a pipe on Monday. Heath Garrett Waller, 38, was charged with second-degree making a terroristic threat, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree endangering the welfare of
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Another group of Republican-led states is suing to block the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, which offers a faster path to cancellation and has been used to forgive loans for more than 150,000 borrowers. Seven states led by Missouri filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday
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