COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District hired a familiar face as the next principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School. JCSD announced in a Friday morning press release that Jefferson City High School Assistant Principal Jordan Chapman will become TJMS’ principal next school year. “I am very thankful for the opportunity to lead Thomas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with a felony after police say he told someone to hide a gun after a youth shot himself in the arm in February. Dalton Isom, 32, was charged on Friday with tampering with evidence. A criminal summons was requested. According to the probable cause statement, a boy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second time in roughly a month, Gov. Mike Kehoe has requested FEMA to participate in joint preliminary damage assessments for counties that were damaged by storms and flooding, according to a Friday afternoon press release from the governor’s office. An EF-2 tornado ravaged Pilot Grove in Cooper County on April
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations’ emergency and disaster response agency will reduce its global workforce by 20% and scale back operations in nine countries, as it confronts a severe funding crisis and escalating global needs, it announced on Friday. In sobering letter to staff shared on the agency’s website, the Office
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By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul (CNN) — “Women and dried pollock need to be beaten every three days for better taste” – so goes an old saying that was common in South Korea in the 1960s when Choi Mal-ja was growing up in a small city in the country’s southeast. Back then, male violence against
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Healthcare’s chief executive officer, are asking a federal judge to block the Justice Department from seeking the death penalty, calling the decision a “political stunt.” Earlier this month Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department would pursue the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No criminal charges will be filed in an August 2024 overdose death that occurred at the Boone County Jail. William Gipson, 43, of Ashland, died in custody at the Boone County Jail. The Boone County Medical Examiner determined that his death was the result of an accidental methamphetamine overdose. Boone County Prosecuting
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Credit Union has legally merged with the River Region Credit Union, according a post on the Missouri Credit Union’s website. “Now that we’re legally merged, the work to combine our systems and services takes center stage. This marks an exciting time for us to make good on our promise of
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By Betiana Fernández Martino and Hira Humayan, CNN (CNN) — Doctors in Argentina were already on high alert when a pregnant Russian woman showed up at the hospital on March 21 with two other women to give birth. Hospital staff in the Patagonian city of Bariloche had seen them before – four days earlier, they
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CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Lauren Mascarenhas and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana immigration judge said Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil – a legal permanent resident – can be deported after the United States government argued his presence posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences.” The decision by Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee
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By Alessandra Castelli and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain related to a wound sustained when he was stabbed on the campaign trail seven years ago. The source of the pain was a “complication in the small intestine,” caused by the multiple surgeries he underwent
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By Tamar Michaelis and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A small group of reservists from Israel’s elite military intelligence unit joined a call for an immediate return of the hostages in Gaza even if it requires an immediate end to the war, in a sign of a growing protest movement after more than 18
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy. Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during
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Editor’s note: The date of the crash has been corrected. COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old Jamestown man was seriously hurt after a crash in Cooper County just before 4 p.m. Thursday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the man was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado south
Continue ReadingJade Walker, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all cars shipped to the US are expected to raise car prices by thousands of dollars. If people can’t afford to pay more, will they opt to take the bus or train instead? Doing so could reportedly save Americans more than $13,000 a year
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By Lauren Kent and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Peace is out of reach for Ukraine due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing aggression, European defense ministers stressed Friday, even as the United States pushed ahead with talks with Moscow. Top Trump administration official Steve Witkoff met Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, shaking hands
Continue Reading By Gloria Pazmino, Lauren Mascarenhas and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A Louisiana immigration judge said Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil – a legal permanent resident – can be deported after the United States government argued his presence posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences.” The decision by Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans
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The Improve I-70 Project, which will make Interstate 70 at least three lanes statewide, is in full swing. A lot of that work has been taking place in Mid-Missouri, where the existing road is being widened from two lanes to three. Part of that project is eliminating the exit ramp onto Business Loop 70 from
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By Hanna Park, John Miller, Taylor Romine, Aaron Cooper, Jeff Winter and Bob Ortega, CNN (CNN) — A sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s misty skyline into a tragedy. The helicopter carried six people, including three children and their parents – who have both worked for
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By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said his nation is “not afraid,” in his first public comments on the escalating trade war with the United States, as Beijing raised tariffs on US goods to 125%. The tariff hike is the latest in a tit-for-tat battle between the world’s
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