No children hurt in Hallsville school bus crash
No students were injured when a Hallsville school bus was in a crash Thursday afternoon.
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No students were injured when a Hallsville school bus was in a crash Thursday afternoon.
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By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! A drop in births last year brought the US fertility rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century, a new report found. The numbers have been trending down for decades, and the teen birth rate reached another record low. About 3.6
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parking brake manufacturer Otscon, Inc. announced in a Wednesday social media post that it will be closing its Columbia facility after 36 years. The post states that more than 220 employees – more than 150 of which are full-time – will lose their jobs. Full-time employees will be given “severance packages and
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WCBS, CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement, and ordered a new trial. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ruled the testimony of “prior bad
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A Hallsville man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries Thursday morning after crashing his motorcycle on Highway 124.
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — When Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two sex crimes in February 2020, the conviction was hailed as a landmark moment in the #MeToo movement. Now, over four years later, the ruling from the New York Court of Appeals overturning that conviction has sent shockwaves through communities
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Arkansas authorities say the death of a Missouri doctor who was found 11 months ago in a northwest Arkansas lake has been ruled a suicide. The Benton County, Arkansas, sheriff’s department said in a statement Thursday that Dr. John Forsyth died of a gunshot wound to the head. The statement
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Cooper County Jail staff member who was accused of manslaughter will have an Administrative Hearing Commission hearing over the status of her peace officer’s license. A hearing for Rachel Atherton is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, according to AHC documents. Atherton currently has a suspended Class A
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Mother’s Day. In the United States, it is observed annually on the second Sunday in May. It is also celebrated in other countries. May 10, 2026 – Mother’s Day. Facts In 2023, 27.5 was the average age in the United States for first-time mothers, according
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the PGA Championship, one of the four Grand Slam golf tournaments; the others are the Masters, British Open and the US Open. May 17, 2026 – English golfer Aaron Rai wins the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. May 18, 2025
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By Nimi Princewill and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a medium security prison in Nigeria after heavy rainfall destroyed part of the facility, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) said in a press release on Thursday. A total of 118 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centres in Suleja,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A majority of roll cart exchange requests in Columbia have been for requests for a larger cart, according to an email from City Utility spokesman Matt Nestor. Earlier this week, a social media post from Columbia Recycling and Trash stated that the city was “in the process of exchanging” more than 1,400 roll carts
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — There’s no place Drake Maye would rather be. When the NFL invited the former North Carolina quarterback to attend the draft in Detroit, he quickly said yes. Maye says it’s a dream come true to walk across the stage. Not everyone feels the same way. Only
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri lawmakers are divided over how far to go with a ballot measure that would make it more difficult for future voters to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led House on Thursday amended a proposal that would require a majority of votes in five
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By Larry Madowo and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people and left at least 236 injured, the country’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Thursday. More than 10,000 houses have been damaged and upwards of 200,000 people have been affected, Majaliwa told the Tanzanian parliament in the capital Dodoma.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals placed right-hander Alec Marsh on the injured list Thursday after he took a 91 mph liner off his pitching elbow the previous night against the Blue Jays. Marsh had not allowed a run when Toronto’s Addison Barger drilled a fastball
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who sped through a red light in Kansas City and crashed into a patrol car has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of an officer and a bystander. Jerron Lightfoot, a 20-year-old from Tonganoxie, Kansas, said he was “truly sorry and
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By Amanda Musa, Melissa Alonso and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — The second body found at the home of former Washington state school resource officer Elias Huizar was that of his 17-year-old girlfriend and mother of his 1-year-old son whom he was accused of kidnapping, West Richland Police Department confirmed at a news conference Wednesday. Huizar died from a self-inflicted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced that new MU Athletics Director Laird Veatch will be formally introduced on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Stephens Indoor Facility. The event will be open to the public and will be carried live on ABC 17, KMIZ and abc17news.com The former Memphis AD is preparing
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By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Some Hamas officials are signaling that the militant group could give up armed struggle against Israel if the Palestinians get an independent state in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 war. The messaging suggests a softening of Hamas’ position as its fate hangs in the balance with
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