VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored at 1:54 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist for St. Louis. Alexey Toropchenko and Pavel Buchnevich also scored, and Joel Hofer made 29 saves. Pius Suter had his second career
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with the Philadelphia killing suspect who escaped custody during a medical transport, the city’s police department announced Friday. Authorities say they arrested Michael Diggs for allegedly picking up Shane Pryor, 17, after Pryor ran from two Philadelphia Juvenile Justice
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Annio and Jessie Yeung, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old man to death for setting fire to the renowned Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, which left 36 people dead in the country’s worst mass killing in almost 20 years, according to public broadcaster NHK. The defendant, Shinji
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) During Wednesday’s State of the State address, Gov. Mike Parson touched on clearing the clemency backlog in Missouri. When Parson first took office in 2018, there was a backlog of nearly 4,000 people waiting for clemency. Some of the applications Parson inherited, dated back to 2009. Today, that total is down to
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) A sunshine request made by ABC 17 News details inconsistencies in prior claims made by the Fayette Police Department. Dec. 26 meeting notes from the city’s Board of Alderman meeting describes Alderwoman Bekki Galloway questioning the city’s Police Chief David Ford about the department’s previous policy for disposing of evidence. The document
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Board of Governors voted Wednesday to ban state spending on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across all public universities in the state – the latest move targeting higher education DEI spending in the United States. The University of Florida, Florida State University and Florida International
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the lack of affordable child care is costing the state more than $1 billion each year. Gov. Mike Parson delivered his final State of the State address on Wednesday afternoon. In the speech, he outlined his priorities for the next budget and this
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Alston Mason scored 36 points and Cesare Edwards added seven points in double-overtime as Missouri State beat Drake 83-80 on Wednesday night. Mason split a pair of free throws with 21 seconds left in the game to give the Bears an 83-79 lead. Atin Wright missed a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Room at the Inn recorded 85 people during the night of the Point In Time Count, a national event where authorities are required to record the number of homeless people living in an area. The Point in Time Count is a census of those who are unhoused on a single night. According
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 600 Boone Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Wednesday afternoon. Five outages were reported around 4:18 p.m. on Boone Electric’s online outage map that affected 618 customers. The total number of outages was reduced to 511 by 6:30 p.m. and then it was completely resolved by 8:10 p.m., according
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Led by Grant Huffman’s 23 points, the Davidson Wildcats defeated the Saint Louis Billikens 84-61 on Wednesday night. The Wildcats are now 12-7 on the season, while the Billikens fell to 8-11.
Continue ReadingBy Brammhi Balarajan and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man accused of driving an SUV into two dozen law enforcement recruits who were on a 2022 training run in Southern California – leaving one dead and others seriously injured – has been indicted by a grand jury, prosecutors said this week. Nicholas Joseph
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Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to reflect Leimkuehler was seriously injured. Her status was previously listed differently due to a source error. ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 73-year-old Owensville woman suffered serious injuries in a Wednesday crash in Phelps County that occurred on Route E near Route Y, according to a Missouri State Highway
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has added an Accelerated Academy this year that will not require residency relocation for Missouri applicants.
Continue ReadingOWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey was back at practice after missing last weekend’s divisional playoff game with a calf injury. The Ravens listed Humphrey as limited Wednesday. It was a pretty encouraging injury report with Sunday’s AFC championship game against Kansas City coming up. Tight end Mark Andrews is still
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting on Thursday against Texas A&M, Mizzou Women’s Basketball is back at home for two consecutive games. After these next two matchups, Robin Pingeton’s crew will have officially reached the halfway point of its SEC season, setting up an important week for Mizzou. “There’s definitely some opportunities. I think taking care of
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Potholes are appearing and expanding after rounds of extreme temperatures and wintry precipitation hit Mid-Missouri over the past few weeks.
Continue ReadingBy Celine Alkhaldi, Ibrahim Dahman and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — A building sheltering hundreds of displaced people in the city of Khan Younis was hit by Israeli tank fire on Wednesday, according to the UN, as Israeli forces ramped up attacks on southern Gaza, forcing streams of Palestinians to flee the neighborhood. Wreaths of
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Osage Beach police said Wednesday that one person died in a crash near a bridge.
Continue ReadingBy Damián Martino, Sol Amaya, Ignacio Grimaldi, Michael Rios and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Argentina’s labor unions began a nationwide general strike on Wednesday against austerity measures and reforms by the country’s libertarian President Javier Milei. Thousands of people marched toward Congress in the capital of Buenos Aires on Wednesday amid the strike, which began at
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