COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday the Columbia Board of Education is expected to approve a bid from Communications Technology Inc. to provide weapon detection systems for all three comprehensive high schools. CPS had an interview team comprised of six members to review proposals from six vendors. After the interview process, the team selected Alliance Technology
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire that occurred last month at The Links, a Columbia apartment complex area, was determined to have started from a stove burner that was left on by accident, according to an email from a Columbia Fire Department spokesperson. The fire was ruled unintentional, the email states. Firefighters responded to a fire
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The Central Missouri Astronomical Association had been looking forward to Monday’s solar eclipse for around 25 years.
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Missourians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty are planning demonstrations against the execution of a Mid-Missouri double murderer.
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A southern Illinois town is preparing to host several events around its second solar eclipse in seven years.
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By Tareq Alhelou, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi, CNN Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — Palestinians forced from their homes in Khan Younis by Israel’s military offensive have begun returning in small numbers to the southern Gaza city following the withdrawal of Israeli forces, with many arriving to find their former neighborhoods looking like wasteland.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chamois man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty in July to producing child pornography, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Dylan Joseph Minor, 27, was sentenced to 15 years without parole and will be required to register as a
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A Boonville woman encourages everyone to see a total solar eclipse at some time in their life after she and her husband experienced totality Monday in Van Buren, Missouri.
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The eclipse has slowed down traffic in parts of Missouri.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bay Springs, Mississippi, man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for a child enticement charge that involved a teenager from Columbia, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Zachary Wes Buckley, 49, pleaded guilty in November to child enticement and was sentenced to 16 years in federal
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It was a spectacular sight, the sky going completely dark under clear skies for four minutes in southern Illinois. The next total solar eclipse won’t happen for more than 20 years, but data from the sun’s activity today could give us insight into climate change in the future. Dr. Cori Brevik is a scientist and
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ABC 17 News had crews in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois, which were both on the line of totality for Monday’s solar eclipse.
Continue Reading By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Religious authorities in Malaysia have stepped up moral policing efforts during the holy month of Ramadan in what critics warn has been part of a wider recent shift toward a more conservative form of Islam in the multi-racial and culturally diverse nation. Ramadan, regarded as the holiest month in the
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Many people are expected to gather at state parks across Missouri to watch the total solar eclipse, with the state being in the line of totality for the solar phenomenon.
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, Amanda Musa and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A man fired a gun inside a law office in the Summerlin area near Las Vegas during a child custody deposition hearing Monday morning, killing two people, Las Vegas police said. The shooter also is dead, and police believe he took his own life,
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Body camera footage of a deadly police-involved shooting is expected to be released Tuesday, an attorney for the slain man’s family and a source from Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability told CNN. The deadly encounter happened March 21, when Dexter Reed, 26, was shot and
Continue Reading By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote at its annual convention in Kansas City,
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports; small colleges organization is believed to be first to take step.
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ABC 17 News is covering the 2024 solar eclipse with reporters in four locations: Carbondale, Illinois; Poplar Bluff, Missouri; Columbia; and Jefferson City.
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before his scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband. Dorsey’s attorney says she was informed Monday of the decision, calling it “devastating.” Parson’s spokesman didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Dorsey
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