WJXT, JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WITNESS VIDEO, CNN By Isabel Rosales, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Officers will not face disciplinary action for the violent arrest last week of a drug suspect in Florida, their sheriff said, as officials allege a moment from bystander video that sparked outrage over the encounter had been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warsaw, Missouri, man who escaped from the Phelps County Jail – and was eventually caught – this weekend is seeing more charges. Jonathan S. O’Dell, 33, was charged on Monday with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. A court date for the new charges has not been set.
Continue ReadingCNN, SPECTRUM NEWS (ALBANY) By Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — The 46-year-old man accused of kidnapping 9-year-old Charlotte Sena in upstate New York wrote a ransom note with intent to get money, according to an arraignment memorandum released Tuesday. Craig Nelson Ross Jr., abducted the girl “and wrote
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) At Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting, city officials approved a resolution to give funding to make a once seasonal homeless shelter open year-round. The council approved a resolution aimed at keeping Room at the Inn at 1509 Ashley Street open year round, beginning Oct. 29. According to the council memo, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday for a new addition to the MU Research Reactor. The $20 million, three-story addition to the existing MURR North Building is being referred to as MURR West, according to a press release from the university. The building will expand the facility’s research and medical isotope production
Continue ReadingBy Jon Passantino and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Marion, Kansas, police chief who ordered a widely-condemned law enforcement raid on a local newspaper and its publisher’s home this summer has resigned, the city’s mayor said. Marion Police Department Chief Gideon Cody resigned on Monday, Mayor David Mayfield told CNN, but declined to comment
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble and Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland town swore in Black lawmakers Monday for the first time in its 200-year history. Last month, residents in Federalsburg, Maryland, a small town on the state’s Eastern Shore, elected Brandy James and Darlene Hammond to the town council, representing the town’s first majority-Black District 1.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two locations in Columbia were among the 48 marijuana microbusiness licenses awarded on Monday by the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, according to a press release. The DCR stated in the release that it received more than 1,600 applications during the July 27-Aug. 10 application period. A majority of the approvals – 19
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer It’s the holding call heard ’round the NFL. And the debate over whether it was even a penalty continues to rage. Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner was penalized for defensive holding on Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling late in the fourth quarter Sunday night. The decision by referee
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA, MARK VANCLEAVE and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, days after he was suspended from his post. Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s departure was confirmed Monday night to The Associated Press by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools and the Jefferson City School District were among the few schools to get the maximum amount of funding from the latest round of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Safety Grants. CPS and JCSD each received $300,000 for school safety improvements. Fulton Public schools was another area
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Another man has died from the result of a crash last week at Stadium Boulevard and West Boulevard, the Columbia Police Department said in a Monday evening press release. Police say Jesus Celestino Mendoza-Chavez, of Columbia, died in the crash. He was 48. Last week, CPD stated John D. Searle, 64, of
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-seven suspected gang members have been arrested and nearly 150 pounds of drugs have been seized as part of a months-long investigation into organized crime in Los Angeles, law enforcement announced Monday. The suspects were allegedly operating a statewide narcotics and firearm trafficking network throughout California, authorities say. As
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews with Columbia Public Works have been installing new ultra-bright LED lights inside the Eighth and Cherry parking garage. The new lights are around 30% brighter than the previous lights in the garage. The city says the lights are part of a continued effort to improve the oldest parking garage in the city.
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As the United Auto Workers strike continues for a third week, one Columbia mechanic says it could soon affect drivers.
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Satellite television company Dish Network has been hit with a $150,000 fine for failing to properly dispose of one of its satellites, marking the first time federal regulators have issued such a penalty. The Federal Communications Commission, which authorizes space-based telecom services, announced Monday that it settled an investigation
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable with lows in the low to mid-60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with gradually increasing clouds by evening. Highs in the upper 80s to near 90. EXTENDED: The steamy weather continues for another day as temperatures will be more than 10 degrees warmer than average overnight and likely 10-15 degrees warmer than
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A North Dakota state senator, his wife and their two young children died in a plane crash as they were traveling through Utah, officials announced Monday. State Sen. Doug Larsen was piloting a plane as he traveled with his wife, Amy, and two of their sons Sunday evening in
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Preliminary autopsies show that five people who were killed in a central Illinois crash involving a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia died from exposure to the caustic chemical. The Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes on Monday completed autopsies of the victims of the accident Friday night in
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Columbia Second Ward Councilwoman Andrea Waner will resign next month when she moves out of the district she represents.
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