COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people who applied for the City Council appointment for Columbia’s second ward will be running for the seat in April. Robert Schreiber III and Lisa Meyer are planning runs. Rachel Proffitt was picked by the council last month to fill Andrea Waner’s open seat. Schreiber told ABC 17 News that he’s
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Ashland Board of Aldermen at its Tuesday night meeting opted to cancel its upcoming hearing that was expected to determine if it would fire Police Chief Gabe Edwards. The Board went into a closed session during its regularly scheduled Tuesday night meeting. The Board approved the cancelation 4-2. Another date was
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By The Associated Press MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Led by Elias King’s 22 points, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders defeated the Missouri State Bears 77-73 in overtime on Tuesday night. The Blue Raiders are now 5-5 on the season, while the Bears fell to 6-3.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kevin McCullar Jr. had a career-high 25 points, KJ Adams scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half, and second-ranked Kansas struggled to hold off scrappy Kansas City 88-69. The Jayhawks were coming off a thrilling win over No. 5 UConn last week
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Earth’s temperature was off the charts this year, and scientists just confirmed what much of planet already felt coming: 2023 will officially be the hottest year on record. The analysis from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found this year’s global temperature will be more than 1.4 degrees
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The propulsion module that powered India’s spacecraft to a historic moon landing just transitioned back into Earth’s orbit, according to the country’s space agency. The move aims to test how the growing space power might one day return samples of lunar soil. The propulsion module had more fuel left
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who was accused in a carjacking in August pleaded guilty on Monday to three felonies. Nathan Kessler, 29, pleaded guilty to first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful gun possession. He want sentenced to eight years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have applied for the two open Boone Hospital Trustee seats that will be on the ballot in the April 2024 municipal election. As of Tuesday, Gary Thompson and current Board member Judy Starr are the two people who have applied for the seats. Thompson currently serves as the CEO of
Continue Reading Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A pregnant Texas woman who says her unborn baby has a genetic condition and carrying the child to term could threaten her life filed suit against the state Tuesday, asking a court to declare she has the right to terminate the pregnancy. Kate Cox said the state’s current abortion ban
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night voted to increase the city parking rates for the first time in almost 20 years. Council members said that the city has fallen behind as far as being comparable to other cities when it comes to parking and say that this is the right
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The Mizzou Tigers are heading to the Cotton Bowl, and those looking to attend will need to make sure they’re buying a reliable ticket.
Continue Reading By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has reaffirmed her ruling this summer that state law permits consensual medical abortions, handing abortion rights advocates a massive victory. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year reactivated Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul immediately
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Candidates could officially put their names in for local elections starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Filing in most places will continue during regular business hours for the city or county government building until 5 p.m. Dec. 26.
Continue Reading By Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Just a few pieces of debris stood between Munna Qureshi and dozens of laborers who his team had been tasked with rescuing from deep inside a Himalayan tunnel after all previous attempts to free them had failed. “I could hear the laborers gasping on the other side
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was arrested and charged after he was accused of robbing another man at gunpoint on Monday. James Wheeler Jr., 41, was charged with first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held in the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged a man with murder and other counts in the fatal stabbing of a department store security guard and wounding of another. Thirty-year-old Tyrone Tunnell is jailed without bail in the Monday attack and will have a preliminary hearing within two weeks. Authorities say guards Eric Harrison and
Continue Reading KJRH By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Wilma Mankiller has many accomplishments to her name — the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a US quarter in her likeness, to name a few. Now, the late Cherokee leader and activist also boasts a Barbie doll in her honor.
Continue Reading FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — The family of a 46-year-old Florida man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against a restaurant chain, claiming its caffeine-filled lemonade drink led to his death. David Brown had high blood pressure and didn’t drink energy drinks, but the lawsuit said he believed the Panera Charged Lemonade was
Continue Reading By Sarah Engel and Asher Moskowitz, CNN (CNN) — A nearly 25-year-old rape and murder cold case has been solved due to DNA forensics and genetics, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Sheriff Gregory Tony identified the victim as Eileen Truppner and the killer as Lucious Boyd, 64, at a news conference. Boyd is on death row
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, Jason Kravarik and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Joseph Emerson, the Alaska Airlines pilot who allegedly attempted to shut off the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight in October, was indicted on 84 counts in an Oregon court Tuesday. The grand jury indicted Emerson on one count of endangering aircraft in the
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