JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Practice makes perfect, and over the next few days, Jefferson City residents may see the city’s fire department practice ice rescues. The training is taking place at McKay Lake and the department stated Thursday on its social media that it would be testing out a thermal imaging camera that can take
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A criminal investigation is underway for a fire that killed two people on Tuesday at Potawatomi Campgrounds, just outside of Fulton. Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell confirmed to ABC 17 News in an email on Friday that the fire is listed as a criminal investigation being led by the
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By Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — An experienced hiker died in New Hampshire’s White Mountains after making a distress call in which he said he was “very cold,” and his body was recovered by a helicopter amid severe winter conditions, officials said. Christopher Roma, 37, made the distress call to acquaintances Tuesday night, the New
Continue Reading By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Joe Bamisile scored 29 points off of the bench to lead the VCU Rams over the Saint Louis Billikens 85-61
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health Chief Operating Officer Monica Smith will be stepping down, according to a Friday press release from Boone Health. Smith’s last day will be March 1, the release states. She has been with Boone Health for more than 17 years. Smith will be taking an executive position with another health care
Continue Reading By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A New York man pleaded not guilty Friday to attempted murder and other charges in what police have claimed was a mostly unprovoked series of stabbings across the city this week. Jermain Rigueur, 27, was arraigned Friday afternoon in connection to what the Queens District Attorney’s Office said were five random
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) After working 19 years with the Mexico School District, Superintendent Melissa Chastain will retire in June, according to a social media post from the district. The Mexico Board of Education accepted Chastain’s retirement as a recent meeting, the post states. He last day will be June 30. “I have been so blessed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia is experiencing another round of frigid temperatures this weekend with wind chills expected to be below zero degrees. Due to the colder temperatures, City of Columbia Utilities Spokesman Matt Nestor said maintenance at recycling drop-off centers around the city will be scaled back. The decision to scale back service at recycling
Continue Reading Explainer by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Ornate gifts have started arriving in the Indian city of Ayodhya as the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to inaugurate a vast Hindu temple that he hopes will firm his chances for a rare third election win in just a few months’ time. Though still not complete,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly Jefferson City man was exploited out of more than $40,000 this month as part of a tech-support scheme, and police want to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else. Two Texas men were charged this week with the financial exploitation of an elderly person after they were accused
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — On the edge of a dark, suburban park in Brisbane, teams of volunteer toad-catchers gather around Gary King as he shoves another squirming specimen into a cooler box. “Who’s got some more?” asks King, a local leader of this year’s Great Cane Toad Bust, a small and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Aaron Grefrath is the new Jefferson City parks and recreation director after an appointment on Thursday from the Parks and Recreation Commission, according to a Friday press release. Grefrath was named the interim director in August after former director Todd Spalding was put on leave. Spalding eventually resigned in September. The
Continue Reading By Sarah Dewberry and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A county prosecutor has filed a request to amend the charges against Richard Allen, the suspect in the 2017 murders of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, court documents show. Allen is suspected of killing Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, whose
Continue Reading CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for a Missouri woman who has spent more than four decades in prison for a murder her supporters believe she did not commit are arguing that the evidence points to a police officer who was investigated for burglaries and later went to prison. They said at a hearing this week
Continue Reading Matthew Hilk, CNN (CNN) — A special grand jury was chosen in Uvalde, Texas, Friday to investigate the response to the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School, according to area newspapers. A grand jury investigation would represent the first publicly known development within the criminal justice system amid all the investigations into the botched police
Continue Reading MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State center Ayoka Lee will miss roughly four weeks because of an ankle injury. The seventh-ranked Wildcats said Lee had surgery Friday, a day after tests revealed a small fracture in her ankle. The senior from Minnesota is averaging 19.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocked shots. She ranks second
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Osage Beach man who suffered moderate injuries in a crash was accused of driving while intoxicated Thursday night on Route A at Midway Road, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash and arrest reports. The crash occurred as a 2008 Chrysler Pacifica – driven by James Thacker, 39 – was
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Divisions within the Israeli government are deepening after war cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot suggested the key war aim of defeating Hamas is unrealistic and called for elections within months. “Those who say that there was a major blow and demolition of the capabilities in the north of the strip
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By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Actor Alec Baldwin has been indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on charges connected to the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” new court documents show. Baldwin is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. The first involuntary manslaughter charge
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A historically Black college in Missouri is in turmoil after the suicide of an administrator who alleged bullying by the school’s president. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey was known for keeping her office door open and greeting everyone at Lincoln University with a smile.
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