COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A Boone County associate circuit judge is eyeing a run for a mid-Missouri circuit judge next year. Judge Stephanie Morrell filed paperwork on Wednesday with the Missouri Ethics Commission to run for the Division 3 seat in the 13th Judicial Circuit. The circuit covers felony criminal cases and some civil matters
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By Joe Sutton and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman, who commanded the first mission to orbit the moon, has died in Billings, Montana, NASA announced. He was 95. “Today we remember one of NASA’s best. Astronaut Frank Borman was a true American hero. Among his many accomplishments, he served as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Public Works crews and other departments will partake in its annual snow dry run on Tuesday, according to a Thursday release from the city. The purpose of the run is to review safety procedures and practice snow routes for winter-weather responses, according to the release. The release states a
Continue Reading By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s troubled House speaker has hired a former House speaker who pleaded guilty to assault as his chief of staff. Republican Speaker Dean Plocher unveiled Rod Jetton as his top aide Thursday, and Jetton’s hiring was swiftly criticized. Jetton left office in 2009 while under federal
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Paul P. Murphy, Ivana Kottasová and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has effectively cut Gaza in two, with its ground operations and fiercest aerial bombardment apparently concentrated in the north, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee south on foot to escape the fighting. Israel launched its military campaign with the stated aim
Continue Reading CNN By Rob Picheta, Paul P. Murphy, Ivana Kottasová and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military has effectively cut Gaza in two, with its ground operations and fiercest aerial bombardment apparently concentrated in the north, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee south on foot to escape the fighting. Israel launched its military campaign with the stated
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is looking to transform vacant lots to help solve the city’s affordable housing issue. City leaders are attending a Vacant Property Leadership Institute in Austin, Texas, this week to get information on what can be done with the city’s vacant lots. Columbia Neighborhood Services Manager Leigh Kottwitz –
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) State offices will be closed Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving this year after Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order on Thursday, according to a press release from his office. Parson also signed an executive order last year that closed state offices the day after the holiday. “Friends, family, and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A public meeting was held Thursday morning in Jefferson City with the Works and Planning Committee to discuss designs for the potential replacement of the High Street Viaduct. The viaduct does not comply with the current codes for its sidewalk. Five options were proposed, but two appeared to stick out with
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Alaska dealt another blow to climate and Indigenous groups attempting to stop ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project, ruling Thursday that construction could move forward. The project on Alaska’s North Slope – an area that holds 600 million barrels of oil – galvanized a groundswell
Continue Reading By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s understaffed and overworked air traffic controller workforce has grown by only six fully trained controllers over the last year, the workers’ union president told Congress. National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Rich Santa told a Senate subcommittee Thursday growth in the thousands is needed. The FAA’s controller ranks
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with multiple charges related to child pornography. Justin Loafman, 26, was charged with child porn possession and first-degree promoting child pornography. A warrant was issued on Thursday and no bond was set. An arraignment was set for 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Cole
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis City’s Roman Burki was named Major League Soccer’s Goalkeeper of the Year, becoming the first goalkeeper to win the award while playing for an expansion club since 1998. The Swiss-born Burki played for Germany’s Borussia Dortmund for seven seasons before joining St. Louis for its first MLS season. His
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man who was accused of trying to take a police officer’s gun on Wednesday has been charged. Steven Gehring, 42, has been charged with third-degree assault, disarming a peace officer, resisting arrest and attempted unlawful gun possession. He is being held at the Randolph County Jail without bond. An arraignment
Continue Reading By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — If someone had told Nadia Mohamed when she was a child that she would one day become mayor of the city where she grew up, she would have said, “you are lying.” But on Tuesday Mohamed achieved just that when she was elected Mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
Continue Reading By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — The US population is projected to peak in 2080, then start declining, according to a new analysis by the US Census Bureau. Projections released Thursday predict the country’s population will reach nearly 370 million in 2080, and by 2100 will have declined to 366 million. It’s the first
Continue Reading By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Scientists based in China have created a monkey chimera with two sets of DNA, experimental work they say could ultimately benefit medical research and the conservation of endangered species. The monkey, which lived for 10 days before being euthanized, was made by combining stem cells from a cynomolgus monkey
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A panorama of colliding galaxy clusters glimmers in a new image, captured by the combined forces of the two most powerful space observatories ever created. The cosmic phenomenon, called MACS0416, is 4.3 billion light-years from Earth. Eventually, the merging pair of giant clusters will combine to form an even
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The Chariton County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle that resulted in the Salisbury R-IV School Stirct going on a soft lockdown on Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping has a plan for how the world should work, and one year into his norm-shattering third term as Chinese leader, he’s escalating his push to challenge America’s global leadership — and put his vision front and center. That bid was in the spotlight like never
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