COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Football fans heading to the 11 a.m. kickoff between No. 14 Missouri and Texas A&M at Memorial Stadium Saturday must be aware of game parking and traffic impacts. Permit and tailgate lots will be open at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Anyone with permits to park in areas designated for Mizzou game day must
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By Anna Chernova, Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Russian pro-Kremlin military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the Rybar Telegram channel, was detained in Montenegro on Friday along with several associates, Montenegrin authorities said, before being ordered to leave the country. Rybar, which British and US authorities have accused of spreading Kremlin propaganda and disinformation, has
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Por CNN El Premio Nobel de la Paz 2026 fue otorgado a Navi Pillay por sus esfuerzos para promover la paz y el derecho internacional. El Comité Noruego del Nobel elogió a Navi Pillay por su “excepcional valentía e integridad” en el ámbito jurídico y por sus “esfuerzos para promover la paz y el derecho
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The Mizzou football team hopes it can keep on winning in the SEC this Saturday when Texas A&M comes to Columbia. The No. 14 Tigers are favored over the Aggies. The game will get a national showcase, kicking off the Saturday slate on ABC at 11 a.m. Do you think the Tigers will prevail? Let
Continue Reading By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — A driven and caring 19-year-old packed her belongings in Florida and traveled over 500 miles to live out her dream of studying computing in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was there, in January 1995, that Colleen Slemmer’s life was cut short. She was murdered by her 18-year-old classmate Christa Pike. Pike
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CNN By John Miller, Julianna Bragg, Mark Morales, Alex Stambaugh, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Federal immigration agents shot and wounded a driver while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat Thursday during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx in New York City, because the agents believed their lives were in danger, federal
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By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Singapore, one of the wealthiest cities in the world, has become the most polluted on the planet as it chokes under a blanket of thick, toxic smog caused by fires in neighboring Indonesia. Pollution has cast a pall on the city-state as it gets ready to host a packed
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Giant tortoises once pushed to the brink of extinction now outnumber humans in their home of the Seychelles, according to a new survey on one of the African nation’s most remote islands. The survey, led by the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and the University of Exeter in the UK,
Continue Reading CNN By John Miller, Julianna Bragg, Mark Morales, Alex Stambaugh, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Federal immigration agents shot and wounded a driver while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat Thursday during a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx in New York City, because the agents believed their lives were in danger, federal
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A survey conducted by Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission found that a majority of respondents believe the city should not build a data center. But as interest in technology grows, city officials are working to determine what regulations would be needed if a data center were proposed. Patrick Zenner, Columbia’s director of
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CNN By Sarah Moon, CNN (CNN) — A US congressional candidate in Arizona, Bernadette Greene-Placentia, says she was raped by two men while she was repairing one of her campaign signs. Greene-Placentia said it happened August 14 around 2 or 3 a.m. in the Phoenix suburb of Sun City, according to an incident report from
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Since its announcement Tuesday, 172 high school seniors across Missouri have opted into the University of Missouri’s guaranteed admissions program. Eligible students are high school students with a 3.0 GPA who have completed at least 12 credits of college-level courses through their school district’s early college program. School districts partnering with MU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works Department will hold an open house meeting next week about a pair of projects. The meeting will be held 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 in conference rooms 1A and 1B at city hall about the East Green Meadows Road/East Nifong Boulevard roundabout and the Pershing Road
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China’s military has opened a new outpost on a site in northwestern Laos which was once a Vietnam-era CIA airfield. The base, about 40 miles north of the capital Vientiane and just 25 miles from the nearest border with Thailand, comprises the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The defense in a homicide case from Gasconade County is trying to get a murder charge dismissed. Henry Lorton, of Owensville, is charged in Gasconade County with second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault. His lawyer filed a motion on Tuesday asking the judge to lower his bond to $10,000 and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The spelling of the victim’s name has been corrected. The mother of a man suspected of killing his father testified Thursday that her son admitted to the shooting immediately afterward. Tracy Perkins testified Thursday that her son told her, “I just shot your husband,” after she heard gunshots inside their
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 56-year-old man from Roach, Missouri, was killed in a motorcycle crash on Thursday afternoon on Route AA in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man rode his 2024 Indian Roadmaster northbound, failed to negotiate a curve and went off the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City officials are considering new regulations for homeless shelters, drawing concerns from local advocates about how the rules could affect existing services. The Jefferson City Public Works and Planning Commission voted Thursday morning to send a proposed ordinance regulating shelters to the City Council. The ordinance would apply to overnight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri football player received a new heart on Wednesday, head coach Eli Drinkwitz said. Drinkwitz posted on X on Thursday morning that freshman lineman Johnnie “DJ” Jones went through a heart transplant Wednesday night. Drinkwitz said the surgery “went well,” and that Jones is recovering. https://t.co/wopk0fiZIz— Eliah Drinkwitz (@CoachDrinkwitz)
Continue Reading CNN By John Miller and Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — A person was shot during an encounter with federal immigration agents in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department. Just after 4 p.m., agents with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations — a branch of ICE focused on arresting undocumented immigrants
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