COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people in Boone County asked the County Clerk’s Office to remove their names from voter rolls after they were flagged by the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office using a federal database, Clerk Brianna Lennon said Tuesday. The two were among 33 people whose names were included on a spring list of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused of killing his wife and leaving the body at a Kingdom City hotel dumpster appeared in court on Tuesday. Jonathan Guthrie Houston, 44, is charged in Callaway County with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. Houston is accused of
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CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Holly Yan, Danya Gainor, Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN Ithaca, New York (CNN) — Gang rape allegations at Cornell University are fueling a firestorm of actions against the school, against fraternity members named in a lawsuit and against the former student known as Jane Doe, whose accusations have galvanized a nationwide reckoning
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City has issued about 32% more expired-meter parking tickets this year after hiring a private company to manage the city’s parking operations. The Jefferson City Council hired PCI Municipal Services last year to take over parking operations and management under a five-year, $4.8 million contract. The change also brought new
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By Aaron Cooper, CNN New York (CNN) — An American Airlines flight from Madrid diverted to New York Tuesday afternoon after all but two of the lavatories on the Boeing 777 stopped working. The plane had 287 people onboard and was flying from Madrid to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, a flight that often takes more
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A survey conducted by the City of Columbia about road safety on Business Loop 70 showed pedestrians feel unsafe on the road. In fact, no one in the survey wrote that they felt safe on the business loop as a pedestrian or cyclist. The city in 2025 approved a $2.1 million study
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office is close to naming external lawyers to handle the investigation into sexual assault allegations at Cornell University, officials close to the investigation said. The office has reached out to several experienced attorneys to bolster its team, CNN reported Tuesday. The search began Thursday
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane taxiing for takeoff hit the tail of an Air Canada jet at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning. Delta Flight 7’s left wingtip clipped the horizontal stabilizer, a part of the tail, of Air Canada Flight 785 as
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By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate, is conscious and speaking six days after her failed execution, according to a statement from her attorneys. “Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools is among the five school districts in the state that is partnering with the University of Missouri for early college direct admission, MU announced in a Tuesday press release. The program “guarantees admission to qualifying students” before their senior year of high school, the release says. Partner school districts
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — US authorities have arrested a 30-year-old from Washington state in connection with the February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. James Cody Bryant was arrested in Bellingham, Washington, on Tuesday morning on a charge of conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country, according to the US Justice
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A quote has now been correctly attributed to Boone County Assistant Prosecutor Mel Buchanan. Three freshman Mizzou football players were arrested Monday on suspicion of first-degree harassment, a felony. Defensive back Ahmod Billins, cornerback Trashundon Neal and wide receiver Karsten Fiene were arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of first-degree harassment,
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: One of the charges against Woods-Bloss has been corrected. A 17-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old girl in Randolph County. Christopher R. Woods-Bloss was also charged with armed criminal action and first-degree kidnapping in the May killing of Kayla Huff, whose body
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lanes at a downtown Jefferson City intersection will be closed later this week for water service replacement, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Department of Public Works. Beginning 7 a.m. Thursday, contracts will conduct a water service replacement at 330 Bolivar St. The release says the work will require
Continue Reading By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are recovering after experiencing a technology issue Monday that caused problems for travelers around the world. Some passengers on social media reported delays as they tried to board aircraft and airlines’ websites and apps appeared to, at times, not function properly.
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By Max Saltman, Yong Xiong, CNN New York (CNN) — For the past 29 years, one of the few ways to get in touch with the North Korean government has been a phone number printed in the United Nations member directory. It’s the line to North Korea’s permanent mission to the UN — their only
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By Zahra Ullah, Arina Porkhovnik, Anna Chernova, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of a young woman who worked at a Siberian anti-plague laboratory. But moves to isolate her contacts and introduce new disease-control measures at local hospitals have raised concerns among people who fear they’re
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia Utilities will host interested-party meetings Tuesday to gather public feedback regarding a decade-long transmission line project. Meetings will be held Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Forum Christian Church, 3900 Forum Blvd. The meetings will be open-house style, where residents
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CNN By Melissa Bell, CNN (CNN) — France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed into a national crisis. Hundreds of schools have been forced to close and more than
Continue Reading Story by AP BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said a former foreign intelligence chief was arrested Tuesday on espionage allegations. August Hanning, 80, served as president of the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, from December 1998 to November 2005. He is “strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and
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