CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jessica Lynch, motivational speaker and former prisoner of war. Personal Birth date: April 26, 1983 Birth name: Jessica Dawn Lynch Birth place: Palestine, West Virginia Father: Gregory Lynch, truck driver Mother: Deadra Lynch Children: with Wes Robinson: Dakota Ann Education: West Virginia University at
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the stabbing deaths of two women and a 7-year-old boy. Prosecutors in Warren County sought the death penalty for Shawn Kavanagh, 32, but Judge Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey on Tuesday sentenced him to four consecutive life terms. The
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Police arrested a suspect Tuesday in a shooting on the University of Missouri’s Homecoming weekend last year in Columbia.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 15-year-old has pleaded guilty in family court to fatally stabbing a student at a Kansas City middle school last year. A spokeswoman for the Jackson County Court confirmed the boy pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Manuel Guzman at Northeast Middle School last April. Guzman
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Columbia Public Schools leaders are considering a new security enhancement in district high schools.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager could be headed to the injured list after leaving a game against Kansas City because of left hamstring tightness while running the bases. Seager was running between first and second base in the fifth inning after hitting an opposite-field double
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care on Tuesday celebrated the grand opening of its new Jackson Road Medical Building in Boonville. The 14,000 square-foot facility opened its doors March 27. The building — located at 516 Jackson Road — features an urgent care with extended hours, primary care, imaging including a CT scanner, lab and therapy services, according
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NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, an extraordinary move as he seeks to halt a House Judiciary Committee inquiry that the prosecutor contends is a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his indictment of former President Donald Trump. Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge
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LAURIE, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against the City of Laurie, claiming the city allows police officers to target drivers who let others on the road know about speed traps by flashing their headlights. No court dates have been announced, yet. The city has been summoned. In court documents,
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Jefferson City police say they’ve arrested a man after finding a woman dead with stab wounds Monday.
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Money to expand Interstate 70 was put back into the state budget Tuesday.
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Columbia Public Schools demonstrated a “touchless” weapons detection system Tuesday in response to high school students’ calls for increased safety amid frequent school shootings.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s Department announced in a press release that a man was arrested after his girlfriend was shot in the head on Tuesday morning. Around 7:14 a.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to a call in the 100 block of Bourbon Street. A woman was crying on the call to EMS,
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Columbia police said Tuesday that they’ve arrested two people in connection with a shooting outside a gas station in the Conley Road area.
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was arrested following a Monday chase that ended with his vehicle crashing into a loading ramp, according to a social media release from the Miller County Sheriff’s Office. Timothy Crowley, 38, is being held at the Miller County Jail on a $75,000 bond, according to the jail’s
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Bank employees, an “incredible friend,” a beloved parishioner, police officers and a “huge fan and supporter” of the community are among the five people killed and others hospitalized after a gunman opened fire inside a bank in downtown Louisville. Monday’s attack was the 146th US mass shooting this year, according to
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By DYLAN LOVAN and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The bank employee who opened fire at his Louisville workplace targeted people he knew with a rifle that was bought legally a week earlier, police said Tuesday. Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a news conference that bank employee Connor
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say a man was killed and three others were critically injured in a shooting outside of a funeral for a homicide victim in the nation’s capital. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee says a police officer was stationed near the funeral home in northeast Washington when the
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff Mark Lamb says he’s running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. Pinal County’s top lawman is the first Republican to jump into a high-profile race for the seat held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Lamb is a staunch supporter of ex-President Donald Trump and an
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine began resuming electricity exports to European countries on Tuesday, its energy minister said, a dramatic turnaround from six months ago when fierce Russian bombardment of power stations plunged much of the country into darkness in a bid to demoralize the population. The announcement by Energy
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