JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City official told ABC 17 News that the city plans to use $2,113,169 in the Community Revitalization Grant to improve the neighborhood near the old state penitentiary. The neighborhood services supervisor said the city plans to use the funding to remove asbestos from the MSP buildings. Demolition of empty and abandoned
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By DAVE COLLINS and DAVID SHARP Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A business jet flying over New England violently pitched upward then downward, fatally injuring a passenger, after pilots responding to automated cockpit warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable, U.S. transportation investigators reported Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County Health Department will be offering naloxone to residents for free beginning on Friday, April 7. The drug, also known as Narcan, is used to prevent an opioid overdose deaths. Other areas of Mid-Missouri have been offering naloxone at distribution events and at their county health departments. “We are proud
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By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press As heavy rains and flash floods doused southwestern Missouri Friday, Layton Hoyer wanted to get a closer look at the rising river levels. That is when he noticed an SUV caught in the flash floods near Granby. At first, Hoyer thought the car might have been abandoned, but flashing brake
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By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press As heavy rains and flash floods doused southwestern Missouri Friday, Layton Hoyer wanted to get a closer look at the rising river levels. That is when he noticed an SUV caught in the flash floods near Granby. At first, Hoyer thought the car might have been abandoned, but flashing brake
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A federal judge is threatening to report two attorneys for disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man jailed on charges he assaulted police officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Judge Trevor McFadden questioned in court papers Thursday whether attorney Joseph McBride was being sincere when
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A university on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. launched its accredited doctoral program, becoming the first among more than 30 accredited tribal colleges and universities across the country to offer such a high level degree. The program at Navajo Technical University will be dedicated to sustaining
Continue Reading By WILSON RING Associated Press ST. JOHNSBURY, Vermont (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seeking immigrants to move between the two countries along a back road linking New York state to
Continue Reading UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Two migrants were found dead and at least 10 were hospitalized Friday after police in South Texas received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train traveling near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Uvalde Police Department said Border Patrol was informed of the phone call and able to stop the
Continue Reading By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV and a fearless advocate for Portland’s LGBTQ+ community, has died of natural causes in Portland, Oregon. He was 92. Darcelle, who died Thursday, was crowned the world’s oldest
Continue ReadingBy Nick Valencia, CNN A large portion of a public park near Atlanta on the proposed site of a police and fire training facility — dubbed “Cop City” by critics — has been temporarily closed by an executive order, after county officials said they located “life threatening” hidden traps scattered in the park. “They confiscated
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer and Paradise Afshar, CNN Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a Republican-led bill that would prohibit transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care, such as surgical procedures or the use of certain hormones, bucking a growing trend of states restricting access to the treatments. Republican state lawmakers passed the bill last
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Over the past year, Texas woman Jen Loh has been in touch with several Proud Boys now on trial for seditious conspiracy, talking with the members of the far-right group and their defense counsel about the case and suggesting possible witnesses and attorneys who could help. All the
Continue Reading By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders said Friday they reached a deal on pay raises for bus drivers, custodians and other support staff after a three-day strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system. The deal includes a series of retroactive raises
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN The Los Angeles Unified School District and Service Employees International Union Local 99 have reached a deal following a three-day strike, officials said in a news conference Friday evening. The union represents about 30,000 Los Angeles school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other student services staff, and was calling for
Continue Reading By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Scores of people, including at least a dozen dressed in drag, showed up late Friday for a committee hearing on a Nebraska bill that would criminalize exposing anyone 18 or younger to a drag show. The bill’s main sponsor, Sen. Dave Murman of Glenvil, said
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers LAS VEGAS (AP) — New York has a notable rival for the title the city that never sleeps in 24/7 Las Vegas. Two of the biggest moments in this year’s NCAA Tournament came in those two cities Thursday night, both thanks to players taking center
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man faces several charges after he allegedly bit a bailiff at the Boone County Courthouse and said he had HIV in February. Durell Hairston, 37, is charged with first-degree assault, resisting arrest and first-degree trespassing. He is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail. An arraignment was held
Continue ReadingBy Jake Kwon, CNN In December, as AI chatbot ChatGPT awed the world with its human-like responses to questions, a major cheating scandal involving artificial intelligence was erupting in Asia. The Chunlan Cup, an international tournament boasting $200,000 in prize money for winning the ancient Chinese board game of Go, was embroiled in controversy following
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District awarded 14 business reimbursements for security cameras purchased totaling $30,000. According to Nickie Davis with the Downtown CID the applications for the grant were supposed to be open until the end of July. However, the applications closed early as all of the grant money was awarded to
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