COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some of Columbia’s political leaders are hopeful the public can be more involved in discussions surrounding public safety. The city had at least three meetings that included University of Missouri officials in 2025 in an effort to curb crime after the shooting death of Aiyanna Williams in September 2025. Another meeting is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is making more money from downtown parking meters so far this year than it did in the first month of 2025. Columbia raised the price for all on-street parking downtown from 40 cents to $1 on Jan. 5. The Public Works spokesman John Ogan told ABC 17 News
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A house that caught fire early Thursday on Route T in Pettis County was accidentally caused by an electrical issue, the Doolittle Fire Protection District announced in a social media post. Crews were called a 6 a.m. near Poncho’s Garage on Route T for a house fire after residents in the area
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By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The brother of Israel’s security chief was arrested along with 14 others in a major police bust of an alleged smuggling ring accused of shipping crates of illegal goods into the Gaza Strip. Bezalel Zini, a brother of Shin Bet chief David Zini, was arrested as part
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Hale was in the middle of teaching a Western geography lesson on Wednesday afternoon when his sixth-grade students informed him that the online reference they usually consulted was gone. He’d instructed them to compare the gross domestic products of Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and so they turned
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was wanted for child sex crimes in Wyoming was booked into the Miller County Jail on Tuesday. Ellis Martin Bay, 43, of Marys Home, Missouri, was charged in Miller County with being a fugitive from out of state. He is being held without bond. He is charged in Campbell
Continue ReadingBy Jordan D. Brown, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Stroke risks rise for women as they age — especially after menopause. A new study suggests this award-winning diet may play a powerful role in decreasing those odds. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Snack stats
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A contractor for the fifth portion of the Improve I-70 Project has been approved, according to a Thursday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Columbia-based Capital Paving and Construction was awarded the contract, the release says. It will cost roughly $104 million to add a third lane in each direction
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — As Nancy Guthrie’s family desperately pleads for her safe return, investigators announced Thursday they believe she is still alive – though they have no idea who may have taken her against her will. It has been five days since Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people, including two teenagers, were seriously injured in a Wednesday night crash on Route Y in Pettis County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 15-year-old boy from Sedalia tried to pass a 2011 BMW 328 with a 2012 Audi A4, the report says.
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — As Nancy Guthrie’s family desperately pleads for her safe return, investigators announced Thursday they believe she is still alive – though they have no idea who may have taken her against her will. It has been five days since Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, was
Continue ReadingBy Pau Mosquera, CNN (CNN) — The café is spacious and softly buzzing, with quiet conversations carrying over from distant tables. Reflections flicker in the large mirrors lining the walls of the Lavapiés café where we meet. Seated near the entrance is activist and playwright Yúnior García, who speaks about memories and longings tied to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Off the back of a win against Mississippi State, Mizzou men’s basketball finds itself at 15-7 with just nine games left until the postseason. With the team currently on the bubble of this year’s NCAA tournament, head coach Dennis Gates and everyone in the locker room knows that every game matters. “They
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Officials in Pima County, Arizona, gave an update Thursday afternoon on the investigation in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. Guthrie is the mother of NBC host Savannah Guthrie. Watch a replay of the full news conference in the media player.
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The search for Nancy Guthrie is now in its fifth day, and investigators and the family are frantically searching for her whereabouts after her suspected abduction. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing Sunday around noon when she did not attend her regular church
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a discrimination lawsuit on Wednesday against MSHSAA in the Eastern District Court of Missouri. Hanaway accuses the Missouri State High School Activities Association of two counts of unlawful race and sex discrimination, unlawful discriminating with respect to conditions of employment and discriminatory protection of the
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By Lauren Kent, Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko, Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Thursday that Russia’s Starlink satellite internet terminals in Ukraine have been “cut off,” disrupting Russian military communications. Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said SpaceX, which owns Starlink, is working with Ukraine to update a “whitelist” of approved and
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Editor’s Note: details about what led up to the crash have been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two teenagers and a woman were seriously injured after a three-vehicle crash in Pettis County. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 9:19 p.m. on Route Y on Wednesday night. Troopers said the crash happened when a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old Camdenton woman was seriously injured after a crash just before midnight Wednesday, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the woman was driving a 2017 Cadillac XT5 north on W. Cross Fox Trail, south of Hawks Landing, when she went off the right
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Former Vice President Kamala Harris relaunched her old Kamala HQ account today, which has millions of followers across X and TikTok. She said it will serve as “an online organizing project for next generation campaigning.” Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your
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