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Jefferson City Council approves revised police hiring incentive, 911 facility study

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved modifying a hiring incentive for police officers. The council at its regular meeting upped the lateral transfer incentive from $10,000 to $15,000. Prior to this, the $10,00 lateral transfer was paired with a $5,000 hiring incentive for non-licensed academy recruits, according to meeting documents.

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A teacher who ‘made you feel like you mattered’ was killed near her school after a man fleeing ICE crashed a car into hers

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a quiet studentless staff planning day for teachers at a Georgia public school turned into a day of mourning when a man fleeing immigration agents crashed a car into a cherished educator’s vehicle. Linda Davis, a special education teacher in her first year at

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Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30

Chain of errors led to deadly midair collision near Washington, DC, investigators conclude

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple failures across different parts of the government caused an Army Black Hawk helicopter to collide with an American Airlines regional jet, operated by PSA Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a nearly 400-page report released Tuesday. The January 29, 2025, midair collision near Ronald Reagan

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Man shot in Osage County dies

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man has died after he was shot Friday night in Osage County. Osage County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Tuesday that the man, previously identified as 45-year-old Jarrod Compton, was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m. Monday. “We are still working the case at this point,” Bonham said when asked about arrests.

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