COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Tuesday rejected the development of new triplexes known as Ashford Place, following intense pushback from residents. “No” votes consisted of Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, Ward 1 Councilwoman Valerie Carroll, Ward 2 Councilwoman Vera Elwood and Ward 6 Councilwoman Betsy Peters. “Yes” votes consisted of Ward 3 Councilwoman Jacque
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The man who killed Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported. The ruling concludes a trial over an assassination that shocked Japan – where gun violence is rare – and put the spotlight on an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sophia Danh attends Hickman High School in Columbia as a freshman, and goes to class alongside her usual classmates. But she said there’s a feeling of uncertainty that lingers in her mind from time to time. Danh said her parents are immigrants, and though most of her family are citizens but it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Tuesday night voted 8-2 to create the Downtown Jefferson City Conference Center Transportation Development District. Meeting documents say qualified voters of the district will be asked to approve a 1% sales and use tax “to assist in the funding of public improvements, blight remediation activities and other
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A meeting set up on Facebook to ostensibly sell an iPhone turned deadly in Columbia on Sunday, according to court documents. Columbia police on Tuesday arrested a woman, two men and a juvenile in connection with a deadly shooting that took place in the 1400 block of Ridgemont Court on Sunday. They
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By Pau Mosquera and Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Córdoba, Spain (CNN) — A commuter passenger train derailed in Gelida, near the Spanish city of Barcelona on Tuesday, killing the driver and injuring 37 people, a spokesperson for the regional government of Catalonia told CNN. The incident occurred just two days after another deadly rail crash in
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Editor’s note, 1/20: The story has been corrected to reflect the amount of time prosecutors claim the shooting took place over. UNION, Mo. (KMIZ) The March 2023 shooting that killed a Hermann police officer and injured another happened over just 15 seconds, prosecutors said in opening statements of the trial against the man accused of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County R-1 School District will not hold class on Wednesday and Thursday because of widespread illness. The district made the announcement in a Tuesday evening social media post. The school district did not say what illness caused the closure and said it would monitor the situation before making a decision
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman is being held without bond at the Boone County Jail after she was charged on Tuesday with first-degree domestic assault. An initial court appearance for Tachelle Welch, 32, was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the Boone County Courthouse. The probable cause statement says police were called at 2:47 a.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) SSM Health and UnitedHealthcare reached a deal to keep the insurance giant’s customers in-network for “multiple years.” SSM Health didn’t say how long the agreement will be in effect in a news release Tuesday, instead labeling it simply a “multi-year” deal. SSM Health operates St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. UnitedHealthcare
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jonesburg, Missouri, man was charged with 10 felonies after authorities claim he assaulted a woman several times. Joey Glass was charged this week in Montgomery County with three counts of first-degree domestic assault, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of unlawful use of a weapon, one count of first-degree
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The lawyer for a Columbia man charged with 10 felonies after a late-November standoff with police has filed paperwork to have his client undergo a mental evaluation. Kaitlyn Bullard filed the motion for a mental evaluation for Rodquel R. Jones, 21, last Thursday. The motion states that Bullard has concerns about Jones’
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Andrew Birkby COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Edgar Springs man has been arrested after he was accused of picking up a former student and bringing her to his home. Andrew Birkby, 25, was charged on Saturday with child kidnapping in Phelps County. He is currently being held at the Phelps County Jail without bond. A confined
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Donald Trump took the occasion of the anniversary of his second-term inauguration to hold a long White House press briefing about his administration’s accomplishments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawyers for the ACLU argued in court Tuesday that voters’ rights under the Missouri Constitution are being trampled if a new mid-decade congressional map is active. The ACLU and the State of Missouri met in the Cole County Circuit Court on Tuesday for a hearing in a lawsuit asking for a preliminary
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman who is charged with 29 counts of felony animal abuse is expected to go to trial in April. Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia, is scheduled to go to trial on Tuesday, April 28 at the Boone County Courthouse, according to Prosecutor Roger Johnson. She has been held at the Phelps
Continue ReadingBy Alima Williams, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — Professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Themba Gorimbo is showing off his intense training routine on social media and grappling with world class wrestlers to elevate his skills after a devasting defeat in November. His life story is a testament to resilience and reinvention in the wake
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday, following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Police forces, alongside enforcement officers from the Israel Land Authority, arrived at the compound with bulldozers and engineering equipment and began demolishing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fifth-grade student in the Moberly School District died after an accidental shooting over the weekend, the district said in a statement Tuesday, “Our hearts are with the student’s family, friends, classmates, and all those affected by this tragic loss,” Superintendent Cristina Wright wrote in the statement. “The district is providing counseling
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