COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Osage County Sheriff’s Office plans to reopen the county jail on Monday. County Sheriff Mike Bonham said Wednesday that he needed to close the jail and move inmates to other facilities in May due to a lack of staffing. He said the county has made new hires and now has seven
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — In a surprise move, a House Oversight subcommittee voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice for files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a highly contentious issue that has exposed major divisions within the Republican party. The Epstein investigation and
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is asking the top election official in the key battleground state of Michigan for access to voter registration records and demanding information about its efforts to kick ineligible voters off the rolls. The department’s outreach to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, in the
Continue ReadingPor Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Una jueza federal de Florida se negó este miércoles a permitir que divulguen documentos adicionales del jurado investigador relacionados con la investigación penal sobre Jeffrey Epstein, marcando el primer obstáculo en los esfuerzos del Departamento de Justicia por calmar la reacción pública ante el manejo del caso. La jueza Robin Rosenberg
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the American Beer Act earlier this month, which will reduce excise tax on beer sold in Missouri. All beer made in America will be taxed at 2 cents per gallon when sold in Missouri. Kehoe signed the bill at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis. The new
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man who was originally charged with attempted murder in a stabbing last year has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Fredy Navichoc-Putzul, 24, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree assault. He was originally charged with first-degree attempted murder and armed criminal action. He was sentenced to 15 years in
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The pay gap between America’s corporate leaders and their workers grew even larger in 2024. A new report found that CEOs at the nation’s 500 largest public companies took home 285 times as much as the typical US worker’s paycheck of $49,500. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingPor Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo este miércoles que no tiene información de “nuevos drones” que estén sobrevolando la frontera de su país con Estados Unidos y reiteró que su Gobierno mantiene una constante comunicación con las autoridades estadounidenses “dentro del marco de las relaciones internacionales”. Las declaraciones
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was arrested and charged after he allegedly punched another man in his face and tried to stab him on Tuesday, court documents say. Tyler Casteel, 21, was charged on Wednesday in Boone County with second-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and a count of unlawful use of
Continue ReadingPor Devan Cole, CNN Un juez federal en Tennessee rechazó este miércoles anular la decisión de otro juez que permite que Kilmar Ábrego García permanezca en libertad mientras espera juicio por cargos de tráfico de personas, aunque seguirá detenido al menos otro mes. El juez de distrito Waverly Crenshaw determinó que los fiscales federales no
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Editor’s note: The time of the crash was updated after law enforcement sent an updated press release. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 42-year-old pedestrian in Moberly was flown to University Hospital with life-threatening injuries on Tuesday night after they were hit by a vehicle, a press release from the Moberly Police Department says. The release says
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A company building a wind energy line across Missouri said Wednesday that the project will proceed with private funding after the cancellation of a federal loan. The department canceled a $5 billion government loan for Grain Belt Express at Hawley’s request, the senator says in a news release. Hawley sent letters in
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, John Fritze, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to remove three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for now, the latest instance in which the conservative court has backed an emergency appeal from the administration. The court’s three liberal members dissented from the decision.
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CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Kara Scannell, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, marking the first roadblock in the Justice Department’s efforts to quell the public backlash over the handling of the case. The request is related
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Tennessee declined on Wednesday to undo a separate judge’s decision to let Kilmar Abrego Garcia remain free while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges — though he’ll continue to remain behind bars for at least another month. The ruling from US District Judge Waverly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Audrain County man who was charged earlier this month in a fatal crash has been arrested, according to a press release from the Mexico Department of Public Safety. Joshua Frye, 22, of Mexico, Missouri, was charged with driving while intoxicated while causing two or more deaths and misdemeanor reckless driving. Police
Continue ReadingPor Annie Grayer, CNN El presidente de la comisión de supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes, James Comer, citó a la exsocia de Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, para una declaración. La comisión dijo en un comunicado que la declaración tendrá lugar en la Institución Correccional Federal en Tallahassee, Florida, el próximo 11 de agosto. “El
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By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that the military plans shared from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Signal account to a group chat earlier this year were taken from a US Central Command document that was marked classified at the time, according to two people familiar
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CNN By Eric Levenson, Dakin Andone, Maureen Chowdhury, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho students killed by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, called him a “joke,” “loser,” and “as dumb as they come” in a day of searing victim impact statements. “If you hadn’t attacked
Continue Reading CNN By Eric Levenson, Dakin Andone, Maureen Chowdhury, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho students killed by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, called him a “joke,” “loser,” and “as dumb as they come” in a day of searing victim impact statements. “If you hadn’t attacked
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