COLUBMIA MO. (KMIZ) The Boone County Fire Protection District transferred ownership of two fire tankers to the Van-Far and Northwest Fire Protection District. The districts will each receive one 2000-model Pierce Freightliner that are designed to transport large quantities of water and operate as pumping units for firefighting activities. The two Tanker’s were recently taken
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced that seven bars and restaurants in the city are partaking in the “Adopt-A-Team” program for the FIFA World Cup. The program enables the business to be an “official home base” for fans of their chosen teams, according to the application webpage. The bars and
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By Camila DeChalus, Sarah Ferris, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict. Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in both the House and the Senate –
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By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Ebola and hantavirus have been dominating the headlines lately, but other far more common viruses pose a greater threat. Experts offer tips to protect yourself. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Deep trouble The Trump administration plans
Continue Reading Story by Reuters London (Reuters) — Security agencies from the “Five Eyes” alliance which includes the United States and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information. The “Safeguarding Our Secrets” bulletin says China’s military intelligence services were using a wide
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By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a close call between a flight school-owned Beechcraft 76 plane and a JetBlue Airways passenger jet that came within 500 feet of one another on Monday. The close call happened around 6:15 p.m. near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as JetBlue Flight
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton police detained a woman on Wednesday after she allegedly pulled out a gun “in a threatening manner” and entered a home near 12th Street and Amherst Street. The Fulton Police Department told residents in an 11:58 a.m. social media post that they should avoid 12th Street between Bluff Street and Circle
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited. But coming on the heels of the Pentagon’s anticlimactic release of files related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life, the debut of Aliens.gov last week
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first Allegiant Airlines flight to Columbia Regional Airport landed Wednesday morning. The regional budget carrier started flights to and from two Florida locations — Destin-Fort Walton Beach and Orlando — with the Wednesday morning arrival from Orlando. Another flight was set to depart on Wednesday afternoon. The first departure was scheduled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 47-year-old Columbia woman was charged with a misdemeanor after she allegedly stood naked Tuesday night on Range Line Street. Susan Sweeney was charged on Wednesday in Boone County with first-degree sexual misconduct. She appeared on Wednesday’s morning arrest report but was not listed on the Boone County Jail roster in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Parks and Recreation said the Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center would not open Wednesday, a day after the pool closed early because of water quality. The pool would be closed Wednesday to give staff time to identify “ongoing mechanical issues” and make repairs, Parks and Recreation wrote in a Facebook post. The
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The death of a White student who was handcuffed by police after he had been stabbed is provoking a national outcry in Britain, with officers under fire for their conduct and far-right leaders accused of using the teen’s murder to stoke racist violence for political gain. Earlier, on Tuesday
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By Sarah Ferris, Aileen Graef, Alison Main, Manu Raju, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump declined to commit to permanently scrapping a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund on Wednesday, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins he still considered the controversial initiative “a beautiful thing” The comments inject fresh uncertainty into the Senate’s effort to pass $70
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Cairo teen was seriously hurt during a crash in Randolph County just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the teen was driving a 1990 Chevrolet S-10 on County Road 1365, three miles south of Cairo, when he traveled off the left
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first Allegiant Airlines flight is set to land at the Columbia Regional Airport Wednesday morning. Wednesday’s Allegiant Airlines flight will be coming from Orlando, Florida, one of three destinations in The Sunshine State that will fly to and from COU. The first Allegiant flight will leave Orlando Sanford International Airport at
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A man who took 10 hostages while claiming to have explosives in a California school district’s offices before authorities killed him Wednesday morning was an Army veteran and convicted sex offender, authorities said. Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, took the hostages on the second floor of the Chase Bank building
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Bogota, Colombia (CNN) — Hector Zelaya walks cautiously in an abandoned ophthalmology clinic in Honduras at the slow pace of someone who is still learning to see again. The stout, middle-aged man, was due to have cataract surgery in April at the clinic in Catacamas, which sits on the lowest slopes
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN More shoppers are pausing in the grocery store to take a closer look at ingredient lists, especially since many products nowadays contain mysterious additives. A new poll suggests those concerns are widespread, with 77% of Republicans, Democrats and Independents now calling for large warning labels on ultraprocessed foods. Here’s what else
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Jefferson City’s ruling body is in a battle over bicycle traffic laws. Cyclists there successfully lobbied the city council to approve a version of the “Idaho Law,” which allows people on bicycles to treat stop signs as yield signs — if no other traffic is approaching, there’s no need to stop. Supporters say it makes
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By Kosta Gak, Anna Chernova, Helen Regan, Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian drones rained down on St. Petersburg overnight, striking key infrastructure and wounding several people, just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s signature economic forum drawing thousands of attendees opened in the city. Hundreds of drones hit several Russian cities, with Kyiv
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