KSLA, CNN By Chris Boyette, Leah Asmelash, Zoe Sottile, Sneha Dhandapani, CNN (CNN) — A man fatally shot eight children, seven of them his own, across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday, according to police. It marks the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January 2024. The children killed were three boys and five girls ranging
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 500 customers around Mid-Missouri are without power Sunday morning after severe storms entered the area on Friday night. The threat of high winds and hail damage prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team to issue a Weather Alert Day for Friday. Most of Mid-Missouri was in tornado watch on Friday evening.
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The National Weather Service in Springfield has confirmed two tornadoes touched down around Warsaw in Benton County Friday night. Severe weather spanned the entire region, with these two tornadoes touching down and lifting between 7:23 p.m. and 7:26 p.m. An EF-1 tornado with winds of up to 90 mph tracked east across the northern side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Strong winds and heavy storms Friday night left thousands without power and caused one house to catch on fire. On Saturday morning, the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ Statewide Outage Map reported over 2,000 people in Morgan County without power. Gravois Fire Protection District Chief Dustin Hancock reported that crews responded to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Warsaw R-IX School District will be closed Monday due to storm damage clean up, according to a social media post from the district. The district said no students or staff were hurt on school campuses. District staff may access the South Elementary building if needed. The school district said it hopes
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By Katherine Koretski, Gloria Pazmino, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with former President Barack Obama on Saturday at a childcare center in the Bronx. During their first in person meeting, Mamdani and Obama greeted children and parents inside the early childhood education center and joined a group of
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN Luanda, Angola (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV said Saturday “it’s not in my interest” to debate US President Donald Trump, insisting his trip to Africa is focused on peacebuilding rather than any personal clash. The first American pope, speaking to reporters on board the papal plane from Cameroon to Angola, said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools announced in a Friday press release that Douglass High School Principal Eryca Neville has been named the district’s executive director of alternative education. Neville has been the principal at Douglass High School since 2011 and was a teacher in the district before, the release says. She serves with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Branches and trees were down around Mid-Missouri after storms rolled through the area on Friday. The threat of high winds and hail damage prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team to issue a Weather Alert Day for Friday. Most of Mid-Missouri was in tornado watch on Friday evening. Gov. Mike Kehoe had preemptively
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Editor’s note, 4/17: The caption on the video has been corrected to reflect when the incident happened. COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) – An American Airlines flight leaving Columbia Regional Airport was delayed after a power unit issue on the plane forced passengers off the flight. COU airport manager Mike Parks tells ABC 17 News that an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Traffic signal timing is being adjusted across Columbia as local and state officials attempt to combat congestion tied to the ongoing Improve I-70 project and related road closures. Columbia Public Works said in social media posts on Wednesday that it is reviewing traffic impacts and modifying city-operated signals where feasible, but noted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas City man was found guilty on Thursday of stabbing two men at a St. James restaurant in early 2025. Patricio Padilla, 47, was found guilty by a Pulaski County jury of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action, according to a social media post from the
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An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day is in effect for the threat of severe storms through late Friday night. Storms have already started developing across far western and northwest Missouri, and have quickly become severe. A Tornado Watch is in effect until 9:00 p.m. for areas west of the red line, and until 11:00
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Fire Marshals are investigating the cause of a morning duplex fire in northeast Columbia on Friday. Crews were called to the 2800 block of Isherwood Drive at 7:44 a.m. on Friday and found flames and heavy smoke coming from a duplex. No people were hurt, but Columbia Fire spokesperson Skylar Clark
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) South Carolina Gov. Henry McMcaster on Friday signed an extradition order for a man accused of killing a University of Missouri student 26 years ago. Sentrell Wilson, 45, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is charged with first-degree murder in Boone County for the 2000 death of University of Missouri student Candace
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Centralia’s Board of Aldermen on Monday is expected to discuss the definition of what would be considered a data center, should one be built within city limits. City documents say the proposed definition would read as followed: “DATA CENTER. A facility, or portion of a facility, the primary purpose of which is
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old pedestrian suffered minor injuries after they were hit by a vehicle on Friday at Jefferson Street and Capitol Avenue, according to a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department. A crash report says the crash occurred at 12:23 p.m. and involved a 2025 Dodge Durango. Information about the driver
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an executive order on Friday declaring a state of emergency ahead of severe storms that are expected to enter the area this evening. The potential of hazardous storms with damaging winds and hail prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team to declare Friday a Weather Alert Day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The woman accused of killing a Jefferson City boy in 2018 will have her trial take place in Pulaski County this summer. Judge William Hickle ruled on Friday that the jury trial for Quatavia Givens will take place entirely in Pulaski County. The court had already agreed to pick the jury
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council will hear a first reading Monday of a potential August ballot issue to create a public safety sales tax. The ordinance to put the tax before voters on Aug. 4 is listed under the introduction and first reading portion of the council’s agenda, meaning it won’t be discussed
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