By Bill Weir, Paul P. Murphy and Ray Sanchez, CNN An older couple who rode out Hurricane Ian in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida could not agree on evacuating after parts of the causeway to the mainland were destroyed. “We’re going. We’re going,” the unidentified man told his partner as she looked down
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle crash Wednesday night in Morgan County left a Gravois Mills man with serious injuries. The crash happened just after 7:05 p.m. on Georgia Road near Ginger Road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said 78-year-old Robert C. Martin was thrown from the motorcycle after he drove off
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has renewed his threat to use any means necessary to defend Russian territory.
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COLUMBIA. Mo. (KMIZ.) The Columbia Board of Education will host a meeting Wednesday where Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood plans to address growth and achievement at the school district. Some of the items to be addressed in the PowerPoint are student attendance, achievements and teacher retention. Data from the presentation shows teacher retention sits at 87%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Florida residents said they are prepared for Hurricane Ian as it makes landfall. “I feel like we’re just acting like it’s kind of a normal like day, and like a big sleepover,” said Apopka, Fla. resident Crystal Bernal. “We have some people staying with us because like some places are more
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities are searching for a missing woman who has Alzheimer’s. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office issued an endangered SILVER advisory Wednesday night for Elaine Nelson, 74. According to a news release, she left her home on Skyview Drive in Roach around 5:10 p.m. Investigators said they do know where she was
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri House of Representatives committee passed an income-tax-cut bill Wednesday, which is expected to be discussed on the full floor Thursday. Budget committee members met for more than five hours about several proposed measures that cover income tax cuts. Gov. Mike Parson first called for the special session in July
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A specialty team that is part of a Columbia-based urban search and rescue group was expected to arrive in Florida on Wednesday to help amid Hurricane Ian.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)An Eldon man was sentenced in two separate first-degree property damage cases Wednesday. Both incidents happened Feb. 23. He was sentenced to four years in prison for each case. Jarod Long, 32, drove through the entrance of Boone Medical Group at 931 Highway D in Osage Beach and fled the scene. In the
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Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Hurricane Ian continues to make its way across Florida’s coast, meteorologists say human-caused climate change is linked to this and other disastrous weather events. According to Climate Central, eight out of the 10 most-costly weather disasters in U.S. history were hurricanes. “Hurricane Ian is a high-end, Category 4 hurricane with maximum
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Cameras showing live conditions in parts of Florida that will be affected by the storm.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged Tuesday with tampering with evidence in relation to an investigation involving the sale of alcohol to a minor. A warrant was issued Jan. 10 for Jay Patel, 35, to provide video from Dash Convenience and Liquor Store on Ninth Street in Columbia. Patel claimed the video system
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man suffered minor injuries following a Wednesday crash in Cole County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at the corner of Big Meadows Spur and Big Meadows Road near U.S. 63. A 2019 Ford Fusion was heading eastbound and failed to yield to a 1994
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Regional Health System announced it is offering Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine at each of its seven primary care clinics. Its locations include Camdenton, Eldon, Iberia, Lake Ozark, Laurie, Lebanon and Osage Beach. The CDC recommends people ages 12 and older receive the booster. This includes those who have received all primary
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Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday into early Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Hurricane Ian continued to batter the Florida peninsula with a catastrophic trifecta of high winds, heavy rain and historic storm surge Wednesday night, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Amid widespread flooding, property damage, power outages
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COLUMBIA, Mo. KMIZ. Power companies in Missouri are preparing to support communities impacted by Hurricane Ian, and some crews have already packed up and left. More than 2.5 million Florida residents are under an evacuation warning as Hurricane Ian makes its way closer to the West Coast, according to CNN. Doug Colvin, director of Nixa utilities, said
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Joseph Elledge appealed his murder conviction Tuesday in a 67-page filing that argues there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him.
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