By Alexandra Meeks, CNN After an 11-day manhunt, an inmate who escaped an Alabama jail has been captured and is back behind bars. The corrections officer he fled with — whom authorities believe he had a romantic relationship with — died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. And this isn’t the first jail love story
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN After an 11-day manhunt, an inmate who escaped an Alabama jail has been captured and is back behind bars. The corrections officer he fled with — whom authorities believe he had a romantic relationship with — died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. And this isn’t the first jail love story
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN After an 11-day manhunt, an inmate who escaped an Alabama jail has been captured and is back behind bars. The corrections officer he fled with — whom authorities believe he had a romantic relationship with — died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. And this isn’t the first jail love story
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. As expected, maximum sunshine and intense heat are forecast across much of the drought-stricken US for the foreseeable future. Meteorologists also say power grid failures could impact vast portions of the country
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Abeer Salman and Amir Tal, CNN Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry said she was shot in the head by a live bullet, and confirmed her death shortly afterwards.
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By Jamiel Lynch, Aaron Cooper and Ross Levitt, CNN A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane in a Florida airport Tuesday afternoon, May 10, when the pilot became incapacitated. As the situation unfolded, the passenger can be heard telling air traffic control that he doesn’t know how to fly the plane,
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By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN Fugitive Alabama corrections official Vicky White died of suicide, an Indiana coroner’s office said Thursday, backing up authorities’ suspicions that she shot herself after a Monday car chase that concluded 11 days on the run with an inmate she’s accused of freeing. White, 56, who authorities
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A growing number of people are being left with a potentially deadly allergy to meat due to tick bites. It’s called Alpha-Gal syndrome also commonly known as the tick bite meat allergy. Dr. Lawrence Landwehr, an allergist at Allergy & Asthma Consultants in Sedalia says he’s noticed a rise in cases at
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s candidates had mixed success in Republican primaries in West Virginia and Nebraska Tuesday night, underscoring the complicated dynamics between the de facto leader of the GOP and voters who support him but don’t always back his candidates. West Virginia Rep. Alex Mooney, who made Trump’s endorsement the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, May 10, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL HICKMAN (3) BATTLE (0) FINAL HALLSVILLE (0) BLAIR OAKS (11) FINAL SOUTHERN BOONE (3) CALIFORNIA (2) FINAL ROCK BRIDGE (0) FATIMA (2) FINAL SMITH-COTTON (12) JEFFERSON CITY (8) FINAL FULTON
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The family of a teen hospitalized after a night of drinking at an MU fraternity has settled a lawsuit with all 23 defendants, including the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball coaching staff is officially complete under Head Coach Dennis Gates. The staff gathered with members of the media Tuesday afternoon to talk all things Tigers hoops. Gates was joined by Associate Head Coach Charlton Young and assistants Dicky Nutt and Kyle Smithpeters. On Monday, forward Kobe Brown announced
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Watch a news conference from Indiana in the player above. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (KMIZ) A capital murder suspect who led authorities on a manhunt that started in Alabama and ended in Indiana has waived extradition. Vanderburgh County (Ind.) Sheriff David Wedding said at a news conference Tuesday that the sheriff’s office will not publicly release when
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Missouri senators are trying to ensure an anti-abortion trigger law goes into effect should the United States Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and muggy with lows in the lower 70s. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values between 98-100. EXTENDED: It’s muggy and warm again tonight with a spot shower possible around sunset, but not expecting much more than that with the bulk of today’s storm action yet again across
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The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against a suspect in a deadly Columbia shooting.
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Boone County firefighters confirm a man has died after the lawnmower he was riding overturned, trapping him.
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN The next phase of the fight for dominance of the Republican Party will be decided Tuesday in a key House contest in West Virginia and the gubernatorial primary in Nebraska, where former President Donald Trump is backing a candidate facing allegations of sexual misconduct. Trump’s influence is felt throughout May’s GOP
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By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Laura Modi is fielding dozens of emails, calls, and texts daily from anxious parents asking about how they can get baby formula. Modi is CEO and cofounder of Bobbie, a San Francisco-based direct-to-consumer seller and subscription service for organic milk-based baby formula that is produced in a Vermont facility and
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Nude images and video of Jesse Williams starring in Broadway’s “Take Me Out” leaked on Monday night and began circulating online. It happened hours after Williams was nominated for a Tony Award for best performance by a featured actor in a play. Williams has since responded to the buzz around his
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