COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting on E Poplar Hill Drive in Columbia Saturday afternoon. Columbia Police Department officers confirmed on scene that there were multiple reports of gunshots just after 2 p.m. One couple in the area, Tom Detore and Eileen Kossak told ABC 17 News they
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton boys basketball team pulled off a huge comeback over Blair Oaks, 61-58, to capture the team’s straight district championship. You can watch extended highlights of the title win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/JfbI3Kw4uHU
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico boys basketball team captured its second-straight district championship in a 45-39 win over Macon on Saturday afternoon. You can watch extended highlights and celebration from the win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/w3gCvp4MRls
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Tonight: Storms begin to move in from Northwestern Missouri throughout the overnight hours. Chances of strong to severe storms are possible with the main threat being winds exceeding 60 mph. Storms will lose strength and die out as the night continues eventually pushing to the southeast by midnight. The overnight low falls to near 40
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team beat Georgia 79-69 on senior day. It snapped the Tigers six-game losing streak. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs have now lost 11 straight games. The Tigers outscored Georgia 49-30 in the second half. Senior Javon Pickett scored all 12 of his points in the final 20 minutes of his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 8 Mizzou softball team won both of its games on Saturday in the Mizzou Tournament. MU beat Bradley 10-1 in six innings. The Tigers also beat St. Thomas 11-2 in five innings. Mizzou is now 15-4 on the season. MU will wrap up the Mizzou Tournament against Bradley on Sunday
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A volley of machine-gun fire erupted just as Andriy Abba’s family raised a toast to celebrate his 30th birthday in Kherson. Wine glass in hand, he rushed with his parents and younger brother to the basement. Outside, Russian troops were in the final throes of occupying their city
Continue ReadingBy Suzanne Malveaux, Jeff Zeleny, Kevin Liptak and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told US lawmakers Saturday his country urgently needs more assistance from the US, including the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as it fights against Russia’s invasion. During an hourlong Zoom meeting Saturday morning with members of Congress, Zelensky
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By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken hundreds of lives on the battlefield and in the Ukrainian cities under bombardment. But internationally, it’s also affecting everything from food security in Cairo to gas prices in California. It’s pushed to the fore major geopolitical shifts and changed the way some of the globe’s
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By Alicia Lloyd and Christiane Amanpour, CNN Widely considered to be the GOAT of women’s tennis, 23-time grand slam champion Serena Williams says she’s still aiming to beat Margaret Court’s record of 24. “I should have been at like 30 or 32 (grand slam singles titles),” Williams told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “I should have had
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By Jen Christensen, CNN While the pandemic is not over, experts say the US may be in for, at the very least, a “near normal” spring and summer, based on new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. “I think the move from pandemic to endemic appears to be accelerating,” said Dr. William Schaffner,
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Today: Cloudy and breezy with highs rebounding to the 70s. Storms move in late afternoon with gusty winds up to 35 mph overnight. Tomorrow: Cooler as we start off in the upper 30s; highs recover to the mid-50s with sunny skies for most. Widespread heavy rain creeps up from the south in the evening with
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Columbia’s True/False Film Festival is set to enter its third day as attendees can take in over 30 films, along with other events including a game show and music showcases.
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist March may mean the arrival of spring, but Mother Nature doesn’t always get that memo. This weekend’s weather will include snow, tornadoes and the chance for fires across the United States. “A strong storm system will move from the southwestern US through the Midwest this weekend, spreading critical fire weather,
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By Ivana Kottasová, Radina Gigova, Olga Voitovych and Tim Lister, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a series of threats against Ukraine and Western powers Saturday, as Ukrainian officials accused Russia of shelling evacuation routes out of two battered cities. Ukrainian authorities said thousands of civilians remained trapped in the southeastern cities of Mariupol and
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN As CNN works to debunk misinformation about the war in Ukraine, some social media accounts are working to spread misinformation about CNN’s own coverage of the war. A series of phony screenshots — screenshots supposedly depicting CNN’s reporting but that are actually fabrications that aren’t from CNN at all — have
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN As CNN works to debunk misinformation about the war in Ukraine, some social media accounts are working to spread misinformation about CNN’s own coverage of the war. A series of phony screenshots — screenshots supposedly depicting CNN’s reporting but that are actually fabrications that aren’t from CNN at all — have
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WARDSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, March 4, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Helias Catholic (51) Southern Boone (49) FINAL Raytown South (62) Jefferson City (59) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL Jefferson City (44) Helias Catholic (61) FINAL Versailles (64) Fair Grove (85)
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