Today: Mostly sunny and cold with highs near freezing. Temps will stay constant overnight thanks to southerly winds. Tomorrow: Spring-like as highs jump to the upper 50s. Breezy with wind gusts up to 25 mph. Extended: A weak cold front will slide in from the north tonight, bringing strong northwest winds to cool us a bit
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By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN After months of military buildup and brinkmanship on Ukraine’s border, Russia is ratcheting up pressure on its ex-Soviet neighbor, threatening to destabilize Europe and draw in the United States. Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine since last year, amassing tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as equipment
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By Emma Tucker and Rosa Flores, CNN Nine-year-old Arlene Alvarez, sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car, wore headphones to watch a movie on the way to a Houston restaurant for Valentine’s Day dinner. The girl’s father, Armando Alvarez, made a stop at a drive-thru ATM, where he witnessed a robbery underway. Gunfire suddenly
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By Nathan Hodge and Tim Lister, CNN Tensions in Ukraine are escalating. The country’s eastern Donbas region — where fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces have simmered since 2015 — experienced its worst shelling in years this week. And diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions have, so far, failed to reach a conclusion. As tensions
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By Ben Church, CNN It’s official. Norway is really good at the Winter Olympics. With a population of just over five million people, the European country has continued to punch above its weight at Beijing 2022, finishing way above the rest in the medal table. Norway tallied the most gold medals, 16, and the highest
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Scottie Andrew, CNN There are few occasions in this life for which we can really dress to the nines — the Met Gala, if you’re a certain kind of famous, or Halloween for us regular folk. Add to that list the icy stage at the Winter Olympics. Figure skaters and ice dancers know it takes
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The day after a big snowstorm, Mid-Missouri sees slushy roads as they start to thaw and snow melts into ditches and streams. But the chemicals used to treat those roads stay with the melted snow as it flows into streams, ultimately ending up in the Missouri River.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team dropped the first of back-to-back games against Mississippi State, 68-49, on Friday night. The Tigers were originally supposed to tip off at 6 p.m. in Starkville, however, due to travel issues the team only arrived in Mississippi at about 4 p.m., so tipoff was postponed until 8:30
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MSHSAA Wrestling State Championships continued at Mizzou Arena on Friday night, as multiple Mid-Missouri wrestlers punched their tickets to the title match. In class one action, Centralia put up a dominant performance over two days. The Panthers will have four wrestlers vying for a state championship on Saturday: 120 lbs –
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By Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton, Adrienne Vogt and Fernando Alfonso III, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores for Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Battle (56) Hickman (75) FINAL Jefferson City (72) Capital City (77) FINAL St. Elizabeth (71) New Bloomfield (27) FINAL Boonville (62) Southern Boone (57) FINAL Confluence Prep Academy (69)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ice and sleet under the snowpack can be a cause for concern over the next couple of days. Dr. Christopher Sampson with MU Health Care said during his shift last night he saw half the number of people they usually see when it comes to slip and falls from the ice. And
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Two Columbia police officers will not face charges for shooting and killing a man at a gas station in May.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri will get $458 million to help victims of the opioid epidemic as part settlement with the three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced the final settlement Friday. Schmitt says it’s the biggest “victim-centric” settlement
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The Rocheport bridge and the Sorrels overpass construction remain on time to be completed.
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Missouri has got through yet another snowstorm this year but it’s left a big mess out on the roads which can make it difficult for drivers.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with a few overnight clouds. Breezy with lows in the upper teens. Wind chills in the single digits early Saturday morning. TOMORROW: Chilly and mostly sunny with highs in the low 30s. EXTENDED: There could be some refreeze on what doesn’t evaporate on roads tonight, so there could be some isolated slick spots
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By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN A North Korean projectile is presumed to have exploded soon after launch Wednesday, the South Korean military said, a failure in what would have been the Kim Jong Un regime’s 10th such launch this year. The explosion is believed to have come around an altitude of 20 kilometers
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN The National Archives acknowledged Friday it has discussed with the Department of Justice that classified records were found in boxes at Mar-a-Lago after former President Donald Trump left office, according to a letter from Archivist David Ferriero to the House Oversight Committee. The letter, released by the Archives
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN On the day honoring the American presidency, its current incumbent is wrestling with a slate of consequential matters that illustrate the scope and the limits of the job. President Joe Biden is readying massive sanctions on Moscow after predicting a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin at any moment. Yet the
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