Tens of thousands are expected to make their way to Faurot Field this morning as The Missouri Tigers are set to host The South Carolina Gamecocks for its annual military appreciation game at 4 p.m.
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By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor, a 10-year-old Black and autistic student in Utah, died by suicide last Saturday after allegedly being bullied by classmates and her family’s complaints were ignored, the family’s lawyer tells CNN. The tragedy comes just weeks after the Justice Department publicly detailed a disturbing pattern where Black and Asian
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By Chloe Melas Taylor Swift has delivered another red present. The Grammy Award winner dropped the music video for “I Bet You Think About Me,” a newly released track off of her “Red (Taylor’s Version)” album, on Monday. The six-minute video is directed by Swift’s friend, Blake Lively and features actor Miles Teller. Some Swift
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TODAY: Temperatures near freezing in the morning; breezes will keep the wind chill in the low 20s. Highs reach the mid-40s with a feels-like in the upper 30s. Showers move in after dinnertime tonight and our area should dodge any wintry mix. TOMORROW: Rain lingers just after sunrise on Sunday with another chilly start. Breezes
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By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The air in the Belarusian forest is thick with the smoke from scores of small fires. People cough and choke but they keep burning the sticks of wet wood: it’s the only way to warm up as temperatures start to fall sharply. This coming week, the
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Flu season may be getting under way, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. While influenza activity is very low in the United States, it’s getting started and there’s enough to indicate that there will be at least some kind of flu season this year, unlike last year, when
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale A video of a maskless woman having a tantrum on an airplane — threatening to call the police because she is being forced to sit next to a man she presumes is unvaccinated — has gone extraordinarily viral on social media. One TikTok post of the video, which was filmed from the
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The funeral for one of the youngest victims of last week’s Astroworld Festival was held Saturday morning in Houston, as families and friends remember loved ones who died a week ago at the high-energy music event that turned into a nightmare. Brianna Rodriguez, 16, was one of the nine people who
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Here are the local high school football playoff scores from Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Bowling Green (42) Hallsville (30) FINAL Blair Oaks (14) Mexico (49) FINAL Sweet Springs (6) Fayette (46) FINAL Jefferson City (0) Hannibal (47) FINAL Helias Catholic (6) Holt (34) FINAL Macon (6) Maryville (33) FINAL Mark Twain (0) Monroe City (52)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is working with MU and The Community Improvement District to address violence in the downtown area. “Downtown is a vibrant, energetic gathering place, and it is imperative that our residents feel safe in the area,” Police Chief Geoff Jones said in a release. “Our officers will be taking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County prosecutor Dan Knight said he felt acquainted with Mengqi Ji after spending two years trying to get her justice. Knight said he watched several videos of Ji in the time he spent prosecuting her husband, Joseph Elledge, for killing her. Knight said it was clear Ji was a loving mother
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Winter weather is blowing into Mid-Missouri, which means it’s time to make sure the house is prepared to keep the cold out.
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The city of Columbia has announced the formation of the ward reapportionment committee to help move City Council ward boundaries based on new census data.
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating January 6, said Friday that he hopes a federal grand jury’s indictment of Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress “sends a chilling message” to anyone considering not cooperating with the panel. “I think it sends a really important
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Britney Spears has said the #FreeBritney movement saved her life, four days after her conservatorship finally came to an end. In her first Instagram video statement since the court-ordered arrangement was terminated on November 12, the singer said the movement communicated news of her situation to the public and “gave an
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TONIGHT: Clouds slowly decrease with lows falling into the upper 20s. Gusty winds keep wind chills in the upper teens to low 20s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with winds easing. Highs in the mid-40s. Showers move in from the northwest after sunset and stick around through dawn Sunday. EXTENDED: Light flurries should wane with sunset and
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell Former President Donald Trump scored two big legal victories Friday and avoided having to sit for a deposition in a defamation lawsuit after former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos agreed to drop her claims, according to a court filing, and a New York judge granted Trump’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by
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By Maggie Fox and Deidre McPhillips, CNN The coronavirus numbers don’t look so good this week. New Covid-19 diagnoses are up in about half of US states over the past week. Hospitalizations are up in 11 states, and deaths have risen in 17 states. US coronavirus cases have plateaued in recent weeks, holding on to
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Jessica Schneider, Evan Perez, Paula Reid and Zachary Cohen, CNN A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, the Justice Department announced Friday. Attorney General Merrick Garland had been under tremendous political pressure to indict Bannon since the House referred the
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By Kristin Fisher and Pete Muntean, CNN Business One of Blue Origin’s newest astronauts, 49-year-old Glen de Vries, survived a ride to space in October alongside actor William Shatner. But less than a month later, he was killed in a small plane crash on Thursday in New Jersey. “Our thoughts and support go out to
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