Columbia Board of Education votes to remove COVID mask policy
Board members are set to review the plan at Monday night’s meeting at the Aslin Administration building off of Worley Street.
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Businesses, charities rally to help tornado victims
Businesses and charities around Missouri are coming together to help people in the South and Midwest affected by tornadoes on Friday.
Continue ReadingDawson Springs mother clutched her 2 kids in bed when the storm lifted her mattress into the air
By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and Theresa Waldrop, CNN That Breeana Glisson and her two children are still alive after a tornado tore through Dawson Springs, Kentucky, on Friday night seems like a miracle. With tornado sirens wailing, Glisson wrapped her daughter, 2, and son, 4, in her arms in her bed — the most
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Columbia Make-A-Wish recipient’s football jersey is stolen
Keegan Hartman, a University of Missouri Student, and 2018 Make-A-Wish recipient is trying to find the person who stole his custom official Mizzou Football Jersey along with other items.
Continue ReadingFact check: Several news outlets inaccurately reported key detail of Meadows story about Trump and protesters
By Daniel Dale, CNN Several news outlets inaccurately reported a key detail of a story told by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the book he released last week, “The Chief’s Chief.” These news outlets got much of the story right: Meadows wrote that then-President Donald Trump had told him one day
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Amazon employee gives details on the night of the deadly tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois
As lives were lost that night, Quigley said he was one of the lucky ones that got his route down early.
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New F1 world champion Max Verstappen ‘not disappointed at all’ with controversial way he won title
By Ben Morse, CNN The season finale to the Formula One season has gotten a lot of people talking. Some congratulated Max Verstappen following his first drivers’ championship, while others complained about the ending to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. For the man himself, the controversial last few laps to Sunday’s race haven’t dampened the
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Tracking a warm and windy next two days, near record highs Wednesday
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and much warmer than normal with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds and windy with highs in the low to mid-60s. Winds could gust from the south between 25-30 mph. EXTENDED: Gusty winds will begin to die down a bit overnight, but temperatures remain in the lower 40s heading into
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WATCH: Drone footage shows tornado damage in Mayfield, Kentucky
Kentucky’s governor said Monday afternoon that more than 74 people are dead after storms ravaged the state late Friday, including a tornado that flattened much of the small town of Mayfield.
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Omicron is spreading fast. That’s alarming even if it’s mild
By Maggie Fox, CNN The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading quickly in several countries where it has been discovered. Even if it causes only mild disease — and that’s far from certain — that could still mean many people end up in the hospital and dying. It’s killed at least one person in the
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Missouri Task Force 1 gets Kentucky assignment
The task force said in a news release that it received the assignment at 7 a.m. Monday. The group arrived early Monday in Kentucky, the state hardest hit by the December tornado outbreak that also destroyed an Amazon warehouse in southern Illinois.
Continue ReadingSupreme Court declines to block New York vaccine mandate
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court turned away two emergency requests Monday from health care workers, doctors and nurses in New York to block the state’s vaccine mandate. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented. The dispute arose when three nurses and a group called We the Patriots
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OSHA is investigating deadly Amazon warehouse collapse after Illinois tornado
By Liz Stark and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, after an EF-3 tornado caused major structural damage to the building Friday, a spokesman confirmed to CNN. At least six Amazon workers died at the warehouse building collapse.
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ABC 17, FOX 22 helping with Food Bank’s holiday drive
The Networks of Mid-Missouri are help with the One for One Holiday Food and Fund Drive. The Food Bank is accepting donations of non-perishable food and money to help it provide food for the hungry. The most-needed items are canned meat/protein, canned fruits and vegetables, beans, rice, cereal, peanut butter, soup and pasta.
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Peloton has a response for the ‘Sex and the City’ reboot shocker
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business This article contains spoilers about the first episode of “And Just Like That…” Mr. Big is alive. At least according to Peloton. The Mr. Big character was killed off while riding a Peloton bike in the first episode of Sex and the City reboot, “And Just Like That…,” shocking fans.
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This was the deadliest 24 hours in December for tornadoes on record. Here’s what else we know about the storms
By Brandon Miller, Judson Jones and Ralph Ellis Severe weather struck with a violent intensity this weekend, leaving a wide path of death and destruction across eight states. There were at least 50 reports of tornadoes during the outbreak from late Friday into Saturday in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee, according
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Tracking another big warmup for midweek
TONIGHT: After yet another warmer than average day, temperatures overnight will stay mild. Expect mostly clear conditions, with temperatures dropping into the mid-40’s. TUESDAY: Skies will cloud up a bit on Tuesday. Some sunshine will likely peak through, but overall mostly cloudy skies are expected. Despite the extra shade, an influx of warmth from southerly
Continue ReadingThe backdoor Roth IRA may be on the chopping block. Here’s what you can do now
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business This month may be the last chance for high-income savers to take full advantage of the ‘backdoor’ Roth. If the Build Back Better bill, passed by the House in November and now under consideration by the Senate, becomes law, it could limit high-income savers’ options to convert their savings into
Continue ReadingTwo officers survived a tornado that battered their patrol cars. They escaped and saved an injured girl
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Two officers were caught in a deadly tornado that ripped through a Kentucky community and — after surviving a beating from Mother Nature — rescued a severely injured young girl by carrying her out of harm’s way on an old door. Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Chandler Siris and Sgt. Richard Edwards
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Bill Gates won’t join the space race. He wants to eradicate malaria and tuberculosis instead
Zeena Saifi, Eoin McSweeney Some of the world’s richest men are squaring off in what’s become a rivalry for the ages — the space race. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, the two richest men on the planet and the CEOs of SpaceX and Blue Origin, respectively, have grand designs on the cosmos. They predict a
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