Watch the groundbreaking in the player below. ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation marked the start of construction on the new Missouri River bridge near Rocheport with a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday. The ceremony took place at the Les Bourgeois Vineyards Bistro terrace, which overlooks the Missouri River and the current bridge. Speakers included:
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new vaccine rule for large employers to the Office of Management and Budget, bringing the emergency standard announced by President Joe Biden last month one step closer to taking effect. “The Occupational Safety
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Text by Sandee LaMotte, CNN Photographs by Heather Fulbright, CNN Starting or staying on the gold medal-winning Mediterranean diet? Then you’ll need a shopping resource you can use to stock your pantry with Mediterranean meal essentials — and continue to use on a weekly basis to restock and purchase fresh, frozen and canned vegetables, fruits,
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN Two US Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting Tuesday at a facility in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the federal officials. The suspect, who was also a postal employee, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Lisa-Anne Culp, a spokesperson for the FBI’s office in Memphis. There is
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with storms arriving from the west by sunrise. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms possible through the day. A few may be strong across northeast Missouri by late afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: Showers and a few thunderstorms are possible tomorrow morning, especially west
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, CNN Queen Elizabeth II is resting at Windsor Castle after “reluctantly” accepting medical advice to cancel a trip to Northern Ireland, planned for Wednesday and Thursday, Buckingham Palace has said. The 95-year-old UK monarch has been advised to rest for the “next few days,” the palace said in a statement. A source
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Exclusive by Nick Paton Walsh, International Security Editor China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of Wuhan as part of a probe into the origins of Covid-19, according to a Chinese official. The move comes amid increasing calls for transparency over the emergence of the virus. The
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With case numbers falling, first and second-dose vaccinations are not continuing a steady upward trend.
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Squid Game” — a fictional drama from South Korea — is Netflix’s “biggest-ever series at launch,” the streaming company exclusively told CNN on Tuesday. The dystopian series, in which contestants who are deeply in need of money play deadly children’s games to win cash prizes, has been viewed by 111
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There is now a clearer picture of what happened to Gabby Petito after a coroner said Tuesday that she died by strangulation. But many questions remain unanswered. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue had previously ruled Petito’s death a homicide, and though the cause was revealed, he declined to provide details
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By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the Washington
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By Emma Tucker, CNN Police chiefs in the largest cities across the country are leaving at an alarming rate since the beginning of 2020, a trend experts say creates a gap in leadership that serves as a hurdle in implementing criminal justice reform and long-lasting cultural change within their departments. Since January 2020, there have
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Synthetic chemicals found in items such as makeup, perfume and food storage containers have been linked to up to 107,000 premature deaths a year among people ages 55 to 64 in the US, a new study found. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with
Continue ReadingToday: Southerly flowing winds at 5-10 MPH will help warm us up today into the upper ’70s. Skies will remain mostly clear throughout the afternoon hours. Tonight: A low-pressure system located over Nebraska begins to slide east tonight allowing for overnight showers and a few storms. Winds remain predominately out of the south with an
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The Tigers will host Texas A&M on Saturday after defeating the North Texas Mean Green last week. Texas A&M is coming off an upset victory over Alabama on Saturday.
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Art historians removed controversial murals depicting slavery, hangings and whippings in the Boone County Courthouse on Monday.
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By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky Mountain bighorn
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Preventive Services Task Force is considering making several changes to its guidance on taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke. On Tuesday, the task force posted a draft statement recommending that adults ages 40 to 59 who are at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease —
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By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist A clash between summer and winter across the central US is causing an autumn outbreak of snow where the air is colder and severe storms, along with tornadoes and flash flooding, where it’s warmer. There’s a “big temperature contrast across the country as a battle of the seasons commences,” said
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By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department has tapped veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead the agency’s Afghanistan relocation and resettlement efforts, a senior State Department official told CNN Tuesday. Jones came out of retirement to take the role of Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) and officially started last week, the
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