TODAY: Showers and storms will continue for the morning with isolated flooding possible. Expect a wet tailgate but showers begin clearing up by kickoff. Bring the poncho just in case! Rain chances continue to fall throughout the afternoon with most of the area drying out by dinnertime. TOMORROW: Sunday starts our dry streak with highs in the
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By Sara Murray and Jeff Simon, CNN As Sen. Ron Johnson grapples with whether to run for a third term, it seems there’s no controversy the Wisconsin Republican is unwilling to wade into. “The science tells us that vaccines are 95 percent effective. So if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care
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By Omar Jimenez and Bill Kirkos, CNN As Afghans flee the Taliban regime and flow into the United States, they are landing in places like Fort McCoy, situated in rural Wisconsin. It’s the current temporary home for up to 13,000 recently-evacuated Afghan refugees, though Army officials would not disclose the actual number on base. Marcos
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Shang-Chi, Marvel’s Chinese martial artist superhero, has lived many lives since his 1973 comics debut. First, he was a “Master of Kung Fu” and assassin-turned-hero who dispatched foes with remarkable ease. He’s gone from being a version of Bruce Lee to a version of James Bond to a member of the
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By Selina Wang and George Ramsay, CNN For athletes preparing for the biggest event of their lives, it would usually be a cause for celebration. But 100 days out from the Tokyo Paralympics, Oksana Masters was confined to a hospital bed recovering from surgery on her leg. At the time, thoughts of winning a medal
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Health experts are reinforcing the point that full vaccination remains highly effective against severe illness and death caused by Covid-19 as federal regulators consider the possibility of authorizing a third dose in the upcoming weeks. “What’s the goal of this vaccine? The stated goal by (CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky) and
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You can a replay of the game of the week, Smith-Cotton at Rock Bridge, in the player below. Here are the scores from Week 2 of area high school football. Smith-Cotton (0) at Rock Bridge (50) FCenter (35) at Capital City (6) FHickman (6) at Helias (41) FSouthern Boone (7) at Mexico (32) F South
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ). Mizzou football is back this weekend and Faurot Field will be at full capacity. Businesses started preparing Friday for fans to be in attendance at the game and downtown. For some businesses, the process is easier said than done because of the lack of employees. According to the Missouri Department of Labor,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou plays Central Michigan Saturday, and Faurot Field will be at full capacity for the first time since 2019. The university moved to a new digital ticket service. All tickets are digital this year; no more paper tickets. Now the only way to get into Faurot Field is with a mobile ticket.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A district judge in Texas has issued a temporary restraining order against Texas Right to Life, blocking the anti-abortion group from suing abortion providers employed by Planned Parenthood under the state’s strict new abortion law, according to a copy of the order provided by Planned Parenthood. The law, which took effect
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By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen New York City’s infrastructure to adapt to what was then a looming threat of the climate crisis. Nearly a decade later, the city is picking up the pieces after
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A bond hearing is set for 2 p.m. on Friday for a woman accused of killing a 4 year-old boy from Jefferson City.
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TONIGHT: More isolated showers and storms will be possible this evening. The coverage will fill in overnight, with a few rumbles of thunder expected. We’ll pick up another 1-2” of rain, with the highest amounts in west-central parts of the state. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Pettis, Benton, and Morgan counties until
Continue Reading By Dan Merica and Maeve Reston, CNN When California Gov. Gavin Newsom took the lectern from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren here at Culver City High School on Saturday, his warning to the audience took a markedly national tone. “You saw the Big Lie, you saw what happened on January 6, you have seen the voter
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Kanye West has hit lucky No. 7 with his 10th No. 1 album. His latest, “Donda,” has debuted at the top of Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart, making him the seventh artist to have 10 No. 1 albums, according to Billboard. And that’s not all. With 309,000 equivalent album units
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By Jason Hanna, CNN Rosa Almonte says she had no choice but to try to drive out of the flash flooding that suddenly surrounded her New York City transit bus Wednesday night. And she was so focused on forcing the bus to safety, she says, she didn’t notice her passengers were standing on their seats
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran of the war in Iraq and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, falsely claimed on CNN on Wednesday that President Joe Biden has never expressed gratitude or empathy toward the American troops who have served overseas during the last two decades.
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A 100-foot-tall rocket burst into flames mid-air after launching from California Thursday evening, dashing the hopes of a Texas-based startup to put a rocket into Earth’s orbit on its first-ever launch attempt. The rocket, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Los Angeles on Thursday, appeared to have
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By Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Warren, CNN Stephen Miller seemed floored by the idea, raised during a fall Cabinet meeting in 2018, of keeping open the doors for Afghan allies and other Middle East refugees to enter the US. “What do you guys want?” Miller, then a top adviser to President Donald Trump, asked incredulously, according to
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Today: Showers are beginning to die out with mostly cloudy skies keeping us in the ’70s. Temperatures will continue to rise to 78 degrees for the high with more chances of scattered showers and storms this afternoon. Tonight: Scattered showers become more widespread late this evening ahead of an approaching cold front. The overnight low
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