By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A Missouri man who has been serving a life sentence for nearly three decades was set free Tuesday after a judge ruled he is innocent and vacated his murder conviction. Lamar Johnson was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1995 after being convicted of murder
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Years before Anthony Dwayne McRae killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon — a felony count that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun if he were convicted. That felony case never
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Adjustment spent three hours reviewing an application for a variance submitted by 7Brew Coffee. The board was asked to consider waiving various zoning and construction rules for 7Brew during its Tuesday night meeting at City Hall. “It’s very small. So we’re trying to utilize every single inch of
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Watch a replay of the game in the web player above. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman boys basketball team fell to Rock Bridge Tuesday night at home 60-42 in this weeks KZOU game of the week.
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AUBURN, Al. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team was quickly jumped on at Auburn and never got back in it falling to the Tigers 89-56 on the road Tuesday night. This loss marks the biggest deficit of the season for MU. MU was down early 19-2 and ended up only scoring 18 total points in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City student will get another chance at his lawsuit against the district. An appeals court on Tuesday sided with Joey Huerta and his mother in their lawsuit from 2017. They sued when a wrestling coach at Thomas Jefferson Middle School made Huerta cut his hair. The appeals court said
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Darcy, CNN All niceties have been thrown out the window as DirecTV finds itself ensnared in an ugly carriage dispute with Newsmax. The satellite carrier, which refuses to buckle to pressure and pay millions of dollars to broadcast the network’s low-rated programming, unleashed on the right-wing talk channel on Tuesday. In a letter
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HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking into allegations made against Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. MSHP spokesman Capt. John Hotz said Randolph County’s prosecutor asked the Division of Drug and Crime Control to investigate the situation. Neither Hotz nor prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford elaborated on what exactly Wilson was accused of
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Sara Smart and Amanda Watts, CNN The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others had a list of other targets, two handguns and plenty of ammunition when police found him on foot after the campus massacre, authorities revealed Thursday. After gunfire terrorized the East
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The morning after a Columbia Board of Education member left a meeting citing ongoing stress from the Missouri legislature’s continued focus on LGBTQ+ issues, lawmakers were set to meet Tuesday to discuss transgender children.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Downtown Kansas City will be packed with people Wednesday to celebrate the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. The Kansas City Police Department says there will be hundreds of officers patrolling the parade. Nineteen local, state and federal agencies will be among those guarding the area. The city began preparations earlier this week. Kansas City Police
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TONIGHT: Breezy and partly cloudy as rain exits northeast. Lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Partly sunny with cooler temperatures in the 40s to the northwest, 50s across central Missouri, and 60s near the Lake of the Ozarks. Rain and a wintry mix moving in from the west late. EXTENDED: We’re breezy
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A rollover crash briefly blocked a busy central Columbia intersection at about noon Tuesday.
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Conditions are shaping up for a decent outlook leading into Wednesday in Kansas City for the Chief’s Super Bowl celebration parade. It may not be as warm as game-day was for the game in Glendale, Arizona, but for mid-February temperatures are looking warmer than average. If you are planning on making the haul back west
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, Amanda Jackson and Dakin Andone, CNN Some Michigan State University students who survived Monday’s mass shooting — and their parents — had already been through a similar, horrific experience. “(Fourteen) months ago I had to evacuate from Oxford High School when a fifteen year old opened fire and killed four of my
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Vadym Khodak beams and leans forward. He’s almost bouncing on his feet. “My soldiers like it a lot,” he says with a nod to the line of Polish Leopard 2 version 4 tanks behind him. “This machine is good quality.” His smile speaks volumes, revealing deep furrows that
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on lawmakers to take steps to address gun violence in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at Michigan State University, pledging federal support to assist in the ongoing investigation. Three students were killed and five others are in critical condition after
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Today: Afternoon highs warm into the mid-50s as widespread showers continue to make their way across Mid-Missouri. Winds remain strong with gust up to 45 mph possible prompting a wind advisory until 3 AM on Wednesday. Tonight: Overnight lows cool the lower 40s as winds remain out of the southwest. Showers begin to exit the
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Get ready for heartbreak in the candy aisle. As Valentine’s Day arrives, so does the annual frenzy to buy or gift the classic Russell Stover and Whitman’s Sampler chocolate boxes that come in under $12 or so at Walgreens, CVS, Walmart and Target stores. But shoppers may be disappointed this year
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The death of a defense lawyer has prolonged the prosecution of a Columbia man accused in a 2017 murder.
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