TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and breezy with lows in the lower 50s. A few showers or rumbles of thunder developing late, diminishing before sunrise. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the mid-70s. EXTENDED: It was a breezy but beautiful Sunday as strong winds shifted to the south, but active weather returns to kick off
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle, CNN Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman opened up about his struggle with depression during a candid interview with CBS News that was taped during his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. “I had stopped leaving my bed. I had stopped eating. I was dropping weight. I had stopped engaging … most
Continue ReadingBy Shawna Mizelle and Aileen Graef, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin declined to say Sunday whether he would run on a centrist presidential ticket but the moderate West Virginia Democrat said Americans were sick of the political division in the country. “We cannot basically have a divided country, and we cannot withstand that,” he said on
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN The talk between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about detained journalist Evan Gershkovich has been “hugely reassuring,” Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “We know that the US government is taking the case very seriously right
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, Gregory Krieg and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced that he’s running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, launching a challenge to former President Donald Trump, who remains the front-runner despite his looming criminal indictment. “I’m convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America,
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US National Institute on Aging is moving forward with efforts to build a real-world Alzheimer’s disease database as part of its aim to improve, support and conduct more dementia research. Last month, the agency, part of the National Institutes of Health, posted a notice of the grant for the six-year
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TODAY: Breezy again as winds shift out of the south; gusts could reach 30 mph. Highs jump to around 70 degrees with dry skies most of the day. TONIGHT: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move into our southern counties after sundown and through the rest of Mid-MO into early Monday. Lows will be much milder
Continue ReadingBy Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN When Donald Trump enters a New York courtroom on Tuesday, he’ll face a seasoned judge who is no stranger to the former president’s orbit. Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan has sentenced Trump’s close confident Allen Weisselberg to prison, presided over the Trump Organization tax fraud trial and overseen
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN The cold open of “Saturday Night Live” featured comedian James Austin Johnson considering possible jail time as an indicted former President Donald Trump. “Well folks it happened. I got indicted,” Johnson said, later poking at rhetoric from the former president, saying, “What the radical left Democrats are doing to me is
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JEFFERON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Police along with other law enforcement agencies are joining together to put more focus on youth driving safety in Mid- Missouri to help increase seat belt use among teens and to reduce deaths on the roads. The effort is a part of law enforcement’s “Youth Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign” that
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former President Donald Trump being detained by police in dramatic fashion. None of these things actually happened, but AI-generated images depicting them did go viral online over the past week. The images ranged
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN The death toll rose to 32 Sunday after a batch of ferocious storms and tornadoes devastated communities across the American South and Midwest, while parts of the Southern Plains braced for their own round of severe weather. The storm outbreak Friday that walloped the country spawned
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While Friday’s storm only lasted a few minutes, the hail and rain left their mark. Damage and dings to homes, cars, and even backyard grills could be seen across Mid-Missouri Saturday. “I’ve probably been on probably 40 roofs today since eight o’clock this morning,” Mark, the sales manager with Premier Property Services
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide secured the series win against Mizzou in a 4-0 win in nine innings on Saturday night in Columbia. The Tiger loss comes despite a standout performance from junior pitcher Laurin Krings. Krings held off the Alabama bats for eight innings of action. She ended her day
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (KMIZ) No. 18 Kentucky clinched the series over Mizzou baseball Saturday afternoon with a shut out 10-0 win. The Tigers managed just five hits on the day, two of which came from leadoff batter Luke Mann. Trevor Austin, Tre Morris and Juju Stevens also got one hit each in the outing. The Wildcats
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Methodist softball and baseball teams both claimed two home wins Saturday in some double-header action. The Lady Eagles softball team took down MidAmerica Nazarene 7-0 and 9-1. In game one, Fayette’s own freshman Jordyn Ball through a no hitter as well as recording seven strikeouts. Rock Bridge Alum Madison White
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pettis County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Morgan County that ended with one suspect dead. In a news release, the Pettis County Sheriff said two Morgan County Deputies were shot at by a man suspected of a burglary. This happened Saturday morning at the intersection of Fairgrounds
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s indictment by a New York grand jury has thrust the nation into uncharted political, legal and historical waters, and raised a slew of questions about how the criminal case will unfold. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has been investigating Trump in connection with his alleged role in
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TONIGHT: Winds are calming down and skies are staying clear. Temperatures will be dropping down into the mid to upper 30s, but with increasing winds overnight, the cooling will be limited. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny skies, and winds picking back up to 15-20 mph from the SW, with gusts up to 30. Highs getting up just
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Semiautomatic gunfire echoed in the hallways of The Covenant School, making a distinct noise teachers there would not soon forget. That was more than 14 months ago — before three children and three adults were gunned down on Monday in the stately stone school connected to Covenant Presbyterian Church, atop a
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