An initial hearing in a former state representative’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools to get his name on the April election ballot has been set for Tuesday.
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL BOONVILLE (40) MEXICO (66) FINAL EUGENE (73) MOBERLY (70) FINAL HS GIRLS BASKETBALL ELDON (53) SOUTHERN BOONE (60) FINAL BATTLE (88) ST. CLAIR (32) FINAL FULTON (19) CENTRALIA (58)
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Casey Tolan and Curt Devine, CNN The man suspected of killing four people at a California mushroom farm and three others at a nearby site Monday had legal possession of a semi-automatic weapon that was registered to him, a sheriff said. The suspect, Chunli Zhao, 66, was not known to local law
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News investigates how a fire started at an east Columbia restaurant on New Year’s Eve. A report from the Columbia Fire Department indicates the fire at Golden Corral off Clark Lane on Dec. 31 started on a grill at the restaurant. An investigator says it didn’t appear the grills were
Continue ReadingBy Muhammad Darwish, Katharina Krebs and Tara John, CNN A former Wagner mercenary says the brutality he witnessed in Ukraine ultimately pushed him to defect, in an exclusive CNN interview on Monday. Wagner fighters were often sent into battle with little direction, and the company’s treatment of reluctant recruits was ruthless, Andrei Medvedev told CNN’s
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney Gen. Andrew Bailey announced in a Monday press release that he will be running in 2024 to try to serve a full term in the position. Baily was sworn in as Attorney General earlier this month. He was appointed by Gov. Mike Parson on Nov. 23, following Eric Schmitt’s election to the U.S. Senate.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team is tracking a potential mid-week winter storm that could bring accumulating snow throughout much of the region between Tuesday night and Wednesday. Jefferson City and Cole Cole County Public Works have both spent time making sure their equipment and employees are aware of what to
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN Reporters often joke that journalists are going to the “dark side” when they go into PR. After reading about Geoff Morrell, a hero I didn’t know I needed, I understand the temptation. Here’s the deal: A regulatory filing from Disney last week, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, has put
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The organization whose performers dressed in drag at an event Columbia Public Schools students attended last week is responding to the backlash from some parents and conservative state leaders.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Tax season kicked off Monday and experts are warning taxpayers that their tax refunds may look smaller this year as COVID-19 tax breaks end. Kathy Pickering, chief tax officer for H&R Block, said most temporary COVID-19 relief measures have expired, including the expanded earned-income tax credit, child-tax credit, dependent-care credit and some
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 40s. Rain showers move in from the south after sunset and eventually turn to snow overnight. EXTENDED: The Stormtrack Weather team issued a Weather Alert Day ahead of our next winter storm system that is expected to move
Continue ReadingBy Andi Babineau and Kara Devlin, CNN A man was arrested and charged with murder after a shooting at an educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines, Iowa, left two students dead and the program’s founder seriously injured, authorities said in a press release. At 12:53 p.m. Monday, police and fire personnel responded to
Continue ReadingBarbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Italy celebrated the return of 60 ancient artifacts worth more than $20 million from the United States with a display in Rome’s Spadolini Hall on Monday. Most of the items — which include a fresco of Hercules as a child fighting a serpent, which was stolen from Herculaneum, and a bronze
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Since winning a difficult battle to become speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy has made public claims that are misleading, lacking any evidence or plain wrong. Here is a fact check of recent McCarthy comments about the debt ceiling, funding for the Internal Revenue Service, the FBI search
Continue ReadingBy Alta Spells, CNN Paul Murdaugh sent a Snapchat video to several friends just minutes before he was killed, according to a motion filed by the South Carolina state attorney prosecuting Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced former lawyer standing trial starting this week in the killing of his wife and son. Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, 52, and
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A 62-year-old man was found dead inside a house in Moberly after a house fire early Saturday morning.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Eric Levenson, CNN The failed Republican New Mexico state House candidate who is accused of masterminding shootings at Democratic officials’ homes will remain in jail as he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday. Second Judicial District Court Judge David Murphy said Solomon Peña poses a threat to the targets of the
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TODAY: Clouds early Monday will slowly clear through the morning. Winds from the southwest and increasing sunshine may boost temperatures just barely into the low 40s by the afternoon. TONIGHT: High level clouds return late this evening, thickening cloud cover by Tuesday morning. Winds will generally remain from the southwest overnight, keeping temperatures near the
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Over the past year, M&M’s has been the subject of Fox News tirades and criticism from a small segment of fans — first for changing the Green M&M’s footwear and more recently featuring female M&M characters on its packaging for International Women’s Day. So this week it announced a change: Following
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Chavez, CNN Dense breast tissue has been associated with up to a four times higher risk of breast cancer. However, a new study suggests few women view breast density as a significant risk factor. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, surveyed 1,858 women ages 40 to 76 years from 2019 to 2020
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