COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As you may consider traveling away from Mid-Missouri to enjoy some time away from home or classes, there are some travel safety tips you should consider. Travel experts expect more than 158 million people to travel for spring break in 2023, which is a volume that’s expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels. The first factor to keep
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance involving a box knife early Sunday morning at a home on the 5600 block of Ravenwood Drive. According to a press release from the Cole County Sheriff, the 911 caller reported a woman forced herself into the home and attacked the caller’s
Continue ReadingBy Janelle Davis, CNN. Recipe from Churrería El Moro Sweet and crunchy on the outside, soft and dense on the inside, the sticks of fried dough called churros are a popular treat across Mexico. To try the ultimate version, head to Churrería El Moro, an institution since 1935 that’s renowned for its golden churros and
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Millman and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California announced Sunday that he won’t enter the competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s senate seat in the Golden State, electing to endorse Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee instead. “I have concluded that despite a lot of enthusiasm from Bernie [Sanders’]
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam and Daniel Dale, CNN Former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday with a rally speech in Waco, Texas, that was littered with false claims — many of which he has made before. Trump also delivered unsubstantiated attacks on the integrity of the criminal investigations into
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TODAY: Highs are mild again in the upper 50s with a few added clouds from a passing cold front. This disturbance won’t be able to produce rainfall until near sundown, with light showers mostly confined southeast of Hwy 54. Trace to a few tenths of an inch of rain is possible with rain exiting before
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of local law enforcement officers were responding to a scene in central Columbia early Sunday morning. ABC 17 News crews went to the area of North Boulevard and Coats Street just off Business Loop 70 around 2 a.m. When crews got to the scene they saw crime scene tape and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first day of break for Mid-Missouri schools fell on Saturday for the University of Missouri, Columbia Public Schools and Jefferson City Schools. Often, the month of March proves to be one of the busiest for travel. And with 2023 travel numbers up, this year is no different according to the TSA’s
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft alleging he illegally blocked an initiative petition. In the Cole County lawsuit, Harry “Chip” Cooper says he submitted two initiative petitions with enough signatures. The lawsuit alleges Ashcroft’s office rejected the petitions after the deadline and did not provide a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Police, along with the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tabacco Control and the Jefferson City Council for Drug Free Youth, tested 14 total businesses on alcohol law compliance. Of those 14, five businesses failed to check for identifications. The five businesses that failed are Xpress Liquor on Ellis Boulevard,
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HERMANN, Mo. (KMIZ) The family of Hermann Police Officer Adam Sullentrup released a statement on social media thanking everyone for the support and providing an update on his recovery. Sullentrup’s family said he is improving every day. He is in the intensive care unit, but he has recently been upgraded from “critical” condition to “stable.”
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, Hira Humayun, Mariya Knight, Andrew Carey, Radina Gigova and Maria Kostenko, CNN Russia plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. Moscow will complete the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by the beginning of July, Putin told state broadcaster
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Saturday, March 25, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL WEST PLAINS (12) BATTLE (7) FINAL KICKAPOO (2) ROCK BRIDGE (3) FINAL LEXINGTON (5) SOUTHERN BOONE (15) FINAL HS GIRLS SOCCER BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH (2) HICKMAN (1) FINAL LINDBERG (2)
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TONIGHT: Temperatures dropping back down into the low 40s by the end of the night, with possibilities for light showers. These chances are extended into early tomorrow morning. TOMORROW: Temperatures warming back up into the higher 50s with partly cloudy skies. Winds at 10-15 mph from the WSW. Tomorrow night the area could also see
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo, CNN Pans clattered in the background as Eva Longoria searched for her earbuds so she could talk while cooking lunch for her family in the kitchen of their Mexico City home. “There’s not a wasted moment that happens in my day,” Longoria said. That includes gearing up for the March 26 premiere
Continue ReadingBy Tricia Escobedo, CNN Pans clattered in the background as Eva Longoria searched for her earbuds so she could talk while cooking lunch for her family in the kitchen of their Mexico City home. “There’s not a wasted moment that happens in my day,” Longoria said. That includes gearing up for the March 26 premiere
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Jefferson City, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Police responded to reports of shots fired early Saturday morning. Officers responded to the 3600 block of Oxford just after 4 a.m. According to the Jefferson City Police Department, no one was hurt in the incident but there was property damage to a home in the area. This is
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Celina Tebor, CNN Two additional bodies have been found by search and rescue teams working to locate missing individuals after the explosion of an eastern Pennsylvania candy factory last week, raising the incident’s death toll to seven people, officials said Sunday. “We do believe them to be the remaining presumptive missing
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Hawkins and Patrick Snell, CNN The 2023 MotoGP season gets under way in Portimão, Portugal, this weekend and reigning world champion Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia is steeling himself for a grueling defense of his hard-won crown. This year’s championship will be the longest in MotoGP history with 21 races on the calendar, as well
Continue ReadingBy Michael Callahan, Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN President Joe Biden emphasized Friday afternoon that the US will “forcefully protect our people,” a day after approving retaliatory airstrikes in response to a drone attack by an Iranian-backed group in Syria that left one American dead and more injured. But it seemed the
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