AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Early Saturday morning, two people were arrested after they were caught on security cameras allegedly burglarizing a home in Audrain County. The Audrain County Sheriff arrested 22-year-old Jared VonVain and 30-year-old Kathleen Smith, both from Middletown. They’re both in ail awaiting formal charges. After an Audrain County home-owner called the sheriff’s
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would not drop out of the 2024 presidential race if he were indicted in any of the federal and state investigations he faces. “I wouldn’t even think about leaving,” Trump told reporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France and Taylor Romine, CNN Tom Sizemore, an actor known for his work in hit films like “Saving Private Ryan,” “Natural Born Killers” and “Heat,” has died, his representative Charles Lago confirmed to CNN on Friday. He was 61. The actor was hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm in mid-February, Lago told
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TONIGHT: Skies clearing up, and calm winds spread through the area. Patches of fog could be observed later in the night, especially around rivers. TOMORROW: Clear skies are expected with winds picking up, bringing us chances for 30-35 mph gusts. With these winds, it allows us to warm up into the upper 60s for our
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Jennifer Henderson and Melissa Alonso, CNN One person died after an overturned gas tanker carrying flammable liquids exploded on a highway in Frederick, Maryland on Saturday, causing damage to nearby homes and vehicles as city officials advised residents to avoid the area. Flames and smoke billowed into the air after the truck
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Maryland. And the members of Congress, former government officials and conservative personalities who spoke at the conference on Thursday and Friday made false claims about a variety of topics. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio uttered two false claims about President Joe Biden. Rep.
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Bempedoic acid may be an alternative for people who need to lower their cholesterol but can’t or won’t take statins, according to a large study published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Statins are the most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs that help lower what’s known as the “bad” cholesterol,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Four residents of a Jefferson City home were displaced after a house fire Friday evening, according to the Jefferson City Fire Department. Firefighters responded to a fire on the 100 block of West Franklin Street around 8:15 p.m. Crews said firefighters arriving at the scene found heavy fire showing from a side
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FAYETTE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Natural Resources lifted the boil water order for Fayette on Friday. The Department issued the order on February 24, 2023 after feathers were found in the Park Tower overflow pipe screen. After the order was issued, officials with the department isolated the Park Tower. The Givens Tower was
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TODAY: Fog is possible early morning around river valleys and areas that received healthy precipitation on Friday. A few sprinkles from a weak front are possible just before noon but most will just see clouds. These are expected to break away by the afternoon with highs reaching the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Winds kick up early
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The Holts Summit Fire Department and the Central and Northern Missouri Red Cross Chapter are teaming up to install working smoke alarms Saturday in residents’ homes at J&L Mobile Home Park in Holts Summit. The installation is scheduled to take place from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Saturday. The effort is
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Maryland. And the members of Congress, former government officials and conservative personalities who spoke at the conference on Thursday and Friday made false claims about a variety of topics. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio uttered two false claims about President Joe Biden. Rep.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Here are your local scores from Friday, March 3, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Tolton (42) Fatima (36) FINAL Grain Valley (36) Rock Bridge (58) FINAL Battle (69) Hickman (45) FINAL Helias (38) Jefferson City (52) FINAL Hallsville (61) Kirksville (69) FINAL Thomas Jefferson
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Events got started Thursday but the big public reveal — the March March through downtown — happens Friday. Watch it live in the player.
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool near or just below freezing tonight as winds remain out of the northwest at 5-10 mph. Skies look to clear throughout the overnight hours becoming mostly clear. Tomorrow: Skies look to become partly cloudy as winds switch out of the west starting the upcoming warming trend with highs reaching into the
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Lee, CNN With the third anniversary of the Covid-19 outbreak, the secondary pandemic of hunger still looms for many Americans. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service, nearly 34 million people in the US live in food-insecure households. It’s a figure that just scratches the surface according to Claire
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The Columbia Police Department asked the public to be on the lookout for a shrouded “porch pirate” Friday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is partnering with other local organizations to host a naloxone education and distribution event PHHS is partnering with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition to host the event at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday at CenterPoint Hospital. It is part of a series of events that is free
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Betsy Klein, CNN After being shot multiple times during a grueling, nearly 19-hour firefight against enemy North Vietnamese soldiers, most people would have given up. But then-Capt. Paris Davis wasn’t most people — he was willing to risk his own life to protect his fellow soldiers during an attack
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Steve Contorno, CNN An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new oversight board in control of Disney’s special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay. On Monday, the Republican governor appointed Ron Peri, an
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