COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)Multiple Columbia organizations have partnered together to host a community town hall for Columbia City Council candidates running in the April election for Ward 1 and Ward 5. The event is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church in Columbia. Columbia City Council Candidates Don Waterman and Gregg Bush are
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency is set to make his third trip to East Palestine, Ohio — a town struggling to understand the full breadth of consequences from a toxic train derailment more than three weeks ago. Michael Regan on Tuesday will visit the village of 5,000 people
Continue ReadingBy Nicki Brown, Sara Smart and Ralph Ellis, CNN The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to stop its shipments of hazardous waste from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, so that it can review the company’s plans for disposal. Officials in Texas and Michigan are complaining they didn’t
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Day three of State Wrestling at Mizzou Arena consists of Class 3 boys, Class 2 girls and Class 4 boys competing in quarterfinals. The Class 3 boys that are headed to Saturday’s semifinals including two wrestlers from Helias and one from Jefferson City. 126 weight class: Helias’ Carter Prenger 150 weight class:
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia College women’s basketball team advanced to the AMC Tournament semifinals with a dominant win over Cottey College on Friday night. The Cougars routed the Comets, 84-48. Sophomore Mallory Shetley led the scoring attack with a team-high 16 points in the win. However, it was a by-committee effort on the box
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than a dozen people gathered Friday outside of Columbia City Hall to mark the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Demonstrators at the rally called for an end to the war with some signs reading ‘cease fire’ and ‘honk for peace.’ Since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, the United Nations says
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN After signing his first contract as a rookie for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2001, you might have forgiven Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson for thinking he’d made it. But while other NFL newcomers splashed out on big houses and fast cars, the wide receiver was more focused on living frugally and developing his
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Prosecutors argued in court Friday that the defense shouldn’t be able to bring up allegations that a Columbia homicide victim was abusive to the man accused of killing her.
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN A day after China said it drove a US Navy destroyer away from Beijing-claimed waters in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said the same warship sailed through those waters to challenge the Chinese claims. The “guided-missile destroyer USS Milius asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Alta Spells, CNN State prosecutors said in closing arguments of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial Wednesday that he was the only person who had the motive, means and opportunity to kill his wife and son in June 2021 — and that his lies afterward betrayed him. “People lie because they know they
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THIS AFTERNOON: Clouds slowly fill in this afternoon, limiting high temperatures to the upper 30s. Precipitation should hold off until near sundown for most of the area. TONIGHT: Light rain arrives in western Missouri mid to late afternoon and spreads into our region early tonight. This could freeze across counties north of I-70 in colder
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Pink is talking about her new album, “Trustfall,” named in the spirit of the exercise of falling backwards into someone’s hands, trusting them to catch you. “That’s a team building exercise. But to me it means in order to get out of bed in the morning right now, it feels like
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The Columbia Police Department responded to a call Thursday night about a possible shooting at Betty Jean Way in southern Columbia.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN A coalition of media outlets is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reconsider a decision that blocked the full release of a Fulton County special grand jury report, which includes recommendations for whether former President Donald Trump or any of his associates should face criminal charges for their efforts to undermine
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson and Emiko Jozuka, CNN The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases. A voice, saying it’s coming from a People’s Liberation Army
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine believing he’d take Kyiv within days, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky struck a defiant note, insisting that he was “certain” his country would win the war. Responding to a question from CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at a press conference in the
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN that he and his Chinese counterpart have not spoken for a “couple of months,” with Chinese Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe refusing to take a call in the wake of the US shootdown of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon. “The last time that
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Justice Department wants to know how a box containing a handful of classified records scattered among copies of presidential schedules turned up at Mar-a-Lago late last year, well after several rounds of searches of the property by federal agents and aides to former President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN US consumers kept spending last year despite historically high inflation, not only shelling out for necessities but also splurging on restaurants, travel and other experiences impeded by the pandemic. Economists had predicted spending would peter out as the months drew on, as savings diminished, high prices persisted, and the Federal Reserve
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Ralph Ellis and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in Los Angeles and prompting rare blizzard warnings in Southern California. In its first-ever blizzard warning, the National Weather Service in San Diego said the San Bernardino County mountains could see 3 to
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