COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to online court records, Columbia resident Noah Solbrekken has a court hearing on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. for a preliminary hearing at Boone County Court House. Solbrekken is charged with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. According to Columbia Police, Solbrekken is charged in connection with the Nov. 2 shooting
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Forrest Brown, CNN The boss of Southwest Airlines has vowed he will “make good” to passengers hit by his company’s disastrous holiday meltdown as the carrier was delivering on its promise to resume better service on Friday. “This has impacted so many people — so many customers — over the holidays,”
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TODAY: It’s been a breezy 24 hours with some winds gusting as high as 30-40 mph. These winds have warmed us well above normal, where we still are early Thursday. Today’s high will continue to reap the benefits of this south wind, topping out in the upper 60s. 70 degrees is NOT out of the
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Dakin Andone, CNN Patrick Holland had only been on the heart transplant list for a few weeks when he said he got a call last Thursday from the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle that a donor match had been found. The 56-year-old Alaska man, who has congestive heart failure,
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Early this year, even before the national shortage of infant formula or a demand-driven shortfall of pain medications for kids, children’s hospitals began to worry about looming shortages of two critical medications for premature infants: sodium chloride and potassium chloride. These solutions of life-sustaining minerals are key to a therapy called
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN An Alaska man with congestive heart failure says he missed out on a chance to get a new heart for Christmas when last week’s winter storm battered much of the US, leading to thousands of flight cancellations. Patrick Holland, 56, had only been on the transplant list for a few weeks
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State Rep. Chuck Basye said he plans to meet with a lawyer Thursday morning to discuss pursuing a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools. Basye, R-Rocheport, said he attempted to file for a position on the school board on Tuesday. Basye said he made the decision to file after speaking to a former
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL FATIMA (28) HICKMAN (64) FINAL STALEY (41) HELIAS (42) FINAL OXFORD (37) JEFFERSON CITY (56) FINAL BENTON (59) CAPITAL CITY (24) FINAL HS BOYS BASKETBALL OXFORD (41) FATIMA
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team got things done in the first SEC game of the season taking down No. 19 Kentucky 89-75 in front of a sold-out crowd at Mizzou Arena. You can watch extended highlights of the win and the postgame press conference with head coach Dennis Gates and players in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Rescue crews from Boone County spent Wednesday afternoon near Cooper’s Landing working to remove a truck spotted in the Missouri River. Chuck Leak – assistant fire chief with the Boone County Fire Protection District — told ABC 17 News before 1 p.m. that rescue crews from several area fire and law enforcement
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Blaine and Em Steck, CNN As Rep.-elect George Santos continues to face scrutiny for false claims the New York Republican has made about his biography, another story is being questioned: that his mother was at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and that the incident played a role in her death.
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog developing. Breezy with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Partly cloudy, warm, and windy with highs in the low to mid-60s. Rain possible after sunset for areas east of Highway 63. EXTENDED: Overnight temperatures fall to the upper 40s and highs get into the lower to mid-60s tomorrow as
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The Missouri Department of Transportation is working on plans to improve safety and expand capacity on Highway 54 in north Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN Ask Southwest Airlines employees about their company’s technology, and one word keeps coming up: “antiquated.” While Southwest grew from a scrappy, Texas-based discount airline operating three planes into one of the nation’s largest — union officials representing Southwest workers say the company did not keep pace with technology changes. And they
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The cost of the service meltdown at Southwest Airlines over the year-end holidays cost the airline nearly $1 billion and will cause the company to report a loss rather than a profit in the fourth quarter, the airline said in a filing on Friday. The airline, the nation’s largest domestic
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget, Caroll Alvarado and Jeanne Bonner, CNN Abdul Sharifu, 26, left his home in Buffalo Saturday afternoon in blizzard conditions to get milk and other supplies. He never made it back. Sharifu is among at least 39 fatalities in Erie County, New York, from the winter storm that buried the city of Buffalo
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Many Southwest customers have been desperately trying something — anything — that will get them back home. But some passengers have been horrified to find other airlines posting last-minute flights to their destinations that can cost thousands of dollars. United and American Airlines say they have a solution: The airlines will
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Water pipes that burst over the weekend caused “significant damage” at Faurot Field, according to a University of Missouri spokesman.
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, Sandee LaMotte and Megan Marples, CNN TikTok can be great for many things, such as recipes, style inspiration, cat videos or comedy relief. But when it comes to wellness trends, following all of TikTok users’ suggestions could mean gambling with your health. Every year there are at least a few new wellness
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz, CNN Lakefront homes in Ontario were encased in a thick, spiky coat of ice after last weekend’s blizzard whipped frigid waves on shore. Residents of the Fort Erie community, coincidentally named Crystal Beach, said the waves were crashing over their Lake Erie break wall during the storm. “Then the water has frozen
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