Cole County deputies arrested a school bus driver Wednesday on suspicion of endangering students after he reportedly argued with students and smashed mailboxes.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A celebration of life service will be held Friday for a Rock Bridge High School student who died in a motorcycle crash on Monday. A service will be held at The Crossing, visitation begins at 2 p.m. There is a memorial set up near the crash site on Nifong Boulevard and Bethel
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The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would let students choose which school they want to attend using state money.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 23rd ranked Mizzou softball team took down Kansas City 11-5 Wednesday in the team’s home opener. The Tigers were led on the mound by freshman pitcher Cierra Harrison who pitched five innings allowing just one run on two hits and recording four strikeouts. Closer Taylor Pannell is also a freshman and
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and chilly with lows in the upper 30s. TOMORROW: Rain likely with highs in the upper 40s. Breezy with wind gusts around 20 mph. EXTENDED: Make sure to have an umbrella or hooded coat as you head out the door Thursday morning with the next round of rain moving in before sunrise.
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Democratic senators have been holding the floor for hours Wednesday, filibustering a bill that would sharply limit medical care for transgender children.
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It’s impossible to know whether a third lane on Interstate 70 would have stopped the Wednesday morning rush-hour crash that closed down one side of the busy highway for hours.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Jack Forrest, CNN Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to take action to protect and support access to gender-affirming health care across the state. “All state agencies must, to the fullest extent of their lawful authority, pursue opportunities and coordinate with each other to
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN The White House lashed out at Fox News host Tucker Carlson Wednesday in an extraordinary rebuke of the late-night commentator who has been airing false depictions of the January 6, 2021, attack this week. Carlson, given access to about 40,000 hours of US Capitol security camera footage by Republican House Speaker
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by a new storm, with torrential rain threatening to cause dangerous flooding and the Weather Prediction Center increasing its excessive rainfall outlook for parts of the state to a level 4 of 4.
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Today: Afternoon highs wane into the mid to upper 40s across Mid-Missouri as winds remain out of the southeast at 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Skies remain cloudy with light scattered drizzles expected. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the upper 30s with mostly cloudy skies as wind remain out of the the
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN The Louisville Metro Police Department routinely uses excessive force and practices “an aggressive style of policing” against Black people, the Justice Department said Wednesday after an investigation launched following the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The scathing assessment paints a shocking portrait of racist and
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN The Chinese government could use TikTok to control data on millions of people and harness the short-form video app to shape public opinion should China invade Taiwan, FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday. Wray responded affirmatively to questions from Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the panel’s
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN It’s enough to give anyone already on edge about flying hassles has yet another reason to pop an antacid or two: the prospect of delayed, lost or damaged baggage. The concern is valid. Especially when an epic winter storm sweeps across the land and one airline has a complete meltdown. Or
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, March 7, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Grain Valley (41) Rock Bridge (51) FINAL Helias Catholic (41) Jefferson City (43) FINAL Southern Boone (33) Fatima (31) FINAL Moberly (55) Visitation Academy (48) FINAL
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Four South Carolinians in a white minivan pulled out the parking lot of a Motel 6 surrounded by palmettos and onto an expressway in Brownsville, Texas — zooming past strip malls lined with taquerias, auto repair shops and law offices with Spanish names — for the short drive to the Mexican
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Abel Alvarado, Karol Suarez, Caroll Alvarado and Eric Levenson, CNN Two of the four Americans kidnapped by armed gunmen in the Mexico border city of Matamoros on Friday were found dead and two were found alive on Tuesday, US and Mexican officials said. Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown were found dead, a
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN The space race has expanded to new frontiers in recent years, moving into business, tourism … and now cinema. Russian film makers on Tuesday released a trailer for “The Challenge,” which became the first ever feature film to be shot in space in 2021. The trailer outlines the movie’s plot: A
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN February’s jobs report had a little something for everyone. For workers, there were jobs; for employers, there were workers filling shortfalls caused by the pandemic; for the Federal Reserve, there were indications that the labor market was loosening and wage pressures were easing. Then again, the total of 311,000 net jobs
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy, Nick Valencia and Mark Morales, CNN The release of more video from the January traffic stop that led to the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols was delayed Wednesday, according to a court order, as the US Department of Justice announced it would perform a review of the Memphis Police
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