COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marked the first day of the Missouri cross country state championships. Over the course of two days, about 1,900 students are registered to run from 340 different schools around the state. The championships take place at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course. In years past, West said coordinators have seen 8,000-9,000
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Boone County prosecutors charged a Columbia man Thursday with four felonies for an October shooting and crash at a busy south Columbia roundabout.
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has given employees until Thursday evening to commit to “extremely hardcore” work or else leave the company, according to a copy of a late-night internal email sent by the billionaire and obtained by CNN. “Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0
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TONIGHT: Showers and storms likely with wind gusts between 40-50 mph. Lows falling into the low to mid-40s by morning. TOMORROW: Breezy with decreasing clouds and cool temperatures in the mid-upper 50s for highs. EXTENDED: Storms should enter Mid-Missouri by early evening along Highway 65, and then progress east through the night. Expect rain and
Continue ReadingFrancesca Street, CNN It feels like the summer of travel chaos only just subsided, but the holiday travel season is now upon us. More than four million Americans are set to take to the skies for US Thanksgiving, kicking off one of the busiest stretches of the year for travel. Navigating the world of airports
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) High schools across Mid-Missouri have moved up the kickoff of tonight’s games amid the possibilities of severe storms. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert day for Friday. The cold front is expected to bring strong winds, rain and hail. The storm is expected to reach Columbia before
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Clare Duffy, CNN Twitter on Friday laid off employees in departments across the company, in a severe round of cost cutting that could potentially upend how one of the world’s most influential platforms operates one week after it was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk. Numerous Twitter employees began posting on the
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The Columbia City Council will meet Monday to discuss recommendations for trash pickup in the city.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business The threat of a freight railroad strike has been pushed back to early December, as four major unions have agreed to coordinate the date on which they could potentially go on strike. The third-largest railroad union, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employe Division, had been prepared
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Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and MJ Lee, CNN As White House officials prepared for the last jobs report before the midterm elections set to be released Friday morning, the last thing they wanted to see is a blowout hiring number. It’s the political paradox that loomed over the last major piece of economic data before Election
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garrett and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists An early winter blast met record autumn warmth Friday, leading to a robust, severe storm system in the South and creating the biggest tornado threat the US has seen in more than five months. At least one person is dead in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, where significant storm
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TODAY: Friday is a Weather Alert Day due to the combined impacts of gusty winds throughout the day and a round of storms with severe potential tonight. With sustained winds between 15-20 mph this afternoon, gusts may reach higher than 30-35 mph at times. This south wind will help to warm us near 80 again
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston, CNN Nowhere in the country has the struggle between election denialists and democracy defenders played out in more vivid detail than in Arizona, where Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s ability to hold off late momentum from Trump-backed GOP nominee Blake Masters will be key to Democrats’ hopes of defending their narrow Senate majority.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Several organizations from the Jefferson City area will hold a free marketing workshop Friday morning. The “How to Own Your Local Market” marketing workshop will be at First Mid Bank & Trust from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Anyone interested in attending the workshop can register before 8 a.m. Although, organizers
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere Democratic officials and strategists in New York tell CNN they are bracing for what could be stunning losses in the governor’s race and in contests for as many as four US House seats largely in the suburbs. With crime dominating the headlines and the airwaves, multiple Democrats watching these races closely are
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business The white-hot US labor market is showing signs of cooling, with the Labor Department reporting Friday a slower pace of hiring and higher unemployment. While the closely watched October jobs report was strong by historical standards, it suggests a series of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve meant to cool
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Top aides to former President Donald Trump have discussed the third week of November as an ideal launch point for his 2024 presidential campaign if Republicans fare well in the midterm elections next week, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Two sources said Trump’s team has specifically
Continue ReadingBy Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN John P. Child has a strong view about the 2020 presidential election: “I think it was stolen, fair and square.” He’s not the type to stage a coup, he says. But he no longer trusts local officials to run elections. So, like a growing number of Americans who
Continue ReadingBy Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business It’s not unusual for two people with the same title to be paid somewhat different salaries. Pay, after all, is based on many factors, including a person’s experience and performance, the market rate for the position when they were hired and their negotiation skills. But it’s hard to fathom that
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