Man arrested in relation to shots fired investigation on Paris Road in Columbia
Police were sent to a shots-fired call Monday in a commercial area of north Columbia.
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Local highlights and scores: Nov. 28, 2022
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Kirksville (36) Rock Bridge (71) FINAL Hickman (76) Hazelwood West (34) FINAL Eldon (60) California (52) FINAL St. Dominic (62) Battle (55) FINAL Cuba (42) St. James (45) FINAL
Continue Reading5 Connecticut officers charged in connection with the transport of Randy Cox, who became partially paralyzed in a police van
By Amir Vera and Michelle Watson, CNN Five police officers have been arrested and charged in connection with the transportation incident that left a man paralyzed from the chest down, according to a Monday news release from the New Haven, Connecticut, State’s Attorney’s Office. Randy Cox, 36, was arrested on June 19 on suspicion of
Continue ReadingUS citizen accused of killing North Carolina woman while vacationing. Here’s what we know
By Ray Sanchez, CNN Shanquella Robinson arrived in the picturesque Mexican town of San José del Cabo on October 28 with six of her friends. One day later, the 25-year-old student at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina died while staying in a luxury rental property in Baja California Sur. Now, nearly one month after
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First hearing held for Kansas City man charged in Jefferson City bar shooting
A Kansas City man accused of murdering two people inside a Jefferson City bar early Saturday was denied bond in his first court appearance Monday.
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Central Bank of Boone County freezes cards after fraud alert
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Central Bank of Boone County posted an alert on Facebook on Monday warning their customers of fraudulent activity on some cards. The bank turned off debit and credit cards of those who were either affected by a fraudster, or were at high risk. Mary Wilkerson, the senior vice president of marketing at
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Tracking a warm and windy Tuesday with a few storms
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy to mostly clear, 42. TOMORROW: Warm and windy with gusts up to 35 mph. A cold front will bring a chance for a few showers and storms east of Highway 63. Highs in the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Temperatures won’t be too cool this evening as we drop into the lower 40s. Tomorrow
Continue ReadingDesperation and defiance on show in Kherson as Russians shell city just two weeks after pulling out
By Mick Krever and Matthew Chance, CNN A pool of blood-stained water and the charred wreckage of a car mark the spot in Kherson where Russian shells tore into this city Thursday, killing four, according to local officials, and shattering any sense of calm. Russian President Vladimir Putin claims he’s annexed this region, and that
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Home heating safety
The average highs and overnight lows continue to drop as we approach the end of of November heading towards December. This means more people will be finding ways to crank up the heat in their homes to stay warm. When this happens, an increase in house fires occur. As early as Tuesday afternoon, a cold
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Columbia Solid Waste to host second customer input meeting on bag ordinance
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility will be hosting its second customer input meeting to discuss proposed ordinance changes around the use of City logo refuse bags. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. This meeting will also be live-streamed. The public will have the opportunity to ask
Continue ReadingFlu season continues to intensify in the US, and holiday gatherings could make it worse
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Americans gathered for Thanksgiving last week amid a flu season that’s worse than any has been in more than a decade, and experts continue to urge caution as multiple respiratory viruses circulate at high levels nationwide. A growing number of US states — now 33 — are experiencing “high” or “very
Continue ReadingTwitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Twitter searches for the widespread Covid-19-related protests in China are returning a flood of spam, pornography and gibberish that some disinformation researchers say at first glance appear to be a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government or its allies to drown out images of the demonstrations. Beginning late last week
Continue ReadingThe man accused of killing a teen’s family after ‘catfishing’ her was hired by a Virginia sheriff’s office earlier this month. Here’s what we know
By Aya Elamroussi, Amanda Watts and Tina Burnside, CNN Roughly 10 days after a former Virginia state trooper was hired by a sheriff’s office in that state, he traveled to Southern California and allegedly killed the family of a teenager he had catfished online, officials said. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, died in a shootout with
Continue ReadingTracking warming temperatures before a cooldown
Today: Afternoon highs warm into the mid-50s as winds remain out of the southwest at 5-10 mph. Skies remain mostly sunny thanks to a nearby high pressure system. Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the mid-40s with partly cloudy skies. Winds remain out of the southwest with possible patchy fog. Extended: A low pressure system creeps
Continue Reading‘Grave urgency’: Over 400 business groups plead with Congress to prevent rail strike
By Matt Egan More than 400 business groups are calling on Congressional leaders to be prepared to prevent a freight rail strike that could start causing chaos in the economy as early as next week. “No one wins when the railroads stop running,” the business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce wrote in a
Continue ReadingAt the heart of China’s protests against zero-Covid, young people cry for freedom
By Nectar Gan and Selina Wang and CNN’s Beijing bureau For the first time in decades, thousands of people have defied Chinese authorities to protest at universities and on the streets of major cities, demanding to be freed not only from incessant Covid tests and lockdowns, but strict censorship and the Communist Party’s tightening grip
Continue ReadingJay Leno performing at California comedy club, two weeks after burn accident
By Sonya Hamasaki, CNN Jay Leno is returning to the comedy stage Sunday night, two weeks after sustaining significant burn injuries in a gasoline fire. The former “Tonight Show” host will perform in front of a sold-out crowd at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California, according to a spokesperson for the club.
Continue ReadingVirginia man accused of ‘catfishing’ teen before killing her family, police say
By Amanda Watts, Tina Burnside and Zoe Sottile, CNN A former Virginia police officer, believed to have murdered a teenager’s family in Riverside, California, after “catfishing” her online, was killed in a shootout while trying to flee authorities, the city’s police department said in a news release. The ex-cop was identified as Austin Lee Edwards,
Continue ReadingBBC journalist ‘beaten and kicked by the police’ as protests spread across China
By Jennifer Deaton, CNN Business Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. While he has since been released, a BBC spokesperson has expressed
Continue ReadingBalenciaga suing production company for $25 million over controversial campaign
Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business | Lianne Kolirin, CNN and Toyin Owoseje, CNN Luxury fashion house Balenciaga is suing the production company behind its Spring 2023 ad campaign after paperwork about a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography was identified in one of the images. The label, which is already facing condemnation over a different campaign
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