TODAY: Mostly sunny with highs near seasonal averages in the upper 80s. FATHER’S DAY: A tad warmer in the low 90s with continued sunshine. EXTENDED: Central Missouri sees great conditions to head outdoors this weekend with less moisture keeping the heat index near the air temperature. This break won’t last long though as a stable
Continue ReadingBy Toby Lyles, CNN Editorial Research Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on June
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Two men have been charged with hazing after a University of Missouri freshman was left disabled after drinking large amounts of liquor at a fraternity event.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Desiree Reed-Francois has made another hire at Mizzou and on Friday Women’s Golf Head Coach Caroline Westrup was introduced to the media. Westrup comes to Columbia after helping lead Georgia’s team to the NCAA Championships last season. She had a nine-year professional career and started her coaching career at the IMG Academy
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher, CNN The US Space Force has hit a critical milestone: dedicated basic training for its early recruits. As dawn breaks on Day 38 of basic training at Joint Base San Antonio, a bugle playing reveille blasts over the loudspeakers as a sergeant can be heard screaming, “Are you prepared to join the
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A Columbia man faces multiple charges after an incident downtown involving a victim’s car in May.
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Rimmer and Ali Zaslav, CNN Sen. John Cornyn, the lead Republican negotiator on the bipartisan gun safety package, told a home-state crowd at the Texas GOP convention on Friday that he had “fought and kept President Biden’s gun grabbing wish list off the table,” yet still received boos from the crowd as he
Continue ReadingBy Matt Rivers, CNN We had to apologize for being late. The traffic was horrible, we explained. It was only after nearly an hour of crawling through near standstill traffic on a Tijuana, Mexico, highway that we saw the crash that caused the rush-hour snarl. Two vehicles, a pickup truck and an old four-door sedan
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Severe storms woke up many people in Mexico as they moved through around 4 a.m. this Friday morning.
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Vince McMahon is in the middle of a corporate firestorm, but he still opened the company’s wrestling telecast “Smackdown” on Friday. “Mr. McMahon,” the executive’s in-ring persona, kept things short. “It’s a privilege as always to stand before you here tonight,” McMahon said to the crowd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McMahon
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This week, Missourians are feeling the full effect of summer heat and so are the roads drivers travel on.
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, Andy Rose and Jarrod Wardwell, CNN The city council in Texas’ capital approved a resolution to explore raising the age for purchasing AR-15-style rifles and other semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21 during a meeting Thursday. The resolution directs Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk to “explore every option” to would allow the
Continue ReadingTonight: Temperatures will cool to the lower 70’s with mostly clear skies. Winds remain out of the east at 5 mph. Tomorrow: Temperatures warm to just under 90 degrees with winds out of the east at 5-10 mph. Skies remain mostly sunny with a slight decrease in the humidity aiding in a cooler heat index.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Congressional Democrats are urging Google to prevent searches for abortion clinics from returning results and ads that direct users to facilities that oppose the procedure, saying misleading search results on where to get an abortion could put women’s health at risk. Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Elissa
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With a large international event coming to Missouri, the whole state is preparing for tourists from around the world to come to the Midwest.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business TikTok has moved its US user data to Oracle’s cloud platform, the short-form video app announced Friday. The decision addresses concerns from US officials that the social media company’s Chinese ties could pose national security risks. In a blog post, TikTok said it has “changed the default storage location of
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures will continue to rise into the lower 90’s thanks to the passage of this mornings cold frontal boundary. Skies look to remain mostly clear. The southern of Central Missouri will remain in a heat advisory until 8 pm as the heat index is expected to rise above 100 degrees. Tonight: overnight temperatures slowly
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN The Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are now authorized for emergency use in young children. The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the authorizations for the vaccines Friday to include children as young as 6 months. However, shots can’t be given until the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) 7:15 a.m. update: Ameren Missouri has nearly restored the power to all customers in Mexico. The utility provider’s outage map shows nearly a dozen outages are affecting about 20 customers. That’s down from more than 2,120 customers reported earlier Friday. Ameren Missouri outage map 7:10 a.m. update: The Mexico Public Safety
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House January 6 committee “won’t be an obstacle” to Department of Justice prosecutions, the committee spokesman said in a statement Friday. The comment was in response to Department of Justice concerns raised in court that the committee had not shared transcripts and was jeopardizing the department’s ability
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