TODAY: Heat and humidity are both amplified this afternoon. Expect mostly sunny skies with heat index values in the low triple digits Tuesday. Temperatures are forecast in the upper 90s, which will challenge records. Around 7pm or later, storms may fire along a cold front near our northwestern counties. Storms will generally be scattered in
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel featured testimony from three Republican officials who were all on
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN A 5-year-old boy died after his mother left him inside a car outside the family’s home in Houston while she prepared for her daughter’s birthday party on Monday, a law enforcement official told CNN affiliate KTRK. The mother was in a rush when she got home with her son and 8-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell and Rosa Flores, CNN For weeks, the heartbroken families of children massacred in an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school have been calling for accountability over the delayed police action in tackling the gunman. On Tuesday, the top Texas official in charge of the investigation described the response as an “abject failure.” At the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Alabama Republican voters sided with the Senate candidate who had former President Donald Trump‘s endorsement in a primary runoff Tuesday over one of Trump’s earlier and most loyal supporters, settling a feud that has roiled the political and right-wing media world in recent weeks. In neighboring Georgia, though, Republican voters once
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, voted Thursday to dissolve itself, triggering new elections. On Friday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will officially take over as caretaker prime minister under the terms of a coalition agreement made between outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Lapid last year. Because Lapid — a former journalist
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, CNN A mix of anger at local officials, frustration with the school district’s police department and heart-breaking sadness over last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School dominated the open forum at Monday’s school board meeting in Uvalde, Texas. Eight people — parents of victims along with residents — spoke during the
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. As expected, maximum sunshine and intense heat are forecast across much of the drought-stricken US for the foreseeable future. Meteorologists also say power grid failures could impact vast portions of the country
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Today is the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. As expected, maximum sunshine and intense heat are forecast across much of the drought-stricken US for the foreseeable future. Meteorologists also say power grid failures could impact vast portions of the country
Continue ReadingBy Riaan Marais for CNN and Derek Van Dam, CNN Photographs by Samantha Reinders and Riaan Marais for CNN Every day, Morris Malambile loads his wheelbarrow full of empty plastic containers and pushes it from his home to the nearest running tap. It’s much further than the usual walk to the kitchen sink — just
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN Business The United Kingdom has a jobs problem. There just aren’t enough workers to keep its economy moving forward, and many employees are growing angry about inflation taking a large bite out of their paychecks. The problem escalated Tuesday as thousands of rail workers went on strike over demands for better
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol turns its attention Tuesday to the campaign to pressure state-level officials to overturn the 2020 election results. The hearing will focus in particular on then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN The owners of an iconic Hong Kong floating restaurant that made headlines around the world after reports emerged it had sunk at sea, appeared Thursday to walk-back earlier claims it was beyond salvageable, insisting the vessel “was still in the waters” near the Paracel Islands, as calls grow for a full
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN It’s only the first day of summer, but almost 35 million people are under heat advisories Tuesday as the second heat wave in as many weeks drags on. In the Great Lakes area Tuesday, highs will be 15-25 degrees above normal, and California will see triple-digits
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN A 5-year-old boy died after his mother left him inside a car outside the family’s home in Houston while she prepared for her daughter’s birthday party on Monday, a law enforcement official told CNN affiliate KTRK. The mother was in a rush when she got home with her son and 8-year-old
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A video from Missouri Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens has sparked controversy across the nation Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace, CNN Americans are feeling the heat at the gas pump, but that won’t keep them in park, AAA predicts. The automotive and trip-planning group’s annual forecast for the July 4 holiday weekend says that 42 million Americans — more than ever — will take a road trip of 50 miles or more.
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) There are some big shoes to fill on the Hallsville football team, as the Indians graduated a standout group of seniors following the end of the 2021-22 school year. As summer workouts continued on Monday, head coach Justin Conyers said he is going to put the pressure on his new group of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hickman football team started sixteen sophomores last season and as the team works through summer workouts, head coach Cedric Alvis says they are working as a more cohesive unit. “It’s just a close group, a more cohesive unit. The accountability is up and there’s a lot more commitment so hopefully that
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Sources say a dog is in good condition after the owner mutilated the dog’s foot as a “sacrifice.”
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