Columbia city manager focuses on city’s future in State of the City address
The city manager of Columbia delivered his first State of the City address on Thursday.
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Columbia attorney goes over consequences of possessing and trafficking fentanyl
A conviction for a drug crime in Missouri could mean a lengthy prison sentence and a criminal record that will follow you for years.
Continue Reading‘This can really happen anywhere, and it’s very scary.’ Witnesses describe how an ordinary day turned deadly at an Oklahoma medical clinic
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For the dozens of people who were seeking care at an Oklahoma medical facility on Wednesday, it was a regular afternoon that turned into a nightmare within minutes when a gunman opened fire. About three hours earlier, Michael Louis had purchased an AR-15-style rifle, and he used the weapon to unleash
Continue ReadingJanuary 6 committee announces first prime time hearing will feature previously unseen material and witness testimony
By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol formally announced Thursday that its first public hearing will take place on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. The advisory does not list any witnesses for the hearing but says additional details will be released
Continue ReadingTikTok star shares her breastfeeding journey and excess milk to help others during the baby formula shortage
By Gabriel Kinder, CNN With no end in sight to the baby formula shortage, lifestyle content creator and new mom Lucie Fink is stepping up to help babies in need. She’s donating her excess breast milk, and she credits her TikTok and Instagram followers with inspiring her to help. “I had never thought about donating
Continue ReadingMore than a week after Uvalde massacre, officials are still avoiding the media’s questions about what happened
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business The obituaries for the shooting victims of Robb Elementary took up three full pages in the Uvalde Leader-News on Thursday. The rest of the paper contains haunting questions about why they died. The newest edition of the paper makes clear that many Uvalde-area officials are steadfastly declining to comment, even
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence
By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Among those texting were Republican members of Congress, former members of the Trump administration, GOP activists, Fox personalities — even
Continue ReadingJada Pinkett Smith hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock ‘have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile’
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith briefly addressed the Oscars slap incident on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table Talk.” Pinkett Smith’s husband, Will Smith, took to the stage at the Academy Awards in March and slapped presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s close-cropped haircut. The actress suffers from
Continue ReadingUvalde state senator raises questions on whether 911 call information was relayed to shooting incident commander
By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez raised questions in a news conference on Thursday about whether information on 911 calls from inside Robb Elementary School was relayed properly to responders at the scene of the shooting. Gutierrez said he spoke with the agency that regulates
Continue Reading‘I survived two sandstorms and nearly ran out of water in the Sahara Desert,’ says man who biked from London to Lagos
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Kunle Adeyanju is a self-confessed daredevil who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice and cycled from Lagos to Accra over three days. But it is his latest adventure that is creating a buzz after he successfully completed a motorcycle ride from London to Lagos. The journey took 41 days as he traveled
Continue ReadingMore than a week after Uvalde massacre, officials are still avoiding the media’s questions about what happened
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business The obituaries for the shooting victims of Robb Elementary took up three full pages in the Uvalde Leader-News on Thursday. The rest of the paper contains haunting questions about why they died. The newest edition of the paper makes clear that many Uvalde-area officials are steadfastly declining to comment, even
Continue ReadingTracking clearing skies and weekend rain
Today: Temperatures continue to slowly rise to the mid-70’d this afternoon with partly cloudy skies clearing. Winds remain out of the north at 8 mph. Tonight: Temperatures hop on a slight cooling trend back toward the lower 50’s with mostly clear skies. Extended: Friday looks to see a warm-up with winds back out of the
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Eli Drinkwitz talks updated roster, SEC coaches meeting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Just days after SEC coaches gathered into Florida, Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz me with the media to go over his updates roster and the topics of those coaches meetings. Mizzou has 37 total newcomers this summer, 15 of which are from the state of Missouri. MU released that full list of
Continue ReadingCNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence
By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Among those texting were Republican members of Congress, former members of the Trump administration, GOP activists, Fox personalities — even
Continue ReadingBreaking down the Biden administration’s response to the baby formula shortage
By Daniella Diaz, Betsy Klein and Brenda Goodman, CNN The infant formula shortage has affected millions of families across the country and left the Biden administration scrambling to figure out what went wrong after clear miscommunication and mishandling by the US Food and Drug Administration. President Joe Biden conceded Wednesday he didn’t understand how big
Continue ReadingBeneath Biden’s struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides
By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Being familiar never makes the feeling less dreadful: White House aides emailing each other during one of President Joe Biden’s stops on the road, tracking who’s covering what he’s saying, which TV channels are taking the speech live — and realizing a number of times that the answer was none. “You
Continue ReadingTropical storm warnings issued for more of Florida, Cuba, Bahamas
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Before hitting Florida on Saturday, a broad swath of showers and thunderstorms over the Yucatán Peninsula could turn into Tropical Storm Alex or a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said. Tropical storm warnings are in effect Friday for over 10 million people in the southern half of Florida, Cuba
Continue ReadingUvalde state senator raises questions on whether 911 call information was relayed to shooting incident commander
By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez raised questions in a news conference on Thursday about whether information on 911 calls from inside Robb Elementary School was relayed properly to responders at the scene of the shooting. Gutierrez said he spoke with the agency that regulates
Continue ReadingElon Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Elon Musk issued his most direct threat yet to walk away from his purchase of Twitter on Monday, openly accusing the social media company of breaching the merger agreement by not providing the data he has requested on spam and fake accounts. In a letter to Twitter’s head of legal,
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Tolton baseball punches ticket to first-ever state championship game
OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tolton baseball team will meet Springfield Catholic in the program’s first-ever state championship game, after a 6-3 win over Lawson on Wednesday. You can watch the full postgame interview with Trailblazer head coach Ehrich Chick in the video player below. https://youtu.be/1hKw6gVdyyk The Trailblazers trailed by three runs headed into the fourth
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