JEFFERSON, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters will see four statewide issues on their August primary ballots. Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday chose to put those measures on the August ballot instead of the November general election ballot, according to a release from Kehoe’s office. The highest-profile measure would phase out income tax and create the legal
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By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Friday that she’s resigning at the end of June, citing her husband’s diagnosis with cancer. “Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026,” she wrote in a letter President Donald Trump. “My husband, Abraham, has recently been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Manager De’Carlon Seewood delivered the annual State of the City address on Friday. Seewood took questions from reporters afterward.
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — New technology allowing audio of plane crashes to be extracted from still images has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to take a rare step of pausing the public release of nearly all information related to its investigations. Cockpit voice recordings, often referred to as the CVR, capture
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman suffered serious injuries in a crash in Camden County on Thursday evening. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 26-year-old female passenger from Butler was heading north on Highway 5 just south of Sellers Road at 6:14 p.m. in a 2013 Dodge Ram 3500 driven by a
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By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — An Australian tourist has died after falling into a ravine whilst hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. Matthew Paton’s body was found on Thursday evening local time, his employer, Victoria Police, told CNN in a statement. Australia’s 9News, a CNN affiliate, reported that he fell from
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Memorial Day travel rush is here, and US health officials are on alert for the international spread of dangerous viruses. One major airport is rolling out new Ebola screenings for some incoming passengers, while the CDC has also tightened entry restrictions for travelers arriving from virus-hit regions. Here’s what
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN The Memorial Day travel rush is here, and US health officials are on alert for the international spread of dangerous viruses. One major airport is rolling out new Ebola screenings for some incoming passengers, while the CDC has also tightened entry restrictions for travelers arriving from virus-hit regions. Here’s what else
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By Rhea Mogul, Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy. The Cockroach Janta Party, its name a satirical riff on the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party, has
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There are at least a couple of significant factors making Memorial Day weekend travel less than ideal for drivers in Mid-Missouri this year. One of them is the road work that runs along much of Interstate 70, in some places affecting important interchanges like the one with Highway 54 at Kingdom City. Another is the
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By Helen Regan, Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The British police force investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has said it could look into allegations of sexual misconduct as part of its investigation into possible misconduct in public office while the former prince was a trade envoy for Britain. In an update Friday, Thames Valley Police renewed its
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By Lauren Kent, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — As a deadly Ebola outbreak tears through northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, many first responders are turning a critical eye on events that preceded the crisis: layoffs of health workers funded by the United States, shortages of critical medical supplies and a steep reduction in American
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Montgomery County man was charged on Thursday with several counts related to child sex crimes. Dante Lawrence, of Jonesburg, was charged with three counts of statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old and three counts second-degree child molestation of a youth younger than 12 years old. A warrant
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A building in a Saline County town caught fire on Thursday. The Marshall Fire Department told ABC 17 News that an 80-feet-by-100-feet building in the 3000 block of West Arrow Street was “fully involved.” The department told ABC 17 News at 9 p.m. that crews were on the scene. Multiple photos of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was accused of robbing someone Tuesday night while he was on a video call on his cellphone, court documents allege. Billy J. Reed, 30, was charged with first-degree robbery. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 78-year-old Columbia man died Thursday from injuries he suffered in a crash on Highway 63 just south of the Hinton area of Boone County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man drove his 1996 Saturn SL2 onto Highway 63 from a private
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Montgomery County officials have released a cost-benefit analysis for a massive Google data center project that would use up to $100 billion in industrial revenue bonds and provide the company with an estimated $1.62 billion to $2.19 billion in personal property tax savings over 25 years. The plan, prepared under Missouri’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Bunceton school board member pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court for her role in an alleged scheme that defrauded the school district out of $385,000. Ashley Benny, 41, waived her right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, according to a Thursday press release from the Department
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2025 report from the City of Columbia and Boone County Public Health and Human Services said corporate property buying is one of many factors impacting housing stability nationwide locally. The report also notes that keeping people in stable, long-term housing costs less than responding to homelessness after a crisis occurs. Across
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation addressed construction and traffic Thursday ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, as lawmakers consider suspending the gas tax — a crucial funding source for Missouri roads. About 39.1 million travelers will hit the road between Thursday and Monday, which is a 0.1% increase nationally, according to AAA.
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