By Andy Rose, Norma Galeana, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Los Angeles-based Alan Jackson – who has taken on a number of famous clients in his work as a defense attorney – says he is representing Nick Reiner following Reiner’s arrest in the murder of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. Nick Reiner, 32, was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) College football teams are working in unprecedented times, as programs around the nation juggle preparation for bowl games or the College Football Playoff, roster management, name, image and likeness and so much more…all at once. Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz can also add searching for a new offensive coordinator to that extensive
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Public buses in the City of Columbia will soon have liaisons, but people will have to wait roughly a month to 90 days before they see them in full swing. The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a $99,840 contract to Powerhouse Community Development on Monday night. The city’s Office of Violence Prevention
Continue ReadingKatrina Samaan Washington, D.C (CNN) — The guilty verdict handed down this week to Hong Kong media tycoon and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was expected but is still devastating, his daughter Claire Lai told CNN’s Jim Sciutto, blaming what she described as the city’s “highly compromised” legal system under Chinese rule. Her father, 78, now
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that aims to make the National Churchill Museum in Fulton a national landmark. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) made the announcement of the bill’s passage in a post on X. The museum is located on Westminster College’s campus, which was the site of Churchill’s
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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The first funerals for some of the 15 people killed in Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost three decades took place on Wednesday as police brought murder and terror charges against one of the alleged gunmen. There were emotional scenes outside the Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, where large
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hundreds of gold chocolate coins fell from a Columbia firetruck on Tuesday evening for Chabad of MU and Mid-Missouri’s annual Hanukkah menorah lighting outside of Columbia City Hall. However, this year’s celebration carried a bit of extra weight in the wake of a deadly attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: AI was used for background in researching this story. The Missouri Department of Conservation is pausing its chronic Wasting Disease management efforts to find a more sustainable option. The disease was detected in the state in 2010, and is reportedly on the rise but relatively low, with around 1% of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Food insecurity is at a 10-year high in Mid Missouri, and the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri says demand has increased since the government shutdown in October and November. The demand became noticeable in October when concerns grew around SNAP benefits during the country’s longest government shutdown. The Food Bank
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Radio transmissions reviewed by CNN show that the pilots of a private jet narrowly avoided a collision with a United States Air Force refueling tanker near Venezuela on Saturday – one day after a similar incident nearby. The pilots of a Falcon 900EX business jet flying from Aruba to
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Commission on Tuesday decided to forward with an animal leash ordinance for county parks. Cole County attorney Jill LaHue said she and the county’s public works department will begin working on language for new rules requiring animals be on leashes when at county parks. The parks committee unanimously
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A dog was rescued on Tuesday afternoon after it fell through the ice of a Columbia pond. Crews were called at 2:10 p.m. to the 2000 block of Osage Drive for a water rescue, according to dispatch logs from the Columbia Fire Department. CFD spokeswoman Skyler Clark told ABC 17 News at
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Merriam-Webster just became the latest dictionary to choose a word of the year based on our relationship with technology. This one takes aim at all those absurd videos and talking cats. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Palestinian officials have warned of “forced displacement” after the Israeli military ordered a series of demolitions in the occupied West bank, citing security and “operational need.” The Palestinian Refugee Affairs Department condemned the decision by the Israeli authorities to demolish 25 residential buildings in the Nur Shams
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pierpont General Store has been listed for sale. The more than 130-year-old business has been at its location since 1889 and has continuously been operating since the 1960s, according to information from its website. Weichert Realtors’ website shows the property is on sale for $1.5 million. It includes the business, two
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — As college students across the country wrap up their fall 2025 semesters, finishing grueling finals and preparing to head home for the holidays, students at Brown University in Rhode Island ended theirs abruptly after a mass shooting on campus Saturday killed two of their own and wounded nine others.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Tigers are getting ready for postseason play in less than two weeks. The Tigers will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, for the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Virginia on Dec. 27. They took questions about the preparation at noon Tuesday. Watch it in the media player.
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Central Bank of Boone County, Central Bank of Audrain County and Central Bank of Moberly are sounding the alarm as business fraud incidents reach an all-time high this holiday season.
According to the banks, scammers are targeting businesses using publicly available information, including pandemic-era loan lists from the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program, to make fraudulent calls.
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By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The United States just wrapped up two days of talks with Ukrainian and European negotiators in Berlin, followed by more discussions among leaders in Europe – all of which ended with positive signals about a future peace agreement. The talks focused on security guarantees for Ukraine to deter potential
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By Helen Regan, Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — Dashcam video emerged Tuesday showing two bystanders trying to disarm one of the suspected gunmen before they carried out their horrific attack on a Hanukkah event attended by hundreds of families, killing at least 15 people. The video, first posted on Chinese social media platform XiaoHongShu and
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