COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Contractors are set to begin treatments meant to preserve pavement on Columbia roads Monday. CAM LLC will apply Reclamite to city streets on weekdays throughout June and July when the weather allows it, according to a news release from the City of Columbia. Reclamite is an oil-based treatment that is designed to
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CNN By Billy Stockwell, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Rebecca Wright, Angie Puranasamriddhi, Isaac Tellechea, June Jeong, Kara Fox, Catherine Nicholls Laos (CNN) – Four more men have escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped there for 10 days, unexpectedly navigating their way through the underground tunnels themselves and surprising rescue divers who
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By Devon M. Sayers, Rebekah Riess, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A bus driver who is accused of failing to slow down for traffic and crashing into six cars, which left five people dead and dozens of others injured near Quantico, Virginia, has been arrested and charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, the Virginia
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — An ICE agent facing several assault charges in connection with a shooting involving two Venezuelan people in Minnesota earlier this year has been arrested in Texas, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said. Christian Castro was charged earlier this month with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A former Moniteau County commissioner will serve five years of probation for stealing. Douglas Naros, 57, pleaded guilty on Thursday to felony stealing for taking gravel from the county and using a county dump truck to work on his driveway. Prosecutors dropped a forgery charge and second stealing count as part
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The driver of a vehicle which crashed into a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Friday morning may have been experiencing a mental health crisis, an airport official said. “He made the statement upon being apprehended that he was there to meet with Tom Cruise, and to save
Continue Reading CNN By Kocha Olarn, Kara Fox, Isaac Yee, Bex Wright, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Helen Regan,and Angie Puranasamriddhi Laos (CNN) – The rescue operation to bring the remaining four men out of a cave in Laos has been suspended until tomorrow, according to officials on the ground. One man was safely brought to the surface
Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Rebecca Wright, Angie Puranasamriddhi, Isaac Tellechea, June Jeong, Kara Fox, Catherine Nicholls Laos (CNN) – Four more men have escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped there for 10 days, unexpectedly navigating their way through the underground tunnels themselves and surprising rescue divers who were
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with plans to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who it says were wrongly targeted by the government in the past. The brief order from US District Judge Leonie Brinkema says the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge is set to hear arguments Friday morning in a lawsuit against Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and multiple lawmakers over language used for the ballot question of eliminating state income tax. Jill Owens from Kansas City, who is spearheading the lawsuit, claims that the ballot question
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 69-year-old Camdenton man was seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash in Camden County Thursday night. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was riding a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle south on Tanglewood Dr. at Draw Dr. around 11 p.m. The man drove off the right
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By Nimi Princewill, Larry Madowo, Lauren Kent, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenya’s government is pushing ahead with plans to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility at a military installation in partnership with the United States after a Kenyan high court temporarily barred the arrangement earlier this week. The facility is for Americans potentially
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN AI-generated voice scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with technology that can now mimic the voices of people you know and trust. Experts say a few simple tips can help you spot the warning signs. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.
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By Andy Rose, Isa Mudannayake, CNN Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) — A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son, who spent more than a week confined to “a windowless room with a single bed and toilet” at Washington Dulles International Airport after arriving on tourist visas, are on a flight back to their home country of Ghana
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By CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — As negotiations between the United States and Iran edge toward a possible agreement, Tehran is increasingly signaling that any return to war would look very different from the last. US officials said Thursday that a tentative agreement had been reached in talks between Tehran and Washington and was awaiting
Continue Reading By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — After US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping earlier this month, much focus has been put on Washington’s support for Taiwan and US arms sales to its government. On the first day of those talks Xi delivered a stark warning to his US counterpart – that
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — When gangs set fire to the FIFA Goal Center in Haiti’s capital this year, it wasn’t just a key sports ground that went up in flames. It was the center of Haitian youth sports, a training ground for talent and home to the dreams held by young athletes in
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JEFFERSON CITY Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City leaders are moving forward with proposed ordinances aimed at curbing illegal street takeovers and minibike use on public roads after being flooded with complaints from residents across the city. The Jefferson City Public Safety Committee discussed and approved the wording of the proposed ordinances on Thursday, though both measures
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Drivers traveling through Columbia should prepare for major traffic changes this weekend as crews begin demolishing the Providence Road bridge over Interstate 70. The Missouri Department of Transportation said starting at 9 p.m. Friday, crews will demolish the existing bridge. That work is expected to finish by 9 a.m. Sunday. Traffic in
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An explosive-laden Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania early Friday, injuring two people, its government said, as Moscow’s forces attacked a nearby Ukrainian port. The strike drew swift condemnation from the European Union and NATO, with US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker calling the strike a “reckless
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