COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol are investigating a deadly crash on Highway 63, north of Columbia Monday morning. According to a social media post from the Highway Patrol just after 8:30 a.m. Monday, the crash involved two vehicles and happened near MO 124 east. One person has been pronounced dead
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 49-year-old Iberia man was seriously hurt after an ATV crash in Miller County around midnight Sunday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was riding a 2017 Can-Am Outlander Four Wheeler going east on Daffofil Lane, west of Rabbit Head Road, when he went off
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN Many of us already have a complicated relationship with Mondays. This one could be especially rough for New Yorkers: city officials are warning of major travel disruptions as strikes disrupt America’s busiest commuter railroad. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.
Continue Reading By Sofía Barruti, CNN en Español (CNN) — The water was calm that morning in the Okavango Delta, in Botswana. Belgian diver Alain Brandeleer remembers the visibility was good and that he felt no particular unease. He had spent much of his life seeking ever more extreme experiences in the water, swimming with sharks in
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By Eric Levenson, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — More than three years after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher in class, a former Virginia elementary school official accused of ignoring warnings is on trial on felony child abuse charges Monday. Ebony Parker was the assistant principal at Richneck Elementary in Newport News in January
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By Nicki Brown, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Some evidence found in Luigi Mangione’s backpack at the time of his arrest will be excluded from his upcoming trial, a New York judge ruled Monday, though other key items – including a 3D-printed gun and writings expressing frustration with the healthcare industry – will be allowed.
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The hantavirus outbreak among members of a cruise ship has garnered extensive coverage from national and international media. Health officials continue to identify more cases from the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius. The latest came this weekend, when a Canadian passenger tested positive for the virus. Three people have died so far and dozens across
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By Simone McCarthy, John Liu, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — When the wheels of Air Force One lifted up from Beijing on Friday, US President Trump was wrapping a three-day visit with many questions still outstanding about what exactly he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had agreed to. Over the weekend, statements from both sides
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office Confirmed Sunday night that a body was recovered from Perche Creek near the Missouri River access. According to a social media post from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, at 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Boone County Joint Communications received a report of a container being found in Perche Creek
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By Helen Regan, Brenda Goodman, Erikas Mwisi, CNN (CNN) — An international effort is underway to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda that is believed by local authorities to have caused more than 130 deaths, with the United States triggering a public health law to limit entry from
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Parents within the Moberly School District are starting a memorial scholarship for Kayla Huff, who was found dead in a wooded area after she had been missing for a week. Moberly School Board Vice President Heather Cleavinger and parent Michelle Tindle started the scholarship fund. “A lot of parents and kids came
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By Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, Matthew Chance Tehran (CNN) — As night falls over Iran’s sprawling capital, and the snowy peaks of the Alborz mountains fade into the darkness, thousands of Iranians have been routinely taking to the streets for state-sponsored rallies aimed at mobilizing supporters against the United States. Near Tajrish Square, an upscale
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JOPLIN, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday marks 15 years since a deadly, rain-wrapped tornado plowed into the city of Joplin, killing 161 people and leveling hundreds of homes and businesses. The tornado touched down shortly after 5:30 p.m. as many people were out doing their weekend shopping, or attending Joplin High School graduation at Missouri Southern State.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A national teen driving program kicked off its teaching season in the Show-Me State. Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe, held a total of five three-hour sessions over the weekend at the Missouri EVOC Training Center, with more than 180 students participating. Rick Valentine, a Senior Instructor with B.R.A.K.E.S., said the
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, Rae Wang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For the past three decades, China has been a nation of homeowners — supercharging the world’s second-largest economy and fulfilling the dreams of millions. Since the decline and eventual end of a welfare housing policy in the 1990s, government planning has coalesced with deep-seated cultural
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Story by AP (CNN) — One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak received a “presumptive positive” test result for the virus, Canadian officials said Saturday. Results from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg to confirm the case are expected to come over the weekend, said
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a Blue Alert Sunday morning for a 42-year-old Caruthersville man who is allegedly armed and dangerous.
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — In the first chapter of Edna Lewis’s “The Taste of Country Cooking,” she focused not on food, but on a time and a place. The cookbook, published in 1976 and continuously in print ever since, is divided seasonally. While introducing spring in Virginia, Lewis saves ingredients or instructions for
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By Billy Stockwell, Erikas Mwisi, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern.” The latest epidemic is being driven by the Bundibugyo virus, one of several viruses known as Orthoebolaviruses that can cause
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The City of Columbia’s 1% public safety sales tax proposal is back on the agenda Monday after being tabled in early May in a 4-3 vote.
If approved by the council, residents will be able to vote for the proposal on the August ballot.
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