JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Some members of the Jefferson City planning and zoning commission are not on board with rezoning a building that the Jefferson City Room at the Inn would use to expand its homeless shelter and create a new day room. The board voted 4-3 on Thursday not to recommend the zoning change
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CNN, MUSTAFA OMAR, GETTY IMAGES, WABC, SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, FAVIAN RENKEL, JAISON GARCIA By Alaa Elassar, Hanna Park, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Jubilant Knicks fans flooded the streets of New York on Saturday night, crowding into intersections and climbing light poles and buses as they celebrated the team’s first NBA championship in more than
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CNN By Cindy Von Quednow, Holly Yan, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Officials have released the names of the pilot and 11 passengers killed when a skydiving plane crashed moments after takeoff Sunday – devastating loved ones who watched and prompting federal authorities to investigate what caused the tragedy. The victims, identified Tuesday by the
Continue Reading By Cindy Von Quednow, Holly Yan, Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — Officials have released the names of the pilot and 11 passengers killed when a skydiving plane crashed moments after takeoff Sunday – devastating loved ones who watched and prompting federal authorities to investigate what caused the tragedy. The victims, identified Tuesday by the Bates
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By Svitlana Vlasova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Sunday, during which he congratulated him on his 80th birthday and discussed bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington, according to the Kremlin. During the conversation, which lasted just under an hour, Trump
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By Kara Scannell, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — The day after Luigi Mangione was arrested in connection with the December 2024 killing of a health insurance executive, a former prosecutor suggested his best defense might be claiming a form of insanity. “There might be a not guilty by reason of insanity defense that
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By Tim Lister, Mostafa Salem and Aida Karimi, CNN (CNN) — With the US and Iran inching towards an agreement to end the conflict that began more than three months ago, it’s clear that some factions in Iran are not happy about what’s on offer. Hardliners have been taking to state-media with harsh criticisms of
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Generations of Americans knew where to find pickles: sprinkled on top of their hot dogs, hidden inside hamburger buns and tucked next to deli sandwiches in wet wax paper. Now, people seeking that distinctive briny tang can sip from a pickle lager at a barbeque, douse plain chicken and
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Antoine Burton was highly respected in his Baltimore community, even before he became what is known as a violence interrupter – a job in which he mediated numerous conflicts and connected people with resources to address what are often the root causes of violence. He came strongly recommended to
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By Tim Lister, Oliver Sherwood and Satish Cheney (CNN) — The UK military has intercepted an oil tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet in the English Channel, according to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the first such operation by British forces. “In the early hours of this morning, I directed our Armed Forces to intercept
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou and San Fransisco defensive lineman Aldon Smith died at the age of 36 according to releases from the teams. No cause of death has been confirmed. Smith was an All-Big 12 selection with the Tigers, and earned All-Pro honors with the 49ers. San Fransisco put out a statement on the
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UPDATE: Storms packed a punch in the west Saturday night, causing at least two reports of damage in both Saline and Pettis counties. More reports may trickle in with time, but these consist of damage to a metal roof in Columbia and damaged power poles with downed lines near Malta Bend. Wind has been the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County/Jefferson City Office of Emergency Management is working on a new storm damage portal to streamline the recovery process. OEM Deputy Director Mackinley Kennedy said the portal isn’t open to the public yet, but once it is, residents will be able to upload photos of damage like flooding, damaged trees,
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — What would you do with an $80,000 bonus, more than quadruple the amount of an average annual salary? Or with $140,000 in debt relief? Those are the questions being posed to men in Russia, as the military advertises multi-million-ruble incentives to fight in Ukraine. Ads plastered on roadside billboards
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, Hanna Park, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Jubilant Knicks fans flooded the streets of New York on Saturday night, crowding into intersections and climbing light poles and buses as they celebrated the team’s first NBA championship in more than 50 years. But the celebration turned chaotic as the night wore on, with
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TONIGHT: A Weather Alert Day is in effect for storms late this evening into the overnight hours tomorrow. The greatest confidence in timing places arrival time around 10-11 pm for northwestern Missouri. As the system tracks southeastward, central and southern Missouri look to be impacted closer to midnight, perhaps later in some spots. Flooding will
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The New York Knicks are NBA champions for the first time since 1973, using another epic fourth-quarter comeback to defeat the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals and taking the series 4-1. The Knicks trailed by as much as 16 in the game and nine
Continue Reading By Uriel Blanco, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, US President Donald Trump made an unusual announcement on his social media platform Truth Social. Trump said that the US and Venezuela had collaborated to kill Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as “Niño Guerrero” and identified as the top leader of the
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial directive last year. In a scathing 63-page ruling on Friday, Judge Angel Kelley wrote, “Under the guise
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second deadly crash in as many days occurred Friday in Camden County on Highway 5 near the Niangua Bridge, the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced on its social media. MSHP’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – first announced at 6:57 p.m. that troopers were investigation a head-on crash
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