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Police staffing among concerns for bar owners talked about during CPD downtown roundtable

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police Department hosted a roundtable on Wednesday afternoon for downtown Columbia bar’s and businesses over downtown safety concerns. Police Chief Jill Schlude said that the reason for this meeting was to reengage withowners and have a better line of communication between them and personnel. “This is just kind of trying to

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Crowds rally in favor of citizen petition lawsuit at Missouri Supreme Court

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court has still not made its decision after hearing arguments on a Respect Missouri Voters lawsuit against Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. The lawsuit focuses on Hoskins’ rights to approve or deny citizen-led initiative petitions. Three Missouri residents, including Jamie Howard of Jefferson City, filed the case against

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Missouri Supreme Court considers final attempt to get ‘Missouri First’ map on November ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments for two lawsuits from a group trying to get the mid-decade “Missouri First” congressional map Map on the November ballot. This is the final attempt to get the map, which lawmakers passed during a special session on mid-decade redistricting, in front of voters. People Not

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Law enforcement responds near the scene of a reported officer-involved shooting in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday

2 dead and multiple people injured — including police officers — in mass shooting at downtown Minneapolis apartment building

By Cindy Von Quednow, Dalia Faheid, Julianna Bragg, Taylor Galgano, Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — Officers confronted a barrage of gunfire, their vision clouded by a haze, as they responded to a shooting at a Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday that left at least two people dead and injured multiple others, officials said. Police opened fire

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More FEMA funding approved for July storms

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) President Donald Trump approved Missouri’s request for a major disaster declaration on Wednesday, FEMA and the governor’s office announced in a pair of press releases. The declaration approves FEMA public assistance for Bollinger, Crawford, Iron, Madison, Morgan, Reynolds, Ripley, Washington and Wayne counties for storms that occurred July 9-11. The estimated cost for recovery from the federal government is $19.9 million,

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An Airlink jetliner flies over the stadium ahead of a rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand

Airline involved in low stadium flyover turns over black box data as investigators probe if safety rules were violated

By Aaron Cooper, Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The airline behind a remarkably low planned flyover of a packed rugby stadium said Wednesday it will turn over data from the planes’ black boxes to show the maneuver was done in accordance with governmental rules. The two 98-seat Embraer-190 regional jets from South African airline Airlink

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An Ohio college student died in an apparent suicide. His family says he felt ‘humiliated’ by his ICE ankle monitor

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — Pierre Damas Bel was an avid soccer player at his high school in Springfield, Ohio. He loved being part of JROTC, the US military-sponsored program that provides training to students. And friends and family say he headed to college planning to study neuroscience and excited about the future.

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