COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 36-year-old Macks Creek man was seriously hurt in a crash in Camden County just before 10 p.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer near 546 Doc Ridgeway Dr. when he went off the right side of the road and
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV will make a return visit to Peru in November, a country where he served as a missionary and bishop for nearly two decades. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Leo will make a lengthy visit to Latin America from November 6 to 17 and will
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — An unidentified flying object hit a a cargo plane at a German airport on Wednesday, as the discovery of a drone carrying an explosive device caused disruption and the suspension of flights. An airport staff member discovered the drone in a secure area of the cargo flight operations near
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Beijing announced a swath of measures against the United States and its firms on Wednesday, in what it described as retaliation against recent moves by Washington targeting Chinese companies. The tit-for-tat sanctions come weeks ahead of an expected summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump
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The August primary election is over. But did it go the way you thought it would? Two big ballot issues drove heavy turnout in Mid-Missouri — Amendments 4 and 5. And in both cases, the issue went down in flames. That definitely wasn’t the outcome everyone was expecting. Meanwhile, a public safety sales tax in
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By Hanna Park, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Investigations are underway into how a commercial jet full of passengers got too close to the military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The Marine One helicopter took off from the Ellipse just south of the White
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TODAY: Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely on Wednesday. Spot showers are possible this morning, but widespread showers are unlikely until late morning and early afternoon. Storms will be possible by mid-afternoon as instability grows, but strong storms are unlikely. Damaging winds will be possible in the strongest storms, but the threat is low and
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By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — The headquarters of Starbucks Korea was raided by South Korean police on Wednesday, as they continue to investigate the coffee chain that faced a nationwide backlash and publicity crisis over a disastrous ad campaign. The Seoul metropolitan police confirmed to CNN they had searched the headquarters in
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By Graham Hurley, Holly Yan, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Paul Child was driving with his grandson in a rural area near Spokane, Washington, when they spotted a bald man wearing a backpack and green T-shirt pacing on the side of the road Saturday. “He was kind of walking back and forth,” Child told CNN
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After months of campaigning against Amendments 4 and 5, the Missouri Realtors are taking home a win as Missouri voters turn down the ballot measures. Missouri Realtors campaign spokesperson Scott Charton cheered the election night crowd of about 40 people around 8:15 p.m. after preliminary results rolled in, showing the amendments
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By Svitlana Vlasova, James Legge, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in Kyiv and surrounding areas overnight as Russia fired more than two dozen ballistic and anti-ship missiles, none of which were intercepted by Ukrainian defenses. The deadly assault underlines the worsening danger for urban civilians far
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sharon Jones took the win in Columbia’s Ward 4 Council race against Ryan King and Dave Sorrell. “I’m just really excited that things turned out so well tonight,” Jones said. “This was a victory that we were anticipating, but not by this wide of a margin, I am overwhelmed by the outpouring
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) Columbia voters on Tuesday approved a 1% public safety sales tax that city leaders claim would generate about $38 million each year to support police and fire services. The measure passed 15,042 votes to 14,957. Members of the Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055 gathered 7 p.m. Tuesday to watch election results
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amendments 4 and 5 failed at the ballot box on Tuesday. Dennis Ganahl, with MO Tax Relief — a group backing the ballot measure — shared his disappoint over the failure to pass. “We’re very disappointed that Missouri voters have decided to do nothing to move our state forward,” Ganahl said. “That
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The Boone County totals on Amendments 4 and 5 have been corrected. LINK: Full results Columbia’s Proposition 1 squeaked by to win passage Tuesday, with “yes” beating “no” by just 85 votes. Proposition 1 is a 1% sales tax for police. With its passage, sales tax in some areas of
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KMIZ) State Sen. Rick Brattin is projected to win the Republican nomination in the newly drawn 5th District. Six Republicans competed for the chance to challenge longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver in a dramatically reshaped 5th Congressional District. Decision Desk HQ is projecting Brattin to win the nomination as he earned 44%
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple firefighters were treated for heat-related illness on Tuesday after they responded to a fire at the new McDonald’s at 200 South Providence Road, Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer told an ABC 17 News reporter on Tuesday afternoon. The Columbia Fire Department later stated in a press release that two firefighters were evaluated.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly 1,000 Columbia electricity customers were without power near Stadium Boulevard and Providence Road. The Columbia outage map showed 977 customers without electricity. An outage affecting 839 people was reported on South Providence Road near Hinkson Creek. That outage was reported at 9:37 p.m. An estimated restoration time was not available. Boone
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMIZ) Lincoln University officially opened its new $45.5 million Health and Security Sciences Institute on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by university leaders, elected officials and community partners. The 40,000-square-foot facility at 705 E. Dunklin St. houses the university’s expanded School of Nursing, the Security Sciences Institute and the Law Enforcement
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