COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two additional school buildings in Columbia will have weapons detection systems on the first day of class on Tuesday for the first time. According to Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark, Douglass High School and the Columbia Area Career Center will now have weapons detection systems. The district implemented the systems during
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou football fans will notice some changes to their game day experience out at Faurot Field in the upcoming season, as renovations to the north end zone will continue through the 2025 campaign. On Monday, Tiger Athletic Director Laird Veatch took time to talk to media members and break down all of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday night approved a measure 8-2 that would allow a private company to oversee its parking operations. The city approved a five-year contract with PCI Municipal Services LLC. The total contract costs $4,844,312, with $645,000 being spent in its first year. Meeting documents indicate the city
Continue Readingby Associated Press (AP) — A woman known as the “Ketamine Queen,” charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, agreed to plead guilty Monday. Jasveen Sangha becomes the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the “Friends” star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, avoiding a trial
Continue ReadingPor Zoe Sottile, Sharif Paget y Ana Melgar, CNN Una tiktoker inmigrante colombiana que publica sobre asuntos migratorios para decenas de miles de seguidores fue detenida el viernes en Los Ángeles por agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE.UU. (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) mientras transmitía en vivo desde un
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Delmar Cobble School in Columbia is now permanently closed after struggling to reach staffing levels, part of a broader statewide consolidation of schools for students with severe disabilities. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Board las week decided close six buildings that were already “temporarily consolidated due to staff vacancies,” immediately,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday evening voted 5-0 to change its water rates. According to council documents, the water ordinance would increase revenue by $3.6 million, or 12%, and would take effect with the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. The council will decide on changing electric rates at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vehicle backfiring led to police to respond to an area of the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus on Monday evening. An MU Alert was sent out to students at 8:35 p.m. indicating that officers were responding to a shots-fired call in the 900 block of South Providence Road. The Columbia Police
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Demolition is underway for the dilapidated Truman Hotel in Jefferson City. Mayor Ron Fitzwater confirmed crews started tearing down the building on Monday afternoon. The former hotel in the 1500 block of Jefferson Street has long been called an “eyesore” by city officials. Discussions around the building’s demolition have occurred for
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español Tras su sorpresiva victoria en la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales en Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz dijo este lunes a CNN que el país ha entrado en una nueva etapa “sin retorno” después de que los votantes pusieron fin al ciclo del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) que gobernó por más de
Continue ReadingPor EFE La Conferencia Episcopal Boliviana (CEB) vio este lunes “con esperanza” los resultados de las elecciones generales realizadas el domingo, que abren “un nuevo capítulo” en la historia política del país, donde en octubre habrá una inédita segunda vuelta entre el senador Rodrigo Paz Pereira y el expresidente Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga. “Acogemos con esperanza
Continue ReadingPor Kevin Liptak, CNN El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump sostuvo el lunes conversaciones organizadas apresuradamente con el presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky y una serie de líderes europeos —algo poco común en la Casa Blanca— mientras busca negociar el fin de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. La mayoría de los diplomáticos consultados por
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people from Sedalia were charged with felonies after they allegedly encouraged two children to fight and were heard encouraging it on a recording they took of the clash. Austin Barklage and Barbara Dunlap were charged in Pettis County with first-degree accessory to endangering the welfare of a child. Warrants were issued
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) This fall, Jefferson City students have a free option for getting to and from school. Jefferson City Transit is waiving bus fares for students on Tripper routes throughout the fall semester. The free service applies to anyone riding the Tripper Routes, which operate Monday through Friday on school days. No student ID
Continue ReadingPor Federico Leiva, CNN en Español La Copa Libertadores, la competencia de fútbol más importante de Sudamérica, ya entró en terreno de definiciones, y esta semana tendrá definidos a sus ocho clasificados a los cuartos de final. La primera serie que tendrá ganador será la que disputan Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina) y Fortaleza (Brasil). La ida
Continue ReadingPor Ana María Cañizares La Fiscalía General de Ecuador informó este lunes que ha solicitado a un juez que convoque al exministro del Interior, José Serrano; al condenado por delitos de corrupción Daniel Salcedo, quien está en prisión; al exasambleísta del correísmo Ronny Aleaga y al empresario Xavier Jordán a una audiencia de formulación de
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Japan’s SoftBank will invest $2 billion into struggling American chipmaker Intel, the two companies announced Monday. SoftBank will pay $23 per share of Intel common stock (INTC), according to a statement from the companies. Intel shares rose 6% in after-hours trading. The news comes just days after
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COLUMBIA, mo. A man was charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly fired gunshots at a family in California, Missouri, on Friday. Ruben Obando-Romero was charged in Moniteau County with second-degree assault, armed criminal action and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Moniteau County Jail without bond and
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In what appears to be a first for the FBI, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will serve as co-deputy director of the agency after a rift arose last month with Deputy Director Dan Bongino. Bailey will serve
Continue ReadingPor Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Veinte estados y Washington demandaron al Gobierno de Trump este lunes, alegando que retiene indebidamente cientos de millones de dólares destinados a ayudar a las víctimas de crímenes con el fin de obligar a los estados a cooperar con los esfuerzos federales de control migratorio. Los estados, todos con fiscales generales
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