On Presidents Day, many are finding ways to honor America’s former leaders. At an auction house in Massachusetts, some are even bidding on their hair. Boston-based RR Auction is selling nearly 300 historic items related to the presidency, ranging from locks of George and Martha Washington’s hair to John F. Kennedy’s Harvard sweater. The auction
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Quad Cities, IA (WQAD) — Happy Valentine’s Day! We wanted to know how couples in the area met each other and fell in love and boy, you all made us swoon. Here are some of the cutest stories from our Facebook call-outs: Sam Nelson: “Met my hubby at
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Civil rights activists and business leaders have asked President Joe Biden’s administration to include targeted funding for Black-owned businesses in the next Covid-19 relief package. They also say that without the federal aid many businesses could be forced to close their doors in the next 90 days. Members of the National Urban League and the
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Crews closed the left lane of Interstate 70 West Monday morning for a single-vehicle crash.
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Jacob Azevedo’s stomach turned as he watched a disturbing video of an 84-year-old Thai American man who was fatally shoved to the ground on a sidewalk in San Francisco. It was the second video of an unprovoked attack on an elderly Asian American that Azevedo, a resident of Oakland, had seen on social media out
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On April 16, Angelina Proia was one of thousands of people tuned in to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily Covid-19 briefing. That day early in the pandemic, the news was encouraging; graphs flashed across the screen showing hospitalizations were down, along with ICU admissions, there were fewer deaths than the days before, and the
Continue Reading Frederick McKinley Jones was orphaned by age 8 and raised by a Catholic priest before he dropped out of high school. That didn’t stop him from pursuing his calling as an inventor whose work changed the world. A curious youth with a passion for tinkering with machines and mechanical devices, he worked as an auto
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More than 38 million Americans have so far received at least their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine — but it’s not the vaccinations that have driven Covid-19 numbers down across the US, one expert told CNN. “It’s what we’re doing right: staying apart, wearing masks, not traveling, not mixing with others indoors,” Dr. Tom
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Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds of thousands of blood samples from the city that China has not so far let them examine.
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One Michigan mother is using a daily game of dress-up to teach her daughter about some of the most influential Black figures. For the third year in a row, Taylor Trotter is dressing her daughter Paisley as some of the most influential Black trailblazers. Every day she takes a picture of Paisley dressed as a
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It was a Valentine’s Day miracle. An officer who stopped to help who he thought was a stranded motorist near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Sunday morning quickly discovered the vehicle’s passenger was actually in labor, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. The officer immediately called the Chicago Fire Department for assistance. But the
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The US Coast Guard is searching for 16 people missing off the coast of Florida from two different boats. The first search began after a man was rescued from the water by a good Samaritan Friday, two days after his boat capsized. The man was found about 23 miles off the coast of Fort Pierce,
Continue Reading Michael McDowell won the 63rd annual Daytona 500 early Monday in Daytona Beach, Florida. This is his fourteenth time racing in the Daytona 500 and his first ever win. “I just can’t believe it!” McDowell told Fox Sports after taking first place. “Such a great way to get a first victory in the Daytona 500!
Continue Reading Michael McDowell won the 63rd annual Daytona 500 early Monday in Daytona Beach, Florida. He will take home a replica of the Harley J. Earl Trophy and about $1.5 million. The win comes after a rocky start and a dramatic ending for one of the largest sport competitions since the pandemic began. First, a crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Jen and Brad Loos in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. They shared the latest on their daughter Rhyan Loos, who has now been cancer free for more than four years. On Saturday, the 6th annual Rally For Rhyan game raised $65,000 for pediatric
Continue Reading Children are missing out on preventative dental care including teeth cleaning and checkups during the pandemic, according to a new survey. Covid-19 is a barrier to getting kids the dental care they need, said a third of parents responding to the survey released by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. Since the
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The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a fire between Sturgeon and Hallsville Sunday night.
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Congratulations to our Week 6 SportsZone Basketball Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Jefferson City’s Sterling Desha comes up with a steal and slam on the other end. Nominee No. 2: Hickman’s Ashtyn Klusmeyer comes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team may have lost in overtime on Saturday to Arkansas, but the sixth annual Rally For Rhyan game was still a huge success. The MU community raised $65,000 for pediatric cancer research. You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman’s full recap in the video player above.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — There could be lineups at Canada’s 117 border crossings with the U.S. beginning on Monday, as non-essential travellers will have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken in the last 72 hours. It’s the next phase of Ottawa’s new travel restrictions,
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