COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man has been convicted after he stabbed the mother of his child to death. Sergio Sayles was found guilty on all three counts Thursday in a Boone County courtroom. Boone County Judge Brouck Jacobs gave his verdict in the case against a Jefferson City man shortly after hearing the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A multi-vehicle led to the passing lanes of Highway 63 in northern Boone County to close on Thursday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote on its X page that there are no injuries in the crash. It was first reported near the Hallsville turn at East Highway 124 at 6:29 p.m.,
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By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — When Japanese soldiers arrived in the northern prefecture of Akita on Thursday, they prepared to face a new kind of threat – one with fuzzy ears and up to 220 pounds of mass. This mountainous region is known for its lush forests, lakes and valleys –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the 2024 death of an Osage Beach police officer. Phylicia Carson was killed after crashing during a chase involving Christopher Wehmeyer. The lawsuit was filed in September and came to a resolution on Thursday, Oct. 30. A $100,000 settlement will be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff’s deputies did compliance checks on 149 registered sex offenders on Halloween throughout Jefferson City and Cole County and found 11 to be noncompliant, according to a Thursday press release from the sheriff’s office. Noncompliant offenders will have a warrant application submitted to the Cole County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for
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By Rob Kuznia, Allison Gordon, Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — Zane Shamblin sat alone in his car with a loaded handgun, his face illuminated in the predawn dark by the dull glow of a phone. He was ready to die. But first, he wanted to keep conferring with his closest confidant. “I’m used to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County man was charged with two counts of first-degree harassment after he allegedly threatened to kill two workers who were ordered to trim trees for Callaway Electric Cooperative. Christopher Cockrum, 45, of Fulton, is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not immediately available and
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Hutter, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! We’re seeing delays and flight cancellations at major airports across the country amidst the government shutdown. This is what you should do if you’re affected, whether you haven’t left your house yet or are already trapped at your terminal for the night. Here’s what else
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former officer of the Doolittle Police Department has been charged with several child sex crimes. Carl Swanson, of St. James, was charged in Phelps County with first-degree child molestation, second-degree statutory rape and second-degree statutory sodomy. A warrant was served on Thursday and he posted a $250,000 bond, according to court
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By Devan Cole, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Rhode Island said Thursday that the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. “People have gone without for too long,” US District Judge John McConnell said during a hastily called hearing Thursday. “Not making
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man detained by ICE in September after returning from a trip to Europe had his first court hearing on Thursday. Owen Ramsingh — who has had a green card since the 1980s, according to his family — had a court date set for Thursday, Nov. 6 after being detained at Chicago’s O’Hare
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department has confirmed that a man who was hit in a crash on Range Line Street this past weekend has died. Police wrote that Ethan Cash, 25, of Columbia, has died from his injuries on Thursday. The post says the crash involved multiple vehicles and a vehicle heading south
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Vienna (AP) — Austria’s domestic intelligence service has uncovered a weapons cache in Vienna that is believed to be linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas for use in “possible terrorist attacks in Europe,” the government said Thursday. A 39-year-old unidentified British citizen allegedly “having close ties to the weapons cache”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle was involved in a crash with a moped at the intersection of East Elm Street and Clark Avenue in Jefferson City, according to a crash report from MSHP. The report says the crash occurred as the trooper – a 37-year-old Jefferson City man — tried making
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CNN By Bill Kirkos, Priscilla Alvarez, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Chicago (CNN) — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administration’s version of recent events involving agents was not credible. One of the incidents in question was a confrontation between federal agents and
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By Matt Stiles, Byron Manley, CNN (CNN) — More than 8 million Americans are expected to fly on domestic flights over the year-end holidays — which would be a new record, according to AAA projections. CNN is tracking how daily flight cancellations and delays to, from or within the United States compare to historical averages
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are requesting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor come to Washington to be questioned as part of the panel’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplices. In a letter to Andrew on Thursday – published soon after he was formally
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CNN By Chris Boyette, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A jury on Thursday awarded $10 million to Abby Zwerner, the former Virginia teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in 2023, in a civil trial that offered a preview of the criminal case to come against the school administrator accused of ignoring warnings
Continue Reading By Bill Kirkos, Priscilla Alvarez, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Chicago (CNN) — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administration’s version of recent events involving agents was not credible. One of the incidents in question was a confrontation between federal agents and protestors,
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on the proposed culling of a British Columbia ostrich herd, in a case that has attracted the attention of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement. The court’s dismissal paves the way for the
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