A 19-year-old man is recovering in a local hospital after being shot in Columbia on Monday. Columbia police responded to the scene, and officers provided medical aid before EMS crews arrived.
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City leaders in Columbia could change how utility disconnections are done. The Human Rights Commission voted Tuesday night to send a report to the city council to endorse four new policies. That includes waiving non-electric charges before a customer requests helps and to get rid of disconnect and reconnect fees for people 200 percent below
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Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Here’s a real feel good story…. It goes back to October when a woman collapsed at Springhill Toyota. Three other women sprung into action and performed CPR until first responders arrived. The woman survived, and Tuesday she had a chance to meet her saviors
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On a day the United States registered another record for Covid-19 patients in hospitals, the country passed 21 million cases of the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US, with 21,007,694 cases as of Tuesday evening, has almost as many as the next three nations — India, Brazil and Russia — have combined. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Residents at a senior home in North Portland were urged to temporarily leave following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on Monday. Multnomah County Health Department said four residents at Rosemont Court located at 597 North Dekum Street had been hospitalized, and one has
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CLARKSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a man was arrested Monday after an assault call and a chase from Clarksburg to California. According to court documents, Bryan Bardin is accused of an assault at a residence on the 200 block of Shelby St in Clarksburg then stealing a vehicle from the
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A father died and his two children are missing after they were swept away by a wave Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The family of four was on the shore at Blind Beach near Jenner, California, when a wave knocked them all into the ocean Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The father
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A 29-year-old woman is facing charges after she assaulted another woman on a flight that had arrived at the Portland International Airport, according to court documents. Court documents filed on Monday say Daydrena Jaslin Williams is facing charges fourth-degree assault and harassment for an
Continue Reading Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver DeVonta Smith has been awarded the Heisman Trophy for the 2020 college football season. This is the first time a wide receiver has won the prestigious award since Michigan’s Desmond Howard in 1991, and Smith becomes just the fourth wide receiver to win the Heisman since its inception in 1935.
Continue Reading A Columbia University vice president was arrested Monday after allegations that he had “engaged in sexual acts with a child under the age of 13” at his home in New Jersey, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Marcelo Velez, 56, was arrested at his home in Woodcliff Lake, and charged with one count of
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A man who tested positive for the coronavirus after Christmas has posted several videos on social media warning others to wear their masks and learn from his mistake. “I didn’t think masks would make that much of a difference,” Chuck Stacey told CNN on Tuesday. “I was wrong.” Stacey is currently in a Florida hospital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. The City of Columbia Utilities Services is hosting a contactless drive-through exchange for garbage bag vouchers in two weeks at the Parks Management Center in Cosmo Park. Following new city guidelines, all trash bags placed curbside for residential trash collection will need to be in a City-issued bag with the City logo. Columbia
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — An Uber driver is thankful after being shot in the head by his passenger on Dec. 30. Josh Rowe, a musician and driver, was shot shortly after he picked up his passenger “Brandon” on Lena Street in North Nashville around 7 p.m. “I am
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Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $500 bonus to workers if they get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Houston Methodist employees are eligible for a “Hope Bonus” in March to thank them for their work last year, Marc Boom, president and CEO of Houston Methodist, wrote in
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At a convent in upstate New York, a Covid-19 crisis has struck. Since late November, Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in Latham has seen 47 sisters become sick with Covid-19, nine of whom have died. Ten staff members at the convent have also been infected, Albany County spokeswoman Mary Rozak told CNN. The convent’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST ALTON, Illinois (KMOV) — A dash cam was rolling when a man beat up a cab driver in East Alton, Illinois on Dec. 30. The incident happened after the cab driver picked up the suspect at a strip mall. Police say the suspect became violent when he
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Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — Another winter storm is about to hit and we’ll see snowplows on public streets and in private parking lots. The City of Omaha requires the 27 contractors it uses to have insurance and legal drivers. But private snowplow operators are on the honor system.
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YouTube star JoJo Siwa responded to backlash over a children’s board game with her name that contains questions she is calling “gross” and “inappropriate.” The 17-year-old singer and internet sensation posted a video to her social media accounts Monday night explaining she had “no idea” what types of questions were included on the playing cards,
Continue Reading A father died and his two children are missing after they were swept away by a wave Sunday in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. The family of four was on the shore at Blind Beach near Jenner, California, when a wave knocked them all into the ocean Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The father
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