BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire District reported fighting 35 fires over the last three days. Officials report the first fire was on Saturday at 11:09 a.m. when firefighters began battling large natural cover fires across Boone County. Officials report crews battled as many as five fires at the same time. Volunteer firefighters reported
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Some celebrated when the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came out with its long-awaited guidelines for the fully vaccinated Monday. Others were hoping for more, especially about travel. With daily new cases hovering around the 60,000 mark and the threat of variants spreading, navigating the pandemic is admittedly tricky, even for the fully
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President Joe Biden, along with other Democrats, have voiced support for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. But recent attempts — including a Senate vote on Friday to include a minimum wage hike in the President’s Covid relief package — have all failed. Still, progressive lawmakers and activists
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The leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia will meet in a virtual summit Friday, the US and Indian governments announced Tuesday. It will be the first time talks have been held between the heads of state of the four-member group, informally known as the “Quad,” and comes as all four countries see
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a second man in connection with a February killing in west Columbia. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that deputies arrested Malik Townsend, 22, of Columbia, for the murder of Jakob Cole. Cole died after being shot in the 4700 block of
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Buckingham Palace broke its silence Tuesday evening over Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, saying in a statement on behalf of the Queen that allegations of racism made by the Sussexes were concerning and being “taken very seriously.” “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last
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ROCHEPORT, Mo. (KMIZ) Today’s strong winds may have caused another grass fire in western Boone County. Firefighters responded to the area off of Highway 40 near Rocheport around 11:30 a.m. Boone Electric Cooperative reports a power line came detached from an insulator that caused the fire. A spokeswoman says the windy conditions may have caused
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The U.S. House is expected to vote on and approve the $1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus stimulus package known as The American Rescue Plan this week.
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Coastal communities are experiencing sea level rise four times worse than global water rise, according to a new study released Monday. Groundwater pumping, extraction of materials from the ground and sediment production are all happening near the coasts and that is causing the land to actually sink — compounding the effects of a rising sea
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A Lowell, Michigan, police officer was arraigned Tuesday on assault, misconduct and weapons charges after he fired at a fleeing vehicle last year, wounding a passenger in the head, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. In a statement announcing the charges against Officer Jason Diaz in Lowell, Nessel adressed another police involved shooting, saying there
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So many people are adopting dogs in this time of pandemic-induced loneliness that shelters are being emptied out. A recent “biting incident” involving a certain presidential pup, though, might have some reconsidering. Major, a German shepherd adopted by the Bidens in 2018, was removed from the White House last week after he displayed aggressive behavior
Continue Reading An investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager found dead in a rolled-up gym mat eight years ago, has been reopened, according to Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk. The body of Johnson, 17, was found upside-down in the mat in Lowndes County High School in January 2013. Local investigators ruled his death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the MKT Trail will be closed Thursday, for maintenance. The affected trail is west of the trailhead at Scott Boulevard, near the 3.5-mile marker. MKT Temporary ClosureDownload Crews will be working to repair an unstable slope. The trail will be closed to ensure safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. The
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Coronavirus cases in the US are dipping and the number of daily vaccinations is rising. But public health experts are pressing two key concepts they say show that Americans still need to mask and distance for a while longer: First, case levels are still as bad as they were during a difficult summer. Second, clues
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario A new study has found that summers in the Northern Hemisphere may last nearly six months by 2100, if efforts to combat climate change are not taken. Researchers behind the study out of China warn that a longer summer season will likely have “far-reaching impacts” on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PEGRAM, Tennessee (WSMV) — Music from our history is now part of our future for some people in the Midstate. On a weekday morning in Cheatham County, the Fiddle and Pick is full throttle. Here are the strings of the instrument that takes the spotlight. Gretchen Priest opened
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Henderson County COVID-19 Call Center announced it has changed the way it will contact individuals on the COVID-19 Vaccine Waitlist. On Monday, the Henderson County Department of Public Health announced the Call Center has been made aware that the number used
Continue ReadingA Michigan high school student accidentally detonated a homemade explosive device he brought to school Monday morning, injuring himself and four of his classmates, police said. Officers from the Newaygo Police Department responded to Newaygo High School in west-central Michigan at 8:52 a.m. after a report of an explosion inside a classroom, state police said
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As a university student years ago, Kyaw Moe Tun sat out Myanmar’s watershed 1988 pro-democracy protests. “I always listened to my parents, and they wanted me to stay home,” he says. Now, as Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, he tells Meanwhile that his duty is to protest — on behalf of the people of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROOKLYN, New York (WABC) — The NYPD released new video of the gunman who opened fire and wounded two officers in Brooklyn. The incident happened Sunday night in a stairwell of an apartment in Prospect Lefferts Gardens where a gunman first opened fired on his roommate and then
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