University of Missouri officials said Tuesday afternoon students living on-campus next semester will have to get tested for COVID-19 upon arrival to campus.
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MCKITTRICK, Mo. (KMIZ) Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man after he allegedly used a propane torch and burning his roommate multiple times. Deputies responded Monday morning to a residence on the 300 block of Walnut St. for a domestic assault. According to court records, Scott Deberry allegedly used the propane torch on his roommate
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A woman accused of killing seven people has gone on trial in southeastern China after spending more than 20 years on the run. Lao Rongzhi, 46, appeared in the Nanchang Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi province on Monday, according to a statement posted by the court on its official Weibo social media account. Lao “expressed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (KTVT) — A small plane crashed in Grand Prairie Monday, Dec. 21 around 2:50 p.m. killing the two people onboard. The aircraft crashed along the SH 360 service road Near Mayfield Road next to a Sonic restaurant. The victims’ identities are not being released yet.
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Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — At least 80 people have been killed across Minneapolis in 2020 — a 70% jump over this time last winter. Since 2014, Lisa Clemons and members of A Mother’s Love Initiative have been tracking the number of people killed on Minneapolis streets. “Behind every trauma
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota is often referred to as the “State of Hockey” — and that’s being proven once again during the pandemic. With rinks temporarily shut down, more people than ever before are building their own rinks. If you build it, they will come. That phrase may
Continue Reading Taiwan has recorded its first locally-transmitted case of coronavirus since April. The island has had one of the most successful pandemic responses in the world, and the new infection ends a 255-day run without local transmission, underscoring the difficulties in controlling the virus even in areas where it has been largely stamped out. According to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — One Hartford organization is passing out toys and smiles this holiday season. Mothers United Against Violence held its annual toy give away on Tuesday to spread some joy to families around the capital city. The organization holds the event every year. It gives toys
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In June, Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center was so overwhelmed by the pandemic that two of its wings had been transformed into Covid-19 wards. Now, there are three. Dr. Joseph Varon, chief medical officer, hadn’t had a day off since the virus hit months earlier. He still hasn’t. Back then, ICU nurse Tanna Ingraham was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A company is working with Columbia Public Schools to help those in need ahead of the holidays. EquipmentShare and Battle High School teamed up to give food to people today. “Our goal was to provide a little holiday cheer for our neighbors and community, while offering them a safe avenue to give
Continue Reading The 1857 trial of American pirate Eli Boggs in Hong Kong was a riveting affair, filled with tales of plunder, kidnapping and murder on the high seas. But it was Boggs’ two-hour closing statement that shook the British colony’s political establishment to its core. Boggs accused a top colonial official, Daniel Caldwell, and another notorious
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local first responders are working a crash in south Columbia. Firefighters were called to Forum Boulevard and West Old Plank Road just after six Tuesday night. An ABC 17 News crew on scene can see the that the vehicle crashed into the woods in the area. Officials are reporting the road has
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (KMIZ) The SEC announced its yearly awards on Tuesday afternoon, and the Tigers were well represented on the list. Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak is the SEC Freshman of the Year. He was also named to the All-SEC Freshman Team. Linebacker Nick Bolton and defensive lineman Trajan Jeffcoat were both named to the All-SEC
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s investigation, as well as ones for Republican allies who once served in Congress and military contractors involved in a deadly shooting of Iraqi civilians. The pardons of former campaign aide George Papadopoulos, former
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — It has been a hard year for everyone, including children. In a now viral video, a little girl and a mail carrier in southeast Portland are warming hearts across the world. The two have kept up their special friendship, even during the pandemic. Every
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An autopsy is planned after an inmate from the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center died. The State Department of Corrections tells ABC 17 news 58-year-old Randall Tangen was pronounced dead on Sunday at a hospital in Columbia. Tangen was serving his fourth year of a 10-year sentence at the prison in Fulton
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is accused of stabbing a man in Ashland Tuesday. Prosecutors charged 21-year-old SheyAnne Nichols today for second-degree assault and armed criminal action. Police say Nichols stabbed a man with a kitchen knife around 8:30 this morning in the 100 block of west Broadway. The man was treated for a stab
Continue Reading As so many people around the globe contemplate what their lives might look like after the pandemic, new research on smallpox might help provide insight. Researchers revealed nearly three centuries of data showing repeated smallpox epidemics in London in a study published Monday in the open access journal PLOS One. “This study reveals detailed patterns
Continue Reading Researchers studying the new UK strain of the coronavirus think it likely arrived in the US in mid-November, and that many people in the United States could already be infected. “If I had to guess, I would say it’s probably in hundreds of people by now,” said Michael Worobey, head of the department of ecology
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