COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit man was sentenced to 91 years in prison on Friday for several sex crimes. Mitchell Dean Fox III, 28, was found guilty on Feb. 7 of three counts of first-degree sodomy one count of first-degree rape, one count of second-degree domestic assault, one count of third-degree domestic assault, one
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police say witnesses of crimes coming forward to authorities with information could help them unravel unsolved cases. But they also understand, there could be a risk. “I think there’s a variety of reasons [why a person would not come forward to police],” CPD Lt. Matt Gremore said. “I don’t think anybody
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) National Weather Service teams were in Mid-Missouri on Monday to assess the damage from Easter Sunday storms. The two rounds of storms touched off tornado warnings throughout the region and left damage behind from the Lake of the Ozarks to Audrain County. It wasn’t clear Monday afternoon whether any tornadoes had yet
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By Deidre McPhillips and Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration plans to take action to remove artificial food dyes from the nation’s food supply, according to a media advisory sent by the US Department of Health and Human Services on Monday. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US Food and Drug Administration
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks ended the day sharply lower Monday and the dollar tumbled as investors assessed continued tariff uncertainty and the implications of President Donald Trump’s ongoing mission to try and oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Dow fell 972 points, or 2.48%. The broader S&P 500
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By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — A new report on cancer in the US shows a steady decline in overall deaths from 2001 through 2022. The rate of diagnoses among men fell from 2001 through 2013 and then stabilized through 2021 but these incidence rates among women increased slightly every year between 2003 and 2021.
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CNN, VATICAN MEDIA, VATICAN TV, POOL, TELEPACE, AD COUNCIL Y COVID COLLABORTIV, VATICAN NEWS By Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of
Continue Reading Two waves of severe storms hit Mid-Missouri on Easter Sunday, with damage spread out across the area. Tornado warnings were issued in most Mid-Missouri counties during one or both of the two waves, including the Lake of the Ozarks area, Columbia, Jefferson City and Fulton. Heavy damage was reported in Columbia and in Callaway County,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia has indefinitely suspended commercial and residential recycling pickup after the city’s recycling plant was damaged during a strong storm Sunday afternoon. Columbia Utilities spokesman Jason West said this also applies to the public drop-off centers, saying they will be unavailable to the public. Recycling workers have been asked not to report
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of customers lost power across Mid-Missouri as severe storms moved through the area and set off multiple tornado warnings. Nearly 4,000 Boone Electric Cooperative customers were without power as of 5:35 p.m. According to the outage map, the outages are happening near Hallsville and Columbia. Emergency managers also sent out
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Some Boone County residents woke up to power outages Sunday morning.
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A Sedalia man suffered moderate injuries in a crash on Friday in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened at 10 p.m. on Highway 50 near Route 135.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Office of Emergency Management is reminding residents about extreme weather safety as Mid-Missouri is forecasted to be hit with high winds, heavy rain, and risks for hail and tornadoes on Easter weekend. In a Facebook post Friday, the BCOEM reminds drivers to avoid driving through moving and high water.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri and the City of Columbia are stepping up efforts to keep students and community members safe following a violent weekend where five people were shot. Both MU and the Columbia Police Department said they’re working together to increase patrols in, and around downtown in response to growing safety
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As Mid-Missouri faces rainy conditions Saturday and Sunday, Easter celebrations are still on the calendar. The City of Columbia Parks and Recreation is hosting two egg hunts Saturday. The events will take place at Douglass Park from Noon to 1:15 p.m. and Indian Hills Park from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. “We’re
Continue Reading A 73-year-old Osage Beach man suffered moderate injuries in a crash on Friday in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A case of measles has been confirmed in a southwest Missouri county and is tied to international travel, according to state health officials. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Friday that a child who traveled to Taney County has contracted measles. The child’s vaccination status has not been verified,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri on Friday broke ground on the Michael L. Parson Meat Science Education and Training Laboratory. The facility – named after former Republican Gov. Mike Parson – is projected to open in 2026. According to the university, the lab will further enhance the capabilities of the nationally regarded college of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to a drug charge in relation to a 2020 shooting death has been sentenced. Isaiah Brunson pleaded guilty in November to delivery of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to five years of probation. He was previously charged with second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Around half of Ralls County Electric Cooperative customers in Monroe County were without power on Friday. Outage maps on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives and Ralls County Electric’s website show that 425 of it 826 customers were without power. The outage was mostly resolved before 7 p.m. The cause of the
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