COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Sedalia School 200 District was awarded $293,500 grant on Thursday from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The money came from the Competency-Based Education grant program. More than $2.2 million was awarded to Lebanon R-3, Maplewood-Richmond Heights, Pattonville R-3, Ritenour, Ste. Genevieve R-2 and the Success-Ready Student Network, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health officials at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City shared in a news conference Thursday afternoon that they are concerned about the lingering mental health effects after Wednesday’s shooting at . Locally, Burrell Behavioral Health said many children are struggling with fear and anxiety this week. Nine children were among those shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Snow plow crews will be reporting in Columbia at 6 a.m. Friday, according to a social media post from the city. ABC 17 News issued a Weather Alert Day for Friday, as snow is expected to enter the area in the morning. One-to-three inches of show are expected for communities along the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were indicted by a Jefferson City grand jury in separate cases for child sex crimes. Isaiah Laws, 32, of Macks Creek, was charged with second-degree child molestation. He is accused of molesting a child in Cole County who was younger than 12 years old on Jan. 1, 2020, according
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Kansas City Police planned to provide an update on the shooting that hurt more than 20 people and killed at least one outside Union Station after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
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An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was accused of robbing a Centralia home in May was arrested on Wednesday. Curtis Lamar Russell, 45, was charged on May 18, 2023, with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and armed criminal action. He was booked into the Boone County Jail at 11:02 p.m. Wednesday, online jail records say. Court
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Officials are Children’s Mercy Hospital were set to give an update on the status of Super Bowl parade shooting victims at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled more than 380,000 Electrolux refrigerators.
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is dead, and more than 20 others are hurt after a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday. Mariam Santos had never been to a championship parade before but after watching the Kansas City Chiefs pull off a thrilling comeback victory in overtime to
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a shooting at the Super Bowl Rally at Union Station in Kansas City that left one person dead and 22 people hurt, multiple officials, fans, Chiefs’ players and more have taken to social media to share sentiments and express their feelings. The shooting has gained national and international attention, with
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The Israeli government is considering an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled to escape the country’s conflict with Hamas.
Continue Reading One person is dead and more than 20 others, including children, were hit by gunfire when shots rang out near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ parade to celebrate their Super Bowl championship Wednesday.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was charged after authorities said he drunkenly shot at a bar early Wednesday. Christopher Bergesch, 32, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and illegal gun possession. He is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged on Wednesday after authorities say he sexually assaulted a child younger than 12 years old in June. Keith Fletcher, 52, was charged with first-degree sodomy and two counts of first-degree child molestation. A warrant was ordered on Wednesday and no bond was set. Law enforcement on Nov.
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State Rep. David Tyson Smith and his daughter were among the thousands of people packed into and around Union Station on Wednesday as the parade to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ latest Super Bowl win came to an end.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for David Hosier, who is on death row for killing a Jefferson City woman in 2009. The court on Wednesday scheduled Hosier’s execution for 6 p.m. June 11 at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri. It is the second execution
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Each night in the United States hundreds of thousands of students are without a regular place to sleep.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said on Wednesday that his push of head coach Andy Reid during Super Bowl LVIII was “definitely unacceptable.” Speaking on his ‘New Heights’ podcast alongside his brother Jason, Kelce explained the situation, admitting that he went too far.
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A builder with contracts in states from the Southeast to the Southwest, including several in Missouri, will build the first phase of an expanded Interstate 70.
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