More than a week after Philadelphia cut ties with a Covid-19 testing and vaccine provider, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley testified that it was a “mistake” to allow Philly Fighting Covid (PFC) to operate vaccine clinics. “While this organization did successfully vaccinate some 6,900 people, in retrospect it was a mistake for the Department of
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) MoDOT’s crews have been out all day Saturday pretreating and treating roads throughout the winter weather event. Jason Shafer, the District Maintenance Engineer for MoDot, said the department’s main concern is ensuring enough treatment is applied to roads as they fight the low temperatures. Once temperatures get below the low 20’s the
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An Australian adviser to Myanmar’s recently deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained on Saturday as pro-democracy protests broke out in the country’s largest city on Saturday. Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon in the first major organized demonstration since the military seized power in a coup earlier this week.
Continue Reading Former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, best known for defeating Muhammad Ali in 1978, has died at the age 67, according to a statement from his publicist. Spinks lost his five-year battle with prostate and other cancers on Friday evening. “At the time of his passing his wife Brenda Glur Spinks was by his side.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 18 Mizzou basketball team did just enough to beat No. 10 Alabama on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers led by 20 points with 6:13 to go, but ultimately beat the Crimson Tide 68-65. Alabama finished the game on a 21-4 run, but MU was still able to pull out the upset
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Boone County Joint Communications is reporting a wreck on Interstate 70 eastbound at the Missouri River Bridge. Troop F is reporting the wreck is blocking traffic on eastbound I-70. I-70 wreck reported in Cooper County at mile marker 108 A crash is reported on westbound Interstate 70 at mile marker 108 near the Cooper and
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TAMPA BAY (KMIZ) There’s a ton of Mizzou in Tampa Bay this week as the Tigers are well represented in Super Bowl LV. You can watch the full story in the video player above. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid was MU’s offensive line coach from 1989 to 1991. KC special teams coordinator Dave Toub joined
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel to breakdown Super Bowl LV. The two spoke about the Chiefs matchup against the Buccaneers. Plus, Coach Pinkel shared his thoughts on a few of his friends playing and coaching in the big game. You can watch the
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Watch a replay of the “Road to Tampa” Super Bowl special.
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As officials make strides to improve accessibility to Covid-19 vaccines in the United States, some states are turning their focus to the underserved and vulnerable communities that have not yet been eligible for protection. Though the country’s vaccination rate is not at President Joe Biden’s hoped-for level of 1.5 million shots per day, the US
Continue Reading The New York State Department of Health has released updated data on Covid-19 deaths among the state’s nursing home residents, several days after a state Supreme Court judge ordered the department to fulfill a watchdog group’s Freedom of Information request. The data released Saturday comes over a week after the state attorney general said in
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The NFL made it through the regular season and the playoffs without a single canceled game despite the coronavirus pandemic. Now, there’s just one game left, and it pits an all-time great against a young superstar who’s on the path to becoming one himself. Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, features
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Milwaukee (WDJT) — A Milwaukee police officer gets a 45-day suspension without pay for an incident during a protest last summer. Officials say Matthew Willmann threw a punch that broke a photographer’s camera long Old World Third Street. He is also accused of punching another woman and giving
Continue Reading About 115 inmates at a St. Louis jail escaped their cells, broke windows and set small fires in their unit on Saturday, officials said. The disturbance at the City Justice Center began around 2:30 a.m. when a “defiant detainee” got into a scuffle with a corrections officer, St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Sallisaw, Oklahoma (KFSM) — Warning: Details in this story could be disturbing for some readers. Former Sallisaw Police Officer Billy Oliver is accused of raping a woman in November 2020., according to an affidavit. Oliver turned himself in on Friday (Feb. 5) and is out on bond, according
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — Firefighters and police were called to the St. Louis City Justice Center after inmates were seen setting fires from inside the building. The KMOV News app has comprehensive news, weather and sports coverage for the St. Louis area. Crews arrived to the building located
Continue Reading Less than five minutes’ drive from downtown Salt Lake City sits the quiet neighborhood of Fairpark. The area hosts an annual state fair, a regional campus of Utah State University and modest homes with small yards. On one of those yards sits a random group of tents where people experiencing homelessness have set up camp.
Continue Reading A Louisiana sheriff’s deputy died by suicide on Monday after recording and posting to social media videos of himself condemning institutionalized racism and describing his struggle as a Black law enforcement officer in a system that he says condones police brutality against Black people. Lafayette Parish Deputy Clyde Kerr III, 43, died from a self-inflicted
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — If 2-year-old Sandy could talk, she’d probably have quite the story to tell. This young golden retriever had been missing since Thanksgiving. She was just recently reunited with her family in Tobyhanna. “Everyone kept the faith and told me that if I stayed positive,
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There’s one mask guideline that hasn’t changed throughout the pandemic — you definitely should be wearing one. But what happens when you’re not sure if your mask is real? Between the time the pandemic began and the year ended, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over 14.6 million counterfeit face masks entering the US,
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