COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Eldon held a town-hall meeting on Wednesday night at the city’s community center to discuss a recent boil order. The area was under a boil order from the Department of Natural Resources for three weeks until this past Tuesday. City officials on Wednesday night gave a time line on
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — A prominent tycoon wanted by United States federal prosecutors for allegedly running one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal networks has been arrested and extradited to China, Cambodian authorities and Chinese state media said. Chen Zhi, 38, a national of China and Cambodia, was extradited on Tuesday after a months-long
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters (Reuters) — A mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in war-ravaged eastern Congo, a national park said on Wednesday, in what it described as “a major event” for the endangered subspecies. The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3 and the twins
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri General Assembly gaveled into its 2026 legislative session Wednesday afternoon. The House of Representatives session was full of formalities, a press conference with House Democrats afterward showed top priorities for the minority party. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe plans to announce his tax plan next week at the State of
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of an ICE officer shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed in a post online that video from the incident showed the woman “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over” the officer. The Department of Homeland Security, in the initial wake
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By Emma Tucker, Taylor Romine and CNN Staff Minneapolis (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Minneapolis Wednesday after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in the city earlier in the day. Noem defended the agent’s actions, saying the woman had attempted to run an agent over in an act of “domestic
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CNN By Emma Tucker, Taylor Romine and CNN Staff Minneapolis (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Minneapolis Wednesday after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in the city earlier in the day. Noem defended the agent’s actions, saying the woman had attempted to run an agent over in an act of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal experts are weighing in on the deadly shooting in Minneapolis involving an ICE agent that left one woman dead on Wednesday. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were on a residential street as they heighten their immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claims the ICE agent shot
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office gave an inside look at its new $20 million Law Enforcement Training Institute on Wednesday. The facility will hold classes and trainings for prospective and current officers 48 weeks out of the year, sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Brian Leer said. “We averaged just over 30 students per academy,
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By Danya Gainor, CNN Washington (CNN) — At a swiftly scheduled House Oversight Committee hearing in the US Capitol Wednesday, Republican Minnesota state lawmakers testified that tax dollars intended for child care aid in their state are being absconded by criminals to purchase luxury homes and cars, property in Turkey and apartment buildings in Kenya
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old woman died after being shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a large immigration operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Federal officials claim the shooting was an act of self-defense. Mayor Jacob Frey said during a news conference that the woman died despite medical intervention. He blamed the death
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chinese national was charged in the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday after authorities claim he took photographs of military installation and equipment without authorization, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Qilin Wu, 35, is accused of driving a minivan on Dec. 2 at Whiteman Air Force
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By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Lee nuestra cobertura en español. In the wee hours of Saturday, shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, blindfolded and taken to the United States, video emerged of Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello surrounded by a group of armed men in Caracas. Maduro’s abduction “was a criminal, terrorist attack
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced in a social media post that it arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon after a 20-minute chase. Police wrote that detectives talked to a man with “several felony warrants” at 2:30 p.m. The man allegedly told police he had a gun and sped away. The chase occurred
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! New US dietary guidelines flip the food pyramid — putting meat, cheese and vegetables at the top. Some praised the changes, while others worry they put too much emphasis on red meat and dairy products. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The second day of the trial of a Fayette woman charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in the 2021 death of an 8-month-old girl resumed Tuesday morning. Columbia police arrested Jennifer Johnson in April 2021, after being called to a home in the 1000 block of Elleta
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James man was charged in Phelps County on Wednesday with possessing child pornography. Yumie Bolden, 26, is being held at the Phelps County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says law enforcement received a Cyber Tip “that originated from an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man pleaded guilty to three felonies in connection with a shooting that occurred last spring in downtown Columbia. Steven Harris, 46, of Columbia, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and stealing a gun. He is being held at the Boone County Jail and awaits
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Personal Birth date: January 15, 1929 Death date: April 4, 1968 Birth place: Atlanta, Georgia Birth name: Michael King Jr. Father: Martin Luther King Sr., Baptist minister Mother: Alberta (Williams) King Marriage: Coretta Scott King
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By Sophie Tanno, Sebastian Shukla and Inke Kappeler, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Amid heavy snow in the German capital and temperatures plummeting to below freezing, nearly 100,000 people were left without power for several days after an alleged left-wing arson attack on Berlin’s power supply on Saturday caused a major blackout. The activist group Vulkangruppe
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