COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday will introduce a bill aiming to delay any application for data centers within the city. City documents say the city is looking to delay “the acceptance or processing” of data center applications for a full year. Documents note the council passed an ordinance at its previous
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was taken to a hospital after an apartment fire in Columbia on Thursday. A Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman said 18 fire personnel were sent to the scene in the 2400 block of Whitegate Drive. The cause of the fire was under investigation, spokeswoman Skyler Clark said. The call came in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House on Thursday approved a bill that would allow state officials to increase speed limits on rural, four-lane highways. The bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) and carried in the House by Rep. John Voss (R-Cape Girardeau), had already passed the Senate. However, the House added
Continue ReadingBy Reuters (Reuters) — Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, more than five years after the military ousted the civilian government she led and jailed the Nobel laureate. Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta since and her whereabouts
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has received criticism of job postings for which it wants to hire foreign professionals. The university has eight job postings on the website of its International Student and Scholar Services program. The postings included Labor Condition Applications “in support of an H-1B status petition” as required by Department
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GLASGOW, Mo. (KMIZ) Cleanup in Glasgow is ongoing after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-2 tornado tore through the area Monday. Mayor Donald Clear issued a local state of emergency on Monday that will expire Thursday afternoon. “We ordered a state of emergency here in Glasgow, mainly for funding reasons, so that we can
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man accused in the January 2026 stabbing death of his wife in Jefferson City was deemed “incompetent to proceed,” according to a court filing Thursday. Malang Akbari faces charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death. In
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By Simone McCarthy, Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing (CNN) — The world’s largest electric vehicle maker is locked out of its biggest potential overseas market. But BYD – the Chinese EV behemoth – says barriers restricting it and other Chinese carmakers from American consumers won’t stop it from maintaining that top spot in an industry transforming
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is stationed at a military base in Alaska was charged on Wednesday with three child sex crimes in Osage County. Hayden Wade, of Fort Richardson, Alaska, is charged with statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old, first-degree child molestation and statutory sodomy of a person younger
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was charged in Morgan County with several child sex crimes. Joshua White, 19, of Gravois Mills, was charged on Wednesday with two counts of statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old and two counts of third-degree child molestation. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Ward 4 City Councilman Nick Foster announced on Thursday that he will resign from his position this summer. Foster – who was reelected to his position during the spring 2025 election – announced on his social media that his last day will by June 12. He was first elected to the
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Verified Petition for Damages and Injunctive ReliefDownload COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri marijuana dispensary chain with multiple Mid-Missouri stores denied Thursday the claims made of anti-competitive business practices made in a lawsuit filed by two cannabis wholesalers. CPC of Missouri-Smithville, LLC and GF Saint Mary LLC filed the lawsuit against Good Day Farm and its
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By T.M. Brown, CNN (CNN) — In an April 15 press briefing, Fox’s Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt an unexpected question. “There are now 10 American scientists who have either gone missing or died since mid-2024. They all reportedly had access to classified nuclear or aerospace material,” he said. “Is anybody
Continue ReadingBy Toni Odejimi, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! What begins as a fun adventure can quickly take a darker turn. A troubling hashtag in the hiking world has women sounding the alarm. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘Collective trauma’ Some were at work when
Continue ReadingCNN By Toni Odejimi, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! What begins as a fun adventure can quickly take a darker turn. A troubling hashtag in the hiking world has women sounding the alarm. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ ‘Collective trauma’ Some were at work
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CNN By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — “If you are visibly Jewish, you’re not safe” in Britain, the country’s chief rabbi said Thursday, expressing the anxiety of the British Jewish community after two men were stabbed in a London neighborhood already reeling from several recent antisemitic attacks. “I’m sad to say that today’s event
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly man has been charged in Callaway County after he allegedly tried to carjack someone while posing as a police officer on Tuesday. Brian Koch, 28, was charged on Wednesday with carjacking, illegal gun possession, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of illegal use of a weapon, a count
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge from the Missouri Court of Appeals has approved new ballot language that asks voters to approve or reject a new Congressional map. A Thursday decision by Western District Judge Aloka Ahuja shows that the ballot language will now read: “Do the people of the state of Missouri approve the act
Continue Reading CNN By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — “If you are visibly Jewish, you’re not safe” in Britain, the country’s chief rabbi said Thursday, expressing the anxiety of the British Jewish community after two men were stabbed in a London neighborhood already reeling from several recent antisemitic attacks. “I’m sad to say that today’s event
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Skores, Chris Isidore, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was the late 1980s, and Eastern Airlines was on the brink of bankruptcy after years of financial problems, labor issues and struggling to adapt to deregulation. Businessman Donald Trump saw an opportunity and seized it. He purchased the airline’s most profitable asset, the Eastern Shuttle,
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