By Alayna Treene, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betul Tuncer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled plans to rescind fuel-economy standards for vehicles put in place under the Biden administration. “These policies forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse,” Trump said
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is issuing a “full and unconditional” pardon to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents, even within its own party. “One of the clearest examples of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is considering to form a task force to look into campaign finance reform. The council on Monday night unanimously approved creating the task force, though specifics of the task force– including who would be on it and how many people would make it up — still need to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Legal sports betting went live in Missouri on Monday, with more than 2 million people attempting to access sportsbook apps on launch day. Circa Sports, one of the first two companies in Missouri to receive an online betting license, now operates in six states. The first bet placed on Circa was a
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team’s undefeated start to the 2025-26 campaign came to an end in South Bend. The Tigers lost a nail-biter against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the ACC/SEC Challenge, on Tuesday night, 76-71. With the loss, MU drops to 8-1 on the season and the ACC takes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A south Boone County neighborhood is still shaken after a 15-year-old was taken to a local hospital after they were shot in the face early Tuesday morning. The Boone County Sheriff’s office said in a release that Joint Communications received a call about a juvenile being shot in the face at 12:04
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the eastbound driving lane of Interstate 70 will be closed early Wednesday for emergency pavement repairs, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The release says the lane closures, which will occur just west of St. Charles Road, will take place from 4 a.m.-noon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Overcrowding at the Boone County Jail is costing the county, with officials now housing more inmates in out-of-county facilities than in the jail itself. According to Cpt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, the county has spent more than $1.8 million so far this year on housing inmates in other
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawyers for the family of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who died on a trip with his fraternity brothers, and for the Delta Chi fraternity, Barrister Capital Corporation, and 39 of Strain’s former fraternity brothers have until Dec. 10 to provide backing for their claims to Boone County Judge Josh
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council on Monday night unanimously approved the construction of a new building over its recycling site. The bill allows staff to move forward with the design and construction after the building was damaged by an April 20 tornado. The proposed building will cost about $3.5 million, which includes foundation design,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was injured, but some residents were displaced, after an apartment caught fire Tuesday morning in the 500 block of East Elm Street, according to a Tuesday press release from the Jefferson City Fire Department. The release says firefighters were called at 6:21 a.m. for a fire coming from the wall
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City government lost its appeal Tuesday in a lawsuit that sought taxes the city says telecommunications companies failed to pay. The city brought the lawsuit in St. Louis County in 2022 against several companies, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and U.S. Cellular, alleging that they failed to pay all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 80-year-old man from Lincoln, Missouri, was seriously injured Tuesday in a crash on Route H in Benton County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver in a 2018 Ford F-150 – a 55-year-old man from Lincoln, Missouri – failed to negotiate a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) If you’re speeding, especially in a work zone, you may be on the lookout for troopers on the side of the roads to avoid getting a ticket. But it’s much harder to spot a trooper when they are ticketing you from 2,000 feet in the air. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Aircraft
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old woman from Eldon was seriously injured in a crash Monday afternoon on Highway 54 in Cole County at the Moreau River Bridge, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver lost control of her 1999 Ford F-150 on the ice-covered roadway and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash closed part of Highway 54 in eastern Audrain County on Tuesday morning. The highway reopened at about noon. MoDOT reported the closing in a news release a little before 9 a.m. The release says a crash closed Highway 54 between Route F and Highway 154 near Vandalia. Details about the
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A new Missouri rule, aimed at protecting children from online pornography, has prompted Pornhub – the industry’s largest platform – to block access statewide rather than comply.
Pornography websites operating in Missouri must now verify that its users are adults before allowing them access to explicit content.
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Moberly city crews spent the weekend battling the season’s first major snowfall after roughly 6 inches fell across the area, with more continuing into Monday. However, preparation for the winter weather began long before the first flakes fell. “We’re working several months in advance, actually, into the summer,” city spokesman Scott McGarvey
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Snowfall began coating some Mid-Missouri roads by 9 a.m. Monday and continued well into the afternoon, leading to dozens of slide-offs and crashes and closing part of Interstate 70 for hours. After light snowfall over the holiday weekend, a few more inches were expected to accumulate Monday, with high temperatures staying in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 21-year-old Jamestown man died Monday in a crash on Highway 179 in Cole County, north of Route Z, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver was traveling northbound in a 2003 Ford Ranger when the vehicle went down an embankment and overturned.
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