COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One team members are expected to make their return in Boone County on Monday. In a news release on Sunday, MOTF-1 said it’s nearing completion of its flood response mission in southeast Missouri after supporting statewide response efforts in Reynolds and Iron counties. Since arriving on Friday, the task
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By Annie Grayer, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Sunday announced, after weeks of speculation, that he had a fall last month that landed him in the hospital. “My doctors have confirmed that I didn’t break any bones or suffer a concussion. I didn’t have a heart attack or
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Story by Associated Press Bangkok (AP) — A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early on Monday morning local time, killing at least 27 people before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said. Rescuers said the fire was reported around midnight. Footage shared online by first responders shows huge blaze raging out of
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Two women were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 50 in Gasconade County on Saturday night, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
A 29-year-old Union man driving a 2014 Subaru Crosstrek was stopped on the road, the report says. A 1999 Ford Ranger driven by a 25-year-old Hermann man then rear-ended the stopped vehicle around 8:30 p.m.
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Richard Gudenkauf walked his daughter down the aisle in September 1996 with a frown on his face. The bride, Bernadette, was a vision in her white dress and matching pearls, big doe eyes peering out from behind her veil. Her mother, Laura Gudenkauf, watched her daughter glowing, happy to
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The Columbia Public School Board is set to discuss and vote on changing who reports and intervenes in bullying incidents during the year. The policy has been under consideration since April.
According to the board’s agenda for Monday, the new policy would allow school employees, substitutes, and educational contractors who work with students to intervene and provide support to students who are being bullied.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Mizzou baseball players had their big league dreams turned into reality. The first day of the MLB draft saw right-handed pitcher Josh McDevitt and Kam Durnin both make it to the pros in the fourth round. McDevitt was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 116th pick, and Durnin went just
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire Protection District’s Missouri Task Force One has been supporting statewide flood response operations in Reynolds and Iron counties, where flash flooding overwhelmed roadways, campgrounds and waterways following historic rainfall. BCFPD Chief Doug Westhoff said search teams are moving segment by segment along the Black River. “There are four segments
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By Emma Tucker, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and several others injured after at least two shooters exchanged gunfire amid crowds of roughly 13,000 people at Canada’s biggest Latin street festival in Toronto on Saturday, police said. A total of six people were shot, and several suspects are believed to be
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Despite being the smallest metropolitan city selected to host games in the 2026 World Cup, Kansas City managed to catch the eyes of the world. On Saturday, Kansas City Stadium is set to host its sixth and final World Cup match, as Argentina and Switzerland will take the pitch in quarterfinal
Continue Reading By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — A 28-year-old man was arrested Saturday evening in South Yorkshire, England, “on suspicion of the murder of” former UK lawmaker Ann Widdecombe, according to British police. “The suspect, who is a white British national, is now in police custody,” said the statement from Devon and Cornwall Police. “Miss Widdecombe’s
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Fest reached capacity Saturday afternoon as fans gathered to watch the city’s final World Cup quarterfinal match, featuring Argentina and Switzerland. Organizers posted on “X” around 3:30 p.m. that general admission entry to Fan Fest had been temporarily paused because the venue had reached capacity. Premium Garden
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By Cristopher Ulloa, CNN Santiago, Chile (CNN) — The classic postcard images of the Chilean capital of Santiago surrounded by the snow-covered Andes in winter now seem like pictures from the past. A yearslong drought that has plagued the country has led to a shortage of snow so severe that the main ski resorts in
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By Osmary Hernández, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN La Guaira, Venezuela (CNN) — Ten-year-old Maria keeps reliving the moment she lost her mother and her life changed forever. After powerful twin earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela and destroyed their home in the coastal town of Caraballeda last month, Maria and her brother Damian, 13, were taken in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parts of Mid-Missouri saw another round of rain Saturday morning following severe storms and damaging winds the night before. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team is tracking a wet Saturday morning before the rain clears up for the rest of the week. An ABC 17 News reporter saw some water-covered roadways in
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By Andy Rose, Eric Levenson, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — The teenager who opened fire at his Georgia high school in September 2024, killing two students and two teachers, will appear in court later this month for a “non-negotiated plea and sentencing hearing,” according to court documents, indicating that he intends to change his
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli Police. The journalists were near the village of Sinjil north of Ramallah to cover the one-year anniversary of the killing of Saif Musallet, a Palestinian-American who was
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CNN By Holly Yan, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Christine and Elmore Wonsley don’t sleep. They can’t, not since their 18-year-old son, Nolan Wells, first went missing. “This was our baby boy,” Christine Wonsley said, wearing blue to match Wells’ father, the couple tightly holding hands. “I birthed him.” Wonsley is now fighting for answers,
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By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through a tinder-dry area close to Spain’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, according to regional officials. At least 12 people were killed by the rapidly spreading blaze, and four received severe burns. The wildfire – near Almeria on the
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Strong storms moved through the area on Thursday evening, producing scattered high winds, hail, and a few brief rotations. Flooding remains a concern south of I-70 as storms have continued this morning. Some storms are strong-to-severe this morning. A Flash Flood Warning is in place for Phelps and Maries counties through 9 a.m., where over
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