COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tick-borne allergy might be on the rise across Missouri and the United States. But scientists and researchers can’t really pinpoint how much it may be growing. Alpha-gal syndrome is a food allergy to products from mammals, like red meat, which contain the alpha-gal molecule, that a person can develop when bitten
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will return to Cole County court on Monday as the months-long legal battle over charter schools in Boone County continues. CPS filed the suit in December after the charter school, Frontier, announced a plan to establish a charter school in the county. The application was later approved by
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s appeal on a ruling last week that tweaked the ballot language on a question asking voters to eliminate the state income tax. Chief Justice W. Brent Powell denied the appeal by state officials to challenge the rewritten ballot language in an order
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — “Kenya is not an American colony!” That was the chant echoing through Nairobi and other Kenyan cities last week as furious protesters vented their anger at plans for a US-funded isolation ward for Americans exposed to Ebola abroad. The controversial proposal has sparked fears of Ebola entering a country
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Utility costs are rising in a city in Mid-Missouri, while some communities are also facing a shortage of funds for utility assistance programs as demand continues through the summer months. In Moberly, residents will soon see higher utility bills as city officials said they are working to keep up with rising water
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was rescued after their vehicle was swept away in floodwaters in Cole County early Monday morning. Jefferson City Fire Department said its crews were called around 5 a.m. to assist the Russellville-Lohman Fire Protection District near Scrivner Road and South Moreau Creek. Russellville-Lohman crews arrived to find the car had
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MONDAY MORNING UPDATE: Columbia set a new record rainfall total on Sunday, with 3.98″ of rainfall. Since then, flood reports have continued Monday morning. Water levels are reaching the moderate flood stage at Hinkson Creek this morning, before falling soon. Crest isn’t forecast until late Monday night into Tuesday morning on the Moreau River at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Power has been completely restored across Boone County after strong storms rolled through Sunday into early Monday morning. As of 7:00 a.m., all outages reported in Boone County have been fixed. This is a significant improvement from earlier, when more than 1,300 customers were affected. Earlier, the Boone Electric Cooperative outage map
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A water rescue was initiated in Boone County after a car was swept away in floodwaters Monday morning. According to Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Tommy Goran, emergency personnel have made contact with the person inside the car. The person is uninjured. The car was originally swept away at the intersection of
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By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The expectant couple, along with several children and loved ones, walked with anticipation into the grass at the edge of the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa, California – where wild grasses turn golden in the fall, making a scenic backdrop – to reveal their baby’s gender. Another person
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There have been multiple reports of flooded roads in Mid-Missouri after storms and heavy rain moved through the area. Since 10 a.m, Sunday, Boone County Joint Communications has sent out at least 15 alerts for water in the roadway or flooded roads. The most recent alert was sent at 5:07 a.m., stating
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than 144 years after its construction began, Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Família has finally reached its full height. This week, the world’s tallest church will inaugurate its long-awaited final tower with a blessing by Pope Leo XIV. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than 144 years after its construction began, Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Família has finally reached its full height. This week, the world’s tallest church will inaugurate its long-awaited final tower with a blessing by Pope Leo XIV. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has described war as a “painful defeat” of negotiations while lamenting that violence and polarization has plunged the world into a “profound” crisis during a historic, peace-focused speech at the Spanish parliament Monday. Leo XIV’s address to politicians in the Cortes Generales, the first by a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first match of the FIFA World Cup is Thursday, and some Mid-Missouri agencies are working and training for kick-off. The Boone County Office of Emergency Management started planning for the World Cup about a year ago, deputy director Jacob Waller said. “We kind of started planning internally some of the issues
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By Simone McCarthy, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Beijing/Seoul (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for deepening “strategic coordination and cooperation” with North Korea shortly after receiving a pomp-filled welcome to mark his first visit to the secluded nation in seven years. The two sides should inject “powerful momentum” into their ties, Xi said during a
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By Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino, Julianna Bragg, CNN New York (CNN) — Six people were injured in a stabbing at New York’s Penn Station Sunday evening, raising security concerns a day before the city is set to host the NBA Finals – with President Donald Trump in attendance. The attack comes amid heightened security around
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines on Monday, killing dozens of people and triggering scenes of panic as buildings collapsed and emergency sirens blared in parts of the archipelago. The quake struck around 07:37 a.m. local time at a depth of about
Continue Reading By Yumi Asada, Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s youngest elected female mayor is making history again – by taking time off to become a first-time mom. Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata city in Kyoto Prefecture, has announced she’ll be taking maternity leave around the coming birth of her child, putting herself at
Continue Reading By Sneha Dhandapani, CNN A man was found hiding in a United Airlines plane’s bathroom last month after police say he slipped past TSA and gate agents using what appeared to be a fake boarding pass, according to Texas authorities. It wasn’t the first time someone stowed away on a flight this year. Abdulrahman Oriyomi,
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