JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) In the most recent effort to cut down on costs, Amazon announced plans to close AmazonSmile, the company’s charity donation program. The program has been around since 2013 and donated $500 million over the past 10 years. Amazon says a “limited impact” is responsible for the program closing. The program is set to end
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, Christina Maxouris, Nick Valencia and Keith Allen, CNN Police have released the charges for the six people who were arrested Saturday evening in downtown Atlanta, authorities said, during protests that came in response to a proposed police training facility and the fatal police shooting of an activist earlier in the week. They
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein, Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN White House chief of staff Ron Klain, the powerful force at the center of Joe Biden‘s first two years in office, is expected to step down in the weeks after the president’s State of the Union address, according
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Evan Perez, CNN President Joe Biden was facing the prospect of an imminent federal investigation after the discovery of classified documents at his former Washington office in November — and it was up to Bob Bauer, his personal attorney, to break the news to the White House,
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Jeremy Herb, CNN FBI investigators on Friday found additional classified material while conducting a search of President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home. Bob Bauer, the president’s personal attorney, said in a statement that during the search, which took place over nearly 13 hours Friday, “DOJ took possession of materials it deemed
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn and Alaa Elassar, CNN A 76-year-old woman is in custody after fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in the head in what police say was an intended murder-suicide at a hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday. The terminally ill man, 77, was hospitalized at the Advent Health Hospital and made a
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TONIGHT: A system moves over us bringing chances for rain and snow. It starts off as rain, but as temperatures drop, we’ll see snow start to fall. The heaviest band of snow is to the very NW part of Missouri, which is why we won’t see a noticeable amount of snow. Amounts as of right
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Haley Britzky, CNN Three active-duty Marines who work in intelligence — one of whom allegedly espoused support for a second civil war — were arrested this week for breaching the US Capitol building with a mob of Trump supporters on January 6, 2021. Cpl. Micah Coomer and Sgts. Joshua
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Eldon (47) Southern Boone (50) FINAL Moberly (56) Harrisburg (70) FINAL Roosevelt (41) Battle (90) FINAL Jefferson City (68) Fulton (43) FINAL Capital City (52) Helias (77) FINAL Hickman
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An annual event hosted by the City of Columbia since 1994 is facing backlash for hosting an LGBTQIA+ group featuring three drag queens.
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The Stormtrack Weather Team is tracking the potential of rain changing to snow as low pressure moves in from the southwest Saturday evening. Temperatures on Saturday will top out in the lower 40s, about 10 degrees above freezing. Light showers start to move in from the west by late afternoon or early evening, gradually changing
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TODAY: We kick off the weekend dry, with clouds gradually filling back in. Temperatures still reach the mid-40s this afternoon thanks to warm southerly winds. TONIGHT: Light rain will arrive at the earliest at 6 p.m. in western Missouri, quickly switching to snow in our far northern counties. A more gradual changeover is expected further
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN In travel news this week, China is on the move as the Lunar New Year rush gets underway, a boy makes the catch of a lifetime, temperatures drop to minus 80 F in the world’s coldest city, plus what it’s like to spend the night in an igloo in the Alps.
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN In travel news this week, China is on the move as the Lunar New Year rush gets underway, a boy makes the catch of a lifetime, temperatures drop to minus 80 F in the world’s coldest city, plus what it’s like to spend the night in an igloo in the Alps.
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Josh Campbell, CNN Alec Baldwin, who is set to face involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of a crew member during a “Rust” film rehearsal, will continue starring in the lead role, a production attorney told CNN on Friday. As the film proceeds, operations will include “on-set safety supervisors and union
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 3,500 Missourians have seen marijuana charges disappear this year following the implementation of Amendment 3, but no one in Boone County or Callaway County is among them. Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 during the Nov. 8 election with more than 53% of votes in favor. The legislation went into action Thursday
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Paul P. Murphy and Eric Bradner, CNN New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’ office is taking the lead in probing the campaign finances of Solomon Peña, who police say was behind a spate of shootings at Democratic officials’ homes. The move comes after Albuquerque police said they were investigating whether Peña’s campaign
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Serviceslaunched its new Health on Wheels Outreach Van that will expand services outside of Columbia. The Health on Wheels Outreach Van will visit communities and events throughout Boone County. As part of a new program, the van will be staffed by community health workers who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team is coming off a big revenge win against Arkansas, but the Tigers need to keep that momentum rolling if they want to take down the team that Dennis Gates calls the best in the nation, No. 4 Alabama, on Saturday. Even after Wednesday night’s finish against the
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Boone County’s top election official is asking the court to let her join a former state representative’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools.
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