COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Before you go out to ring in the New Year, make sure you have a safe and sober ride home. The Jefferson City Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Columbia Police Department and several other local law enforcement agencies will have extra officers on the roads looking for drunk drivers this New
Continue ReadingBy Todd Leopold, Emma Tucker and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV journalist whose interviewing skills made her one of the most prominent figures in broadcasting, has died, her spokesperson confirmed to CNN. She was 93. “Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. She lived her life with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Fatima (57) Jefferson City (69) FINAL Blair Oaks (62) Mexico (56) FINAL Harrisburg (62) Southern Boone (51) FINAL Sturgeon (48) New Bloomfield (40) FINAL California (55) Winfield (44)
Continue ReadingBy Paul P. Murphy, Christina Maxouris and Alaa Elassar, CNN The man arrested in connection with the November killings of four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed to death attended a nearby university in Washington state and traveled across the country in December to spend the holidays with his parents. Bryan Christopher Kohberger,
Continue ReadingStephy Chung and Kristie Lu Stout Advanced age and the pandemic have done little to deter Japan’s Yayoi Kusama. At 93, the world’s best-selling living female artist is still painting daily at the psychiatric hospital she voluntarily checked into and has lived in since the 1970s. Some of her latest creations feature alongside early drawings
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Tonight: Overnight lows cool to the lower 30s with partly cloudy skies and winds out of the southwest at 4-8 mph. New Year’s Eve: Skies look to remain partly cloudy as temperatures will begin to warm eventually topping out into the lower 50s. Conditions look to remain dry with an isolated light drizzle possible by
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Here is a look at some of the top stories of 2022, as chosen by the ABC 17 News staff:
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, Philip Wang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother were ordered to be detained for a month on Friday as prosecutors pursued claims of human trafficking and rape. Authorities in Romania said police served search warrants on Thursday at five homes and took four suspects into custody
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TODAY: Temperatures moving into the high 40’s, and partly cloudy, clearing skies. TOMORROW: It’s New Year’s Eve, and it’s looking less likely for any rain to be observed in the area. Temperatures are trending to be warmer tomorrow, with partly cloudy skies. As the New Year’s Eve night moves on, temperatures do start to move
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, Jeremy Herb, Jeanne Sahadi and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Six years of Donald Trump’s federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill, among other revelations. The returns,
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, Jim Sciutto, Lauren del Valle, Mark Morales and John Miller, CNN A graduate student at Washington State University was arrested Friday in his home state of Pennsylvania in last month’s killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home — a brutal attack that rattled a small college town, authorities
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy outlined some of the concessions that he has agreed to in his campaign for speaker on a Sunday evening conference call — including making it easier to topple the speaker, according to multiple GOP sources on the call. But McCarthy could not say
Continue ReadingBy Sharif Paget and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN As a deadly and historic blizzard barreled through Erie County, New York, last weekend, some residents found themselves in a dire scenario — stranded in howling snow with nowhere to go, their cars dwindling in gas supply with police unable to come to the rescue. Among those trapped
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, Monica Garrett and Allison Chinchar, CNN Another significant storm system will plow into the West Coast on Friday, bringing heavy rain, mountain snow and strong winds — and the last day of the year will be a wet one in the Northeast and the Southwest. The system that left thousands without power
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Millman, CNN TikTok is an addictive drug China’s government is providing to Americans, says the incoming chairman of a new House select committee on China. GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin told NBC’s “Meet The Press” in an interview that aired Sunday that he calls TikTok “digital fentanyl” because “it’s highly addictive and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. Missouri State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies are increasing the number of troopers and officers on the roads for the New Year’s holiday counting period. The increased law enforcement presence is an effort to ensure people are celebrating the holiday safely. The counting period is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.
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TODAY: Friday is shaping up quite a bit cooler than Thursday as winds turn westerly and northerly under a cloudy sky. Sunshine will return in the afternoon, so keep the sunglasses handy. Overall, a cool and dry day is expected, with highs in the mid-40s. TONIGHT: Skies will stay partly cloudy overnight, with winds turning
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Ukraine Ukraine said its forces shot down 16 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia overnight, a
Continue ReadingBy Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Her head cradled in a crash helmet, Dania Akeel’s voice crackles through the intercom above the roar of the engine and the rush of wind through the windowless cabin of her rugged, black UTV. “We’re so lucky,” Akeel tells CNN Sport. “I mean, look at this place, it’s so beautiful.” The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS BASKETBALL Helias Catholic (43) Hickman (64) FINAL Oxford (38) Capital City (37) FINAL Jefferson City (52) Benton (50) FINAL Hazelwood West (27) Southern Boone (51) FINAL Boonville (51) Macon
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