COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The postseason has arrived as part two of the Providence Bowl is set to take place this Friday as the 7-2 Rock Bridge Bruins host the 2-7 Hickman Kewpies. The first time these two teams met was just two weeks ago when Rock Bridge won in dominate fashion 49-0. Since then, head
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After not scoring a point in the second half in the win against Vanderbilt, the Mizzou offense is working to fix what went wrong. “We just couldn’t get in a rhythm,” said quarterback Brady Cook. “We had a couple turnovers in the second half. We ran the ball well at times, but
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday said he is “extremely pleased” with the “overwhelming reaction” to recent antisemitic comments from rapper and fashion designer Ye, also known as Kanye West. “We’re all concerned by antisemitism all over the world. It’s antisemitism, it’s racist, it’s racism, xenophobia — these are the challenges
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday said he is “extremely pleased” with the “overwhelming reaction” to recent antisemitic comments from rapper and fashion designer Ye, also known as Kanye West. “We’re all concerned by antisemitism all over the world. It’s antisemitism, it’s racist, it’s racism, xenophobia — these are the challenges
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Amy Simonson, CNN An Arkansas man is in the hospital — but expected to recover — after he was engulfed by a fireball when he was tased by state police while wearing a backpack with a gallon of gasoline inside, according to a news release from Arkansas State Police. Around 1:18
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University of Missouri students have raised objections after flyers were posted on campus claiming “It’s okay to be white” and “White Lives Matter.”
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, Gregory Krieg and Allie Malloy and Kit Maher, CNN A day after Pennsylvania’s Senate debate sharpened the stakes in the battle for control of the chamber, Democrat John Fetterman strolled onto a stage in Pittsburgh and bluntly acknowledged his challenges. “To be honest, doing that debate wasn’t exactly easy,” Fetterman told supporters
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Columbia police on Wednesday released the name of the man they arrested after s standoff the night before in central Columbia.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Downtown Leadership Council voted in favor of the Columbia Police Department to use the Fusus software on Wednesday. The Fusus software would allow law enforcement to have access to both pubic and private surveillance cameras, body-worn cameras, drones and other feeds through the city. CPD would only use surveillance video on
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and chilly with lows in the low 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and a bit cooler with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: High pressure just overhead will keep winds very light and skies clear into tonight. Clouds begin to increase overnight into Thursday, keeping temperatures a touch cooler on Thursday afternoon in
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WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (KMIZ) A family displaced by the Saturday fire in Wooldridge said widespread destruction in the fire could have been avoided. Jessica Mccomb, her husband and three children returned to the fire site for Gov. Mike Parson’s visit, wanting answers like other residents who lost their homes. “Yes, there was high winds. Yes, it
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday praised firefighters, the highway patrol and other first responders and said he’s thankful no lives were lost in the wildfire that ripped through a Cooper County village over the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House bristled Wednesday at a top Saudi official’s assertion the kingdom was the more “mature” partner in a relationship roiled by an ongoing spat over oil production that has seen top US officials begin exploring options to recalibrate ties to the Gulf monarchy. “It’s not like some high school
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN A sheriff in western Iowa says local, state and federal authorities are “actively investigating” in a rural area where a woman claimed her late father disposed of dozens of bodies of people he killed decades ago. “We are actively investigating this, and who wouldn’t?” Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope told CNN
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Stephanie Gallman, CNN Authorities have identified the boy found dead inside a suitcase in rural Indiana earlier this year, according to a Wednesday news release from the Indiana State Police. The body of Cairo Ammar Jordan of Atlanta, Georgia, was found in rural Washington County inside a hard-shell suitcase with a
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN For nearly two decades, Kristin Friberg has been a librarian with the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, where one of her many roles is to lead local book groups. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, she worried about the book club participants who had become friends over the years and the
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The Missouri Military Academy held an active-shooter drill Wednesday, to test their response in case an intruder ever made it into a building.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Darrell Brooks was found guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide on Wednesday for driving his SUV into a crowd of Christmas parade attendees in Waukesha, Wisconsin, last November, killing six people and wounding dozens more. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, Maegan Vazquez, Matt Egan and Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a crackdown on so-called junk fees, including new steps that effectively ban banks from issuing surprise overdraft fees and depositor fees on bounced checks. His speech announcing the new actions also highlighted his administration’s efforts to provide more
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah, Kate Sullivan and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump took Blake Masters to task after the Arizona Republican Senate nominee said in a debate this month that he hadn’t seen evidence of election fraud in Arizona. During a phone call between Trump and Masters captured in a Fox documentary at some
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