By Ben Wedeman, CNN At first glance Bakhmut doesn’t look like a city at war. As we drove into the city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on a warm sunny morning, men in orange vests tend to the roses. The tall trees shading the streets are thick with leaves. Traffic is light because
Continue ReadingEmma Tucker, CNN A blown-up Russian tank near Kyiv, a monument for Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko, an apartment building destroyed by artillery and a slide in a children’s playground covered in graffiti. In Ukraine, these objects are among hundreds of landmarks, cultural sites, monuments and everyday things that civilians have scanned on mobile phones through
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson signed the House Bill 2005 into effect on Saturday at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. The signing took place during the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association’s annual Steak Fry Dinner. The new eminent domain law will require energy companies to pay private landowners 150% of the fair market value to use their
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Long-running tensions over Iran’s nuclear capabilities may have reached a point of no return this week, thrusting the Middle East into uncharted waters. Tehran has ramped up uranium enrichment at a pace not seen since the 2015 signing of a landmark deal, which saw Iran curb uranium enrichment in exchange for
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs were at the Rusty Drewing Grand Opening in Jefferson City Saturday to meet their fans. Chiefs veterans Mecole Hardman and Nick Bolton were there along with the rookies Trent McDuffie and Bryan Cook. The event began at noon but the first fans in line got there as
Continue ReadingMissouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving two people from Columbia and one from St. Charles that ended in the death of a 55-year-old.
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as prices continue to set records as they climb higher and higher across the nation.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner and Jack Hannah, CNN Karen Amsden hoped that being arrested and accused of criminal conspiracy to riot would change her son’s heart. When he stood by his hateful views, she says she told him to get out of her house. Jared Boyce was one of 31 men arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Pop star Justin Bieber announced his face is partially paralyzed by a viral condition called Ramsay Hunt syndrome, caused by the same virus, varicella-zoster, that causes chicken pox and shingles. He told fans in a YouTube video Friday that the virus had attacked “the nerve in my ear, facial nerves and
Continue ReadingTonight: Scattered showers and storms will move into northwestern parts of Central Missouri leading to increased chances to see strong to severe storms north of highway 70 tonight from 8 PM- 2AM. Strong winds and damaging hail will be the main threats tonight. The overnight lows bottoms out into the lower 70’s. Tomorrow: Early morning
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The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department is set to hold its second ‘comfort’ clinic Saturday, for children and adults who are anxious about needles or the vaccination process.
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TODAY: Patchy fog early; temperatures rise to the mid to upper 80s under mostly sunny skies. Storms are possible in the evening, particularly to the north and west. TOMORROW: Summer heat arrives with highs in the low 90s and heat indices approaching triple digits. EXTENDED: Storms on Saturday evening could potentially form into an isolated
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN A fund created for the victims of the massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school has garnered more than $11 million from donations worldwide, city officials said Friday. The Robb School Memorial Fund was established to help those affected by last month’s mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
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Como Livable Streets is a grassroots campaign organized by a group called Local Motion to add more bike lanes, crosswalks and paved sidewalks to Columbia roads.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The second annual “Evening with Andy Reid” was held Thursday for the Missouri Special Olympics at Arrowhead Stadium. The athletes were welcomed to Kansas City by Coach Reid, Governor Mike Parson and some Chiefs players including former Mizzou Tiger Nick Bolton. Reid sent a lot of support to the athletes currently
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and dangerous actions that threaten stability around Asia and vowed the United States would stand by partners to resist any pressure. “Indo-Pacific countries shouldn’t face political intimidation, economic coercion, or harassment by
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Ticks are nothing new to Missouri but this summer emergency, health care workers say they are seeing more people come in from bites.
Continue ReadingBy Omar Jimenez and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The parents of a 10-year-old victim of the massacre at a Uvalde elementary school last month say they miss their son — even though he is one of the survivors. Gilbert Mata was in one of the classrooms at Robb Elementary School, where the gunman killed 19 children
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The impact of high gas prices is affecting everyone, one landscaping business explains how it’s coping.
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With a cooler start to June, conditions are soon expected to change. A high-pressure ridge is expected to build overhead Central Missouri next week leading to dryer and well above average temperatures. On average, Columbia typically sees 10 days a year where the heat index surpasses 100 degrees. Columbia Missouri is ranked as the fourth
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