The Columbia City Council is set to vote on a $21,000 contract with TMT Consulting on Monday to provide six trauma informed and community mental health trainings across the city.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday was the first day of the annual University of Missouri homecoming blood drive, the largest student-run blood drive in the nation. The drive will run daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day through Thursday at the MU Rec Center. Organizers hope for 5,000 units of blood to be donated.
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By Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Borisovsky Military Training area, Belarus (CNN) — As US’s NATO allies in Europe are feeling the pressure from Moscow, putting them on edge in an already-febrile atmosphere with Russian drones entering Poland’s airspace, Russia and its main ally Belarus are conducting massive military drills right on the alliance’s doorstep. The exercises,
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! People are assigning themselves homework to combat brain rot and improve their attention spans. There are no grades and no hard deadlines, just the satisfaction that comes with enriching your mind. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! People are assigning themselves homework to combat brain rot and improve their attention spans. There are no grades and no hard deadlines, just the satisfaction that comes with enriching your mind. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A septuagenarian was charged Monday in Boone County with third-degree child molestation. Charles Cook Jr., 70, of Huntsdale, is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $50,000 bond. A hearing was held on Monday afternoon. The probable cause statement says Cook grabbed a youth on Saturday evening. The act was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 77-year-old man from Morgan County has been charged with three felonies after he allegedly shared child pornography on Facebook. Alfred Maxon, of Stover, was charged on Friday with child enticement, first-degree promoting child pornography and child porn possession. A warrant was issued on Friday, but Maxon was not listed on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County man was charged with a felony on Saturday after he was accused of making a threat against the county’s prosecutor in a Facebook post about Charlie Kirk. Mark Ream was charged with tampering with a judicial officer. A warrant was served on Monday and a $150,000 bond was set.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison Monday in connection with a deadly shooting in May 2024. Cordero Riley Jr., 18, admitted to unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree assault in a plea deal with prosecutors in July that took a second-degree murder charge off the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police say they arrested a Columbia man early Monday in a domestic stabbing. Lawrence Johnson, 60, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, assaulting a police officer and felony resisting arrest, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. Information related to his case
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By Tim Lister, Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — Poland’s foreign minister has suggested that NATO states should consider imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine to protect the alliance’s territory and people from Russian drones. Radoslaw Sikorski’s remarks follow an intrusion last week by Russian drones into Polish airspace. NATO fighter jets and air defenses shot
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 67-year-old Roach man was seriously hurt after an ATV crash in Camden County Sunday afternoon, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to the report, the man was driving a 2005 Yamaha Kodiak west in the 400 block of Ski Valley Drive at 3:20 p.m.,
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Three octogenarian nuns have defied their diocese, run away from their nursing home and returned to their former convent in Salzburg, Austria, which they are now occupying. On September 4, Sister Regina, 86, Sister Rita, 81, and Sister Bernadette, 88, returned to Schloss Goldenstein, the Alpine convent and girls’
Continue ReadingBy Tal Shalev, Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — The former chief of the Israeli military said more than 1 in 10 Palestinians in the enclave have been killed or injured since the war began nearly two years ago. Speaking at the community of Ein HaBesor in southern Israel last week, former Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — At Sunday morning church services around the country, conservative religious leaders found the same word to describe Charlie Kirk, the podcaster and political activist killed on Wednesday: martyr. “Today, we celebrate the life of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old God-fearing Christian man, a husband, father of two, a patriot, a
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By Hanna Park, Adam Cancryn, Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s taking executive action to establish a “Memphis Safe Task Force” aimed at leading a crime crackdown, leaving the Tennessee city bracing for the arrival of the National Guard as his administration intensifies its efforts to crack down on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink is back online after experiencing a brief service outage overnight. The cause remains unclear, but it appears to have affected tens of thousands of users — including the Ukrainian military on the frontlines. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed
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The Republican-dominated Missouri General Assembly achieved exactly what they’d hoped to in last week’s special session. The supermajority passed both a new congressional map and initiative petition reform despite Democratic opposition in each chamber. Senate Republicans even cut off debate early, using their majority to prevent any long filibustering of special session legislation. The new
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Central Missouri Honor Flight (CMHF) is preparing for its final flight Monday, marking the end of a 16-year tradition of taking Mid-Missouri veterans to Washington, D.C. The organization was founded by Mary Paulsell, her brother Steve and his wife Sharon, along with Sarah Hill, Barbara Brueggeman, and Scott Schaefer. “Central Missouri honor
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — History-making wins, exciting ovations, freshman winners and more. The 2025 Emmys, like television itself, had a little something for everyone. Read below for some of the highlights from TV’s biggest night. ‘The Studio’s’ record-breaking night Sorry, “The Bear.” There’s a new comedy hit in town. Apple TV+’s “The Studio”
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