COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will hold an “interested parties” meeting next week on the potential remodel of the first floor of city hall. The post on the city’s BeHeard website says the meeting will be held 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19 in the Daniel Boone Lobby at City Hall. Public comments will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No injuries were reported after a duplex caught fire Thursday in Moberly in the 1200 block of Shepherds Drive, according to a social media post from the Moberly Fire Department. The fire was reported at 4:13 p.m. and firefighters responded within three minutes and found smoke and flames coming from the building,
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — A man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for stealing a signed print of Banksy’s “Girl with Balloon” artwork in a smash-and-grab theft from a London gallery. Larry Fraser, 49, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday for stealing the 2004 print
Continue ReadingBy Sana Noor Haq, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested in Wales on suspicion of imitating a highly distinguished navy officer at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony has been charged. Jonathan Carley, from the Harlech area of Gwynedd in northern Wales, has been charged with wearing uniform or dress bearing the mark of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty to murdering his mother’s roommate in October 2022 on Friday. Adam Conner, 40, appeared by video and changed his plea of not guilty to a plea of guilty before a Boone County judge. Conner was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He pleaded guilty to second-degree
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger must pay for the urns of two of the University of Idaho students he killed, an Idaho state judge ruled. Thursday’s ruling comes after prosecutors asked the judge at a hearing last month to require the convicted killer to pay about $3,000 to reimburse the families
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Buckingham Palace has marked King Charles III’s 77th birthday Friday with the release of a new photo of the monarch. The image, taken in May by photographer Millie Pilkington, shows Charles in the gardens of Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, with the sprawling stately home behind him. Other photos, seemingly
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Social Services has started working to get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients their benefits after the president signed legislation ending the federal government shutdown. The department said in a news release Thursday that it was working to deliver SNAP benefits to Missourians “as quickly as possible.” “With
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CNN By Tareq Alhelou, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Gaza City (CNN) — Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out. Officials in Gaza have received
Continue Reading By Tareq Alhelou, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Zeena Saifi, Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Gaza City (CNN) — Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out. Officials in Gaza have received “hundreds
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN Wall Street is hoping to recover today from its worst showing in a month. On Thursday, the Dow fell nearly 800 points while the Nasdaq dropped more than 500 points, raising concerns about market volatility. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Muleskinners and city leaders will hold a discussion panel Friday afternoon on Columbia’s proposed pedestrian safety ordinance. The panel hosted by the Muleskinners will be on Zoom from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. The panel will be attended by Ward Two Councilwoman Vera Elwood, Civil Rights Attorney Dan Viets and
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KGO, LANEY ATHLETICS, CNN By Laura Sharman, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — John Beam, a cherished football coach whose mentorship and care touched the lives of thousands of people, has died after being shot Thursday on an Oakland college campus — a devastating loss for a California community still reeling from another act of school
Continue Reading By Laura Sharman, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — John Beam, a cherished football coach whose mentorship and care touched the lives of thousands of people, has died after being shot Thursday on an Oakland college campus — a devastating loss for a California community still reeling from another act of school gun violence just days
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The day of the penny is over. The final American 1-cent piece was minted Wednesday in Philadelphia. You can still spend pennies, but no new ones will be made, leading eventually to their complete demise (except for in collectors’ hoards). The humble penny has long been maligned, but it has its fans. Are you one
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — People flying home for Thanksgiving this month have their list of things to be thankful for: the turkey, football, time with family. This year, they can also add H.R. 5371 to the list. That’s the funding bill President Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday to reopen the government,
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CNN, POOL, NGA.GOV, CBS By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — People flying home for Thanksgiving this month have their list of things to be thankful for: the turkey, football, time with family. This year, they can also add H.R. 5371 to the list. That’s the funding bill President Donald Trump signed into law on Wednesday
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — In the latest judicial blow to President Donald Trump’s push to detain and deport undocumented immigrants en masse, a judge ruled Wednesday hundreds of people arrested in an Illinois immigration operation must be released. The detained people must be granted bond by the end of next week, the judge
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By Sophie Tanno, Lex Harvey and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine struck a key oil terminal in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, causing infrastructure damage and igniting a blaze, as deadly overnight Russian strikes pounded Kyiv. The depot, one of Russia’s largest oil export facilities, was targeted by Ukrainian forces in an
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 12-year-old boy was found in a storm sewer on Thursday evening along West Broadway in Columbia near the library. First responders initially shut down the road near Parkway Drive and McBaine Avenue around 5 p.m. to look for a 12-year-old boy. A Columbia Fire Department spokeswoman wrote that firefighters were called
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