Thursday Morning Update Storms have developed to our west early Thursday morning and will enter northern/central Mid-MO by midmorning from 8-10 AM. Early storms are expected to remain borderline severe with a greater risk by the afternoon. The ABC Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of severe storms on
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The last time Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel addressed his parishioners he was standing at the front of a church delivering an Assyrian bible reading that was dramatically cut short by the dark shadow of an alleged assailant armed with a knife. From hospital on Thursday, after a
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles Police Department officer will not face criminal charges in the 2021 fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl killed inside a department store when police fired at a man suspected of attacking a woman, California prosecutors said Wednesday. Valentina Orellana-Peralta and her mother were
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 26 saves in regulation and overtime before stopping all three attempts in the shootout as the Central Division champion Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 in their regular-season finale. When they earned one point by getting to overtime, the Stars clinched
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement agencies in at least four states have reported 911 service interruptions Wednesday evening, and service was later restored in some areas. Authorities in South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska and Nevada announced outages in multiple cities, but details about what was causing the outages weren’t immediately available. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety said it “is aware
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been arrested for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb that damaged The Satanic Temple headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts, where investigators found a letter addressed, “Dear Satanist” at the scene last week, prosecutors announced. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Oklahoma, was arrested Wednesday morning
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow, Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A mistrial has been declared more than two years after a former California school safety officer was charged with murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation, after the jury failed to reach a verdict, officials
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami. Mount Ruang, a 725-meter (2,400-foot) volcano on Ruang Island, North Sulawesi, has erupted at least five times since Tuesday night,
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 54-year-old man was seriously injured after a truck rear-ended his motorcycle on Interstate 44 in Phelps County, about three miles west of Doolittle, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as Patrick Rippy, of Owensburg, Indiana, was driving in the westbound lane and began to
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) A small plane made an emergency landing just east of Renick, Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon, according to Randolph County Sheriff Aaron Wilson. Wilson told ABC 17 News in a text message that the pilot was not hurt and that deputies took the pilot to a hotel in Columbia. Wilson said the plane
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, his attorney says, and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document supporting an alibi
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mother of the teenager killed April 11 on Premier Lane is grieving her loss. The Columbia Police Department says they are still looking for two juvenile suspects wanted in the fatal shooting of Derek Silvey, 18. Police say they are a threat to the public. Michele Allison wants people to cherish the time
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A surveillance video showing a jailer wrapping a chain around the neck of an inmate whose attorneys say was briefly choked is part of a civil rights lawsuit filed against three correctional officers this week in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia. Attorneys for plaintiff Tremar Harris provided CNN with the video
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education on Wednesday approved a new elementary school attendance area change during a special session. The board approved an option that would move 59 students to Russell Boulevard from Fairview Elementary, feeding Fairview Elementary into two schools, instead of three. The measure passed 5-1, with Boardmember April Ferrao
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning at the Boone County Public Safety Campus for the new law enforcement regional training center. According to previous reporting, it will also include a 24/7 daycare service for the children of first responders. Construction of the training center is expected to be completed
Continue ReadingBy Ana Melgar, CNN (CNN) — A preliminary report from Chile’s aviation authority on the LATAM Airlines plane that plunged mid-air on March 11 says that the captain’s seat experienced an “involuntary movement forward” midflight. LATAM Flight 800 was flying from Australia to New Zealand when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner descended 400 feet, and the
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to swim in Earth’s oceans. Scientists consider the blue whale, which grows up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long,
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The National Transportation Safety Board says investigators believe a small plane that crash near Hartsburg on Tuesday flew into trees before hitting the ground.
Continue ReadingBy Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is drying up due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water. Lake Patzcuaro in the western state of Michoacán has lost more than half its volume since authorities
Continue ReadingCNN By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is drying up due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water. Lake Patzcuaro in the western state of Michoacán has lost more than half its volume since
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