By Teele Rebane, Heather Chen and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A dramatic operation to save the lives of more than 100 pilot whales ended in partial success on Thursday after wildlife officials managed to return most of the stranded animals to sea. Rescue teams rushed to the beach located in the coastal town of Dunsborough,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University Board of Curators are set to meet Thursday morning to discuss the renovation budget of Dawson Hall along with tuition and fee increases. This is also the first meeting for Lincoln University President John Mosley after the independent investigation of Bonnie Candia-Bailey’s death by suicide. Independent investigators could find
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a highly anticipated suite of rules to cut hazardous, planet-warming pollution generated by power plants in one of its most significant environment and climate actions to-date. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules will compel coal and new natural gas power plants to
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While some places have been drenched, others have hardly gotten any rain at all.
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight, Richard Roth and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations resolution that proposed a ban on the use of nuclear weapons in outer space amid US intelligence-backed concerns that Moscow is trying to develop a nuclear device capable of destroying satellites. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia described the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Citizens Police Review Board discussed Columbia Police Department’s policy regarding body-worn cameras Wednesday night. During the work session at Columbia City Hall, the board and community members discussed Policy 447 and potential changes to it. Board member Stephanie Yoakum said the board targeted three specific areas to the policy: retention, access
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HALLSVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Hallsville Board of Education unanimously approved the purchase of additional security cameras on Wednesday. The Hallsville School District will be purchasing 47 additional cameras from Tech Electronics, which brings the total in the district to around 170. The total cost of the equipment and installation is $49,985. The purchase will be
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SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lincoln, Missouri, man suffered serious injuries Wednesday after crashing — and subsequently causing a series of crashes — with a row of vehicles that were stopped at a stoplight on northbound Highway 65, just south of Rebar Road, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. Dustin Renfro, 28, of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alec Marsh and four relievers combined for a six-hitter as the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Wednesday night. Maikel Garcia and Salvador Perez each had two hits and an RBI for Kansas City, which bounced back from a loss in the
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with the killings of two Kansas women who were found buried in a cattle pasture in rural Oklahoma earlier this month – a crime prosecutors say was motivated by a bitter custody battle. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals right-hander Alec Marsh was hit on his throwing arm by a line drive, forcing him to leave in the fifth inning against Toronto on Wednesday night. After Marsh (3-0) pitched four scoreless innings, Addison Barger hit a 91-mph fastball back up the middle leading off the fifth.
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CNN By Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Arizona has handed up an indictment against former President Donald Trump’s allies over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, including the fake electors from that state and several individuals connected to his campaign. Boris Epshteyn, a former White House aide
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Law School has reinstated its Child and Family Justice Clinic to provide free legal assistance to people involved in domestic relation cases in Boone County. The Clinic represents low-income residents living in Boone County who cannot afford a private attorney. It focuses on domestic violence cases, but also
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. But as scrutiny over
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day from Friday through Sunday as we can expect multiple rounds of strong to potentially severe storms through the end of the weekend. Setup: We’ll be tracking two low pressure systems to impact the region over the next few days, bringing rounds of storms.
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As budget negotiations continue at the Missouri State Capitol, lawmakers have multiple proposals on how to give teachers across the state a raise.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Wednesday approved the contract of new athletic director Laird Veatch. Veatch was announced as the new athletic director on Tuesday. Veatch signed the contract on Monday. UM System President Mun Choi signed the curators’ side of the contract on Tuesday. According to the contract,
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The family of Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old Black man who was killed in a hail of bullets fired by police during a traffic stop in Chicago last month, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and five police officers on Wednesday. The
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Wednesday that he was cancelling his public duties until next week to “reflect” on whether to continue leading the government, just hours after a Spanish court said it had opened a probe against his wife. In the surprise move, Sanchez said on
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 33-year-old Texas man was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge in the February 2022 killing of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez – nearly two years after another grand jury had declined to indict him in connection with the child’s fatal shooting. Tony Earls Jr. was released after
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