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TONIGHT AT 10: Melanie Camden, a Columbia resident and a schoolteacher at a "high-risk" middle school, says it's been a scary week after she was nearly caught in the crossfire during a shots fired incident at Rice Road Monday night. @KOMUnews
After she heard nearly 100 rounds of gunfire, Camden said she went outside to see what happened and saw five young men, wearing dark sweatpants, sweatshirts and ski masks, get out of a car, which she said was parked in front of her house. @KOMUnews
Also tonight, the pretrial of a Columbia man accusers of killing a Columbia woman by pushing her over a Highway 63 overpass was postponed. @KOMUnews
That’s because he was not transferred to the Boone County Jail in time.@KOMUnews
The Columbia City Council will consider to approve a remodel to the Columbia Regional Airport’s former automated flight service station. @KOMUnews
Right now, you can see the building sits vacant. Papers and insulation is scattered on the floor. @KOMUnews
NEW: The Holts Summit Police Department received a nearly $100k federal grant to combat violence against women. @KOMUnews
In addition to getting the money, the department promoted an officer, Joshua Anderson, who is now a detective, to serve as a domestic violence investigator. @KOMUnews
NOW: At least 300 protesters are marching throughout MU’s campus in opposition to the Israel-Hamas War. @KOMUnews
The march continued onto the Quad, near the steps of Jesse Hall. You can see and hear just how many people are making their voices heard.@KOMUnews
Our First Alert Weather Team is tracking damaging winds, with gusts reaching up to 64 miles per hour.@KOMUnews
Some lawmakers stepped out of their offices this afternoon for a first-of-its-kind ceremony, honoring veterans who served during the WWII Battle of Exercise Tiger in April 1944. @KOMUnews
Nearing its 80th anniversary on April 28, this is the nation’s first-ever
official ceremony to take place at and inside a State Capitol to honor the battle. Over 749 soldiers and sailors were killed. 201 of them were from Missouri’s 3206th Quartermaster Service Co. @KOMUnews
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The Boone County Commission is holding a public hearing regarding Proposition 1, a property tax freeze for seniors. @komunews
Voters overwhelmingly approved this proposition, which exempts senior citizens from certain increases in the property tax liability due on such senior citizens’ primary residences, according to the April 2 election ballot question. @komunews
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Also in court, the trial of the suspect in a shooting during MU’s homecoming weekend back in 2022 has been delayed.@KOMUnews
Donye Jackson, 21, of Columbia, appeared next to his attorney, Kevin O’Brien, for a pre-trial conference. His trial was supposed to start April 23.@KOMUnews
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UPDATE: The first suspect to plead guilty in the 2023 deadly shooting at Plush Lounge on Business Loop 70 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. @KOMUnews
Samuel Moss Jr. appeared virtually from the Boone County Jail today for an arraignment. He entered a guilty plea to one count of unlawful use of a weapon. He was immediately sentenced to 15 years for that charge and five years for a gun charge in a separate incident. @KOMUnews
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TONIGHT AT 10: Gov. Mike Parson approved $5 million of equipment grants for first responders this week. @KOMUnews
Emergency response providers like the Hermann Area Ambulance District, which received about $110,000 in grants, are already making plans on how they’ll spend their cut. @KOMUnews
HAPPENING NOW: Students, staff and families from the Hallsville School District are preparing for the total solar eclipse. @KOMUnews
While the anticipation soars, the Hallsville High School Biology Club has set up educational stations, some eclipse-themed, around the district’s primary school parking lot. @KOMUnews
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TODAY: In the first week since campus reopened after spring break, University of Missouri students gathered to honor the life of late MU student Riley Strain. @KOMUnews
Strain’s fraternity, Missouri Delta Chi, held a candlelight vigil on Traditions Plaza in honor of Strain. @KOMUnews
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Also tonight, it’s been more than five weeks since Change Healthcare said it fell victim to a cyberattack. Now, officials are trying to get caught up in a key meeting set for this week.@KOMUnews
The breach has impacted more than 6,000 hospitals and 1 million physicians who work with Change Healthcare. Some medical groups said they couldn't bill insurance claims the way they normally do. @KOMUnews
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TONIGHT AT 6: Severe weather can happen anywhere, and it could bring headache-inducing damage to your property. The KOMU 8 First Alert Weather team is in Storm Mode 3 today, with potentially severe thunderstorms in the system. @KOMUnews
These storms could bring significant weather threats, like large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flash flooding, according to KOMU 8's First Alert Weather Storm Mode index. This is a photo a KOMU 8 viewer submitted during a mid-March hail storm. @KOMUnews
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PERSONAL NEWS: I'm back with @NBCUniversal! I will intern with @NBCNews' Specials Unit this summer in New York City. I’m very excited for this next step of my journey. #NBCUHereYouCan #summerinternship2024
A support group that creates a safe space for female veterans is looking for answers after a fellow veteran died last week. @KOMUnews
UPDATE: The Metro Nashville Police Department's Urban Search and Rescue is looking along the banks of the Cumberland River today for 22-year-old Riley Strain, who went missing last Friday while on a fraternity trip in Nashville.@KOMUnews
Sergeant Robert Nielsen with the department's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit is providing an update on the search efforts, which have entered their sixth day. @KOMUnews
NEW: A student at the University of Missouri went missing over the weekend while on a trip to Nashville. The Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed to me that they are investigating this case. @KOMUnews
MNPD said 22-year-old Riley Strain, a senior at MU from Springfield, MO, was last seen Friday night at a bar on Broadway in the lower section of downtown Nashville. @KOMUnews
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