COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UM System President Mun Choi said he expects to make some “unpopular” decisions in the coming year due to COVID-19’s impact on the school. Choi made the comment during the Mu Faculty Council meeting on Wednesday alongside MU Provost Lantha Ramchand and Vice Chancellor Rhonda Gibler. Choi said he expected state leaders
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Labor says more than 400,000 initial unemployment claims were filed between March 15 and April 18. The department’s director, Anna Hui, reported the historic numbers during the governor’s daily briefing on Wednesday. The state would typically process 2,300 to 3,000 initial claims per week this time of
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) As states across the nation begin their first phases of reopening business, many americans are eager to get back to the gym. Dr. Randall Williams, the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued an order on April 27 allowing gyms to reopen on Monday. Gyms across Missouri are
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On Monday, the National Hurricane Center released a report detailing Hurricane Dorian’s path and destruction that it left behind. The hardest hit region was the Bahamas. The report confirmed that this was the strongest storm the Islands had ever seen in recorded history. The report outlines the nearly $3.5 billion dollars in damage the area
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Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Tuesday with four felonies after another man was shot at a Boone County trailer park.
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Landlords in Columbia are having to deal with obstacles while trying to show and lease their properties.
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TONIGHT: Clouds decrease gradually, breezy. Lows in the mid-40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny, breezy with northwest winds gusting up to 25 mph. Highs in the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: Sunshine continues through Friday with temperatures warming into the mid-70s for highs. The warmth continues to start the weekend with highs in the low 80s
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The Columbia Police Department announced Wednesday it will work with local and state partners to build a levee at the Lamine River to help in the search for a missing woman.
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COVID-19 threatened to disrupt meat supply across the country as many meat companies closed, but many sources have said that the current meat supply remains in good standings.
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Gov. Mike Parson and state leaders are expected to go over more information on how the state will reopen during a COVID-19 briefing at 3 p.m.
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The Cole County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help finding a man who went missing this week.
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THIS AFTERNOON: Spotty sprinkles and breezy conditions are likely through this evening. It will be chilly with temperatures holding in to low 50s. TONIGHT: Those winds back off and rain chances leave us with the clouds cover beginning to pack up overnight. Lows fall into the middle 40’s. EXTENDED: After a cool start to the day Thursday,
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Check back for updates and developments related to COVID-19 in Mid-Missouri.
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One of seven people charged with murder in what investigators said was a drug deal turned bad pleaded guilty to a drug charge Monday.
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The Columbia Police Department said Wednesday that officers are looking for a person tied to a weekend burglary.
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Another person has been arrested in connection with a January shooting that happened on the Business Loop.
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A Columbia man pleaded guilty to murder Monday in a January 2019 killing.
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Boone County prosecutors charged a man on Tuesday with trespassing at the University of Missouri and allegedly breaking into a campus building.
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A look from some of our viewers at the storms that rolled in yesterday.
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WEDNESDAY: Showers are rotating around behind our system from yesterday. These will keep doing so through the day, before pulling east this evening. With clouds and rain chances around all day, temperatures will struggle to warm much from this morning. Highs look to reach the middle 50’s, but will be accompanied by a northwest wind
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