Month: April 2020
COVID-19 leading local businesses to close permanently
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The effects of COVID-19 have forced multiple businesses around Columbia to close for good. Yin Yang Night Club and Bambino’s Italian Café are two of the first to shut their doors following Gov. Mike Parson’s ‘Stay Home Missouri’ order. Veronika Versace, a Yin Yang Nightclub show director says the virus was the
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Addiction experts worry about long-term impacts during recovery as alcohol sales spike
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As stay-at-home orders and self-isolation continue to keep people cooped up, experts say some are turning to alcohol to cope with the stress and anxiety related to COVID-19. Data shows alcoholic beverage sales went up by 55 percent in late March, compared to sales in 2019. According to the data from Neilson,
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Deputies arrest man suspected of child molestation
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Columbia man Thursday in connection with a child abuse investigation. According to a news release, deputies arrested Scott Darby, 42, on suspicion of three counts of child molestation. Deputies said the investigation began after the Missouri Children’s Division received separate allegations from the Abuse
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National Weather Service provides spring river flooding update
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Tracking heavy rain and storms through Saturday
TONIGHT: Scattered showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread overnight. 1-2″ of rain is possible, along with small hail in some of the early storms. Lows around 50. SATURDAY: Rain early, mostly cloudy during the day with highs in the upper 50s to around 60. EXTENDED: This system is slow to move out on Saturday, leaving
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Parson previews new guidelines for opening Missouri business
Gov. Mike Parson and state leaders are scheduled to hold a daily COVID-19 briefing at 3 p.m. Friday.
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Two residents of Moniteau County retirement community test positive for COVID-19
A California retirement community has quarantined its 24 residents after two tested positive this week for COVID-19.
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More rain arrives this evening
THIS AFTERNOON: Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms build across mid-Missouri into this afternoon. Best rain chances will fall closer towards sunset. TONIGHT: Rain will increase, especially afternoon midnight. Temperatures fall into the 50s. EXTENDED: Rain will stick around into the first part of Saturday before breezy conditions take over. Highs will be stuck near 60 with
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Boone County approves local match for grant to bring technical school to Ashland
The Boone County Commission on Thursday approved a $100,000 local match for a grant that would help bring a technical college campus to Ashland.
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Sheriff’s department: Man claiming COVID-19 exposure spits on deputy
Boone County deputies arrested a Colorado man on Thursday afternoon after he alleged he had been exposed to COVID-19 and spat on a deputy.
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New Boone County stay-at-home order takes effect
Boone County is now under a new stay-at-home order that relaxes restrictions on businesses deemed non-essential.
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Tracking more rain into Friday
FRIDAY: Showers will slide back in this morning, but look to be isolated to scattered in coverage initially. By the late morning and early afternoon, that coverage looks to pick up along with the rain itself. Rain will periodically be moderate to heavy at times with chances sticking around throughout the day. Highs reach into
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FRIDAY UPDATES: No new COVID-19 cases reported in Boone County
Check back throughout the day for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NFL Draft recap: Day one
The Kansas City Chiefs drafted the first running back of the 2020 NFL Draft by taking Clyde Edwards-Helaire. Edwards-Helair rushed for 1,414 yards and 16 touchdowns as he and LSU won a national title. The Chiefs have four more picks in the NFL Draft with one in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds. No
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DEFENDERS: Text tricks people into COVID-19 scams
The Missouri Attorney General is warning Missourians to keep an eye out for scammers trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue Reading Governor Parson expected to release guidance Friday on how state will reopen
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The governor is expected to release more information about what reopening the state will look like on Friday. The “Stay Home Missouri” order is set to lift on May 4th. Parson said another order with guidance on how businesses will resume will likely take it’s place. He mentioned it may be
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First responders recognize health care workers in Cole County
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. First responders gathered outside Jefferson City hospitals to recognize health care workers Thursday night. Members from the Jefferson City police and fire departments as well as Cole County EMS paid tribute to workers at SSM Health St. Mary’s and Capitol Region by cheering, honking and flashing their car lights. The tribute lasted
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Rural Mid-Missouri communities increase COVID-19 testing
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A COVID-19 testing laboratory in Columbia says it is seeing rural communities across Missouri increase COVID-19 testing. “That landscape is shifting a lot,” said Tim McCarty, the Marketing Director of GeneTrait Laboratories. “It could be access to testing materials, it could be the community is identifying these first couple of cases, and
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