Southern Boone analyzes traffic congestion around school buildings
The Southern Boone School District analyzed traffic congestion data with help from the Ashland Police Department on Tuesday.
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Rapid testing could bring kids back into the classroom
President Donald Trump announced a plan to make rapid COVID-19 available for students and teachers but it’s unclear if the plan will have any effect for CPS.
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Two more Columbia bars asked to submit new operational plans
Unlike other businesses that have violated the COVID-19 health order Shot Bar and Silverball did not have operating permits suspended.
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1,200 Pettis County absentee ballots lost in the mail
The Pettis County Clerk announced Wednesday morning about 1,200 absentee ballots were lost in the mail recently.
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November election: Voters to select members of Congress, state legislators
Find out what’s at stake in Congress and the Missouri General Assembly.
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Amendment 1 would add term limits to more statewide offices
Amendment 1 would add term limits to the offices of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor and attorney general.
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2 injured when train hits semi
The crash report said the semi was stopped on the railroad tracks.
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Rapid COVID-19 tests coming to Missouri
Health department director Dr. Randall Williams said tests have already been sent to Missouri nursing homes and historically black colleges and universities, but more are headed to the state level.
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Community flu vaccination events begin in Boone County
Wednesday is the first of seven community vaccination events being held by the Columbia/Boone County Health Department.
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Tracking a break from the cool weather
WEDNESDAY: Winds out of the southwest have helped out overnight, getting us off to a warmer start. Temperatures will carry on that trend and get into the middle 70’s before a front enters the picture. Despite a cold front moving in, clouds don’t look to be much of an issue. Winds will be, however, with
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WATCH: Centralia R-VI superintendent talks positive cases, modified homecoming week plans
Watch three live interviews during the 6 a.m. hour with Centralia’s superintendent.
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Man arrested after Callaway County chase ends in Boone County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A chase that began in Callaway County Monday night ends in an arrest in Boone County. According to court documents, Callaway County Joint Communications Center advised Columbia Police of a stolen Boone County vehicle. Law enforcement reports the chase started around mile marker 132 and ended after mile marker 153.8 on Interstate
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Family friend accused of sexual assault in July 2020
COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County Sheriff’s office probable cause statment reports a woman allegedly was sexual assaulted in July 2020 by a family friend. According to court documents, the victim told deputies she was asleep in her vehicle but woke up to find Michael Paddock assaulting her in the driver seat. The victim
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Man arrested for burglary Monday afternoon after victim witnesses thefts
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested Lawrence Johnson for burglary and resisting arrest Monday afternoon. According to court documents, the victim returned home to an apartment on the 1600 block of University Ave and witnessed a man exiting his apartment with the victim’s belongings. The victim told police he witnessed Johnson run. Police then found
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Cole County probable court statement: 2 arrested in Jefferson City after armed robbery, one at large
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement out of Cole County alleges three people of an armed robbery on Monday in Jefferson City. According to court documents, three people robbed the victim on the 100 block of E. Franklin. In the documents, Michael Scaife, Amanda Sims and Daimian Smith were riding in a vehicle
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Missouri Supreme Court rules against Columbia man in arson case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man acquitted of paying someone to set a home on fire will not get a new trial in a lawsuit connected to the incident. The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled against a request today from lawyers for Mehrdad Fotoohighiam. A jury in Boone County found him not guilty last
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Fulton woman sentenced to four years after leaving scene of the crime
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman who left the scene of a crime on U.S. Highway 54 in May 2020 was sentenced to four years in prison today. Ronnie Lloyd was the passenger of a vehicle that hit and injured a Fulton police officer. Lloyd admitted to leaving the scene and burglary. The judge set
Continue Reading Hospitalizations up 186% in outstate Missouri since June
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus has nearly tripled in areas outside of Missouri’s two largest metropolitan areas since the state reopened for business in mid-June. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ COVID-19 dashboard shows that the state’s northwest, southeast, southwest and central regions all reached record
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9 charged after McCloskey confrontation won’t be prosecuted
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis officials will not prosecute nine people who were charged with trespassing after a confrontation with a gun-wielding couple during a demonstration. The nine people were part of a group that entered a private and gated St. Louis neighborhood during a racial injustice protest in June. Mark and Patricia McCloskey
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Camden County Sheriff’s Department report two taken into custody after traffic stop
CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Sunday, deputies with the Camden County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle in the area of North State Highway 5 and Standing Rock Road. Ryan Holloway. Photo courtesy Camden County Sheriff’s Department Officials say that as the vehicle came to a stop, 22-year-old Ryan M Holloway, of Camdenton, ran from the
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