COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One-third of all people living in Boone County hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began were admitted in October, according to a county health official. The analysis from the Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services shows that 53 of the 153 county residents that went to the hospital with COVID-19
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a woman is seriously injured Friday at 11:15 a.m. at Alum Springs Road north of Kickapoo road. According to the department’s crash report, the driver of a 1995 Dodge Intreprid failed to curve causing the vehicle to go off the road. According to the release,
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October’s Wild Ride! It’s typical for fall to bring lots of up and down temperature swings. October 2020 was no expection for mid-Missouri. Temperatures as a whole were pretty cool on average. Even with tomorrow’s trend towards warmer weather to close out the month, we’ll likely see temperatures run about 1.6º below normal. Precipitation continues
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A power outage affected traffic lights in Columbia during the evening rush Friday, according to a public alert from emergency dispatchers.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) The Rock Bridge softball team beat Lee’s Summit North, 1-0, on Friday to capture its first ever state championship. It’s also the first time a Columbia high school has ever won a state softball title. The Bruins finished the season a perfect 29-0. Rock Bridge pitcher Ella Schouten pitched a complete game
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Breezy and warm with south wind gusts between 20-30 mph. Mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid-60s. EXTENDED: After a warm and windy Halloween, a cold front slides through Mid-Missouri Saturday night, bringing a wind shift and much
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SCORES CAMDENTON (43) AT JEFFERSON CITY (36) FFULTON (42) AT MEXICO (59) FHERMANN (44) AT MMA (14) FBOONVILLE (34) AT CALIFORNIA (21) FRUSSELLVILLE (18) AT TIPTON (56) FTOLTON (6) AT PARIS (24) FCAPITAL CITY (7) AT ROLLA (35) FSMITH-COTTON (0) AT RAYTOWN (36) FHICKMAN (7) AT LIBERTY NORTH (49) FROCK BRIDGE (31) AT TROY BUCHANAN
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With Halloween a day away, downtown Columbia bars and restaurants are preparing for large crowds.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Health department directors from across Missouri are walking away from their jobs after many of them were threatened and harassed over the actions they’ve taken to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that at least a dozen county health department directors have vacated their jobs since March.
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Cole County’s election authority is considering expanding into next week a service that allows quarantined voters to cast ballots.
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Incumbent Republican Boone County commissioner looks to keep his party’s seat.
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Democratic newcomer looks to take Boone County Commission seat back for his party.
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The New Franklin School District will move all classes online for two weeks with more than 80 students in quarantine because of coronavirus exposure.
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Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FRIDAY: After a frosty start, plenty of sunshine will help us close out the week in style. Temperatures will make it back into the upper 50’s-easily the warmest they’ve been all week. TONIGHT: Those mostly clear skies stay overhead, but with winds staying out of a southerly direction, won’t be as cold. Overnight lows will
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UPDATE 3:08 P.M.: Local law enforcement has identified 66-year-old Steven Klein and 59-year-old Russell Bain, both of Sedalia, as the bodies that were found Thursday morning. The Rural Missouri Major Case Squad was brought in to help investigate the two deaths after the men’s bodies were found Thursday on the 1700 block of S. Harrison
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Here are the local scores from Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL Troy Buchanan (0) Rock Bridge (3) FINAL Helias (3) Jefferson City (0) FINAL Eldon (3) Osage (0) FINAL HS DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER Fulton (9) Canton (1) FINAL Ozark (1) Smith-Cotton (4) FINAL
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff’s deputies will be checking in on registered sex offenders to make sure they are complying with Halloween restrictions. Cole County deputies will make contact with registered offenders to personally verify required information. Offenders that are not home are investigated further to verify their residency by checking mail delivery,
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Ameren Missouri announced plans to build the company’s largest solar facility in Montgomery County. Officials say the project will have thousands of solar panels installed near New Florence, Missouri at the six-megawatt solar facility. The company reports they are meeting demand from almost 2,000 new customer subscriptions to Ameren Missouri’s Community
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Ameren Missouri natural gas customers will see rates going up under a filing that will take effect Sunday. Customers in mid-Missouri will see a rate increase of $.03 per Ccf (per hundred cubic feet) of natural gas. According to the release, Ameren reports up to 55% of its customers’ current natural
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