PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a 17-year-old was seriously injured after a wreck on Route H just before 3 p.m. Friday. According to the crash report, the juvenile was driving a 2010 GMC 2500 when the vehicle traveled off the side of the road then the vehicle became airborne hitting
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The US has more than 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine ready to be administered now that federal health agencies have signed off on resuming use of the one-shot vaccine, CNN has learned. President Joe Biden’s coronavirus adviser Jeff Zients told CNN earlier Friday that more than 9 million doses had already
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Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday downplayed the urgency of vaccinating all Americans against Covid-19, putting the controversial Wisconsin Republican at odds with public health guidance aimed at easing the ongoing pandemic. “The science tells us that vaccines are 95% effective. So if you have a vaccine, quite honestly, what do you care if your neighbor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A prescription drug take-back event is being hosted by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Youth Community Coalition and law enforcement agencies throughout Boone County including Ashland, Columbia, Centralia, Hallsville, University of Missouri, and VA Hospital Police Departments at multiple locations on Saturday. This effort is undertaken to provide
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As the entire Defense Department becomes eligible for coronavirus vaccines, the military is seeing a surplus of doses in some places, while the rate at which available doses are used steadily declines. Meanwhile, the acceptance rate for the Covid-19 vaccine has “plateaued” at some bases and dropped precipitously in others. At the beginning of the
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The police department in Ohio’s largest city is under national scrutiny after an officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant — the second deadly shooting by a city police officer in the last four months. But unlike other high-profile incidents across the country, officials in Columbus released clips of both shootings within a day and, in
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Indonesian search teams believe they have identified an area where a missing naval submarine with 53 people on board could be located, as authorities warn oxygen on the vessel will run out within hours. The area of interest is about 40 kilometers (approximately 25 miles) north of Bali, where oil had been spotted on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Volunteers and City of Columbia staff will pick up litter along Highway 63 and Interstate 70 on Sunday from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m as part of the 25th annual Cleanup Columbia. The group will focus on the area south of I-70 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 63. Cleanup Columbia is a
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team took down Georgia, 6-4, in the series opener on Friday evening. The win snapped a six-game losing skid for Steve Bieser’s group. Pitching had been the struggle for the Tigers throughout the season, however, it came together against the Bulldogs. Seth Halvorsen had six strikeouts over seven innings
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Crossing church will give a donation of $400,000 to go toward paying off City of Columbia residential utility accounts pending disconnection, and those that have a payment arrangement and are potentially at risk of being disconnected. Officials at the city report the money will pay the balance on 888 residential accounts.
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Ma’Khia Bryant’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to be remembered by the incident that ended her life. “I want the world to know that Ma’Khia Bryant was a very loving 16-year-old girl. She was my daughter, my baby. I loved her. She was very talented and smart. She was funny. Her favorite color was blue,”
Continue Reading Tiger Woods has posted his first photo of himself since his car accident earlier this year, showing him on a golf course in crutches with his dog. Woods posted the photo to his verified Instagram account on Friday, writing, “My course is coming along faster than I am. But it’s nice to have a faithful
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Car dealer lots have only a fraction of the vehicles that they typically have — both new and used. It’s helping send prices to record levels. The average new car price was $37,200 in the first quarter, according to JD Power, up 8.4% from the same period just a year ago. About half of car
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S heath officials gave approval to resume the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Friday night. Just before 4 p.m. on Friday, a U.S. health panel gave the green light on resuming the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The panel convened after reports of six women developing a
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Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to recommend resuming use of the vaccine. An updated warning will be added to the label. The CDC and US Food and Drug Administration recommended pausing the use of the vaccine on April 13 while they investigated the risk of rare, severe
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Schnucks is recalling several bakery items that came from Genpak, a manufacturer, that loose particles of plastic may be in the baked good. The recalled items at the EatWell in Columbia: Raspberry Crumb Coffee Cake – UPC 4131832134Cinnamon Crumb Coffee Cake – UPC 4131832135Butterflake Roll, 12 count – UPC 251386XXXXX According to
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Warm spring days usually bring students out to the sprawling grass-filled quad at Rutgers University in New Jersey. But on a recent visit, CNN found only a handful there. Freshman Bella Fusco only knows college during the pandemic, but even so, she can see the void on campus. “It’s definitely weird — not seeing that
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCICSO (KGO) — Proof of vaccination can now get you a designated seat, in a separate section, at Giants games at Oracle Park. ABC7 News reporter, Kate Larsen, spoke to fans at Thursday night’s game in one of the park’s first “vaccine only” areas. “You know the
Continue Reading Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted this week in the murder of George Floyd last May, will be sentenced June 16, according to the court docket. Judge Peter Cahill remanded Chauvin into custody on Tuesday following his conviction on second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin is being held until sentencing at a
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Seven deputies involved in serving the warrant on Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed when deputies fired at him as he drove his car away, have been placed on administrative leave by the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. Brown, who was Black, was shot and killed Wednesday morning by deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, when
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