MU Health Care, Anthem work on new agreement
The current contract between University of Missouri Health Care and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance agency is set to expire on March 31, 2025.
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‘Ghost guns’ are legal to both manufacture and possess in Missouri
The amount of “ghost guns” recovered by United States law enforcement has increased at an alarming rate, according to Everytown. The number rose 398% from 2016 to 2020, and nearly 24,000 ghost guns were recovered during that five-year time span.
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Columbia Public Works working on ways to slow traffic on West Rollins Road between Fairview Road and Stadium Boulevard
The City of Columbia Public Works department is working with the public to address traffic concerns on Rollins Road between South Fairview Road and Stadium Boulevard.
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield drops plan to limit anesthesia coverage
Health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will change how it evaluates billed time on professional claims for anesthesia services, according to a post made to Anthem’s website on November 1, 2024.
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Missouri among top seven states susceptible to sinkholes
Rescuers are still searching for a woman who possibly fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole Tuesday night. Police said they found a parked vehicle belonging to Elizabeth Pollard, 64, about 20 feet from the sinkhole. Pollard had gone out to look for her lost cat and never returned.
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Mid-Missouri nonprofits appeal for help on Giving Tuesday
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is a national day of giving. It’s a day for people to give back to their communities and each other.
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Cybersecurity expert offers tips on how to not fall victim to online shopping scams
The FBI received reports from almost 12,000 victims of online shopping scams during the 2022 holiday shopping season, according to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
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Columbia Mall GM says Black Friday crowd was close to pre-pandemic levels
A record 183.4 million people are planning to shop in-store and online from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, according to the National Retail Federation. NRF said that is up from the previous record of 182 million in 2023 and 18.1 million people more than five years ago in 2019.
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Columbia firefighters share Thanksgiving meal at Station 1
While many people spend Thanksgiving at home with their families, the firefighters at Columbia Fire Department’s Station 1 spend the holiday on-duty and responding to calls.
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Nonprofit Rock The Community hosts third annual Thanksgiving event, serves free meal to community
Columbia-based nonprofit Rock The Community served a free Thanksgiving meal to dozens of families and friends at the Riechmann Indoor Pavilion in Columbia today.
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MSHP warns of increased card skimming at gas pumps across the state, Columbia has not seen spike
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Division of Drug and Crime Control are urging people to take extra time to examine gas pumps prior to making a credit card payment.
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Law enforcement warns of package thefts as holiday season ramps up
With Black Friday and the holiday season come an increase in online shopping and package deliveries.
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Safe Haven Baby Box will be installed at new Cole County EMS building
A Safe Haven Baby Box will go into the new Cole County EMS Headquarters in Downtown Jefferson City.
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Columbia Fire Department demonstrates dangers of deep-frying turkey
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nationwide, each year there are more than three times the daily average of home cooking fires around Thanksgiving, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Ahead of the holiday, the Columbia Fire Department gave a demonstration of the fire that can emerge when a turkey is improperly deep-fried. CFD spokeswoman Katherine Rodriguez
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