MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 136 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Columbia city leaders look to past task force for violence mitigation strategies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia city leaders are again looking to the 2014 Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence in response to the recent shootings on Fifth St. downtown. Police say shots were fired Sunday on Broadway and Fifth Streets, but no injuries were reported. On Sept. 18, just a block away, two people were shot
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Missouri attorney general answers CPS request to dismiss school mask lawsuit
The state, under the direction of Attorney General Eric Schmitt, sued last month to end a mandate that all students and staff wear masks indoors at CPS. Schmitt has also asked a judge to certify the lawsuit as class action, which would add other Missouri schools with mask mandates as defendants.
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Over 900 new Covid-19 cases recorded across Missouri
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 9.4% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 936 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 672,089 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 174 new probable cases with a total number of 141,232 antigen test results being positive. One new
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SATURDAY UPDATES: Thirteen new Covid-19 deaths recorded in Missouri
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 9.5% on Saturday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,801 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 671,153 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 431 new probable cases with a total number of 141,058 antigen test results being positive. Thirteen new
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Hospital systems ready to provide coronavirus boosters
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone county reports third day in a row of new coronavirus cases under 50
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Parents from other districts hope to join Columbia Public Schools in mask mandate defense
The parents filed the motion Wednesday. One is from the Blue Springs district and has a kindergartener with cystic fibrosis. Another is from the Park Hill district and has a child with a rare disorder that damages tissue and causes legions. The third parent is from St. Louis and has a child with microcephaly.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Third round winners announced in Missouri Vaccine Incentive Program
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Moberly School District responds to attorney general complaint about recordings
The Moberly School District responded Wednesday to the Missouri attorney general’s assertion that the district is breaking a new law that allows parents to record some private meetings with educators.
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Missouri university has new mascot after dropping Crusaders
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A private Christian university that dropped its Crusaders mascot earlier this year says its new mascot will be “Valor.” Evangel University in Springfield dropped the Crusaders name in March, saying it had become associated with the Crusade wars in the 11th to the 13th centuries between Christian and Muslims, as well
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Local health officials say information scarce on coronavirus booster shot as promised date arrives
Confusion amounts because booster doses are still unavailable to the public with little clarity or explanation on the timeline.
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Missouri leaders say more than 45,000 adults have gotten the vaccine since the launch of the incentive program
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s Vaccine Incentive Program or MO VIP will have its fourth drawing of winners Wednesday and state leaders are considering the program to have been a success. Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, said the state has had about 630,000 people enter the program and
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Missouri remains in the red zone; state profile report shows new cases up 9%
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Hearing set for next week in state’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools mask mandate
Judge Brouck Jacobs will hear motions in the case on Sept. 28.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Court denies St. Louis County motions to dismiss mask case
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Court asked to suspend law licenses of gun-waving couple
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri official is asking the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of a St. Louis couple who gained national attention last year when they waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their home. Missouri Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel cited Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s guilty pleas to misdemeanors
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Student found dead at Lincoln University
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University released a statement Sunday mourning the loss of a student after he was found dead in his on-campus residence. Dominik Dudley-Moore, a resident of Dawson Hall, was found dead Sunday. While no foul play is suspected, the incident is under investigation by the Lincoln University Police Department. “Dominik, who
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CROP Hunger Walk held Sunday in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia CROP Hunger Walk was held Sunday at the MU Health Care Pavillion. This is a community-wide effort working to help end hunger one step at a time for 26 years. The group, Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty, is sponsored by Church World Service and organized by the Columbia CROP Walk
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Over 1,200 new Covid-19 cases added in Missouri
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 10.2% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,270 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 662,380 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 149 new probable cases with a total number of 138,369 antigen test results being positive. No new
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