Southern Boone School District votes to suspend mask mandate
The requirement was issued after more than 15% of students and staff at the middle school tested positive for COVID-19 or are in quarantine, the district said.
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Attorney general seeks to add more schools to mask lawsuit against CPS
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants to add more schools to the lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools and its mask policy.
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FDA vaccine advisers vote to recommend booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older and those at high risk
Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Pfizer’s vaccine six months after full vaccination in people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe Covid-19.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports second coronavirus-related death this week
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Police receive report of man with gun at Sedalia junior high school
Sedalia police say they arrested a man on suspicion of trespassing and making a terrorist threat Thursday after a report of a person armed with a gun on the Smith-Cotton Junior High School campus.
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Truck crashes into home in central Columbia; one person pinned under vehicle
A pickup truck crashed into a home in central Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.
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University of Missouri curators extend mask rules with some exemptions for vaccinated
The only item scheduled for action during the special meeting is the University of Missouri’s COVID-19 masking policy. The special meeting is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. on Monday over Zoom.
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Miller County victims connected to homicide suspect by ex-wife
According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, J.T. McLean, 45, was found in the area near Dakota Dunes late Wednesday night in a vehicle parked at a motel.
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Biden announces new vaccine mandates that could cover 100 million Americans
By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday imposed stringent new vaccine rules on federal workers, large employers and health care staff in a sweeping attempt to contain the latest surge of Covid-19. The new requirements could apply to as many as 100 million Americans — close to two-thirds of the
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Boone County Sheriff’s Office looking for motorcycle connected to double homicide suspect
Boone County Sheriff’s detectives got a tip that JT McLean had recently acquired a dark colored motorcycle and may have used that to leave the area.
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Jefferson City man dies after motorcycle crash
The Jefferson City Police Department said officers were working at the scene of a major crash on Missouri Boulevard at Ohio Street. Spokesman Lt. David Williams said the crash involved a vehicle and a motorcycle and at least one person was injured.
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UTV hit storm drain in crash that injured Rock Bridge baseball players
The crash happened at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday when the 2009 Polaris Ranger the boys were riding drifted and dropped off the curb before the driver overcorrected and hit the storm drain, Capt. Brian Leer of the sheriff’s office said. The driver and two passengers were thrown from the vehicle completely, one passenger was partially ejected and investigators don’t know if the fifth boy was thrown from the vehicle, Leer said.
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Woman accused of killing Jefferson City boy denied bond
A bond hearing is set for 2 p.m. on Friday for a woman accused of killing a 4 year-old boy from Jefferson City.
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Teen girl injured in central Columbia shooting
Crime scene tape was up in front of a house and an ABC 17 News reporter saw an ambulance leaving the scene. Officers were not immediately available to answer questions about the incident but people who live in the area say they saw a shooting happen in the street.
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Court documents unsealed in Boone County double murder case
In documents detailing the two first-degree murder charges against JT McLean, police say a witness, a supermarket receipt and neighborhood surveillance videos connect McLean to the scene where Allison Abitz, 43, and her daughter, Jozee Abitz, 11, were found dead in their home just south of Columbia on Aug. 22.
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One dead in crash at Highway 63 and Vandiver Drive
Shannon Marrero, 37, of Columbia died in the crash that happened at about 5 a.m. at Vandiver and Highway 63, the Columbia Police Department said.
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Neighbors ‘shocked’ after Columbia man is arrested for kidnapping allegations
The Columbia police arrested a man Thursday after an attempted kidnapping in the area of Hyde Park Avenue and Cooper Drive.
Continue Reading Murder charge upgraded against woman accused in Jefferson City boy’s death
Quatavia Givens was indicted Wednesday on first-degree murder, child endangerment and abandoning a corpse charges in the death of Darnell Gray after he dropped the previous charges, which included second-degree murder, according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri expands COVID-19 treatment for high-risk individuals
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Missouri attorney general sues Columbia Public Schools over mask mandate
Schmitt, a Republican who is also running for U.S. Senate, said in a news release Tuesday that Columbia Public School’s mask requirement for all students and staff is unreasonable because few children are infected with coronavirus. Schmitt also claims that wearing masks shows only a marginal benefit in fighting the spread of coronavirus.
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