ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) Work to build the new Ashland campus of Ranken Technical College is expected to create 163 jobs and generate $9 million in private investment, according to local economic development groups. Officials gathered Friday to break ground on the project. The campus is set to open in 2023. St. Louis-based Ranken offers bachelor’s
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The remains found west of Boonville on April 15 have been confirmed as a missing Boonville man. The Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the remains as 42-year-old Andrew Sercu. Sercu was reported missing to the Boonville police on Sept. 8, 2020. Officials report no cause of death has been determined at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Health Department, the Cole County Health Department, and the St. Louis County Department of Public Health are calculating how many fully and partially vaccinated residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Back in April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started asking health departments to gather information on “breakthrough
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The daughter of a man killed in a February crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boone County and a snowplow driver.
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Leaders across the country have been grappling with the idea of “vaccine passports” and other vaccination requirements to take part in public life. Here in Missouri, Gov. Mike Parson has made it clear he will not support vaccine passports or requirements of any type state-wide.
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The seven-day average of daily vaccinations reached 54,187 that day, the highest seven-day average since the state begin distributing coronavirus vaccines in December. On Wednesday that seven-day average had dropped to 26,508 per day.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County will hold a ceremony on the MKT Trail near Providence and Stewart roads to rededicate a plaque marking the site of the county’s last documented lynching. The event is set for 4 p.m. James Scott, a Black man, was lynched 98 years ago by a
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COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will offer vaccine clinics for it’s students starting Tuesday. The clinics are in partnership with the Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department. The Pfizer vaccine will be provided at each clinic, allowing any student 16 and older to get vaccinated with parental consent. The second dose
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Prosecutors have charged a woman with failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child after she allegedly hit a boy at a southeast Columbia bus stop.
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Officers were called a little after 8 a.m. to the Walmart Supercenter at 415 Conley Road.
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CENTRALIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone Public Health and Human Services Department hosted its first walk-in only vaccination clinic for rural areas Wednesday. The health department, in partnership with the Missouri National Guard, vaccinated 95 people at its walk-in clinic in Centralia Wednesday. Ashton Day, the health educator for Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communication is reporting a jackknifed 18-wheeler at exit 131 on westbound Interstate 70. The eastbound passing lane is closed due to the wreck. That exit is the St. Charles road. Officials are reporting driver to avoid the area if possible.
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The 10-year-old New Haven Elementary School student suffered only minor injuries, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies arrested a woman on suspicion of ignoring the stopped sign on the school bus.
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Capt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office said Nancy P. Metz of Columbia was arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child. Leer said she posted bond and was released.
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Health officials will host walk-in vaccination clinic at Centralia Intermediate School from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges have been filed in a reported from January Columbia rape. Jay Strausbaugh is accused of assaulting the victim while she was unconscious. According to court documents, the victim told police that she was drinking at Strausbaugh’s residence and started to fall asleep. The victim then woke up and was in a
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Boone County remains under the same health orders, including mask requirements, after federal officials unveiled new guidelines Tuesday relaxing mask requirements for vaccinated people who are outdoors.
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