COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health departments and health experts are begging people to get vaccinated as the Show-Me-State hits the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the country. Margret Day, Physician and Co-Chair of the COVID-19 vaccine committee at MU Health said hospitals are filling up with unvaccinated individuals with severe cases of the virus. “What
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The crime carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. The sentencing memo filed June 30 does not come with a recommended sentence for Heese, but notes that her chance of committing future crimes is low.
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Boone County reported a daily case total of more than 100 this week for the first time since the winter pandemic peak. However, officials have resisted putting a new health order in place after months without regulations. Boone County is also the most vaccinated county in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will reinstate fees beginning Aug. 1 for late utility bill payments. The state of emergency city manager John Glascock declared in April, 2020, put the late fees on hold due to the pandemic. The City made the decision to reassess late charges after the City lifted its state
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The department fell short of crafting new orders to force virus mitigation measures. In addition to masks, the department is also recommending practices such as frequent hand washing and social distancing around unvaccinated individuals.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement agencies across the state are unsure how the new Missouri law will affect their relationship with their federal partners. The law imposes a $50,000 fine on any state or local official who enforces a federal gun law that is not already a law in Missouri. Brian Leer, with the Boone
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department announced officers will move to 12-hour shifts beginning September 5. Officials say the change aims to increase the number of officers on shifts and available to respond to calls. Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones says the changed schedule will increase officer safety, improve the Department’s ability to provide
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College, along with other organizations will launch the Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The Battle High School alum was killed in in September 2019 shooting when she was a freshman nursing student at Columbia College. “Nadria was a tenacious young woman full of hopes and dreams and she made an
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A new city report shows that solid waste management has been collecting 25% less trash than last year, and residential recycling has increased by 19%.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some hospitals in Missouri saw a spike in Covid-19 cases by nearly 27% last weekend, which caused some to experience a ventilator shortage. Dr. Robin Blount with Boone Hospital said the biggest hot spot is southwest Missouri in the Springfield and Joplin area. “I know this morning they were reporting that in
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Boone County clerk is eyeing a run for a seat in Congress. Taylor Burks filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on July 1 to run for the Fourth Congressional District seat in 2022. Burks is the current director for the Division of Labor Standards for the state of Missouri.
Continue Reading Experts say the delta variant is spreading fast throughout Missouri and is expected to “explode” in Fulton, Columbia and Jefferson City in the next week.
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Officers were called at about 7 p.m. to the 1200 block of Again Street near Again Street Park and West Boulevard Elementary School, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council members are set to discuss parking for a new hotel on the corner of Cherry and Hitt Streets downtown Tuesday night. The parking agreement being introduced would let the hotel use 99 parking spaces in the Hitt Street Parking garage to support the anticipated off-street parking demands generated by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia council will meet Tuesday to discuss the construction of the Fourth Street and Broadway pedestrian crossing project in Downtown Columbia. This project design includes a new crosswalk connecting the northeast corner to the southeast corner of the Fourth Street and Broadway Intersection. Columbia resident, Kin Brown, said she
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Spokesmen for two Boone County rural fire districts said the Fourth of July weekend was relatively quiet, with few calls for injuries or other fireworks-related issues.
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Columbia residents flocked to Flatbranch Park downtown as the city’s Fire in The Sky celebration kicked off on Sunday.
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The bicentennial celebration of Columbia’s Fire in the Sky wraps up Sunday. The annual Fourth of July festival has a lineup of family-friendly musical guests and a historical tour of Columbia planned for the final day.
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