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THURSDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports 43 new COVID-19 cases

December 17, 2020 4:53 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Body found in Valley Park, Mo. connected to Columbia case

December 17, 2020 9:56 PM ABC 17 News Team

VALLEY PARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Police in St. Louis County report they found a body they say is connected to a Columbia case. Police tell us it found the body in Valley Park, a suburb 20 minutes southwest of St. Louis Detectives found a person dead in a truck at Marshall Road and 7th in Valley

Columbia Housing and Community Development give recommendations on CARES Act Funding proposals

December 17, 2020 8:52 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Housing and Community Development gave their CARES ACT Funding proposals recommendations Wednesday night in the third round of funding. CHCD had a little under $800,000 to hand out but received $1.7 million in proposals. CDBG CV Round 3 Recommendations-Final-1Download Sixteen organizations from across the city requested the grant money to help

Two detained after vehicle chase from Columbia into Callaway County back into Columbia

December 17, 2020 6:08 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia police traffic stop ended up as a chase through Callaway County Thursday afternoon. Officials say Columbia Police chased the suspect’s vehicle into Callaway County on Interstate 70 and canceled the chase at the State Road J overpass. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers then spotted the vehicle on State Road F

Police: One person detained. Large law enforcement presence at east Columbia apartment complex

December 17, 2020 4:01 PM Matt Ragsdale

More than a dozen Columbia police and Boone County Sheriff’s Department vehicles responded to an apartment complex in east Columbia Thursday afternoon.

Boone County health department requests additional vaccine doses for health clinics

December 17, 2020 1:43 PM Zola Crowder

The Columbia/Boone County health department has requested coronavirus vaccines from the state to help vaccinate smaller health clinics as well as patient-facing health department workers.

Boone Hospital Center starts vaccinating its employees

December 17, 2020 10:58 AM Ben Fein

Boone Hospital began vaccinating their frontline workers Thursday morning just before 8 a.m.

Columbia man faces multiple charges after two incidents

December 16, 2020 11:38 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man faces felony drug charges in connection with two separate investigations. Court documents show Ronald Thornton the third was arrested after leading police and deputies on a high-speed chase in Boone County on Dec. 1. At times the car reportedly drove faster than 100 miles per hour before parking on

Health experts discuss herd immunity as COVID-19 vaccinations begin

December 16, 2020 5:32 PM Sydney Olsen

During the Coronavirus pandemic, health experts have talked about reaching herd immunity.

MU College of Engineering receives nearly $3 million gift to support student fellowship and faculty

December 16, 2020 8:16 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced a $2.85 million estate gift to the College of Engineering. Mizzou alumna Sharon L. Langenbeck’s gift will create an endowed chair and an endowed student fellowship in mechanical and aerospace engineering. “This gift celebrates the future of Mizzou’s academic excellence, and we’re grateful to Sharon Langenbeck for

Columbia police looking for missing Jefferson City man under suspicious circumstances

December 16, 2020 5:25 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is looking for a missing Jefferson City man they consider missing under suspicious circumstances since Monday. Columbia police are looking for a black 2011 GMC Sierra truck after man is reported missing under suspicious circumstances. Police report that Marqukis Hayes, 25, of Jefferson City was last seen with

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Montgomery County reports two new COVID-19 related death since last week

December 16, 2020 5:11 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Health officials hope people choose to take the coronavirus vaccine

December 16, 2020 4:32 PM Zola Crowder

University of Missouri Health Care vaccinated its first frontline health care workers with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Wednesday.

MU Health Care vaccinates first employees

December 16, 2020 7:14 AM Matt Ragsdale

University of Missouri Health Care announced Wednesday morning it has started vaccinating employees with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

MU Health receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Boone Hospital’s coming Wednesday

December 15, 2020 3:21 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health received its first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday evening. The shipment of nearly 3,000 doses arrived at University Hospital around 6:45 p.m. MU Health Care executive director of pharmacy and laboratory services Brad Myers said the vaccine will start to be administered Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. and

AG’s office: Two Columbia businesses among illicit massage parlors shut down

December 15, 2020 2:03 PM Matthew Sanders

Missouri’s attorney general says two Columbia operations were among the illicit massage businesses shut down in a program that uses landlords to secure evictions.

The Columbia Public School board of education

Columbia Board of Education to use a new firm to search for the next superintendent

December 15, 2020 10:28 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Board of Education is changing the way they are searching for a new superintendent. The board had previously done several searches with the aid of the Missouri School Board Association. The district evaluated and performed interviews with five of the seven firms that submitted proposals. This time the board will use

Columbia Chamber of Commerce to launch Workforce Development Division in 2021

December 15, 2020 9:11 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Chamber of Commerce is launching the Workforce Development Division to retain talent in Columbia and to build a workforce for tomorrow. “We have heard from our business community, the City, and the County, that this is a need. The goal is not to duplicate what is being done already in