Coronavirus Archives

Local experts discuss concerns about voting by mail

September 22, 2020 7:48 PM Sydney Olsen

Tuesday marked the first day mail-in ballots were sent to voters.

Sturgeon R-5 school district uses new temperature scanners

Sturgeon R-V school district uses new temperature scanners for better results

September 22, 2020 7:34 PM Amber Tabeling

Sturgeon R-V school district continues to adjust its COVID-19 precautions by purchasing new temperature scanners to better ensure the safety of students and staff.

Southeast Missouri counties seeing high number of cases

September 22, 2020 7:30 PM Associated Press

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The mostly rural Bootheel region of Missouri is seeing high numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but unlike many other hard-hit areas, the surge isn’t tied to any particular place or demographic. Information from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shows that several southeast Missouri counties have some

East Elementary School in Jefferson City

Cole County Commission approves up to 12 new contact tracers for schools

September 22, 2020 7:08 PM Connor Hirsch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Commission approved the hiring of up to 12 new contact tracers that will specifically work to watch the spread of COVID-19 in schools in Cole County. This comes after school leaders across the county, both public and private, asked the commission to consider hiring more with CARES Act

Jefferson City parent wants school district to change COVID-19 notification protocols

September 22, 2020 3:34 PM Riane Cleveland

Marcus Penn said his family wasn’t made aware his daughter had been in the same classroom with a COVID-19 positive person until she first started showing symptoms.

University of Missouri updates mask policy

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County’s new COVID-19 cases near 70

September 22, 2020 10:39 AM ABC 17 News Team

Updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mid-Missouri.

200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US. That’s more than the US battle deaths from 5 wars combined

September 22, 2020 10:55 AM CNN

Since the first known US Covid-19 death on February 6, an average of more than 858 people have died from the disease every day.

The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

Boone County health department cites school, bars with COVID-19 violations

September 21, 2020 11:58 AM Zach Boetto

Boone County health officials served COVID-19 health order violation notices to a school and two bars over the weekend.

Columbia moves out of ‘red zone’ in White House report; state improves national rank

September 22, 2020 5:44 AM Brittany Wiley

ABC News obtained the report Tuesday morning that shows Missouri moved to fifth place last week from fourth the week before. The state also moved from seventh for test positivity to 10th last week.

Health department explains reasons for change in health order

September 21, 2020 5:25 PM Sydney Olsen

Staff from the Columbia/Boone County health department and city leaders are discussing the current state of COVID-19.

Father Tolton officials respond after being accused of violating COVID-19 health order

September 21, 2020 10:08 AM Molly Stawinoga

PHHS filed a notice of violation against the athletic director at Father Tolton Catholic High School.

Columbia Public School's Learning Mode Matrix

CPS slides under needed case metric for hybrid learning

September 21, 2020 7:09 PM Amber Tabeling

Columbia Public Schools’ new case metric fell below 50 on Monday, based on the district’s COVID-19 guidance this could mean a transition in its learning method.