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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: State of Missouri canceling Thursday COVID drive-through testing events

January 19, 2022 12:45 PM ABC 17 News Team

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TUESDAY UPDATES: Southern Boone no longer requiring masks in any circumstance

January 18, 2022 11:28 AM ABC 17 News Team

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New Columbia city manager sworn in and COVID-19 update given Tuesday night at the City Council meeting

January 18, 2022 5:51 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council met Tuesday night in the council chambers to swear in De’Carlon Seewood as city manager and give a COVID-19 update from the Columbia/Boone County Health Department. Watch meeting replay in the player below. New City Manager On Dec. 20, the City Council unanimously chose Seewood as the next

Missouri numbers show signs of leveling as some areas of U.S. pass omicron’s peak

January 18, 2022 1:25 PM Kennedy Miller

Only time will tell whether Missouri is among them.

Missouri AG threatens more lawsuits over mask mandates as schools work to contain COVID-19 surge

January 18, 2022 9:11 AM Molly Stawinoga

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says his office will file more lawsuits this week against school districts enforcing mask and quarantine requirements.

Omicron exacerbates supply chain problems, raising prices and emptying shelves in some places

January 17, 2022 11:48 AM Kennedy Miller

Bare shelves — a sign of supply chain disruptions that plagued stores and consumers earlier in the pandemic — are back in some places.

COVID-19 testing expands in Mid-Missouri

January 17, 2022 11:33 AM Erika McGuire

Two major Columbia medical providers are opening new coronavirus testing sites this week as demand for COVID-19 screenings surges along with new cases.

MONDAY UPDATES: Fatima School District to cancel classes for the rest of the week due to COVID

January 17, 2022 3:30 PM Karl Wehmhoener

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Boone Health to open new COVID-19 testing site on Monday

January 17, 2022 6:03 AM Meghan Drakas

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Health will open a new COVID-19 testing site Monday at its Convenient Care location on Nifong Boulevard. This location will only administer COVID-19 tests. The testing site at 900 W. Nifong Blvd. will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. In order to get tested at

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should schools in areas of high coronavirus transmission go online?

January 17, 2022 2:00 AM ABC 17 News Team

The debate rages over whether schools should maintain in-person learning as the omicron variant sickens Americans at never-before-seen rates.

FRIDAY UPDATES: CDC updates latest guidelines on what type of masks or respirators Americans should wear

January 14, 2022 8:29 AM ABC 17 News Team

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling on vaccine mandates?

January 14, 2022 2:16 AM ABC 17 News Team

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Biden administration coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers but allowed another one for many health care workers to stand.

South Callaway R-II School district cancels classes Friday due to COVID

January 13, 2022 10:48 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The South Callaway R-II School district has canceled classes for Friday due to the increasing number of COVID positive cases in students and staff.

States hope relaxed substitute teaching requirements will ease omicron labor crunch

January 13, 2022 11:57 AM Kennedy Miller

As coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide, many school districts in Mid-Missouri are finding it difficult to keep teachers inside the classroom.

CPS students protested in favor of mask mandate

January 13, 2022 3:05 PM Erika McGuire

Students returned from winter break last week after the Columbia Board of Education voted for the mask mandate to end Jan. 4.

Missouri state and federal officials react to Supreme Court blocking testing and vaccine mandate

January 13, 2022 4:04 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Missouri state and federal elected officials react to the Supreme Court blocked nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses.

Columbia, Jefferson City public schools reinstate mask mandates as coronavirus cases set records

January 13, 2022 1:37 PM Zachary Farwell

Each district announced the changes in letters to parents and news releases Thursday.

THURSDAY UPDATES: Columbia Public Schools to require masks as coronavirus cases maintain record levels

January 13, 2022 2:43 PM ABC 17 News Team

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WATCH: Time-lapse video shows long line at MU Health testing site

January 13, 2022 4:18 PM Matthew Sanders

Long lines form daily outside MU Health Care’s central COVID-19 testing site on Broadway.

Supreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses, allows health care rule to take effect

January 13, 2022 1:41 PM CNN Newsource

(CNN) — The Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses, but it allowed a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers to go into effect nationwide.