Changes brought about by the national and state of emergency will allow the Missouri Public Health Laboratory to test more COVID-19 kits. According to Bill Whitmar, the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory Director, more funding from the federal and state governments and new FDA compliance provides the lab with the ability to test COVID-19 kits
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DREXEL, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri business owner says his product could help prevent the spread of the newly discovered strain of the coronavirus. The problem, according to InnovaPrep CEO David Alburty, is getting a hold of someone within the system that might be interested. InnovaPrep takes up several buildings in the downtown area of Drexel,
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True/False Film Festival is expected to bring more than 10,000 people to Columbia, and downtown specifically this weekend.
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Columbia Regional Airport received a grant for $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Small Community Air Service Development Program.
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A decade after a business deal combusted, the city of Moberly plans to bring another company to the community promising scores of new jobs.
Continue ReadingA meat packaging company plans to build a facility in Moberly that would create hundreds of new jobs.
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The River City Habitat for Humanity is nearly doubling down on its regular home builds this year after the tornado that struck Jefferson City last May.
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Mid-Missouri has had above average amounts of snowfall this winter, with more than 16 inches of snow.
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Demolition started Tuesday on the Moniteau Creek Bridge in Cole County. Eric Landwehr, a Cole County Public Works engineer said the bridge, which is located just off of Highway 179, had been out of commission since 2016. “It’s about time because it was getting in bad shape,” Landwehr said. In February 2016, MoDOT gave the
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The Columbia City Council is scheduled to vote on several ordinances on short term rentals at Monday’s meeting.
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Chiefs fans already started going to bars around Columbia Friday night to celebrate Super Bowl weekend.
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The Columbia City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday where it will vote whether or not to take part in a pilot program that would gather data on tobacco retailers in the city.
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Boone Hospital hosted a job fair for Pinnacle employees Tuesday in the Pinnacle Regional Hospital lobby.
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The Lucky’s Market in downtown Columbia will stay open for now as dozens of other stores are shuttered, managers in Columbia said Tuesday.
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Some Boonville residents are doing their best to find ways to help Pinnacle Regional Hospital patients and employees who were left empty-handed when the hospital closed Wednesday.
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The frequency at which rural hospitals are closing across the United States has accelerated in recent years.
Continue Reading Pinnacle Regional Hospital in Boonville will close its doors Wednesday, hospital leadership said in a news release.
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Director of Columbia Parks and Recreation, Mike Griggs, spoke with the Disabilities Commission Thursday about ADA compliance at the Boone County Fairgrounds
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The City of Columbia recently expanded the Violent Crime Task Force in an effort to combat gun violence, but city leaders are still searching for more ways to reduce violence, including state legislature.
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Amazon’s Alexa is obeying orders, this time from kids ordering their own Christmas gifts. According to a recent report, gifts are arriving at home thanks to kids ordering them though voice assistants, or other devices. One parent reportedly told The Wall Street Journal her daughter ordered $300 in items from her Alexa device. Parents that
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