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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Local districts report COVID-19 cases

November 4, 2020 10:23 AM ABC 17 News Team

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MU Health Care extending drive-thru flu shot clinic two more Saturdays

November 4, 2020 9:26 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care is extending its Saturday morning drive-thru flu shot clinic for the next two weeks at its South Providence Medical Park. The clinics were going to end last Saturday but will continue through Nov. 14. The event offers car-side flu shots to anyone six months and older from 8 a.m.

Columbia Public Schools looking into buying air purifying units to reduce COVID-19 spread

November 4, 2020 6:16 PM Connor Hirsch

The Columbia Board of Education’s finance committee is set to discuss purchasing air filtration devices that could help prevent the spread of COVID-19 along with other pathogens.

No students hurt in Sedalia bus crash

November 4, 2020 11:36 AM Matt Ragsdale

The Sedalia School District said no Smith-Cotton High School students were hurt in a bus crash Wednesday morning.

Officials say Mizzou football games COVID-19 safe, but concession stand violations increase

November 2, 2020 11:37 AM Molly Stawinoga

Food code violations increased from 52 during the first three home games of 2019 to 68 so far in 2020.

MONDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports 247 new total cases

November 2, 2020 8:33 AM ABC 17 News Team

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MU leaders remind students of free speech policy

October 30, 2020 11:25 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is giving warnings and not punishments for students they say broke school rules on protests this semester. According to a university spokesperson, several warnings have been issued after students violated those policies on Oct. 2 at Jesse Hall when students continued to ask for the removal of the

FRIDAY UPDATES: CPS reporting 356 staff and students quarantining due to coronavirus

October 30, 2020 8:55 AM ABC 17 News Team

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New Franklin schools to go virtual, citing dozens of students, staff in COVID-19 quarantine

October 30, 2020 11:08 AM Matthew Sanders

The New Franklin School District will move all classes online for two weeks with more than 80 students in quarantine because of coronavirus exposure.

THURSDAY UPDATES: CPS dashboard reports 19 students positive with COVID-19

October 29, 2020 10:45 AM ABC 17 News Team

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MU faculty council votes to keep spring break as is

October 29, 2020 5:30 PM Amber Tabeling

The University of Missouri Faculty Council voted on Thursday not to change spring break citing many complications with a proposed change to the academic calendar

CPS working to adjust grading student’s failing classes

October 28, 2020 8:13 PM Amber Tabeling

Columbia Public Schools’ High School and Middle School students will get a second chance to improve their grades this fall with a new grade adjustment.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: CPS and other districts report new COVID-19 cases

October 28, 2020 10:32 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Substitute teacher shortage; how the state is working to fill gaps during the pandemic

October 28, 2020 3:12 PM Victoria Bragg

Many schools had trouble finding substitute teachers before COVID-19 but months into the fall semester the pandemic has only exacerbated the problem.

Columbia Public Schools among hundreds to get rapid COVID-19 test kits

October 28, 2020 11:49 AM Zola Crowder

Hundreds of school districts and individual schools across Missouri will soon have the tests for students, faculty and staff.

Southern Boone school board to get information about online learning plan

October 28, 2020 10:57 AM Ben Fein

The Southern Boone Board of Education will get details about what the district will do if COVID-19 cases force classes online when it meets Wednesday.

CPS High School students discuss challenges faced and hopes for future

October 27, 2020 8:06 PM Amber Tabeling

Columbia Public Schools’ high school students voice their opinions on how virtual learning has impacted them, as they hope to return to in-person learning soon.

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.

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 104 new cases

October 27, 2020 9:38 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Columbia Public Schools reports 13 students with active COVID-19 cases

October 27, 2020 11:55 AM Zola Crowder

Columbia Public Schools is now reporting the number of student COVID-19 cases in elementary school, middle school and high school.

Parents of students with individualized education programs testify to state leaders

October 24, 2020 5:08 PM Zola Crowder

The Missouri General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Education heard testimony from families struggling with online school, especially parents with kids who have individual education programs on Friday.