EDITOR’S NOTE: The story has been updated to correct a name. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) approved the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission to make recommendations and conduct studies on teacher recruitment and retention. At the December 2021 State Board of Education meeting, the state board legislative
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Lincoln University in Jefferson City held a prayer vigil Wednesday to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities targeted by bomb threat
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A retiring Columbia Public Schools teacher and former head of a union representing CPS teachers is running for the Missouri House.
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Vilsack took a tour of the greenhouse at the Dickinson Research Center on the Lincoln campus Monday. He was expected to speak at about 1 p.m.
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Columbia Public Schools said Friday that it will keep its mask mandate in place for at least another week while administrators evaluate the coronavirus situation locally.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City School District and Columbia Public Schools are making changes to their masking policies. Starting Monday, Jefferson City will move into its ‘green protocols’ phase and will no longer require face masks while indoors. CPS announced it will extend its mask mandate an additional week through this Friday. Jefferson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several Mid-Missouri schools announced altered bus routes because of snowy roads on Monday. The Jefferson City School District will run snow routes in Callaway County during the morning. Other schools like Prairie Home R-V and Osage County R-3 will also run on snow routes in the morning. This means buses will not
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Columbia Public Schools will keep its mask mandate until at least the end of next week, while the Jefferson City School District will shed its mask requirement Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – An attorney for the family suing the MU chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity hopes the legal action gets groups to stop forced drinking. The lawsuit from the family of Danny Santulli claims members of the fraternity, often called Fiji, made the freshman drink a bottle of vodka in order to
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District spokeswoman Ryan Burns said the district will post the position Friday and it will remain posted until Feb. 25.
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This week has been one of snow days for many Mid-Missouri students.
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A new study finds the University of Missouri system has a $6.5-billion economic impact on the state.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The parents of a University of Missouri student from Minnesota are suing a fraternity after their son suffered serious brain injuries during a pledge party. Authorities say Daniel Santulli’s blood alcohol content was more than six times the legal limit for driving on Oct. 20 when he was found unresponsive in a
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Some schools have started to cancel Friday classes as the area continues to dig out from a snowstorm that dumped as much as nearly 10 inches on Mid-Missouri.
Continue Reading Some Mid-Missouri schools began announcing Thursday closures around noon on Wednesday as snow continued to blanket the area, with several more inches expected before the storm is through.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Due to the winter storm on Wednesday and Thursday, some schools have called snow days ahead of time while others move to virtual learning modules. The University of Missouri System and the MU campus announced Monday that it will move to remote operations and classes for Wednesday and Thursday. Christian Basi with
Continue Reading Columbia Public Schools and the Jefferson City School District have canceled classes and University of Missouri Health Care said its clinics will be closed Wednesday ahead of a storm set to blanket Mid-Missouri with potentially more than a foot of snow.
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In a growing national trend, at least 13 historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats today, on the first day of Black history month.
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The University of Missouri System and the MU campus will move to remote operations and classes for Wednesday and Thursday due to winter weather.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College will return to in-person learning Monday after spending months in a partially virtual setting due to the COVID-19 case increase in Boone County. College officials announced after consulting with the COVID-19 Task Force, careful examination of data, and in consideration of feedback from faculty, staff and students, that the school has
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