WATCH: MU Health Care breaks ground on new Children’s Hospital
The hospital is being built on the main MU Health Care campus, adjacent to the University of Missouri campus.
Continue ReadingThe hospital is being built on the main MU Health Care campus, adjacent to the University of Missouri campus.
Continue ReadingSome districts around the state have kept their mask mandates in place, such as Columbia Public Schools. Jefferson City school administrators said case rates had dipped enough in the schools to make dropping the requirement appropriate.
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri has released its annual fire safety and security report; the report goes back three years.
Continue ReadingJefferson City Schools will drop its mask requirement starting Friday. Students and staff who are in close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual will no longer need to quarantine in most cases.
Continue ReadingAttorney General Eric Schmitt sought a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit he filed last month to end CPS’s mandate that all students and staff wear masks while indoors. Judge Brouck Jacobs denied that request in a two-plus-hour hearing Tuesday, along with a request to make the lawsuit class action, which would bring in other schools with mandates as defendants.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Fire Department continues to investigate what caused a fire in the basement of Stewart Hall on the University of Missouri campus.
Continue ReadingColumbia College Board of Trustees unanimously named David Russell the college’s 18th president Friday.
Continue ReadingStudents at Hickman High School returned to class Monday without new information on what led to the chaos that followed a gun scare at Saturday’s Homecoming dance.
Continue ReadingThe state, under the direction of Attorney General Eric Schmitt, sued last month to end a mandate that all students and staff wear masks indoors at CPS. Schmitt has also asked a judge to certify the lawsuit as class action, which would add other Missouri schools with mask mandates as defendants.
Continue ReadingThe Red Cross is set to partner with The University of Missouri for the 35th year to host a blood drive beginning Monday.
Continue ReadingThe mandates were put in place because at least 15% of each school’s population was out because of having COVID-19 or being exposed to the coronavirus. However, they drew backlash from some parents who claimed masks harm their children or are ineffective.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kristin Bowen said her son sent her a text 15 minutes before the dance was set to end to come pick him up. She said this was unlike him and she sensed something was wrong because he usually stays until the end. “As my child was getting ready to leave, he said
Continue ReadingMUPD says in the release that the assault was reported at about 3:15 a.m. and happened between 1 and 2:50 a.m. Police described the attacker as “an unknown individual” and said the incident happened in an “unknown location.”
Continue ReadingThe MU Faculty Council reviewed the results of a survey of faculty at its Thursday meeting. About 74% of those who took the survey said MU’s mask rules should be expanded to require masks anywhere indoors.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Faculty Council held a meeting Thursday to review MU COVID Policies Faculty Survey results. The discussion was led by Rabia Gregory, chair of the Faculty Council Faculty Affairs committee. A survey was sent out to 2,000 University Employees, and 65% responded. One of the biggest of the numbers
Continue ReadingThe requirement was issued after more than 15% of students and staff at the middle school tested positive for COVID-19 or are in quarantine, the district said.
Continue ReadingThe parents filed the motion Wednesday. One is from the Blue Springs district and has a kindergartener with cystic fibrosis. Another is from the Park Hill district and has a child with a rare disorder that damages tissue and causes legions. The third parent is from St. Louis and has a child with microcephaly.
Continue ReadingDuring a local NAACP chapter meeting, multiple speakers, including city council member Karla Skala and State Representative Tyson Smith, voiced their support for Yearwood and Columbia Public Schools.
Continue ReadingThe demonstration, set to take place just before noon, is part of Safe Mizzou. The events this week are geared toward educating students about personal safety. MU is also hosting active shooter and campus intruder training all day Wednesday in the MU Student Center.
Continue ReadingThe Moberly School District responded Wednesday to the Missouri attorney general’s assertion that the district is breaking a new law that allows parents to record some private meetings with educators.
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