Alumni return to Mizzou’s campus for homecoming festivities
After homecoming was canceled last year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, festivities return to the University of Missouri this week.
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Mizzou Homecoming festivities ramp up ahead of Saturday’s game and parade
Homecoming events are scheduled throughout the day Friday as The University of Missouri welcomes back thousands of graduates for the annual homecoming celebration.
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US Department of Education approves Missouri’s COVID-19 relief plan for elementary and secondary schools
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The US Department of Education approved Missouri’s COVID-19 relief plan for elementary and secondary schools. Missouri was allotted nearly 2 billion dollars to carry out COVID-19 safety measures in school districts. The approval means the state will receive the remaining amount of funding, totaling $654 million. Missouri’s plan promotes statewide vaccination events
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MU Faculty Council endorses indoor masking, coronavirus vaccine mandate
One motion asks President Mun Choi, who is also the UM System president, to renew current requirements that include masks in classrooms but revise them to require everyone to wear masks indoors at all times. Another motion asks Choi to require vaccinations for students and staff.
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University of Missouri researchers are looking for children to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine study.
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Helias Catholic High School changes masking requirements for students and staff starting Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Helias Catholic High School in Jefferson City is changing its masking requirements for students and staff on Wednesday. According to the high school’s website, the school will make changes to its COVID-19 protocols due to a drop in county and school case numbers compared to earlier in the school year. The
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University of Missouri Homecoming festivities to kick off Sunday
The University of Missouri is hosting its 110th Homecoming in 2021, with events set to kick off Sunday both on and off campus.
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Lt. Gov. Chief of Staff to run for Jefferson City School District Board of Education
A Jefferson City High School Alum and US Naval Academy graduate will seek one of two openings for the Jefferson City School District Board of Education.
Continue Reading University of Missouri announces federal funding for students in need
The Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) III grants are part of American Rescue Plan funding tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
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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.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the Jefferson City School District have kept its mask mandate?
Some 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.
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MU releases 2021 annual fire safety and security report
The University of Missouri has released its annual fire safety and security report; the report goes back three years.
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Jefferson City Schools drops mask requirement, changes quarantine protocols
Jefferson 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 ReadingJudge denies bid to immediately halt Columbia Public Schools mask mandate
Attorney 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.
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Columbia Fire Department put out Stewart Hall basement fire
The Columbia Fire Department continues to investigate what caused a fire in the basement of Stewart Hall on the University of Missouri campus.
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Columbia College appoints 18th President
Columbia College Board of Trustees unanimously named David Russell the college’s 18th president Friday.
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Hickman students return to school after gun scare at Homecoming dance
Students 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.
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Missouri attorney general answers CPS request to dismiss school mask lawsuit
The 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.
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Mizzou’s homecoming blood drive returns, after cancellation last year
The Red Cross is set to partner with The University of Missouri for the 35th year to host a blood drive beginning Monday.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did the Southern Boone school board make the right call?
The 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.
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