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One dead after house explosion in Maries County
A woman was flown to a St. Louis hospital with severe burns after a house exploded in Maries County.
Continue ReadingA woman was flown to a St. Louis hospital with severe burns after a house exploded in Maries County.
Continue ReadingThe Family Access Center of Excellence (FACE), will highlight the plan to enhance mental health support for about 24,000 school-aged children and their families in Boone County schools during a news conference Friday at the Boone County Government Center.
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri’s College of Arts and Science will kick off this weekend’s graduation ceremonies on Friday afternoon at Mizzou Arena.
Continue ReadingMissouri’s legislative session ends Friday at 6 p.m., and several bills passed this week are now awaiting Gov. Mike Parson’s signature.
Continue ReadingThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its coronavirus guidance on Thursday to say fully vaccinated people can go fully maskless outdoors.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Colonial Pipeline is back in action after a six-day shutdown but it sent a ripple of effects across the east coast, following a cyber hack that caused its closure. The pipeline delivers about 45 percent of the fuel used along the east coast but it shut down on Friday after a cyber attack
Continue ReadingGerrod Taylor, 20, and Dequan Hughes, 21, for their alleged roles in the incident that happened Monday. Columbia police were sent at 8 p.m. to a shots-fired call at Walmart on West Broadway. The incident continued with shots fired near the Hy-Vee gas station after those involved ran across the road.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation says the state is seeing an increase in its bear population. Officials report the population is around 800 with most Missouri black bears are found in the forested parts of southern Missouri, primarily south of Interstate 44. Bears are also expanding their territory in the state,
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol bomb squad, at the request of Cooper County Sheriff Chris Class, helped dispose of several dangerous devices Thursday, the patrol says. According to a tweet by Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F, the bomb squad helped dispose of: one modified M-67 grenadetwo artillery simulatorsfive blasting caps24
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 275,000 low-income residents who were set to become eligible for the program July 1. Missouri voters in August approved a state constitutional amendment to expand the program, but Parson said the legislature did not fund the expansion, make it unconstitutional.
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday that motions have been filed to revoke probation for Gerrod Taylor, 20, of Columbia.
Continue ReadingVaccinators across Mid-Missouri will begin to administer Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccine to children ages 12 to 15 years old after the CDC recommended the use of the vaccine.
Continue ReadingAccording to Governor Mike Parson’s Office, the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) submitted a letter Thursday morning to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to withdraw its State Plan Amendments for MO HealthNet expansion.
Continue ReadingBoone Health is holding the first vaccination clinic for ages 12-15 in the mid-Missouri area at the Columbia Mall on Thursday morning.
Continue ReadingIf signed by Parson, the bill would allow police to only use chokeholds if they or someone else are in serious danger.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a man in connection to the Monday night shooting at the Walmart on Broadway. DeAngelo D. Hughes Police arrested DeAngelo D. Hughes, 21, for the charge of tampering with evidence in a felony prosecution and has been taken into the custody of the Boone County Jail. Three men are
Continue ReadingCALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is in custody after a morning manhunt in Callaway County in the area of Route HH and County Road 202. Local law enforcement received a suspicious person call in the area after the same person reportedly fled the scene of an overnight disturbance investigated by deputies near Fulton. A
Continue ReadingNickie Davis, Executive Director of Columbia’s Downtown Community Improvement District said in an email while many businesses are eager for the health order to end, others are worried it may lead to another lockdown.
Continue ReadingThe bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.
Continue ReadingBOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville child was injured Wednesday morning while apparently walking to school on the 400 block of Ashely road. According to Boonville Police Chief Bobby Welliver, the area the child was walking is not near a school but “we assume the child was walking to school.” The victim was taken to the
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