ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southern Boone R-I School District has finalized its back-to-school return plan for the in-person learning. The district says it has been consulting the CDC and Boone County Health Department to make its return plan decisions. The return plan includes social distancing, increased sanitation measures and contact tracing. The plan is set
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, Ragtag Cinema announced starting Sept. 10, it will be requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result in order to come to the cinema. The company cited high transmission of COVID-19 in the community for the changes in the policy. Fully vaccinated individuals will be required to provide
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The investigations will look into whether such bans violate the civil rights of students with disabilities. Many health experts and medical groups have encouraged the masking of children and staff in schools to slow the spread of the coronavirus amid an ongoing case surge.
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Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple organizations in Mid-Missouri are sending crews to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Boone County Fire sent out a tweet that Missouri Task Force One arrived in Jefferson Parish, Louisana. MO-TF1 has arrived in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, just west of New Orleans within the impacted area of Hurricane Ida MO-TF1 members
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The FBI released new hate crime statistics for 2020 on Monday, showing Missouri reported it’s most since 2011. The state of Missouri, in 2020, reported 115 hate crimes, up compared to the 89 in 2019. Here is how the numbers break down for the last 10 years: 2020: 1152019: 892018: 662017: 1042016:
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks after jumping off a cliff Saturday evening. Missouri State Highway Patrol says 41-year-old Thomas Painter, of Bosworth, jumped from a 125-foot cliff near the 65-mile-marker of the lake’s main channel. Painter never came up after he hit the water. He was not
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As the humanitarian crisis unfolds in Afghanistan, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO) is preparing to resettle any Afghan refugees that arrive in Central Missouri.
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A woman was arrested Sunday after an investigation into an attempt to smuggle drugs into Jefferson City Correctional Center using a balloon.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three juveniles were arrested Sunday afternoon after Cole County deputies responded to a possible stolen vehicle from Hazelwood in Jefferson City. Deputies pulled the vehicle over at Big Horn and Charm Ridge. The deputy was walking up to the vehicle when the driver sped off. A chase ensued but stopped a
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Quarantines have gone up in school districts due to people testing positive for COVID-19 or for exposure to it. Columbia Public Schools reported 117 students and five workers in either isolation or quarantine on Monday. Jefferson City School District reported seven active student cases and four active staff cases, with a close contact in each category.
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In documents detailing the two first-degree murder charges against JT McLean, police say a witness, a supermarket receipt and neighborhood surveillance videos connect McLean to the scene where Allison Abitz, 43, and her daughter, Jozee Abitz, 11, were found dead in their home just south of Columbia on Aug. 22.
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Shannon Marrero, 37, of Columbia died in the crash that happened at about 5 a.m. at Vandiver and Highway 63, the Columbia Police Department said.
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Both men were pronounced dead at the scene, the patrol reported. Neither was wearing a seat belt.
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks after jumping off a cliff Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report, 41-year-old Thomas Painter from Bosworth, Missouri, jumped off a cliff approximately 125 feet in the air. Painter did not come up once he hit
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The American Red Cross of Missouri-Arkansas is sending multiple response teams to Louisiana to help residents of the state recovering from Hurricane Ida. The Columbia Red Cross is sending one team of two drivers with a vehicle filled with food and emergency supplies to communities in Louisiana. Two crews will also depart
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College students start class Monday in-person and the school has put COVID-19 precautions in place. Masks As of Aug. 9 masks are required indoors for all students, staff, and faculty regardless of vaccination status. There are some exceptions to the mask policy, including when people are alone in a work space
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has named Columbia Public Schools in a class-action lawsuit meant to ban districts’ mask mandates statewide.
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Missouri Task Force 1 arrived at its staging location Sunday morning, ahead of Hurricane Ida’s landfall around 1 p.m.
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 13% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,092 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 627,196 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 219 new probable cases with a total number of 126,858 antigen test results being positive. Four new
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