QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you wear a mask outdoors?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its coronavirus guidance on Thursday to say fully vaccinated people can go fully maskless outdoors.
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Cyberattack on US pipeline sends ripple effects across the economy gas experts say Missouri should not feel the effects
COLUMBIA, 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
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Columbia police arrest two suspects in shots-fired incident Monday night
Gerrod 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.
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Missouri Department of Conservation warns about bear population increasing
JEFFERSON 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,
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Missouri State Highway Patrol bomb squad helps dispose of explosives at Cooper County home
COOPER 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
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Lack of Missouri Medicaid expansion creates uncertainty for state, patients
Gov. 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.
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Prosecutor’s office seeks to revoke Columbia shooting suspect’s probation
The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday that motions have been filed to revoke probation for Gerrod Taylor, 20, of Columbia.
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Multiple clinics in Mid-Missouri set to vaccinate adolescents ages 12 to 15
Vaccinators 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.
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Governor says no to expanding Medicaid without funding
According 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.
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Boone Health to hold first vaccination clinic for ages 12-15 on Thursday
Boone Health is holding the first vaccination clinic for ages 12-15 in the mid-Missouri area at the Columbia Mall on Thursday morning.
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Missouri Senate votes to limit use of chokeholds after Governor threatens veto
If signed by Parson, the bill would allow police to only use chokeholds if they or someone else are in serious danger.
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One person arrested, two suspects sought in connection to Walmart shooting Monday
COLUMBIA, 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
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Person arrested after morning manhunt in Callaway County
CALLAWAY 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
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Downtown business group says ending health order comes with mixed reactions
Nickie 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.
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Parson says he is ready to sign gas tax increase into law
The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk.
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Boonville child injured while walking to school
BOONVILLE, 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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Suspect charged in 2017 Columbia killing makes first court appearance
Prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with three felonies including murder in a 2017 killing in an upscale subdivision that investigators have tied to a drug-trafficking ring.
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Missouri lawmakers pass bill to increase gas tax for the first time in decades
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Republican lawmakers in Missouri have passed a bill to raise the gas tax for the first time since the 1990’s. Now, it’s headed to Governor Mike Parson’s desk. The GOP-led House voted Tuesday 104-52 to raise Missouri’s 17-cent gas tax by 2.5 cents a year until it hits 29.5 cents per
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Boone County joins surrounding areas by removing COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday
On Wednesday, the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services will let the health order expire at noon and will no longer require businesses to enforce social distancing and mask-wearing.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the state stop paying federal coronavirus unemployment?
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday that the state will stop paying special federal coronavirus unemployment benefits on June 12.
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