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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care is extending its Saturday morning drive-thru flu shot clinic for the next two weeks at its South Providence Medical Park. The clinics were going to end last Saturday but will continue through Nov. 14. The event offers car-side flu shots to anyone six months and older from 8 a.m.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than 3 million Missourians cast ballots in Tuesday’s presidential election. The turnout exceeded the previous high mark of 2.9 million voters in the 2008 presidential election. But the 70% turnout rate fell a little short of the 75% threshold that had been forecast by local election officials. The state’s
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WASHBURN, MO (KHBS) — The Pea Ridge Fire Department helped bring at least three children to the hospital after a house fire and explosion in southwest Missouri. The White Rock Fire District responded to a house fire and explosion in Washburn, Missouri, a town less than 20 miles
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Vice President Joe Biden won in Boone County but the margin was much smaller than the one President Donald Trump enjoyed in Cole and Callaway counties. Biden took about 55% of the presidential votes in reliably Democratic Boone County, getting 49,999 of the 91,200 votes cast. Trump garnered about 38,600 votes.
Continue ReadingMissouri voters passed Amendment 3 Tuesday, undoing changes to how the state draws congressional and state legislative districts.
Continue ReadingDemocratic state Auditor Nicole Galloway told supporters Tuesday night that she hoped her campaign was one they could take pride in despite her loss to Republican Gov. Mike Parson.
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Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis woman was distraught that people dying of COVID-19 in her area were being remembered less for who they were than as statistics of the pandemic, so she decided to do something about it. Jessica Murray launched a website in June to honor St. Louis area lives lost to
Continue ReadingAFFTON, Mo. (AP) — Police say an 85-year-old woman crossing the street to vote was hit and killed by a car in St. Louis County. Sgt. Benjamin Granda said the woman was walking to get to a polling place inside the Affton Community Center about 6 a.m. Tuesday when she was hit. Her name has
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has upheld the conviction and 10-year sentence for a businessman who ran a $220 million predatory payday lending operation that cheated over a half-million people nationwide. The ruling Tuesday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals followed the 2018 sentencing of Richard Moseley Sr., of Kansas City,
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration says one of its agents shot and killed a man during a confrontation in Springfield. The DEA said 25-year-old Caleb Slay was shot on Monday after he confronted authorities who were conducting surveillance on someone else who appeared to be violating federal law. The agency did not
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Continue ReadingROLLA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis County woman was killed and four others were injured in a south-central Missouri crash involving three vehicles. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the crash happened Saturday afternoon near Rolla in Phelps County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 54-year-old Melissa Schmuelling was a passenger in a
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri election officials are predicting a strong turnout in Tuesday’s general election. Figures provided by the secretary of state’s office show that local election authorities are forecasting a statewide voter turnout of 75%. If that comes true, it would be the highest percentage turnout since 1992. About 828,000 people already had
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is giving warnings and not punishments for students they say broke school rules on protests this semester. According to a university spokesperson, several warnings have been issued after students violated those policies on Oct. 2 at Jesse Hall when students continued to ask for the removal of the
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Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Health department directors from across Missouri are walking away from their jobs after many of them were threatened and harassed over the actions they’ve taken to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that at least a dozen county health department directors have vacated their jobs since March.
Continue ReadingThe FBI said Russian hackers are targeting US hospitals by using malware that locks computer systems and denies hospitals access to its data.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson gave an update on the state’s recovery from COVID-19 during a Thursday afternoon briefing.
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