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State health director testifies about coronavirus response at Missouri Capitol
A joint legislative committee on Missouri’s response to the novel coronavirus met Tuesday.
Continue ReadingA joint legislative committee on Missouri’s response to the novel coronavirus met Tuesday.
Continue ReadingMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Tuesday that he filed a lawsuit against televangelist Jim Bakker and Morningside Productions, Inc., for purporting to have a cure for COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe German agribusiness giant Bayer AG has temporarily closed two locations in Missouri and two in New Jersey due to concerns that an employee may have contracted the new coronavirus.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking Missourians to be on the lookout for potential scams related to COVID-19, or coronavirus. Schmitt said consumers need to be on the lookout for a large increase in prices. In most cases, price gouging could be seen with possible price increases on hand sanitizer,
Continue ReadingTwo Catholic schools in suburban St. Louis have temporarily closed and some students at a third school have been told to stay home
Continue ReadingThe United States Environmental Protection Agency has released a list of disinfectant products that it says can kill the novel coronavirus.
Continue ReadingRep. Kip Kendrick (D – Columbia) said the state has tests available and is equipped to use them, but with the first presumptive positive test of the novel Coronavirus in Missouri, more will be needed.
Continue ReadingStatements from legislators continued to pour in Sunday after the first presumed positive case of COVID-19 in Missouri.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson will hold a press conference to address a case of the Coronavirus in the state.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation says crews will be focusing on repairing potholes through April. “There is a lot more than we’ve seen in previous years,” said Adam Pulley the Central District communications manager for MoDOT. According to a report from MoDOT, in 2019, the department patched roughly 730,000 potholes worth an
Continue ReadingThe officer-involved shooting Thursday in Columbia resulted in one person dead and three Columbia police officers on paid administrative leave.
Continue ReadingState fire investigators noted past problems with a fire suppression system at a gas station that burned down in November.
Continue ReadingDREXEL, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri business owner says his product could help prevent the spread of the newly discovered strain of the coronavirus. The problem, according to InnovaPrep CEO David Alburty, is getting a hold of someone within the system that might be interested. InnovaPrep takes up several buildings in the downtown area of Drexel,
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The estimated completion date of levee repairs has been corrected. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says the Capital View Levee rebuilding process should be completed by the end of summer. Contractors currently have the ability to place bids on the contract which the Corps published on Feb.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol issued an AMBER alert Wednesday night for a potential abduction in Hillsdale, which is in the St. Louis area.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools leaders say they will not be at a Wednesday hearing centered on the use of seclusion rooms.
Continue ReadingParson met with the State Emergency Management Agency and other government officials to discuss the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus.
Continue ReadingThe state of Missouri is preparing for a coronavirus outbreak, despite there being no confirmed cases in the state.
Continue ReadingThe US Army Corps of Engineers announced on Monday that dam releases in Nebraska were reduced to relieve pressure on Missouri levees.
Continue ReadingColumbia Police have set a 4 p.m. Friday press conference to talk about an officer-involved shooting that took place near Nebo Cemetery Road, near Highway UU on Feb. 20.
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