FRIDAY UPDATES: Macon County R-1 school district to return 6-12 grade students to in class learning
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Cori Bush says she is moving offices to get away from Marjorie Taylor Greene after mask altercation
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri announced Friday that she will be moving her office away from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, following a heated exchange earlier this month where Bush confronted Greene about not wearing a mask in a hallway on Capitol Hill. The fallout led Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take the
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8 staff members hurt in southeast Missouri prison attack
The Missouri Department of Corrections says eight prison officers were hurt in an attack at a prison in the southeastern part of the state.
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Expert advice on what to do and not to do before and after your coronavirus vaccination
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With more vaccines becoming available throughout the state, and mass vaccination clinics opening, health care workers feel the public need to know important do’s and don’ts to consider. Margaret Day will the MU Health Department vaccine committee provides advice for before, after and during your vaccination. Register in your location with contact
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Some Missouri lawmakers get vaccine doses meant for others
A spokesman for the Missouri Democratic Party confirmed that lawmakers from both major parties got in line for the shots, which were intended for other state workers.
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Man arrested in Missouri in attack on US Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who was accused of taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested Thursday. FBI agents and Springfield police took Zachary Martin into custody without incident on federal charges of unlawful activities on Capitol Grounds, disorderly conduct and demonstrating in the Capitol building. No court documents
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 86 new COVID-19 cases, 1st time vaccination rate is 7.4%
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Parson backs tax breaks for Missouri stores ordered closed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says businesses forced to temporarily shut down because of local COVID-19 mandates should get tax breaks. Parson on Thursday told Missouri Press Association members and reporters that restaurants and other businesses shouldn’t have to pay property taxes for times when they were ordered closed because of
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WATCH: Gov. Parson unveils Office of Childhood
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Raise for Missouri lawmakers inches closer to taking effect
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attempt to block pay raises for Missouri statewide elected officials has failed. The state House on Thursday came short of getting the two-thirds majority needed to stop the raises. That means state lawmakers, the governor and other statewide elected officers likely will get a pay bump. In Missouri, an
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Nixa educator charged with federal child porn count
SPRINGFIELD, Mo (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwestern Missouri junior high has been charged in federal court, accused of posing as a teenage girl to ask for sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy. Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse, of Nixa, was charged Wednesday in Springfield’s federal courthouse with sexual exploitation for
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State of the State address comes amid COVID-19 concerns in capitol, increased vaccines across Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Parson began the annual State of the State address by touting Missouri’s success in fighting COVID-19, but some were opposed to even having the address in person. Just hours before the 3 p.m. address, the venue was changed from the House Chambers to the Senate Chambers across the capitol.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 2nd COVID-19 related death this week; announces vaccine stand-by list
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Continue Reading Gov. Parson to lay out legislative agenda during state of the state address
You can watch live coverage from the address when it starts at 3 p.m.
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U.S. appeals court sides with Missouri state representative in case over Twitter account
The US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a Mid-Missouri State Representative on Wednesday in a case over her Twitter account.
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Gov. Parson says “Missouri has prevailed” in first State of the State of the pandemic
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Gov. Mike Parson touted the ways government was able to work despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor’s State of the State address, the first such address since the start of the pandemic in March, discussed many of the challenges the state has seen in recent years, including
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Parson to divert doses from pharmacies to boost vaccine rate
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson plans to divert thousands of unused doses of the coronavirus vaccine from CVS and Walgreens pharmacies to other state-enrolled vaccinators to give a boost to the slower-than-expected process. Kelli Jones, the Republican governor’s spokeswoman, says the administration already has requested the return of 25,000 doses from CVS
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Cole County taking the lead on Mid-Missouri’s mass vaccination clinics
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County is taking the reigns to coordinate the National Guard’s mass vaccination clinics in the Mid-Missouri region. Governor Mike Parson activated Guard troops last week to staff mass vaccination clinics in each of the Missouri State Highway Patrol regions. The Cole County Commission approved a contract between the Cole County
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Cole and Moniteau County report COVID-19 related deaths
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Continue Reading Raise for Missouri elected officials close to kicking in
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A raise for Missouri statewide elected officials and lawmakers is close to taking effect. The state Legislature has until Monday to block raises recommended by an independent citizen panel. A House committee on Tuesday passed a resolution to block the raises. But that leaves very little time for both the
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