Missouri Archives

SATURDAY UPDATES: Three active cases of COVID-19 in Cole County

May 9, 2020 2:59 PM Sydney Olsen

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is reporting 9,666 cases of COVID-19.

Florists finding new ways to deliver orders for Mother’s Day

May 9, 2020 7:36 PM Zach Boetto

Flower shops across Mid-Missouri had to get innovative to get the rush of customers their flowers for Mother’s Day.

Missouri legislature passes $35 billion budget, major cuts avoided by potential federal dollars

May 8, 2020 9:42 PM Connor Hirsch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Senate and House of Representatives passed a $35.2 billion budget Friday hours before their 6 p.m. deadline. State Rep. Kip Kendrick, the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, said about $10 billion comes from general revenue, another $10 billion comes from other funds and $14.7 billion comes from

FRIDAY UPDATES: Cooper County Fair Board cancels fair over COVID-19 concerns

May 8, 2020 10:15 AM ABC 17 News Team

Get regular updates on COVID-19 news here.

Authorities continue search for Mengqi Ji at the Lamine River

May 8, 2020 7:51 PM Zach Boetto

Crews returned to the De Bourgmont Access at the Lamine River near Highway 41 in search for a missing Columbia mother.

Boone Hospital follows new mask policy, resumes some services

May 8, 2020 2:39 PM Amber Tabeling

Boone Hospital Center and other BJC HealthCare facilities announced Wednesday that employees, patients and visitors are being required to wear masks to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

Authorities continue to build levee in search for Mengqi Ji

May 7, 2020 8:26 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Crews gained ground Thursday on the Lamine River levee construction to aid in the search for Mengqi Ji. Authorities began building the levee in order to get heavy machinery onto the river in attempt to reach the south column of the Highway 41 bridge where they believe Mengqi Ji may be located.

Chesterfield facility part of race to make COVID-19 vaccine

May 7, 2020 2:21 PM Matthew Sanders

The news conference is set to start at 3 p.m.

Man who worked at Missouri pork plant dies from coronavirus

May 7, 2020 8:04 AM Associated Press

An employee of a Missouri pork plant where hundreds of workers tested positive for the coronavirus has died from the virus.

Crews return to Lamine River in search of missing mom

May 6, 2020 9:37 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Search teams returned to the Lamine River on Wednesday, in search of a missing Columbia mother. “Our goal is really to gain some closure for the family and to truly investigate to a point where we find evidence of her body and close the case,” Brittany Hilderbrand, a Columbia Police Department spokesperson

Missouri officials say COVID-19 projections come from industry, academia

May 5, 2020 2:38 PM Matthew Sanders

The director of Missouri’s Medicaid program sought to clarify Tuesday how the state is getting COVID-19 case projections and how those estimates are used.

Columbia Public Schools’ fall plans complicated by COVID-19 uncertainties

May 5, 2020 12:56 PM Amber Tabeling

Columbia Public Schools continues to work through many different scenarios to figure out what the 2020-2021 school year will look like.

Jefferson City fitness studio reopens with caution

May 4, 2020 4:23 PM Amber Tabeling

A Jefferson City fitness studio reopened along with many other Cole County businesses Monday, as restrictions for the state and county lessened.

Missouri governor says COVID-19 case jump should be viewed in context

May 4, 2020 2:31 PM Matthew Sanders

Gov. Mike Parson pointed to large-scale testing at a COVID-19 hot spot as a major reason for a jump in COVID-19 cases on the day Missouri reopened for business.

Boone County reopen order more strict than state order

May 3, 2020 6:21 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The state of Missouri and Boone County have new reopen orders going into effect Monday morning at midnight. There are not many differences between the two, however, the Boone County reopen order is more strict on allowing businesses to reopen. Cole County has been following statewide guidelines since April 25 and will

Columbia cafe and pub looking to federal government for guidelines

May 2, 2020 9:34 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia cafe and pub decided to have a pop-up event in order to get a feel for what it will be like to reopen when the stay home order is lifted. Lydia Melton, the owner of Gunter Hans says the federal government granted the cafe and pub a loan from the

SATURDAY UPDATES: More than 8,000 COVID-19 cases in Missouri

May 2, 2020 5:42 PM Sydney Olsen

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is reporting 7,835 cases of COVID-19 in the state.

Some state employees ready for return to work Monday

May 1, 2020 2:29 PM Matthew Sanders

More than 2,200 state employees will return to work Monday as major state offices reopen.

Columbia’s reopening plan orders some businesses to stay closed

April 30, 2020 7:53 PM Zach Boetto

A number of entertainment venues in Columbia will stay closed until further notice after city and Boone County leaders rolled out a new reopen order Thursday.

Federal funding could help fix the “digital divide” in Missouri’s rural education

April 30, 2020 2:31 PM Matt Ragsdale

Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and state leaders are set to go over the state’s recovery plan at 3 p.m. Thursday.