THURSDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports 43 new COVID-19 cases
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Body found in Valley Park, Mo. connected to Columbia case
VALLEY PARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Police in St. Louis County report they found a body they say is connected to a Columbia case. Police tell us it found the body in Valley Park, a suburb 20 minutes southwest of St. Louis Detectives found a person dead in a truck at Marshall Road and 7th in Valley
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Cooper County Public Health Center adding security after multiple threats
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Cooper County Public Health Center administrator Melanie Hutton says the organization has recently received multiple threats that require added security. Hutton says the center has an increased law enforcement presence with a full-time officer on duty. On Tuesday, the health center leadership approved an emergency purchase to upgrade the center’s security system.
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Columbia Housing and Community Development give recommendations on CARES Act Funding proposals
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Housing and Community Development gave their CARES ACT Funding proposals recommendations Wednesday night in the third round of funding. CHCD had a little under $800,000 to hand out but received $1.7 million in proposals. CDBG CV Round 3 Recommendations-Final-1Download Sixteen organizations from across the city requested the grant money to help
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Road conditions cause wreck in Morgan County Wednesday morning
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol report a Morgan County crash was caused due to road conditions on US Highway 50 east of Old Route 50. Troopers report a 1999 Ford F-250 lost control due to the conditions causing a trailer to swerve and hit oncoming traffic. The driver of the Ford, Jorge
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Three injured in Wednesday evening wreck in Howard County
HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were injured in a two-vehicle wreck Wednesday evening in Howard County. According to the crash report, both vehicles were traveling westbound on Highway 40 when Thomas Schnell attempted to turn around in the middle of the roadway. Officials say that is when the second vehicle hit the first one.
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State lawmakers eye improvements to child abuse hotline process
Some state lawmakers are looking to improve the state’s child abuse hotline after a meeting earlier in the week.
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Two detained after vehicle chase from Columbia into Callaway County back into Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia police traffic stop ended up as a chase through Callaway County Thursday afternoon. Officials say Columbia Police chased the suspect’s vehicle into Callaway County on Interstate 70 and canceled the chase at the State Road J overpass. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers then spotted the vehicle on State Road F
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Parts of the northeast saw 6″ per hour snowfall rates with latest Nor’easter
Even for the northeast, yesterday’s snow storm was a sight to behold. A crushing band of snow sat across the I-86/I-88 corridors dumping snowfall rates of 4-6″ per hour… for nearly 8 hours. You do the math. That puts you at 32-48″ of snow… which is around what most folks in that area measured in
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FDA committee recommends Moderna vaccine for people 18 and older
An FDA advisory panel voted Thursday to recommend the agency approve Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for use in people 18 years old and older.
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Police: One person detained. Large law enforcement presence at east Columbia apartment complex
More than a dozen Columbia police and Boone County Sheriff’s Department vehicles responded to an apartment complex in east Columbia Thursday afternoon.
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WATCH: Cole County health officials say countywide hospitalizations back to normal levels
Cole County health officials gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday morning during an online meeting.
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Missouri lawmaker denounced for alleged sex with intern
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House Ethics Committee says a state lawmaker who allegedly had sex with an intern should be punished. A committee report released Wednesday says a staffer reported that St. Louis Democratic Rep. Wiley Price admitted to having sex with an intern. The report says he then pressured the staffer to
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Missouri panel turns aside utility shutoff moratorium
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Public Service Commission has turned down a request that sought a moratorium on utility shutoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic. The commission says it has no authority to grant such an order. The Consumers Council of Missouri filed a request for the emergency order that would have prohibited
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Missouri Lottery to reinstate limits on ticket purchases
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Lottery plans to limit how many tickets individuals can buy in one day. The Lottery Commission voted Thursday to ban the selling of more than $10,000 in tickets to one person in a 24-hour period. Former Gov. Eric Greitens administration removed a previous cap as part of an
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Boone County health department requests additional vaccine doses for health clinics
The Columbia/Boone County health department has requested coronavirus vaccines from the state to help vaccinate smaller health clinics as well as patient-facing health department workers.
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Government ordered to pay landowners on lower Missouri River
A judge has ruled that the federal government must pay landowners on the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by the Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to protect endangered species.
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Jefferson City man gets probation, fine for tax evasion
Judge Stephen Bough sentenced Ryan M. Phegley to three years of probation and ordered him to pay a $30,000 fine, according to federal court documents.
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Boone Hospital Center starts vaccinating its employees
Boone Hospital began vaccinating their frontline workers Thursday morning just before 8 a.m.
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Missouri’s 2nd batch of vaccine smaller than anticipated
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday lauded the rollout of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, but it appears the second-week supply will be thousands of doses smaller than anticipated.
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