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TUESDAY UPDATES: JC School District reports 2 new facilities reporting their first COVID-19 case on campus

September 15, 2020 11:22 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for local updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jefferson City asking for almost $1.5 million in CARES Act funding from Cole County

September 15, 2020 7:56 PM Connor Hirsch

According to 31 applications retrieved from the city through a sunshine request, $1,476,710 is being requested to help the city handle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cole County was given just about $9 million dollars to distribute to cities, communities, businesses and organizations impacted by the crisis.

University of Missouri curators’ committee recommends $700k audit

September 15, 2020 3:26 PM Zach Boetto

A committee of the University of Missouri Board of Curators recommended Tuesday that the full board approve a $700,000 contract for an audit.

Black Lives Matter mural on Kansas City street vandalized

September 15, 2020 6:54 PM Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of six Black Lives Matter street murals in Kansas City has been vandalized. Now, the artists behind the mural are hoping the vandalism can be incorporated into it as part of the art. The vandalism to the mural at the intersection of Northwest Briarcliff Parkway and North Mulberry Drive

Police: Decomposing body found in vacant home ruled homicide

September 15, 2020 6:52 PM Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say the discovery of a decomposing body in a vacant Kansas City home marks the city’s latest homicide investigation. Officers called to the home Monday afternoon found the body of a person in a state of advanced decomposition. Police spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said in a news release that

Veteran dies after fight at eastern Missouri bar

September 15, 2020 6:50 PM Associated Press

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two men are charged with second-degree murder after an Air Force veteran died from injuries from a bar fight in eastern Missouri. Chaise Dunlap of Old Monroe was injured early Saturday in Wentzville. His mother told the newspaper on Monday that her 27-year-old son died of severe head trauma and had

Man arrested after allegedly assaulting Maries County sheriff’s deputy

September 15, 2020 6:44 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Maries County Sheriff’s Department is reporting a naked man assaulted a deputy during a morning call.

Man gets 48 years in prison for killing Missouri couple

September 15, 2020 5:59 PM Associated Press

TUNAS, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for killing a couple in 2018. KYTV-TV reports that 24-year-old Billy Medley of Macks Creek was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty to killing Joseph and Brandy Allen in September 2018. Investigators say the Allens were shot when they tried

St. Louis matches homicide total for all of last year

September 15, 2020 5:57 PM Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 15-year-old girl shot to death in St. Louis has become the city’s 194th homicide victim in 2020, matching the total for all of 2019 with 3 1/2 months still to go in the year. Police responded to a call around 6 p.m. Monday in the Riverview neighborhood in far northern

Mizzou journalism school faculty criticize system president

September 15, 2020 5:56 PM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School faculty members are criticizing the university system’s president for actions and comments that they say could discourage dissent. The Columbia Missourian reports that 15 faculty members signed a letter Monday to Mun Choi. It comes after he faced a backlash last week for blocking students on

TRUTH ALERT: Ad targets Parson’s spending, lobbyist gifts

September 15, 2020 5:37 PM Lucas Geisler

An ad against Republican Gov. Mike Parson takes aim at payments his office took from lobbyists and money that office spent to travel Missouri.

Maximum number of microenterprise loan applications submitted Tuesday to Columbia Housing Programs Division

September 15, 2020 5:28 AM Brittany Wiley

The department is reporting 35 is the maximum number they are allowed to serve in this grant.

School drop-off and pick-up causes traffic trouble in Ashland

September 15, 2020 11:58 AM Riane Cleveland

School-related traffic has increased in Ashland due to drop off and pick up procedures.

MU Health Care opening drive-thru flu shot clinic on Saturdays

September 15, 2020 3:34 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) MU Health Care is opening a drive-thru flu shot clinic every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at its South Providence Medical Park through Oct. 31. The clinic will offer flu shots to anyone six months and older in the parking lot just east of the South Providence Medical Park located at

Official: Positivity rate correction does not affect Boone County health order

September 15, 2020 3:21 PM Zola Crowder

The Boone County health department said Tuesday that it had to correct COVID-19 infection rates spanning the summer but emphasized that the new numbers don’t change the decision to implement a stricter health order.