Jefferson City Schools decides to not shorten quarantine time for employees
School board will review whether teachers should be considered essential workers.
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DEFENDERS: Scammers target Amazon users ahead of Prime Day
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Days before Amazon Prime Day, the Better Business Bureau is warning Amazon users about scammers trying to steal your personal information. In a news release, the BBB says the scammer will call you and if you answer a recorded message will play. The message claims there is a problem with Amazon account.
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Barrett vows to interpret laws ‘as they are written’
At her confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has declared that Americans deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets the Constitution and laws “as they are written.”
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Jefferson City police arrest man with multiple warrants
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City officers arrested a man with multiple active warrants early Sunday morning. A release from the police department said 27-year-old Jonathan Adams and a woman were arrested at a Days Inn hotel on Jefferson Street. Officers were patrolling the area when they saw a vehicle associated with Adams in the
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Patrol: Truck crash into bridge seriously injures man
A Lake of the Ozarks-area man was seriously hurt after crashing into a bridge later Saturday night, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.
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Benton County Sheriff recovering in hospital after motorcycle crash
The sheriff of Benton County and his wife are at University Hospital in Columbia after a motorcycle crash.
Continue ReadingSUNDAY UPDATE: Boone County reports 25 new COVID-19 cases
The Department of Health and Senior Services reported an error on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard on Sunday.
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Columbia Board of Education to vote on return to learn; parents await decision
The Board of Education is set to vote on an in-person four-day week learning model on Monday for Columbia Public Schools to return to classrooms, while parents await to see how the decision could impact their families.
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Fatal motorcycle crash in Osage County
OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A fatal motorcycle crash in Osage County is the second fatality of October for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F. According to MSHP crash reports, 52-year-old, Tammy S. Sauer of Loose Creek Mo. was traveling westbound on Highway 100 when she traveled off the right side of the roadway and flipped
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Mizzou upsets No. 17 LSU
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Eli Drinkwitz’s squad played a close game with LSU throughout, ending in a 45-41 air-raid victory. Mizzou came out firing as the underdogs against the 17th-ranked team in the country. The momentum shifted in the fourth quarter when MU defensive lineman Chris Turner blocked LSU’s field goal attempt. Missouri regained possession and
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Columbia Board of Education expected to vote on return to in-person classes
The Board of Education is set to hold a meeting in which the main focus will be making a formal motion and voting on the districts re-opening plan.
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Missouri Task Force 1 to return home by Monday
Missouri Task Force 1 will make the journey home from Louisianna on Sunday.
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SATURDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 66 new COVID-19 cases
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 144,230 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
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Extra Mizzou home game brings fewer crowds to some businesses in Columbia
Local businesses in downtown Columbia saw smaller crowds this home game compared to the Alabama game on Sept. 26.
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SportsZone Football Friday 2020: Week 7
Cuba (22) at South Callaway (29) FMarshall (59) at Fulton (21) FHallsville (16) at Blair Oaks (55) FHelias (28) at Jefferson City (0) FBoonville (54) at Versailles (6) FEldon (13) at California (59) FMoberly (14) at Hannibal (13) FCentralia (24) at Bowling Green (22) FLebanon (52) at Camdenton (38) FHickman (0) at Ray-Pec (56) FRolla
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Fire causes major damage to building in Fulton
Fulton Fire and Police were called to 206 North East Eighth Street last night after reports of a residential structure fire.
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Cole County Sheriff’s Dept. make arrest in statutory rape of 15-year-old
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff‘s deputies took a report of a sexual offense involving a 15-year-old female and a 37-year-old male on Oct. 1. In the probable cause statement, the victim’s mother becomes suspicious of the victim and older male’s relantionship and put spyware on the victim’s phone. In the PC statement, the
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Search warrant leads to multiple arrests in Jefferson City
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A search warrant executed by the Cole County Sheriff’s Department and MUSTANG Drug Task Force leads to a multiple arrests, marijuana seizure and multiple firearm violations. According to the release, law enforcement search a residence on the 2400 block of Livingston street in Jefferson City. Court documents reveal Scott Howell and
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Department of Corrections employee arrested after drug investigation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, Cole County Sheriff Deputies and the MUSTANG Drug Task Force arrested an employee of the Jefferson City Correctional Center after a drug investigation. According to the release, the 39-year-old female employee of the Department of Corrections was found to be in possession of 39 grams of meth, packaged in
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Mizzou staffing back on track for game day; health officials hope to see same compliance
After a potential staff shortage due to a sudden change in location of the University of Missouri’s football game, officials said Mizzou is back on track, while local health department officials hope to see the same compliance taken on Saturday’s game as they did previously.
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