A Capital City High School student will be subject to “full disciplinary actions” from school administrators after making a threat on social media, according to an email sent to families Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Adrienne Broaddus, Bill Kirkos and Andy Rose, CNN An elementary school outside St. Louis found to have “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination will be closed for the rest of the semester, with students shifting to virtual learning starting Monday, the school board announced. Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri, as well as its kindergarten
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,500 students from 50 high schools went to the Jefferson City Fairgrounds to learn about a possible career in construction. The second annual Build My Future event is meant to give students an idea of what a career in the construction industry looks like — while also addressing the shortage of workers. The
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A special commission recommended to the state school board Tuesday that Missouri pay teachers more, diversity the education workforce and help them with mental health concerns.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with light winds. Lows falling into the lower 20s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds and a bit warmer with highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: Tonight, winds die down enough to allow temperatures to dip into the low 20s once again. I’ve dropped our forecast to 22, which would tie the record
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold its annual statewide winter operations drill on Thursday. MoDOT vehicles will be on on state routes and highways during the drill. In rural areas, crews will deploy after 8 a.m. In urban areas, the drill will not begin until after 9 a.m. The exercise
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Mizzou football head coach Eli Drinkwitz will take questions from reporters at noon Tuesday.
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Columbia’s City Council met Tuesday night and approved the purchase of The VFW to be used as a temporary homeless shelter in the city.
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 46-year-old Mexico man was thrown out of his car after running off the road, striking an embankment, a MODOT sign and overturning according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The crash happened Monday on westbound Highway 54, roughly around 6:35 a.m. He was not wearing a seatbelt, and according
Continue Reading PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old woman is recovering from serious injuries after her pickup truck traveled off the side of the road and overturned yesterday at afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Nancy Spicer was traveling in the eastbound lane of Laramie Rd. when the crash occurred. Highway Patrol says she
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It’s Homecoming Week at the University of Missouri.
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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is proposing a new rule that would require libraries to distinguish which books are age-appropriate for children.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After a more than three-hour meeting, the Jefferson City Council unanimously decided on Monday to delay any decision to demolish 11 properties on or near Capitol Avenue for another four weeks while the city finds interested bidders. The City Council were going to vote on whether or nor several properties would
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council appointed five new members to the Citizens Police Review Board on Monday night. The board has experienced a lot of drama recently, as resignations have poured in. The appointments were made after public interview sessions held by the City Council on Monday. The council appointed Edward Barnes, Xavier Scruggs,
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Public health officials are teaming up with a Columbia pub for a vaccine clinic this week.
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Hearing aids are now easier to come by for those who suffer mild to moderate hearing loss.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man was charged Friday with making a terroristic threat — second degree — after making several posts on social media targeting a movie screening expected to have 400 people in attendance. Kyle Piper, 44, of Ashland, allegedly was employed for the film at one point, according to the probable
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KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Springfield, Missouri, man is charged with multiple felonies after allegedly stabbing another man in a car on Thursday. Jesse Brock, 24, is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after a Chariton County Sheriff’s County deputy saw a man with a stab wound and found blood in several places in
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A man suffered serious injuries after he crashed his truck Monday morning in Audrain County on Highway 54 west of Route HH Bobby Norris, 46, was driven to University Hospital by ambulance after his 1999 Dodge Dakota ran off the left side of the road, hit an embankment and MoDOT sign, and
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Columbia police say a woman they arrested after she showed up to a hospital with gunshot wounds early Sunday had earlier exchanged gunfire with two people in a parked vehicle.
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