Boone Health becomes an independent health care provider
Boone Health will officially become an independent healthcare provider Thursday as the hospital aims to be more community driven.
Continue ReadingBoone Health will officially become an independent healthcare provider Thursday as the hospital aims to be more community driven.
Continue ReadingVoters last year approved a measure to expand Medicaid’s health-care coverage to low-income, working adults.
Continue ReadingThe assistant director of the Columbia/Boone County Health Department Scott Clardy said getting this age group vaccinated is another step towards herd immunity, as a large group of people are hesitant about getting the vaccine in the area.
Continue ReadingPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fl. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri student is in critical condition after nearly drowning. Police in Panama City Beach Florida reports Joseph Pedrotti is being treated at a local hospital. According to police, the MU student was doing laps at a pool when friends noticed he had stopped swimming. First responders performed
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a garage fire on the 8000 block of east Mclane-Dailing road in Centralia just after 7:30 p.m. Officials say that the homeowners were home and no one was injured. A firefighter with Boone County reports the two-car garage, two cars, and other things in the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard Torrence Watson is the latest player to enter the transfer portal. He’s now the fifth MU player to leave the program this offseason. Watson is joined by Xavier Pinson, Mark Smith, Parker Braun and Ed Chang. Watson averaged just 1.8 points per game as a junior this past season. The
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Continue ReadingThe Senate rejected a similar proposal on an initial vote last week. Nine Republicans and 10 Democrats voted against that proposal.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia/Boone County Health Department is hosting a coronavirus vaccination outreach clinic at the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday to give out around 150 second doses.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police arrested a woman Tuesday evening in connection to an abandonment of a corpse case from last Friday. According to police, police started a death investigation in the 3100 block of Wingate Court on March 22 after a drug overdose at a Columbia hotel. April Dawn Hanson, 41, of Columbia, was
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) New research shows that COVID-19 hospitalization rates for Missourians ages 60 or older have decreased since the peak in December 2020, while rates of hospitalization for adults ages 59 or younger have increased. Dave Dillion with the Missouri Hospital Association said older populations have been targeted to receive the vaccine since the rollout began. “Older
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Harrisburg man late Tuesday night following a single-vehicle crash.
Continue ReadingAs more Americans get vaccinated, more people are resuming visits with family and friends that they’ve put off because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue ReadingThe Moniteau County Health Center has more unfilled appointments on its second day of a mass vaccination clinic.
Continue ReadingThe latest White House state profile shows that cases are on a steady rise in parts of Missouri. Missouri State Profile ReportDownload Last week Missouri’s health department reported more than 4,922 new cases, which is up 12 percent from the previous week. A Maries County has returned to the red zone for community transmission. Boone,
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Protesters have gathered to demonstrate against Republican Senator Josh Hawley at the corner of Forum Blvd and Woodrail avenue at the Country Club of Missouri entrance. Protestors gathered both in support and against Hawley. One demonstrator said she was unhappy with comments the senator made surrounding the January 6th capitol riots. Rebecca
Continue ReadingBurke said the forensic odontologist, a specially trained dentist that uses expertise to identify unknown remains, started his work on Monday evening. She said the office expects to know whether or not the remains are Ji’s by Friday.
Continue ReadingNearly two months into Columbia’s “pay as you throw” residential trash collection program, residents are still reporting problems with city-issued bags and limits of how much trash they can dispose of each week.
Continue ReadingBoone Electric Cooperative said the town of Rocheport had no power Tuesday morning after a tree fell on some power lines.
Continue ReadingCole County will open a coronavirus vaccination site at the Capital Mall once all Missouri adults are eligible for the vaccine.
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