Expert: Denying Medicaid expansion might not save Missouri money
The Missouri Senate voted late Wednesday against funding the Medicaid expansion voters approved last year, saying the cost would be too high for the state.
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Fulton police: Missing woman is likely kidnapping victim
The patrol on Thursday distributed a flyer saying Tori Taylor, 25, was last seen on April 20 in Montgomery County. She has not been responding to messages and her social media accounts have not been active, according to the patrol.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County first in state with beginning and completing coronavirus vaccine with percent of population
Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Monroe County man gets 20 years for armed criminal action; murder sentence delayed
James Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.
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Columbia Public Schools prepare for vaccine clinics for students
COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will offer vaccine clinics for it’s students starting Tuesday. The clinics are in partnership with the Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department. The Pfizer vaccine will be provided at each clinic, allowing any student 16 and older to get vaccinated with parental consent. The second dose
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Airfare scam risks increase as travel returns for summer
The BBB Scam Tracker is receiving reports of con artists creating fake airline ticket booking sites or customer service numbers.
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Cole County judge denies motion in 1991 cold case
The request for a bill of particulars — a document that details the prosecution’s case — from lawyers representing William “Chris” Niemet of Fulton was denied Wednesday, according to online court records.
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Callaway County sends evidence to state crime lab in explosives investigation
The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has sent evidence to the state crime lab after deputies found explosives near a lake Wednesday.
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Woman charged with hitting child at Columbia school bus stop
Prosecutors have charged a woman with failing to stop for a school bus and injuring a child after she allegedly hit a boy at a southeast Columbia bus stop.
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Police seek information in Columbia attempted robbery
Officers were called a little after 8 a.m. to the Walmart Supercenter at 415 Conley Road.
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Twenty-year-old in hospital, charged with DWI in Macon County crash
Highway Patrol Troop B arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of alcohol after crash reports say he veered off a road and hit a tree.
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Missouri Senate votes against Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Senate met Wednesday and voted 20-14 against Medicaid expansion.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should preschool be free of cost to families?
President Joe Biden has proposed having the federal government pay for two years of preschool for each child in his new American Families Plan.
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Columbia Boone County Health Department hosts first walk-in only vaccine clinic
CENTRALIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone Public Health and Human Services Department hosted its first walk-in only vaccination clinic for rural areas Wednesday. The health department, in partnership with the Missouri National Guard, vaccinated 95 people at its walk-in clinic in Centralia Wednesday. Ashton Day, the health educator for Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services,
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Hallsville man sentenced to three years in prison for 2019 burglary
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The second suspect involved in a 2019 Columbia pawn shop burglary has been sentenced to prison. 21-year-old Alexander Mears was sentenced Wednesday morning to three years in prison. Mears and 26-year-old Tyler Hilderman stole more than 60 firearms from Tiger Pawn in Columbia. According to Mears’s plea agreement, the duo made
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Jackknifed 18-wheeler reported at St. Charles exit on Interstate 70
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communication is reporting a jackknifed 18-wheeler at exit 131 on westbound Interstate 70. The eastbound passing lane is closed due to the wreck. That exit is the St. Charles road. Officials are reporting driver to avoid the area if possible.
Continue Reading Explosives found near lake in Callaway County
Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said deputies were sent to the McCredie Farm Lake east of Kingdom City a little before 7 a.m. Deputies found two suspicious objects they believed to be explosives, Chism said. The University of Missouri owns and maintains the area.
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Arkansas man seriously injured after morning wreck in Callaway County
CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting an Arkansas man is seriously injured after a Wednesday morning wreck on Highway 94. According to the online crash report, Ryan Williams, 34, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, was traveling on the 2600 block of Highway 94 when the vehicle traveled off the road and became
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Biden’s American Families plan to offer free college for American students
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ahead of his first address to Congress Wednesday. The plan includes having universal, quality-preschool to all three and four-year-olds and It will provide Americans two years of free community college. The American Families Plan will also provide direct support to families to make sure
Continue ReadingColumbia man referred to prison program after guilty plea in shooting case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man could spend four months in prison after pleading guilty to several different crimes over the last two years. Antonio H. Robinson pleaded guilty Monday to four different cases in Boone County. One of those cases stemmed from a northeast Columbia shooting in 2019. Robinson pleaded guilty to a reduced
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