COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UM System President Mun Choi said he expects to make some “unpopular” decisions in the coming year due to COVID-19’s impact on the school. Choi made the comment during the Mu Faculty Council meeting on Wednesday alongside MU Provost Lantha Ramchand and Vice Chancellor Rhonda Gibler. Choi said he expected state leaders
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Labor says more than 400,000 initial unemployment claims were filed between March 15 and April 18. The department’s director, Anna Hui, reported the historic numbers during the governor’s daily briefing on Wednesday. The state would typically process 2,300 to 3,000 initial claims per week this time of
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) As states across the nation begin their first phases of reopening business, many americans are eager to get back to the gym. Dr. Randall Williams, the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued an order on April 27 allowing gyms to reopen on Monday. Gyms across Missouri are
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The Columbia Police Department announced Wednesday it will work with local and state partners to build a levee at the Lamine River to help in the search for a missing woman.
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Check back for updates and developments related to COVID-19 in Mid-Missouri.
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COVID-19 threatened to disrupt meat supply across the country as many meat companies closed, but many sources have said that the current meat supply remains in good standings.
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Prosecutors charged a Columbia man Tuesday with four felonies after another man was shot at a Boone County trailer park.
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Landlords in Columbia are having to deal with obstacles while trying to show and lease their properties.
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Gov. Mike Parson and state leaders are expected to go over more information on how the state will reopen during a COVID-19 briefing at 3 p.m.
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The Cole County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help finding a man who went missing this week.
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One of seven people charged with murder in what investigators said was a drug deal turned bad pleaded guilty to a drug charge Monday.
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The Columbia Police Department said Wednesday that officers are looking for a person tied to a weekend burglary.
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Another person has been arrested in connection with a January shooting that happened on the Business Loop.
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A Columbia man pleaded guilty to murder Monday in a January 2019 killing.
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Boone County prosecutors charged a man on Tuesday with trespassing at the University of Missouri and allegedly breaking into a campus building.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services could pay more than $1 million to private labs in increase testing capacity as the state begins to relax social distancing rules. The contracts obtained by ABC 17 News show that at least three labs, including one in mid-Missouri, will help the state
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Several counties in Mid-Missouri are expected to receive millions of dollars in federal funding to help with COVID-19-related costs.
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Osage Beach police have issued an alert to help find a missing 77-year-old woman.
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Representatives from hospitals in Columbia announced last week they will slowly begin to schedule more procedures and surgeries that are not related to COVID-19.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Strong winds knocked over an electric pole in Boone County as storms swept across Mid-Missouri on Tuesday. It happened on Route K at McBaine city limits before 6 p.m. BCJC: Electric pole leaning at Route K at McBaine city limits and creating a traffic hazard. Use caution, avoid area if possible.—
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