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THURSDAY UPDATES: Audrain County reports 481 people receive coronavirus vaccine during Tuesday event
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Continue ReadingVaccination eligibility will soon expand to all adults across the show-me state. An estimated 1.1-million Missourians will get access to vaccines against COVID-19 under phase three. Local health care experts, owner of Flow’s Pharmacy Anthony Desha and MU Health Care’s Director of Pharmacy Brad Myers, talk about this expansion and how other vaccination efforts are
Continue Reading(CNN) — Police in Bryan, Texas, are searching for a suspect after six people were injured during a shooting at an industrial park on Thursday afternoon, according to Lt. Jason James of the Bryan Police Department.
Continue ReadingA recently published study from the journal of The Lancet Psychiatry says that nearly 34% of individuals studied had some sort of neurological or psychiatric effect, six months after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lake area realtor accused in a murder-for-hire case has bonded out of jail Thursday. 43-year-old Leigh Ann Bauman posted her $400,000 bond Thursday morning. She was charged in Camden County for conspiracy to commit murder back in March. Bauman is accused of attempting to hire someone to kill her ex-mother-in-law. According
Continue ReadingKINGDOM CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting a tow truck driver has died after a wreck on westbound Interstate 70 at the 151-mile marker on March 29. The Troop F crash report reports Ryan Brewer died Thursday from his injuries from the wreck. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states that
Continue ReadingProsecutors charged a Jefferson City man Wednesday with assault and armed criminal action after a Tuesday road rage incident and stabbing.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services reported the first known U.K. coronavirus variant COVID-19 case in Boone County.
Continue ReadingThe UPS Store in the plaza suffered water damage during the storm and was forced to close early. On Thursday, Neville and Sons carpet cleaning and water damage restoration company was at the store.
Continue ReadingOfficers were originally called to the 1800 block of Juniper Drive around 11:15 p.m. after receiving reports of shots fired in the area.
Continue ReadingFacing pressure to act after a recent spate of high-profile mass shootings, President Joe Biden unveiled a package of moves Thursday that seek to address the scourge of gun violence.
Continue ReadingThe area around the Missouri River bridge has seen 16 injury crashes over the past five years, not including a crash that snarled traffic on the westbound approach to the bridge Wednesday morning.
Continue ReadingCoronavirus vaccine “passports” are making news as more countries say they’ll use them to grant citizens access to travel and other services. The idea is being widely discussed in the United States. Some state leaders such as Missouri Gov. Mike Parson have come out against the idea. Are you in favor of the passports? Vote
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Joint Communications is reporting Rock Quarry road is shut down just south of Nifong due to a police incident. ABC 17 News will have more information as it becomes available.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health leaders across the state are saying the finding of the first case of the COVID-19 variant originally found in South Africa is a good reminder the pandemic is not over. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported the case of the variant found in Jackson County on Tuesday. The
Continue ReadingA bus driver has been fired after a Columbia Public Schools parent recorded a video of a school bus swerving in and out of lanes on Highway 63 on Tuesday evening.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department got a tip of a 21-year-old man having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old at Midway Budget Inn. The tip identified the man as William Vinyard, of Sedalia, who was at the hotel with the 15-year-old victim, according to the sheriff’s department. Vinyard is charged
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A court hearing is scheduled later this year for a man accused in a deadly Jefferson City shooting. JaHuan Whirley could appear at the hearing in Cole County at 1 p.m. on June first. Whirley is charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the shooting death of 33-year-old Justin Kammerich
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education will get a recommendation for the next assistant superintendent for elementary education next week. De’Vion Moore will replace current Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education Dr. Jill Brown who announced earlier this year she would be leaving the district. Moore is currently the principal at Alpha Hart Elementary
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