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Missouri purchases 4 saliva-based testing machines
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to hold a state COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon from the Governor’s Mansion.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to hold a state COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon from the Governor’s Mansion.
Continue ReadingA man faces an arson charge linked to Tuesday house fire north of Columbia.
Continue ReadingThe Southern Boone School District analyzed traffic congestion data with help from the Ashland Police Department on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump announced a plan to make rapid COVID-19 available for students and teachers but it’s unclear if the plan will have any effect for CPS.
Continue ReadingThe Pettis County Clerk announced Wednesday morning about 1,200 absentee ballots were lost in the mail recently.
Continue ReadingThe crash report said the semi was stopped on the railroad tracks.
Continue ReadingWatch three live interviews during the 6 a.m. hour with Centralia’s superintendent.
Continue ReadingWednesday is the first of seven community vaccination events being held by the Columbia/Boone County Health Department.
Continue ReadingHealth department director Dr. Randall Williams said tests have already been sent to Missouri nursing homes and historically black colleges and universities, but more are headed to the state level.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A chase that began in Callaway County Monday night ends in an arrest in Boone County. According to court documents, Callaway County Joint Communications Center advised Columbia Police of a stolen Boone County vehicle. Law enforcement reports the chase started around mile marker 132 and ended after mile marker 153.8 on Interstate
Continue ReadingCOLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County Sheriff’s office probable cause statment reports a woman allegedly was sexual assaulted in July 2020 by a family friend. According to court documents, the victim told deputies she was asleep in her vehicle but woke up to find Michael Paddock assaulting her in the driver seat. The victim
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Police arrested Lawrence Johnson for burglary and resisting arrest Monday afternoon. According to court documents, the victim returned home to an apartment on the 1600 block of University Ave and witnessed a man exiting his apartment with the victim’s belongings. The victim told police he witnessed Johnson run. Police then found
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A probable cause statement out of Cole County alleges three people of an armed robbery on Monday in Jefferson City. According to court documents, three people robbed the victim on the 100 block of E. Franklin. In the documents, Michael Scaife, Amanda Sims and Daimian Smith were riding in a vehicle
Continue ReadingIt has been one week since mail-in ballots were sent out and absentee voting began in Missouri. Both Cole and Boone Counties have already seen a large amount of people vote absentee.
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton woman who left the scene of a crime on U.S. Highway 54 in May 2020 was sentenced to four years in prison today. Ronnie Lloyd was the passenger of a vehicle that hit and injured a Fulton police officer. Lloyd admitted to leaving the scene and burglary. The judge set
Continue ReadingO’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus has nearly tripled in areas outside of Missouri’s two largest metropolitan areas since the state reopened for business in mid-June. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ COVID-19 dashboard shows that the state’s northwest, southeast, southwest and central regions all reached record
Continue ReadingCAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Sunday, deputies with the Camden County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle in the area of North State Highway 5 and Standing Rock Road. Ryan Holloway. Photo courtesy Camden County Sheriff’s Department Officials say that as the vehicle came to a stop, 22-year-old Ryan M Holloway, of Camdenton, ran from the
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Boone Hospital Center Board of Trustees and BJC HealthCare have agreed to an April 1, 2021 date for Boone Hospital Center’s full transition from the BJC system. The date was originally set for January 1, 2021. The three-month adjustment change is largely a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. “The Trustees
Continue ReadingThe board of Columbia Crime Stoppers is increasing its standard cash payout for anonymous information that leads to an arrest for 14 unsolved murders identified by local law enforcement.
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