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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone, Callaway, Cole counties keep COVID-19 numbers steady
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Continue ReadingA Columbia man will serve two years of probation after he pleaded guilty last year to falsifying records about shipments ultimately headed to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, MO. – Mizzou Athletic Director Jim Sterk spoke with media members about procedures and plans for how MU Athletics has dealt and will deal with COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Chamber of Commerce will get an update on the University of Missouri System at its virtual meeting Thursday.
Continue ReadingBOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A conference call scheduled for elected officials in Boone County was canceled Wednesday after its legality was brought into question. Boone County Commissioner Fred Parry claims fellow commissioners, Janet Thompson and Dan Atwill, tried to leave him out of the call. He told ABC 17 News he had no knowledge of
Continue ReadingAs the governor said the data is looking good for the state of Missouri on Wednesday, he expressed the importance of continuing to expand testing across the state.
Continue ReadingBoone County voters can expect a new voting experience at polling places for this coming municipal election, according to Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) The University of Missouri will pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an animal rights group over a public records request. The Beagle Freedom Project asked the university for records pertaining to cats and dogs used for research. The university initially said the group would need to pay $82,222 for the
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Continue ReadingHOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) The state awarded two Mid-Missouri cities grant money to help with sewer connection projects. This week the Missouri Department of Natural Resources awarded Holts Summit a $1 million grant to help the city to connect the wastewater flow from Callaway Hills Elementary School to the city’s wastewater treatment system. According to
Continue ReadingCOLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Next week crews will install new stop signs to improve the safety of an intersection in Cole County. The Cole County Public Works Department plans to install the stop signs on S. Country Club Drive at Scruggs Station Road on Tuesday. This will turn it into an all-way stop intersection. The
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools leaders are planning for multiple scenarios for opening schools back up, leaning on guidance from the Missouri School Boards’ Association while accounting for a phased local COVID-19 recovery blueprint.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson on Wednesday emphasized that most of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Missouri have recovered from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Continue ReadingVoters will decide whether to keep changes to redistricting and ethics rules approved in November 2018.
Continue ReadingColumbia crews closed a portion of Clark Lane east of the connector for a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon.
Continue Reading12 Mizzou spring sport student-athletes will return for their extra year of eligibility. Meanwhile, nine student-athletes have decided to move on from MU. These 12 student-athletes come from six different spring sports. In March, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to spring sport student-athletes who had their seasons cut short due to COVID-19.
Continue ReadingCallaway County deputies arrested a Jefferson City man last week on suspicion of forcing his way into a residence and shooting a man who lived there in 2018.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography.
Continue ReadingThe search for a missing Columbia woman has wrapped up for the week because of expected rain and storms.
Continue ReadingA lawsuit challenging the Boone County health director’s authority to restrict people’s movement and business because of COVID-19 is waiting for a judge.
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