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Shelters prepare food and warmth as temperatures continue to drop Tuesday night
The City of Columbia is opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia is opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingLynlee Renick will be sentenced Monday afternoon for her husband’s 2017 death in Montgomery County.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health care leaders are asking Missourians to only use emergency departments when it is an emergency in the few weeks as emergency rooms are overcrowded at most hospitals. The Missouri Hospital Association and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services encourage patients experiencing severe illness or a life-threatening condition to continue to
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Board of Education signed off on Superintendent Brian Yearwood’s temporary mask mandate during a special meeting Thursday morning.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old accused of shooting and killing a man in northeast Columbia on Monday night says he didn’t know the gun was loaded. Shawn Long admitted to police in an interview on Tuesday that he picked up the gun and pointed it at Roberto Lauer, 18, in a “playful manner” before it
Continue ReadingThe Columbia City Council agreed Tuesday night to delay the discussion on changing the temperature threshold to open emergency warming shelters until they receive input from experts.
Continue ReadingThe Downtown Community Improvement District (CID) announced a minority-owned business grant Monday to take steps towards making the Downtown Columbia area more diverse.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia chapter of the NAACP hosted a ceremony Monday to memorialize Martin Luther King Jr. at a local site named for him.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Fire Department responded to a house fire in central Columbia early Saturday morning.
Continue ReadingEach district announced the changes in letters to parents and news releases Thursday.
Continue ReadingLong lines form daily outside MU Health Care’s central COVID-19 testing site on Broadway.
Continue ReadingAs COVID-19 continues to spread in schools across the nation, some locals are taking extra steps in order to keep students learning inside of the classroom.
Continue ReadingStarting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans.
Continue ReadingBoard members met virtually at 8 a.m. to talk and vote on the recommendations from President Mun Choi. The board voted the first recommendation down with 3 to 6. Board members voted 2 to 7 against the second recommendation.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State Highway Patrol put out a crash release regarding the wrong-way driver crash on Highway 63, that killed four people.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) AAA is predicting that in Missouri there will be about 2.2 million travelers total between Christmas and New Year’s travel with about 2 million of them driving. Not only are more drivers going to be on the roads, but roadways may not be clear during this time. ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologist John
Continue ReadingA large crowd is expected for the service, which is also being streamed online via Zoom. Organizers also expect people to line the procession route down Stadium Boulevard, Providence Road and Business Loop 70.
Continue ReadingWatch the long procession wind through downtown Columbia.
Continue ReadingParson issued the order Monday, the same day that services began with visitation at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri campus.
Continue ReadingMemorial services will begin Monday for Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Bryant Gladney at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri’s campus.
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