Counties discussing how to reopen businesses as COVID-19 continues
Cole County Health Department officials said the way businesses reopen may look different for every county across the state.
Continue ReadingCole County Health Department officials said the way businesses reopen may look different for every county across the state.
Continue ReadingMany Church goers across Mid-Missouri are going to have to celebrate Easter from home this weekend amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
Continue ReadingJefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin joined ABC 17 News This Morning to discuss the county’s efforts related to COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe 3 p.m. virtual news conference will be the Governor’s first update since a statewide stay-at-home order took effect early Monday morning.
Continue ReadingDemolition crews started to tear down a partially collapsed wall at 200 E. High St. Wednesday morning.
Continue ReadingNumbers from the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services show the two major Jefferson City health care providers have a total of 268 licensed beds.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson held a daily COVID-19 briefing Saturday at 3 p.m.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the number of cases of COVID-19 in Missouri continues to climb, emergency responders are preparing for the possibility of exposure. The director of Missouri’s Department of Public Safety, Sandy Karsten, said at a news conference Wednesday that large orders or protective equipment for responders is on its way to the
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Tuesday will be the last day Jefferson City School District students will be in a classroom until early April. The district announced Tuesday that it will close on Wednesday until at least April 3 due to concerns about the spreading coronavirus, COVID-19. Jefferson City School District to close schools for more
Continue ReadingEmployees at the Missouri Public Health Laboratory have been testing for cases of Covid-19.
Continue ReadingA joint legislative committee on Missouri’s response to the novel coronavirus met Tuesday.
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City School District has some legal options after a Cole County judge ordered the board to rehire and provide back-pay to a former administrator.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The estimated completion date of levee repairs has been corrected. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official says the Capital View Levee rebuilding process should be completed by the end of summer. Contractors currently have the ability to place bids on the contract which the Corps published on Feb.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools leaders say they will not be at a Wednesday hearing centered on the use of seclusion rooms.
Continue ReadingA judge ruled this week that the Jefferson City School District illegally fired an administrator who transferred work files to her personal computer.
Continue ReadingTornado sirens sounded Tuesday at 10 a.m. for the annual statewide tornado drill in Missouri. The tornado drill came during Severe Weather Week and just hours after a tornado ravaged through Nashville, Tenn. Sierra Thomas, the Cole County Emergency Management Agency director, said she drove out to Brazito to make sure sirens could be heard,
Continue ReadingWilliam “Chris” Niemet appeared in court for the first time Monday since he was charged with a 1991 murder of a teenager last week.
Continue ReadingCole County Sheriff John Wheeler plans to hold a news conference Thursday in regard to a 1991 Russellville killing.
Continue ReadingThe Cole County Health Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services in Missouri as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to be ready for COVID-19. “We have shared many calls and receive a lot of our guidelines from them,” said Chezney Schulte, the Cole County Health Department
Continue ReadingRoad crews in Jefferson City and Cole County are monitoring driving conditions with snow moving into Mid-Missouri Tuesday night.
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