COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – The University of Missouri paid a former medical school leader $1.565 million to settle her lawsuit over age discrimination. ABC 17 News obtained a copy of the settlement through an open records request. The settlement gives Dr. Rachel Brown $788,741.69 in lost wages and emotional damages following her ouster at the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal judge sentenced a Columbia sex offender to ten years in prison without parole for possessing child pornography. Joseph Lynn Clark, 63, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in Oct. 2021. Clark, who has a prior state conviction for possessing child pornography, admitted that he uploaded child pornography to his
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia is opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station, 126 N. 10th St., from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for three nights in a row beginning Friday. The National Weather Service is forecasting overnight low temperatures below the 25-degree threshold for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The City
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Officers also found a dozen guns in the residence
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Columbia Public Schools has dropped its mandate for face coverings to be worn at school, effective Friday, citing declining coronavirus case rates and fewer staff and students being infected.
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A lawyer for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office said Thursday that the state will not drop a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools now that the district’s mask mandate has expired.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Last Friday, Daniel Boone Regional Library’s (DBRL) management of Board and Trustees discovered that many employees and representatives of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) took part in union-organized activities. According to the National Labor Relations Board, everyone has the right to form, join, or assist a union.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday filed five years ago by a former assistant dean at the University of Missouri’s medical school. Judge Brouck Jacobs dismissed Dr. Rachel Brown’s lawsuit on Wednesday. Her lawyers asked for voluntary dismissal of the case on Feb. 3, according to online court records. Brown sued
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Columbia National Education Association is hosting a virtual School Board Candidate forum.
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The pandemic has not only changed our way of life, it’s also changed how we file taxes. Today’s tax filings can be even more confusing.Â
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The University of Missouri announced that the Office for Civil Rights and Title IX is now known as the Office of Institutional Equity.
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A court hearing is set for 1:00 p.m. Thursday, to decide whether or not a mask mandate can remain in Columbia Public Schools.
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Nunnelly says there are many things that come with the business that people don’t think about.
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Columbians will start to see some construction along the Wabash Drive extension starting Wednesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia will be opening a temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station, 126 N. 10th St., both nights on Friday and Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. due to the National Weather Service forecasting overnight low temperatures of 17 degrees Fahrenheit. The overnight warming center will
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A jury trial has been scheduled for a man accused of taking part in a robbery that killed someone in 2017.
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The city has three maps it’s considering.
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A drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is being reflected in lower demand for tests, causing at least one local health care provider to pull back on testing.
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