FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County adds 54 new coronavirus cases
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Missouri Task Force 1 deployed to Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida
Missouri Task Force 1 received deployment orders ahead of Hurricane Ida’s possible landfall in Louisiana Sunday afternoon.
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Missouri judge declines to rule on new gun law’s legality
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of a new state law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws. Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green on Friday punted the case. He wrote that constitutional questions need to be addressed in other
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports Mid-Missouri leading 137th coronavirus death; 4th death this week
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Missouri’s U.S. senators and representatives react to attacks outside Kabul Airport
Missouri’s U.S. Senators and several congressional members have spoken out about the Thursday morning attacks outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Missouri’s Ashcroft finds 2 cases of alleged double-voting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says two people voted at least twice during the 2020 general election. Ashcroft’s office on Thursday said an investigation found two people voted in person in St. Charles County and sent in mail-in ballots to Florida. He says he referred findings to the
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Gov. Parson announces first ‘MO VIP’ winners
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson’s office announced the first round of MO VIP winners Wednesday. MO VIP is the state’s vaccine incentive program offering $10,000 cash to adults chosen and a $10,000 scholarship for adolescents chosen. “They were on the fence about whether or not to get vaccinated and, and this was kind of
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Southern Boone school board to review coronavirus plan Thursday
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MONDAY UPDATES: Second “MO VIP” drawing entry deadline is Wednesday
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Missouri Covid-19 cases start to trend downward
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 13.7% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,453 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 614,939 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 380 new probable cases with a total number of 123,086 antigen test results being positive. Seventeen new
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SATURDAY UPDATE: Seventeen new Covid-19 deaths added to the state dashboard
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 13.9% on Saturday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,914 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 613,486 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 519 new probable cases with a total number of 122,706 antigen test results being positive. Seventeen new
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FRIDAY UPDATES: New hospitalizations in St. Louis match January levels
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Columbia police and fire department leaders ask city for federal funding
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Fire Department and Police Department chiefs met with the city council Thursday to discuss getting a share of federal funding. Both departments are looking to get money for staffing. They’re trying to get money from the American Rescue Plan from which the city is expected to get $25 million. CPD
Continue Reading THURSDAY UPDATE: Boone County reports 127 hospitalizations, 14 hospitalizations are Boone County residents
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Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has barred St. Louis County from enforcing a mask mandate while a lawsuit against it is litigated. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page issued the mandate last month, prompting the County Council to vote to rescind it. Page maintained the mask mandate remained in effect. Attorney General Eric Schmitt
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Husband of state representative dies after battling COVID-19
State Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) said in a tweet that her husband Steve Walsh had passed away.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports second death this week; active cases rise
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While Osage County health officials encourage masks, school districts split on mandates
The three districts in Osage County all have different plans when it comes to face coverings.
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Army veterans living in Columbia share concerns over Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local U.S. Army veterans in Columbia shared their concerns Tuesday regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country. “I honestly think we kind of need to be there, personally, but then again, it’s also a battle kind of like Vietnam was, you know you can’t win
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Missouri remains in the red zone; state profile report shows new cases down 21%
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