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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: University of Missouri considers fall schedule change

June 3, 2020 1:26 PM ABC 17 News Team

Updates on COVID-19 news in Missouri and locally.

Missouri governor says state exceeding daily testing goal

June 3, 2020 2:52 PM Matthew Sanders

Missouri health director Dr. Randall Williams will join Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday for the daily COVID-19 briefing.

Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged

June 3, 2020 1:41 PM Associated Press

Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time are leveling charges against three other officers.

Lincoln University reaches settlement with foundation

June 3, 2020 1:16 PM Matthew Sanders

The former Lincoln University Foundation will retain control over its endowed scholarships under a lawsuit settlement reached last month.

Columbia volunteers to provide free lunches at city park

June 3, 2020 1:12 PM Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County health department and city volunteers are scheduled to hand out free lunches at Douglass Park starting Wednesday through the end of July. Lunches will be available Monday-Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., the department said in a news release Wednesday. Changes have been made to the annual program.

WATCH: George Floyd son, family attorney hold news conference

June 3, 2020 12:00 PM ABC 17 News Team

The son of a black man who died last week in Minneapolis with a white police officer’s knee on his neck spoke Wednesday at a news conference.

Jefferson City buildings to be rehabbed

June 3, 2020 10:48 AM Matthew Sanders

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four buildings on East Capitol Avenue will be rehabilitated after their sale to a private developer. The Jefferson City Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority sold 507, 511, 501 and 513 E. Capitol Ave. to Stitt Barony on Tuesday, according to a news release. The company plans to redevelop the buildings for

Sheriff’s deputies, SWAT clear scene in Cole County

June 3, 2020 5:19 AM Brittany Wiley

The Cole County Sheriff’s Department have cleared the scene after responding to a barricaded subject early Wednesday.

A car flips onto its roof in a suspected DWI crash in Columbia.

Underage man arrested in DWI crash

June 3, 2020 8:43 AM Molly Stawinoga

A Columbia man, 20, is being held in the Boone County Jail on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

Columbia police: Missing teen found safe

June 2, 2020 5:29 PM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police made a public appeal Tuesday for help finding a missing 17-year-old boy.

LIVE UPDATES: Columbia Board of Education gets two new members

June 2, 2020 7:16 PM Matthew Sanders

Live updates with results in major municipal election races.

Protesters march through downtown Columbia

June 2, 2020 8:06 PM Sydney Olsen

A group of about 50 protesters gathered at the Boone County Courthouse on Tuesday, holding signs and chanting things such as “No justice, no peace, prosecute the police.”