Columbia considering allowing downtown restaurants to seat guests in parking spots
The Columbia City council will hear an ordinance that would potentially allow businesses to expand seating capacity outside to parking spots.
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The Columbia City council will hear an ordinance that would potentially allow businesses to expand seating capacity outside to parking spots.
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Tulsa schools have a long shopping list of projects for when federal stimulus money makes it to Oklahoma. Teachers and administrators are thinking of ways to put the pandemic-plagued 2020-2021 academic year firmly in the rear view mirror by making schools better than they were before. “It’s so exciting,” said Ebony Johnson, chief learning officer
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A first-grader in Arkansas is quickly learning the power of persuasion. Kamryn Gardner, whose class recently learned how to write persuasive letters, used her new skills to pen a request to Old Navy. The 7 year-old asked the retailer to create jeans with real pockets. “Dear Old Navy,” Gardner wrote. “I do not like that
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Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As temperatures gradually rise and spring begins, another seasonal visitor looms on the horizon – allergies. While Canada continues to implement measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the virus variants, Dr. Jason K. Lee of the Toronto Allergy and Asthma Clinic
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Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Kimbal Musk, Elon’s brother, has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling food insecurity by providing a garden for as many homes as possible. Musk, a restauranteur and entrepreneur, and Lionsgate Entertainment founder Frank Giustra recently launched the Million Gardens Movement (MGM), with
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Monday thoroughly rejected Derek Chauvin’s actions and use of force during the arrest of George Floyd last May as contrary to department policy. “Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped,” Arradondo testified during Chauvin’s
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was momentarily left speechless when he hosted “Jeopardy!” in the show that aired Monday. In the “Final Jeopardy” round, the category was daytime TV personalities, and contestant Scott Shewfelt decided it was time to troll the star quarterback. “Who wanted to kick that field goal?” Shewfelt wrote, in reference
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An annual boating event at the Lake of the Ozarks will change locations this year. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the permit for Shady Gators to host Aquapalooza has been denied. Troopers say the permit was denied due to safety concerns on the water in that area of the lake.
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All 50 states have announced when they plan to open up coronavirus vaccinations to everyone eligible under US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations — if they haven’t done so already. Arkansas is the latest state to announce plans to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older, starting on Tuesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson
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Gire Ngizahayo, 23, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, speeding, careless and imprudent driving, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of a crash, according to a Columbia Police Department news release.
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BOONE/COOPER COUNTY – Motorists traveling along Interstate 70 will see some activity at the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport Saturday and Sunday. Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will be boring through the bridge deck to collect soil samples and rock characteristics of the land below as crews prepare for the construction of the new bridge.
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The culture of Arab Americans will be honored this month, with the designation by the State Department of April as Arab American Heritage Month, reflecting the group’s contributions to the US “are as old as America itself,” a spokesman said. “The United States is home to more than 3.5 million Arab Americans representing a diverse
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Officials said Monday there is no second breach in a Florida wastewater reservoir containment wall that is in danger of collapsing, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Protection. Earlier Monday, an infrared drone detected a possible second breach in the containment wall of the Piney Point wastewater pond, officials said — creating what the
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The pandemic has not stopped one woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from wearing her Sunday best to church — even though services in the last year have been virtual. La Verne Wimberly, 82, has posted photos of herself rocking different outfits at home for virtual church 52 Sundays. “I just decided (at) that point, I was
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Cobb County police continue to investigate a fatal shooting on Austell Road that killed 37-year-old Brian Clemons on March 27th. Clemons was driving with his 8-year-old daughter in the backseat, when multiple bullets hit his car. Clemons’ wife, Taryn Clemons, is now begging
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story STORRS, Connecticut (WFSB) — A rally was held at the University of Connecticut Monday afternoon following recent acts of anti-Semitism reported on campus. In a letter to the UConn community, President Tom Katsouleas said there have been several incidents of hateful conduct and speech reported recently. The letter
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Sheriff’s deputies continue to look for a suspect from a Saturday chase. According to officials, a Boone County deputy attempted to pull over a reported stolen car on Interstate 70 near the Boone/Callaway County line at 9:25 p.m. The driver failed to yield and drove off on Rangeline Street and
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Click here for updates on this story Gwinnett County, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — A new unit formed within the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office to tackle human trafficking and child exploitation has made its first two arrests. The Trafficking and Child Exploitation, or TRACE, Unit — which Sheriff Keybo Taylor established when he took office
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SOUTH SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Once you put the ‘For Sale’ sign in the front yard, you may have just posted an invitation for squatters and burglars. Local realtors are fed up with the crime targeting their properties and they’re taking up an old tactic again – they’re
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