QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you know the tornado drill was just a drill?
The state of Missouri held a statewide tornado drill Tuesday to prepare for the upcoming spring severe weather season.
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More states are easing Covid-19 restrictions, even as health experts sound warnings
Several states on Tuesday announced they are loosening restrictions put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19, even as health experts warn against doing just that. Texas and Mississippi, for example, are lifting mask mandates and allowing businesses to open at full capacity. It’s too soon, health experts say. After the number of new
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Europe’s unified vaccination strategy is splintering as countries turn to Israel, China and Russia for help
The European Union’s 27-nation vaccine strategy is splintering as member states turn to nations outside the bloc to boost a faltering rollout plagued by supply issues, contract skirmishes and sluggish takeup. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced Monday that he intends to work with Israel and Denmark on future vaccine production and cooperation around developing further
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Mizzou wide out earns number on Day Three of spring practices
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou wide receiver Dominic Lovett earned his No. 7 before spring practice on Tuesday. The East St. Louis native is an early enrollee this spring. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz had high praise for Lovett. “He’s just been consistent, playing with great effort, making plays,” Drinkwitz said. “[He] made some explosive plays in Friday’s
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More Americans are dying “in the prime of their lives,” new report finds
Younger and middle-age Americans have been dying at higher rates over the past three decades, marking what is becoming a public health crisis across the US workforce. Among the causes of death increasingly striking working-age Americans between 1990 and 2017 are drug overdose, alcohol use and suicides, according to a new report published Tuesday by
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Callaway County man arrested after deputies find stolen items on property
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged after stolen items were found in his possession. According to court documents, a confidential informant told police that Jason Mushrush had a stolen John Deere Gator UTV and a John Deere zero turn lawn mower on his property on the 1700 block of County Road 340 in
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Impact of relief package on unemployment and local business
The American Rescue Plan, a relief package, could be voted on by the United States Senate this week. The package includes extended benefits for people who are unemployed, extend financial assistance for unemployed workers who do not typically qualify for unemployment, assistance for small businesses and more.
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Emergency plans for severe spring weather constantly changing after major events, new technology
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) With the potential of severe spring weather on the way to Mid-Missouri, emergency management departments are looking over plans to make adjustments as needed. After the EF-3 rated tornado that tore through Jefferson City in May of 2019, Cole County emergency leaders put together an “after-action report,” detailing areas of improvement
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Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say
When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital for early January. Then the Moderna vaccine became available to health care professionals in the city. She received
Continue Reading Indiana girls bring concerns over ‘Men Working’ signs to their lawmakers, and the city vows action
Two young sisters are using their voices to fight for gender equality in their city. When Blair Babione, 11, and her sister Brienne, 9, noticed “Men Working” signs at construction sites around Carmel, Indiana, they were concerned about the language. “They would ask me well, ‘Why do the signs say men?’” their mother Leslie Babione
Continue Reading High winds topple trees in Lackawanna County
Click here for updates on this story LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The wind took down a tree in the Moosic Heights neighborhood of Moosic early Tuesday morning. It totaled a truck underneath it and damaged two other vehicles and a home in its path. In Waverly Township, a tree as old as many of
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Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Columbus, Ohio, an arena where mass vaccines are taking place, just days after it was authorized. “It was really exciting,” Schmalenberger told CNN after
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Smith College controversy highlights struggles schools face in making racially equitable campuses
In the summer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute read a book and ate her lunch in a common room area of a Smith College residence hall that required keycard access. Since she was in a program teaching high school students over the summer, she was able to access it. That simple moment became a national story
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Cole County Sheriff’s Dept. looking for Eldon man accused of stealing a car
ELDON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County Sheriff’s dept. is searching for a man accused of stealing a car in Eldon and attempting to steal a vehicle in Jefferson City. Officials say 31-year-old Jesse Scott is still at large. He ran from deputies around nine o’clock this morning near State Highway D. He’s accused of taking
Continue Reading Man needs lung transplant after surviving Covid-19
Click here for updates on this story DEPUE, Illinois (WQAD) — A Bureau County man is fighting for his life after COVID-19 badly damaged his lungs. After weeks on a ventilator and under sedation, he is awake, and hopeful for a life-saving lung transplant. Late last year, 57-year-old Jaime Serrano was in good health and
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A Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity has been suspended after the death of a 19-year-old student
Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity and announced a review of all Greek life after a student was found dead at an off-campus house on Saturday. The VCU chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was also suspended by the national Delta Chi organization. The suspensions follow the death of VCU student Adam Oakes. Statements
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Texas governor lifts mask mandate and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity, despite health officials’ warnings
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he’s lifting the mask mandate in Texas, even as health officials warn not to ease safety restrictions. Abbott made the announcement during a Lubbock Chamber of Commerce event where he issued an executive order rescinding most of his earlier executive orders like the mask mandate. Abbott said businesses of any
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National Weather Service: problem with software sent tornado alert
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service has identified what caused an alert to be sent during a statewide tornado drill. The organization says this was a mistake and the alert was supposed to go out as a planned drill. According to a tweet, the message was misinterpreted as an actual warning. The organization says
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Dolly Parton has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine
Dolly Parton is showing everyone how it’s done by receiving her first Covid-19 vaccination shot. The country music star got the shot at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and recorded the whole thing in a video posted to her Twitter account on Tuesday. The four-minute clip shows Parton sitting in a chair at the
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