COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia College, along with other organizations will launch the Nadria Leeann Wright Memorial Nursing Scholarship. The Battle High School alum was killed in in September 2019 shooting when she was a freshman nursing student at Columbia College. “Nadria was a tenacious young woman full of hopes and dreams and she made an
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A new city report shows that solid waste management has been collecting 25% less trash than last year, and residential recycling has increased by 19%.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some hospitals in Missouri saw a spike in Covid-19 cases by nearly 27% last weekend, which caused some to experience a ventilator shortage. Dr. Robin Blount with Boone Hospital said the biggest hot spot is southwest Missouri in the Springfield and Joplin area. “I know this morning they were reporting that in
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Boone County clerk is eyeing a run for a seat in Congress. Taylor Burks filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on July 1 to run for the Fourth Congressional District seat in 2022. Burks is the current director for the Division of Labor Standards for the state of Missouri.
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Experts say the delta variant is spreading fast throughout Missouri and is expected to “explode” in Fulton, Columbia and Jefferson City in the next week.
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Officers were called at about 7 p.m. to the 1200 block of Again Street near Again Street Park and West Boulevard Elementary School, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia City Council members are set to discuss parking for a new hotel on the corner of Cherry and Hitt Streets downtown Tuesday night. The parking agreement being introduced would let the hotel use 99 parking spaces in the Hitt Street Parking garage to support the anticipated off-street parking demands generated by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia council will meet Tuesday to discuss the construction of the Fourth Street and Broadway pedestrian crossing project in Downtown Columbia. This project design includes a new crosswalk connecting the northeast corner to the southeast corner of the Fourth Street and Broadway Intersection. Columbia resident, Kin Brown, said she
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Spokesmen for two Boone County rural fire districts said the Fourth of July weekend was relatively quiet, with few calls for injuries or other fireworks-related issues.
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Columbia residents flocked to Flatbranch Park downtown as the city’s Fire in The Sky celebration kicked off on Sunday.
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The bicentennial celebration of Columbia’s Fire in the Sky wraps up Sunday. The annual Fourth of July festival has a lineup of family-friendly musical guests and a historical tour of Columbia planned for the final day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor trailer caught fire Saturday afternoon around 1:00 p.m. near the St. Charles Lake of the Woods exit on I-70. Both westbound lanes of I-70 near the exit were closed due to the vehicle fire. One lane opened up a short time later. Brad Frazier, with the Columbia Fire Department, said
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility will return to normal schedule for trash and recycling collections beginning Monday. The landfill also will be open to the public on Monday. Recycling for July 5-9 will run on the Green Triangle route. Residents can download the COMO Recycle and Trash app for collection
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Large gatherings, no mask mandate and approximately 40% vaccination rate create a hot bed for possible COVID-19 transmission.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The annual Fire in the Sky celebration in Columbia will be held Sunday at 9:15 p.m. at the American Legion Park after being held at Cosmo-Bethel Park last year during the pandemic. Erika Coffman, manager for Columbia Recreational Services, said planning the event was more difficult this year as there were many
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Area cities and are hosting multiple events for families and fireworks displays beginning Saturday night and ending on Sunday evening. COLUMBIA CoMo 200, the Mayor’s Task Force on Bicentennial Celebration Planning, is hosting a weekend of events culminating in its main bicentennial celebration on Sunday, July 4, which was co-organized with the
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The drop-off centers are Moser’s stores at 900 N. Keene St. and 705 Business Loop 70 W. will close Wednesday, according to the release.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A settlement is in place between the family of a man killed at a Columbia Waffle House, the restaurant and the security guard that killed him. Attorneys for members of Anthony Warren’s family filed the proposed settlement with Judge Jeff Harris on Wednesday. The terms of the settlement are confidential, but the
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