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Jefferson City Board of Education delays approval of early dismissal days for teacher development
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education did not approve 70-minute early dismissals almost every Monday next school year. Treasurer of the board Ken Enloe presented a motion to approve the school’s calendar without the proposed early dismissal times the district wants for teacher development. The motion passed with one objecting vote.
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Couple dies of Covid-19 days apart, family left in state of frustration, profound sadness
Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Charles couple that died from the coronavirus just days apart spent the entirety of 2020 isolated at home, their family said. Raymond and Diana Borus were married for 44 years and leave behind four children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “My mom isolated
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Local businesses hopeful Restaurant Week will provide a boost in business
Restaurant Week in the District in downtown Columbia began Monday, and local restaurants say the event could help boost businesses for the industry during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Seattle Mariners president steps down after comments surface in which he disparaged baseball players
Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather resigned from the Major League Baseball club after disparaging comments he made earlier this month were made public over the weekend, according to an announcement Monday by team chairman John Stanton. The Seattle Times was the first to report details of Mather’s comments, which were made February 5
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Missouri Capitol evacuated as a precaution
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Capitol was evacuated as a precaution just before 7 p.m. Monday. At least four House committee hearings were in progress at the time. Division Chief Jason Turner said a malfunctioning detector went off in the Capitol. There was no fire or no smoke.
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Boone County Fire District responds to two Sunday structure fires
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire District responded to two fires on Sunday. At 12:41 p.m. Sunday, Boone County Fire District firefighters responded to W. Route F for a reported structure fire. After arriving on scene, the homeowner told firefighters a fire started in the flu of the chimeny and the owner used a garden
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Local highlights and scores: Feb. 22, 2021
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are the local high school basketball scores from Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. GIRLS HOOPS Smith-Cotton 13 | Rock Bridge 87 FINAL Linn 43 | Belle 31 FINAL Blair Oaks 50 | Hallsville 40 FINAL Harrisburg 60 | Westran 21 FINAL Mexico
Continue Reading Unemployment agency asking for thousand of dollars back from man who’s been dead for six years
Click here for updates on this story WEST BRANCH, Michigan (WNEM) — “That’s just the thing, he was dead and this 1099, it’s for 2020,” West Branch resident Betty Pope said. For Betty losing her husband was hard enough but now he’s at the center of an issue with the unemployment insurance agency. Recently she
Continue Reading As U.S. reaches grim pandemic milestone, one family reflects on their own loss
Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — 500,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19 within the last year. It has been nearly a year since we first met the family Lloyd Lamb, just days after his death last March. He was the first recorded COVID-related death in Buncombe
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Texas is still reeling from devastating winter storms and for some, recovery could take months
Monica Ware, a mother of four, says the broken water pipes that flooded her Houston home as winter storms pounded Texas last week have destroyed nearly all of the family’s belongings. “We used everything we had on (a) hotel this week,” Ware told CNN affiliate KTRK. “After this, it’s like, where are we going to
Continue Reading Former AG Loretta Lynch issues report on Syracuse University’s campus police after student protests
Former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch released her final report Monday into Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety, capping a nearly yearlong inquiry into the department. University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced Lynch’s independent review of campus public safety in February 2020, in the wake of student protests over the university’s handling of racist incidents on
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Huge demonstrations across Myanmar despite military’s warning that protesters could ‘suffer loss of life’
Huge crowds brought Myanmar’s towns and cities to a standstill Monday in a mass strike against the coup, despite a warning from the military junta that protesters will “suffer loss of life” if demonstrations confront security forces. Activists had called for a historic strike following the most violent weekend since protests against the February 1
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Missouri House tries again with voter photo ID law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Republican-led Missouri House is advancing another version of a Missouri voter photo identification law that was gutted by the state Supreme Court. Judges last year permanently blocked a central provision of the 2016 voter identification law that required voters without a photo ID to make a sworn statement in
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Suspect in shooting at gun store in Louisiana had been asked to unload gun, sheriff says
The suspect in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of two others at a gun store in Louisiana was asked to unload a firearm shortly before he opened fire, authorities said Monday. Deputies were called to the Jefferson Gun Outlet in Metairie just before 3 p.m. Saturday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto
Continue Reading Father-to-be in New York dies after device meant for gender reveal party explodes
A 28-year-old man died after a device meant to be used at a gender reveal party exploded, according to New York State Police. Police responded to a report of an explosion just before noon on Sunday. Christopher Pekny, of Liberty, New York, was building the device that exploded. He was the father-to-be, according to police.
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Gov. Parson honors supermarket employees
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Grocery store workers across Missouri were honored today for their efforts during the pandemic. Governor Mike Parson met with employees at the Hy-Vee in Jefferson City to announce supermarket employee day in Missouri. There are around 100,000 grocery store workers across the shoe-me state. Supermarkets in Missouri also make up a
Continue Reading 75-year-old protester pushed by Buffalo police files lawsuit against city, mayor and officers
Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester who was knocked to the ground by police officers last year in Buffalo, New York, filed a civil lawsuit against the city Monday, according to court documents. Gugino is also suing Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown; officers Robert McCabe, Aaron Torgalski and John Losi; Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood; and Deputy Police
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Missouri judge says public defender waitlist unfair
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge says the wait time for some poor defendants to get legal help is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Will Hickle in an order said a group of poor defendants likely will succeed in a class-action lawsuit against the state. The defendants’ attorneys say some waited in jail for months before
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DEFENDERS: Price gouging makes top 10 consumer complaints for the first time
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Illegal telemarketing calls and no-call violations was the number one complaint the Missouri Attorney General’s Office received in 2020. In 2020, 34,527 Missourians reported a no-call complaint to the office. Those complaints involved phone calls to Missouri residents by businesses or organizations soliciting the purchase of goods or services. Here are
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