Deputies investigating after man found shot in Pulaski County
The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man was found shot Monday evening.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 161 COVID-19 to state dashboard
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Saturday updates: State COVID-19 numbers continue to rise
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state health department reported 4,876 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, according to it’s dashboard. This puts Missouri at 267,312 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Saturday’s increase is up from the 4,614 new cases reported Friday. The state also added 18 new deaths bringing the total to 3,555. Total tests reported
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Jefferson City mayor endorses state’s ‘Public Health Warning’
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Continue Reading Missouri plans to roll out coronavirus vaccine in phases
The state plans on distributing the vaccine in three phases, prioritizing health-care workers and long-term care facilities.
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Missouri House committee releases recommendations to protect children from abuse at unlicensed youth residential facilities
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Members of the House Children and Families Committee have released recommendations designed to keep children at unlicensed youth residential facilities safe. State Rep. Sheila Solon, who chairs the committee, said the recommendations are meant to end the cycle of abuse that has occurred at unlicensed facilities in Missouri. “The lack of
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Room at the Inn add second shelter location due to COVID-19
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Judge denies drug makers’ request to toss Missouri lawsuit
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis judge rejected a request for painkiller makers to throw out a lawsuit over their role in addiction issues across the state. Judge Michael Stelzer denied the summary judgement request from four drug makers to throw out the lawsuit based on federal preemption. Stelzer said in a Wednesday ruling
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: SSM Health changes drive-thru COVID-19 testing hours in Mexico
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Continue ReadingOfficials: 3 southwest Missouri hunters hurt opening weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Conservation officials say three hunters in southwestern Missouri accidentally shot themselves during last weekend’s opening of firearms deer season. The Springfield News-Leader says none of the shootings were life-threatening. The Missouri Department of Conservation says it will not release details of the shootings until its investigations into them are complete. Justin
Continue ReadingFBI: Missouri man charged with child porn accused of threats
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal agents say a rural eastern Missouri man charged in child porn case also threatened to kill the heads of various online platforms, including YouTube and Twitter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 56-year-old Matthew Bryan Thilges, of Jefferson County, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in St. Louis’ U.S. District Court to
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Pettis County reporting two more COVID-19 related deaths
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Missouri high court reviews new public union restrictions
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is deciding whether new restrictions on public unions can be enacted. Judges on Tuesday heard arguments in the case. At issue is a 2018 law requiring public unions to get permission every year to deduct dues from workers’ paychecks. Public safety unions are exempt. A judge last
Continue Reading Missouri DHSS adds 42 COVID-19 related deaths
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is reporting an additional 42 COVID-19 related deaths after analyzing death certificates in the state’s disease surveillance system. Officials say these 42 deaths will be added to Tuesday’s dashboard update. DHSS had been doing these updates on Friday causing a spike of deaths on
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MONDAY UPDATES: Local health department urges residents for a modified Thanksgiving
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Continue ReadingPolice: 2 weekend deaths in southern Missouri were homicides
WILLARD, Mo. (AP) — Police say the deaths of two people in a small southwest Missouri town are being investigated as homicides. Thirty-year-old Brianna Sproul and 28-year-old Alex Chute were found shot to death Saturday on the front porch of a home in Willard. Police Chief Tom McClain said Monday that the deaths are not
Continue ReadingPolice chase of stolen tractor sees shots fired, crash
DITTMER, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Missouri say two people have been arrested following a police chase of a stolen tractor that involved shots fired at deputies and a deputy’s cruiser crashing into a bystander’s car. Television station KTVI reports the chase began Sunday night when Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report
Continue Reading55 rescued dogs to be put up for adoption
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fifty-five dogs removed from an eastern Missouri breeder in October will be put up for adoption after a judge awarded custody to the Humane Society of Missouri. The St. Louis-based organization removed the dogs from the property of a breeder in Franklin County. The dogs — mostly basset hounds and basset-mixes
Continue Reading Columbia representative foregoing last term
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After six years, Rep. Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, is resigning. In a news release, Kendrick said he will forego his final term, which he was elected to on Nov. 3, to join Senator-elect Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, as his chief of staff. The two worked together over the past four years in
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Fayette elementary school to move to online learning
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services added over 3,000 new daily cases to the count total on Sunday.
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