Report recommends Missouri legislature expand perinatal resources
Missouri health leaders say the state needs to do more to lower rates of maternal mortality in their annual report.
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DNA evidence used to charge Boone County man with murder, rape in 1993 Indianapolis killing
EDITOR’S NOTE: A misspelled name has been corrected. BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County man is facing rape and murder charges stemming from a 1993 Indiana case. Dana Jermaine Shepherd, 52, faces charges in Marion County, Indiana, including two counts of murder and one count of rape “with deadly force.” Boone County deputies and
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State cannabis regulators recall Blue Sky Health and Wellness cannabis products
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation issued a recall on Friday for marijuana products from Blue Sky Health and Wellness, a Friday press release from the Department of Health and Senior Services says. The press release says that products from the company were recalled after they were not compliantly tracked in
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Mizzou rides fast start to season-opening rout of Murray State
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) 11th ranked Mizzou Football was locked in from the opening kick of Thursday night’s season opener against Murray State. The Tigers began the 2024 campaign with a 51-0 win over the Racers in front of Faurot Field’s sixth straight sold-out crowd. You can watch extended highlights from Thursday’s big win in the
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Third eastbound lane of Highway 54 in Jefferson City now open
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An additional lane on eastbound Highway 54 is now open in Jefferson City. Motorists began using the new lane just north of the of Missouri River on Thursday, according to a press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The base of the lane was constructed earlier this year in the
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Government offices closed Monday for Labor Day; trash services impacted in Columbia, Fulton, Boonville
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Government offices around the state are closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day. Regular city council meetings in Columbia and Jefferson City will occur Tuesday. The holiday will also impact trash pickup in multiple cities. Trash regularly picked up on Monday in Columbia and Boonville will be picked up on Tuesday,
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Equipment staff preparations begin weeks in advance for first MU football game
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Many hours of preparation, organization and laundry have to happen before the Missouri Tigers can take the field in their all-black uniforms on Thursday. MU’s Director of Equipment Operations Mike Kurowski said preparation for football’s first game starts during summer training camp. “The only time people know what we do is if
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DHSS set to restrict the sale of unregulated cannabis products
In a press release Thursday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced that it will begin to take steps to restrict unapproved psychoactive cannabis products starting Sept. 1.
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House Education Committee announces special hearing on DESE childcare payment delays
The Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee announced on Monday it will hold a special hearing to investigate the delays in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education childcare payments.
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Several state laws going into effect Wednesday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)Several Missouri bills will officially go into effect on Wednesday that will make a variety of modifications to public safety laws, effect abortion and recommendations to prevent veteran suicide. Senate Bill 754 was signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson in July. Two of these changes include establishing Blair’s Law and Max’s Law. Blair’s
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Planned Parenthood files lawsuit against state over new health care bill
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In a press release Monday, Missouri’s two Planned Parenthood affiliates, Great Plains and Great Rivers, announced they filed complaints in the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission after being removed from the Missouri Medicaid Program. Introduced by state Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) on Feb. 5, Missouri House Bill 2634 prevents government funds from going
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Bill focusing on cyberstalking, penalties on celebratory gunfire goes into effect Wednesday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A new Missouri bill will officially go into effect on Wednesday that will make a variety of modifications to public safety laws in the Show Me State. Senate Bill 754 was signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson in July. Some of the biggest changes in the bill include increasing the minimum
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Updated COVID-19 vaccines available at Hy-Vee
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Hy-Vee, Inc. announced in a Tuesday press release that newly approved COVID-19 and flu vaccines are now available at its pharmacies. The announcement comes a day after officials said the updated vaccine from Pfizer will be available with MU Health Care after Labor Day. The U.S Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency
Continue ReadingPlanned Parenthood challenges Missouri law that kicked area clinics off of Medicaid
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Planned Parenthoods filed legal challenges Monday against a new law that kicked the organizations off the federal Medicaid health insurance program. Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said they are filing complaints with the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission, which functions as a court to hear
Continue ReadingMissouri abortion-rights amendment faces last-minute legal challenges
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before voters. Anti-abortion leaders sued to take the amendment off November’s ballot. They say the amendment doesn’t describe all the regulations
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State hopes to hire new MoDOT chief by year’s end
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission wants feedback from the public as it begins its search for a new director for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).
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Court tosses Missouri law that barred police from enforcing federal gun laws
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges have overturned a Missouri law that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional Monday. It forbade police from enforcing federal gun laws that don’t have an equivalent Missouri law. The U.S. Justice Department has
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Columbia man charged with statutory rape, sodomy
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with second-degree statutory rape and second-degree sodomy on Thursday. Jesus Hernandez, 37, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 1:54 a.m. Thursday and is being held without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. According to the probable cause statement, Hernandez identified himself to a
Continue Reading Parson says Ashcroft is blocking effort to ban unregulated THC because of hurt feelings
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is blocking an executive order to ban various unregulated forms of the cannabis compound THC over “hurt feelings.” Parson endorsed Ashcroft’s opponent in the state’s recent gubernatorial primary, which Ashcroft went on to lose. Parson said Thursday that Ashcroft
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Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would stop execution of death row inmate who claims innocence
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have resentenced death row inmate Marcellus Williams to life without parole after new testing of DNA evidence complicated his innocence claim. A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge has now set the agreement aside and scheduled an evidentiary hearing for
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