Phi Gamma Delta, the fraternity at the center of the University of Missouri’s suspension of fraternity activities across campus, was hit with a hazing violation in the spring 2021 semester and an alcohol violation in August.
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The White House could issue its employee coronavirus vaccination and test mandate any day, The Associated Press reports, as employers wait to get details on a key part of President Joe Biden’s plan to boost vaccination rates.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A member of the Columbia Schools Board of Education has announced his plans to run for mayor of Columbia. David Seamon released Thursday morning he expects to run for the position in next year’s election. He was elected to the board of education in June 2020. According to a press release from
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A $4.5 million project to take learning outdoors is celebrating the completion of its first phase.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri has halted all fraternity activities, including any social events, effective immediately. The university said this was due to a freshman participating in a social event at the Phi Gamma Delta house who was hospitalized due to concerns about alcohol poisoning. A spokesperson for the university, Christian Basi, said
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The mandate is part of the Biden administration’s push to increase vaccination rates nationwide. However, it has met with pushback from conservative politicians and workers who say it impinges on their freedom.
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A Boone County prosecutor has charged a Columbia woman after an incident in September where she allegedly maced a person.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the White House announced Wednesday plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children ages five to 11, some parents are on the fence, but health experts are backing the idea, saying it is an important step in the vaccine effort. Some parents ABC 17 News spoke with were skeptical, wanting more
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The jury in the first-degree murder trial against Michael Humphrey on Wednesday watched an interview Humphrey did with the Missouri State Highway Patrol on the day of his 2020 arrest. Humphrey told Master Sgt. Marcus Reynolds he did not know of Lynlee Renick’s plan to kill her husband, Ben Renick, when the two traveled to the Renicks’ Montgomery County farm in 2017.
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KAISER, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol has issued a silver advisory for a missing Miller County woman has been canceled. The Miller County Sheriff’s Department reports Debra Charlene Wise returned home. Wise is diagnosed with schizophrenia and has cancer.
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MU leaders announced the decision in an email to the campus Wednesday evening.
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The nationwide food supply shortage has hurt some schools districts in communities that need to serve lunch to students. According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary school, the distributors that deliver the foods could be facing staffing issues or a lack of product availability because of the pandemic supply chain crisis. Mallory McGowin
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Multiple Columbia police and fire trucks were called Wednesday morning to an apartment building on Towne Drive for an apparent fire.
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Some Columbia residents expressed confusion toward the language on the special election ballot, so ABC 17 reached out to the Parks and Recreation Department for an explanation on the vote.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were vulnerable in a massive state data breach could cost Missouri as much as $50 million. Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s spokeswoman on Tuesday confirmed that the rough cost estimate includes credit monitoring and the cost of a
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westbound I-70 is now open as work continues on the Sorrels Overpass, with the passing lane now being closed according to a Tweet from MODOT.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Downtown Community Improvement District is set to install a life-size “Columbia” art piece on Wednesday. The City of Columbia plans to close the east sidewalk of South Providence Road to unload and install the sculptures on Wednesday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. According to the Downtown CID, the sculpture will
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A crash knocked part of the concrete from an overpass, damaging the road and leading officials to close one lane. More closures will be needed later for demolition and construction of a new overpass.
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