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Data shows some Columbia businesses don’t feel ready to reopen

May 28, 2020 8:23 PM Zach Boetto

Results from a recent survey show some Columbia businesses do not feel ready to reopen to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Columbia city manager warns of possible service cuts as COVID-19 hits revenue

May 28, 2020 9:29 AM Amber Tabeling

Columbia City Manager John Glascock said Thursday that he is directing departments to make plans for 10 percent cuts as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit city revenue.

WATCH: Boone County commissioner discusses growth in COVID-19 cases

May 28, 2020 6:05 PM ABC 17 News Team

Boone County Southern District Commissioner Fred Parry said Thursday that the county will have to see many more cases before COVID-19-related restrictions are tightened.

Columbia man dies after shooting

May 28, 2020 4:28 PM Matthew Sanders

Police say a man has died after being shot early Monday in northeast Columbia.

Two suffer serious injuries in Columbia crash

May 28, 2020 2:36 PM Matthew Sanders

A man and woman in their 80s suffered serious injuries when their vehicle was broadsided by another vehicle that ran a red light Wednesday on Stadium Boulevard, police say.

Columbia program awards loans to small businesses

May 27, 2020 10:47 PM Katie Greathouse

A Columbia program has awarded 18 small businesses with $5,000 loans each.

Columbia lab seeing increase in antibody testing

May 27, 2020 7:44 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A diagnostics laboratory in Columbia says it plans to increase antibody testing. Helix Specialty Diagnostics started performing serology tests, also known as antibody tests, on May 11. Antibody tests can show if someone had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. Michael Paulsen, a Helix Specialty Diagnostics owner, says their

A look at contact tracing in Boone County

May 27, 2020 6:36 PM Sydney Olsen

Employees at the Columbia/Boone County Health Department have been working to contact individuals who may have been exposed to COVID-19.

Columbia playgrounds, pools reopen under new COVID-19 order

May 27, 2020 4:25 PM Amber Tabeling

The Columbia/Boone County health department’s COVID-19 order that went into effect Tuesday allows playgrounds, parks, spraygrounds, trails and pools to reopen.

Traffic diverted after crash on Stadium Boulevard

May 27, 2020 4:39 PM Matthew Sanders

Traffic was being diverted Wednesday afternoon from a part of Stadium Boulevard in Columbia after a crash.

Two teens accused in Columbia Dollar General fire

May 27, 2020 1:01 PM Matthew Sanders

Columbia police have detained two 16-year-old suspects in a fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a Dollar General store.

Columbia firefighters respond to Clark Lane McDonald’s early Wednesday

May 27, 2020 8:18 AM Matt Ragsdale

Columbia firefighters responded to a north Columbia McDonald’s early Wednesday morning after workers reported seeing smoke in the lobby.

Police chief gives update on cost and timeline of search for Mengqi Ji

May 26, 2020 6:46 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Police Department is still searching for Mengqi Ji, a Columbia mother who has been missing since October.

From May 4 through May 25, COVID-19 cases increased from 96 to 123 in Boone County.

Boone County continues phased reopening as COVID-19 cases rise

May 26, 2020 11:31 AM Molly Stawinoga

The total number of confirmed cases in Boone County is now at 123. Twenty-two of those are active.

Man suffers life-threatening injury in Columbia stabbing

May 26, 2020 3:19 PM Katie Greathouse

Columbia police are investigating after a man was stabbed Monday morning.

Appeals court says fired Columbia police officer should not get job back

May 26, 2020 11:21 AM Matthew Sanders

The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a Boone County judge’s 2019 ruling that the city manager acted within the law in firing Rob Sanders after a video surfaced of him shoving a prisoner in a holding cell in 2011.

Lighter restrictions on Boone County businesses start Tuesday as more start getting out

May 25, 2020 7:04 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lighter set of restrictions went into effect Tuesday for businesses in Boone County as communities start opening back up. Under the new order, announced on Friday by the Columbia/Boone County Health director Stephanie Browning, most businesses will be able to allow 50 percent of its building capacity. There are exceptions to

Death of murder-suicide victim ruled a homicide

May 25, 2020 6:06 PM Sydney Olsen

According to autopsy results, the cause of death for a woman who died two weeks after she was shot during an attempted murder-suicide has been ruled as a homicide.

Only one arrest made in at least nine Columbia May shootings

May 25, 2020 3:20 PM Molly Stawinoga

Columbia police have responded to at least nine shootings in May, but only one resulted in an arrest.

North Columbia shooting leaves one with life-threatening injury

May 25, 2020 5:23 AM Brittany Wiley

Columbia Police are investigating after a north Columbia shooting left one person injured early Monday morning.