Columbia City Council meetings go online during COVID-19
The city of Columbia is asking residents to avoid attending city council meetings during COVID-19.
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SATURDAY UPDATES: Cole County confirms 31 cases of COVID-19
Check back throughout the day for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Grocery stores increase restrictions amid COVID-19 outbreak
Grocery stores across Mid-Missouri are implementing stricter guidelines to further promote social distancing efforts
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Search for missing Columbia mother could cost more than $500,000
The search for the body of a Missouri woman presumed to have been murdered by her husband could cost at least $500,000.
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‘Stay Home Missouri’ order grants local leaders jurisdiction
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri will be under a statewide stay-at-home order as of Monday, but some counties already have orders in place. Parts of Boone and Cole counties’ orders are stricter than the new statewide “Stay Home Missouri” order. Under the Boone and Cole stay-at-home orders, which are similar to each other, non-essential businesses will
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VIDEO: Interview with Boone County Commissioner Fred Parry
ABC 17 News will hold a live interview with Boone County District I Commissioner Fred Parry at 2:45 p.m. Friday, April 3.
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CPS educators discuss potential learning methods
Columbia Public Schools paused its alternative learning classes to reevaluate its learning methods on Wednesday and the district held meetings Friday to determine its next step.
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Grocery stores in Mid-Missouri continue to face struggles stocking some items
Many stores in Boone and Callaway counties are still struggling to keep their shelves stocked amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Columbia businessman’s fate uncertain after Missouri Supreme Court ruling
A Columbia businessman’s freedom was uncertain Friday after a Missouri Supreme Court decision that could send him back to prison.
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Grocery, food delivery business grows because of COVID-19
The threat of COVID-19 has some people second guessing normal tasks like going to the grocery store or eating out, but there are several options to help people still do those things.
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State Labor Department and community organizations overwhelmed trying to assist spike in unemployed
As the number of people applying for unemployment across the country and state continues to race upward, organizations trying to help are also feeling the heat.
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Lucky’s Market to close Tuesday, reopen date undetermined
The Lucky’s Market in downtown Columbia will close Tuesday as it gets ready to reopen as a Schnucks.
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Columbia Fire Department using new methods to preserve N95 masks
“We want to do our part to conserve that supply, it lessens the strain on that supply of N95 masks that our health care providers really need.”
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The MU textile and apparel department making masks for MU Health
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MU Textile and Apparel Management Department is now using its equipment to help against the spread of COVID-19. Claudine Barner, an instructor in the Textile and Apparel Department at MU, is working along with other professors and graduate students to cut masks out of approved fabric for health care workers to
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MU responds to ‘Zoombombing’ incidents
University of Missouri leaders released a statement Wednesday in response to disruptions during Zoom sessions.
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Temporary shelter for homeless community in Columbia faces uncertainty
A temporary shelter for the population in Columbia facing homelessness is facing uncertainty.
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CPS faces challenges with alternative learning methods
Baumstark said the pause is intended to give teachers and district leaders a chance to evaluate how alternative learning will look on a more long term basis.
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Appeals court rejects Columbia death row inmate’s case
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man once again lost his claim to avoid the death penalty. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that Ernest Lee Johnson’s lawsuit should be dismissed following a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding another Missouri inmate. Johnson has faced the death penalty for two decades after killing three people
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Columbia Public Schools pauses classes for three days
Columbia Public Schools put a three day pause on classes the district announced Wednesday morning.
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Primary field set for Boone and Cole counties
Boone and Cole counties will see a handful of contested races for county offices come August.
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