More than 350 food plant employees test positive for COVID-19
As of Saturday morning, 359 employees and contract workers of Triumph Foods tested positive for COVID-19.
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Osage emergency responders return from New Jersey deployment
The Osage Ambulance District Disaster Response Team is coming back to mid-Missouri.
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University of Missouri makes first round of job cuts as COVID-19 continues to hurt revenue
The University of Missouri said Friday that it has laid off 49 people in its first round of job cuts to make up for revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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University leaders expect “unpopular” decisions due to financial troubles
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UM System President Mun Choi said he expects to make some “unpopular” decisions in the coming year due to COVID-19’s impact on the school. Choi made the comment during the Mu Faculty Council meeting on Wednesday alongside MU Provost Lantha Ramchand and Vice Chancellor Rhonda Gibler. Choi said he expected state leaders
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Local gym using UVC lights to disinfect facility
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) As states across the nation begin their first phases of reopening business, many americans are eager to get back to the gym. Dr. Randall Williams, the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued an order on April 27 allowing gyms to reopen on Monday. Gyms across Missouri are
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State health department could pay private labs more than $1 million to ramp up testing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services could pay more than $1 million to private labs in increase testing capacity as the state begins to relax social distancing rules. The contracts obtained by ABC 17 News show that at least three labs, including one in mid-Missouri, will help the state
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Local hospitals postpone thousands of elective procedures during COVID-19
Representatives from hospitals in Columbia announced last week they will slowly begin to schedule more procedures and surgeries that are not related to COVID-19.
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Mid-Missouri hospitals prepare for spike in COVID-19 patients after reopening
With the state reopening in less than a week, hospitals in mid-Missouri are preparing for a possible spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Comparing Missouri’s re-opening order to federal guidelines
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s new order allowing businesses to operate under relaxed rules breaks away from some federal guidelines on re-opening. An ABC 17 News review shows that the order released by Gov. Mike Parson and the Department of Health and Senior Services gives fewer rules for businesses to follow than the White House
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COVID-19 impacts supply of homes in Boone County
The Columbia Board of Relators released statistics for single family home sales in Boone County in March.
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Central Missouri Humane Society donating food to pet owners in need
The Central Missouri Humane Society is helping pet owners in need during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 leading local businesses to close permanently
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The effects of COVID-19 have forced multiple businesses around Columbia to close for good. Yin Yang Night Club and Bambino’s Italian Café are two of the first to shut their doors following Gov. Mike Parson’s ‘Stay Home Missouri’ order. Veronika Versace, a Yin Yang Nightclub show director says the virus was the
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Addiction experts worry about long-term impacts during recovery as alcohol sales spike
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As stay-at-home orders and self-isolation continue to keep people cooped up, experts say some are turning to alcohol to cope with the stress and anxiety related to COVID-19. Data shows alcoholic beverage sales went up by 55 percent in late March, compared to sales in 2019. According to the data from Neilson,
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Rural Mid-Missouri communities increase COVID-19 testing
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A COVID-19 testing laboratory in Columbia says it is seeing rural communities across Missouri increase COVID-19 testing. “That landscape is shifting a lot,” said Tim McCarty, the Marketing Director of GeneTrait Laboratories. “It could be access to testing materials, it could be the community is identifying these first couple of cases, and
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COVID-19 costs local wedding industry thousands
This time of year the number of weddings is typically ramping up, but as a result of COVID-19 the industry has taken a huge hit. The impacts have been felt locally as well.
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Burgers’ Smokehouse suspends production after more employees test positive for COVID-19
Burgers’ Smokehouse in California announced on Wednesday that it suspended operations until next week after more employees tested positive for COVID-19.
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Columbia hospitals ready to gradually provide more services
Columbia’s hospitals have shown they have the capacity to handle COVID-19 cases and other needed medical procedures without being overextended, city and health care leaders said during a Tuesday news conference.
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Protesters gather at Missouri Capitol to oppose stay-at-home order
Crowds of protesters flooded an area outside the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday to push for an end to Gov. Mike Parson’s stay-at-home order.
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Cole County will not extend local stay-at-home order, statewide order still in effect
Cole County Health Department Director Kristi Campbell told commissioners Tuesday that her stay-at-home order will not be extended past the 12:01 p.m. Saturday expiration date.
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Director of health department updates Columbia City Council on stay-at-home order
The Columbia city council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. The city is encouraging people to livestream the meetings on the city’s website instead of attending in person.
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