Mental health a priority for Columbia Public Schools as students return
Columbia Public Schools leaders say helping the district’s more than 19,000 students with their mental health needs is a top priority.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools leaders say helping the district’s more than 19,000 students with their mental health needs is a top priority.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools will update its COVID-19 plan to reflect new, relaxed guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continue ReadingBoone County prosecutors charged a Jefferson City man Monday with eight felonies including armed criminal action, domestic assault and stalking after he allegedly fired several shots at a woman’s car and home.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Transportation will begin daily lane closures next week on Interstate 70 as work continues on the Missouri River bridge near Rocheport.
Continue ReadingA Missouri prison inmate was charged last week with assault after allegedly beating a prison guard and causing severe injuries in July at Jefferson City Correctional Center.
Continue ReadingThe League of Women Voters and the Missouri NAACP are arguing in court that a Missouri election law that takes effect Sunday will hurt their work to register voters.
Continue ReadingThe Uvalde school shooting looms over the start of this school year.
Continue ReadingJOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people, including two teenagers, were hurt Monday night after a pickup truck hit a tractor in Johnson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash in the 700 block of Highway Z around 9:45 p.m. Troopers said the pickup truck driven by Albert D. Fike, 65, of Holden,
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools will hold the first day of classes Tuesday. The 2022-2023 school year marks the district’s 150th anniversary. Officials said the school district plans to share bits of history throughout the school year to mark the occasion. Columbia Public Schools start and end times: 2022-2023 COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS START AND
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson has proposed a major tax cut as Missouri is riding high on a record budget surplus.
Continue ReadingPeople had the chance to meet three finalists who are competing to become Columbia’s next fire chief Monday night.
Continue ReadingMissouri Gov. Mike Parson will bring legislators back to the Capitol after Labor Day to take up more than $700 million in annual income tax cuts.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools will welcome students back to the classroom Tuesday to kick off its 150th year.
Continue ReadingRemote-controlled planes have been filling the sky in the Longview neighborhood in southwest Columbia, causing some residents to take their noise complaints to city hall.
Continue ReadingA Jefferson City woman who works with a national anti-drug organization filed a lawsuit last week to block an amendment to legalize recreational marijuana from the Missouri ballot.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man was charged Friday and jailed without bond after authorities say he was arrested following a chase.
Continue ReadingColumbia police tracked down the suspects in a deadly Saturday shooting in a store parking lot by identifying a license plate in surveillance video, according to court documents.
Continue ReadingLawyers agreed Monday to an order protecting student records covered by federal law in a University of Missouri hazing case.
Continue ReadingThe first-day freshman class at the University of Missouri grew by nearly 3% this year, the university said Monday, the first day of classes.
Continue ReadingA truck driver from Kentucky was hurt Monday when his tractor-trailer’s tire blew out, causing him to lose control on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County.
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