Contact tracing delayed as delta variant spreads
Missouri’s rate of positive coronavirus tests continues to go up and local health department officials are warning about delays in contact tracing.
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Mo. Supreme Court sides against state in open records case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Public governmental bodies in Missouri cannot charge fees for the time attorneys spend redacting documents prior to their release to the public, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the court ruling noted that the Missouri Sunshine Law allows officials to charge requestors for “research”
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Cole County reports 26 new coronavirus cases
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Missouri to offer tax breaks to help fix up state Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri taxpayers who want to help fix up the state Capitol soon will be able to claim a tax break for doing so. A new law signed Tuesday by Gov. Mike Parson allows up to $10 million of tax credits to be issued annually to donors who give money or
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Hospital in hard-hit Springfield turns away COVID patients
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some COVID-19 patients are being turned away from an overwhelmed Springfield hospital where cases are surging and taken to less-stressed hospitals hundreds of miles away in Kansas City and St. Louis. The Springfield News-Leaders reports that CoxHealth system president Steve Edwards said Tuesday that the hospital in Springfield was on
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New Missouri law makes it a crime to reveal lottery winners
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation that could keep the identity of lottery winners secret. The bill signed Tuesday makes it a misdemeanor crime for Missouri Lottery officials or contractors to release the name, address or any identifying information about anyone who wins the lottery, unless the winner asks
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Missouri House prepares for expedited committee hearing, vote on FRA renewal bill
Senate Bill 1, a clean Federal Reimbursement Allowance renewal, was introduced in the state House Monday morning. A clean FRA means there were no amendments.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 39 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Missouri House to introduce Federal Reimbursement Allowance in special session Monday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House is set to introduce the Federal Reimbursement Allowance in a special session on Monday after it was passed in the Senate early Saturday morning. Normally, the FRA is passed with bipartisan support. The special session was called after the legislature failed to pass the FRA for the first
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Missouri sees a near 20% increase in week to week coronavirus cases
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 467 new cases of the coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total case count since the start of the pandemic to 522,889. The state dashboard says new cases are up by 19.6% over the past seven days. The positivity rate is currently at 7.7%. Missouri
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SATURDAY UPDATES: The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported the state’s positivity rate as 7.5% on Saturday
The increase in positivity comes along with an additional 520 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 522,422. The state also added 251 probable cases of the virus to the dashboard Saturday. In total, 92,999 probable cases of COVID-19 were discovered through antigen testing. Three new deaths were added Saturday. DHSS has recorded
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SATURDAY STORM & FLOODING UPDATES: Photo and video gallery
COLUMBIA, Mo. According to Boone County Office of Emergency Management, a flash flood warning is issued until 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. Multiple areas of Boone County are still underwater and as of 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, MoDOT reported 206 roads closed in the state due to flooding. You can find a link to their Traveler
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports highest number of new coronavirus cases since March 8
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Midway Golf and Games flooded; manager believes it will get worse with the next round of rainfall
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Golf courses at Midway Golf and Games are flooded with several feet of water. According to ABC 17’s viewer reports the Boone County area was hit with about five to six inches of rain causing severe flooding all over the county. The rain caused Perchie Creek and the Missouri River to overflow.
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County rescheduling mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic Saturday
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Medicaid expansion lawsuit appealed to Missouri Supreme Court
The legal team filed a notice of appeal to the state’s highest court Thursday after a ruling against them in Cole County court the day before
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State senator brings up critical race theory during special session on Medicaid tax
Legislation to ban the teaching of critical race theory was submitted this week in the Missouri Senate, which is in special session to work on laws related to a tax that helps fund Medicaid.
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Driver seriously injured after wreck in Morgan County
VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Versailles woman is seriously injured after a wreck on Route TT in Morgan County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Hailee Fretueg was driving northbound on Route TT, one mile north of Highway 5 when she failed to negotiate a curve. Fretueg’s 2006 Hyundai Azera traveled off the
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Lineworkers preparing for strong winds ahead of possible severe storms
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some lineworkers across Mid-Missouri were working Wednesday to stabilize poles ahead of Thursday’s possible incoming storms. The Stormtrack Weather Team issued a Weather Alert Day ahead of possible severe storms Thursday night and things like power lines are a major cause for concern in windy conditions. “We’re trying to get a split
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Lawmakers discuss stopping Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood during the first day of special session
The first Special Session held Wednesday at the Missouri State Capitol
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