Despite rising COVID-19 case numbers in Missouri, Columbia and Boone County Public Health and Human Services said Friday that officials haven’t had any conversations about bringing a mask mandate back to government buildings.Â
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Several lawsuits have been filed in state and federal courts against the companies involved in the late-June train derailment in Chariton County.
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Patients and staff have been evacuated from a western Missouri hospital after a report of an armed man.
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The California boil order was lifted Thursday after the Department of Natural Resources confirmed two negative test results for E. coli.
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After a water boil advisory was given to the city of California during a heat wave, the advisory showed the importance of a safe supply of drinking water in Mid-Missouri.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is reporting a Missouri resident has a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri, a brain-infecting amoeba. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled free-living amoeba that can cause a rare life-threatening infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). The Missouri patient is
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Over the past several months natural gas prices have been on the rise in Mid-Missouri.Â
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Time has run out for people to register to vote in the August primary.
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The patrol reported six traffic deaths and one drowning. None of the reported deaths were in Central Missouri.
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The governor held a news conference Friday afternoon to talk about budget actions he took this week, including the veto of $500 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds meant for a means-tested tax rebate. That measure didn’t go far enough, Parson said.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A local organization and the Missouri State Highway Patrol plan to give out free lifejackets to Mid-Missouri veterans and families over the Fourth of July weekend. The U.S. Exercise Tiger Commemorative Foundation (USTF) and troopers with the highway’s patrol Troop F Water Patrol unit will host the second annual “Operations Sgt. Rosie’s
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol put out a press release in June, reminding drivers and boaters to plan for a safe July 4th weekend.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a record $47.5 billion 2023 state budget, highlighting more money to Missouri educators among others.   Â
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson used his line-item veto power to strike millions in federal relief fund spending from the state budget, including $500 million to pay for a tax rebate program.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill into law Thursday that will require health care facilities to let patients have visitors in a reaction to restrictions seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Wednesday that will make changes to Missouri election law. Among them is a requirement that voters show a valid government photo ID.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed several bills in a ceremony in the governor’s office Wednesday afternoon, including one that makes changes to Missouri’s elections.
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MENDON, Mo. (KMIZ.) State troopers have been at the scene directing traffic all morning following the train derailment in Mendon. And on Tuesday, Mendon community members shared their experiences. “I had goosebumps, and it made me feel like I wanted to start crying, and there’s a lot of people around here that felt that same
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