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Missouri presidential electors formally cast votes for Trump
Missouri’s presidential electors have cast all 10 of the state’s votes for Republican President Donald Trump.
Continue ReadingMissouri’s presidential electors have cast all 10 of the state’s votes for Republican President Donald Trump.
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,694 new Coronavirus cases on Sunday. There have been 345,041 cases reported in Missouri.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state health department’s COVID-19 dashboard added 3,743 new cases Saturday, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 342,347. It also added 22 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 4,503. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins University is reporting a record 3,309 deaths logged Friday across the U.S.,
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman is being held in the Boone County Jail Saturday after being arrested for assault. Columbia Police arrested 22-year-old Jerika D. Owens, of Columbia for assault and resisting arrest Friday. CPD was dispatched around 6:30 p.m. to the 300 block of Brewer Drive for a report of a disturbance. According
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man is charged with 1st-degree murder and other charges after allegedly shooting the victim during a drug deal. According to court documents, Jamar Burns went to a St. Louis Taco Bell to buy marijuana from Darion Powell. During the purchase, Burns allegedly shot Powell and told another person to
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Conservation Commission has approved a limited black bear hunting season, to start next year. Under a plan approved Friday, only Missouri residents will be allowed to hunt the bears, and only in three “Bear Management Zones” in southern Missouri. Permit and quota regulations will be determined next spring,
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor and top Republican lawmakers are expecting the state to bring in less money next year. Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday announced officials are planning on the state collecting about $9.78 billion in revenue next fiscal year, which begins in July. That’s about $200 million less than the
Continue ReadingDr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, laid out the timeline in a call with reporters Friday.
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo (KMIZ) Fulton Middle School and Fulton High School will pivot to distance learning beginning Friday. Officials cite that change as there is an increase in the number of students and staff with positive cases and in quarantine for COVID-19 at the secondary level. In seat classes will return with a projected date of
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Continue ReadingO’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Thursday disqualified the St. Louis prosecutor from the case involving Mark McCloskey, who along with his wife pointed guns at racial injustice protesters marching on the private street near their home in June. Circuit Judge Thomas Clark II dismissed Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, citing two campaign fundraising emails
Continue ReadingTRENTON, Mo. (AP) — A former north central Missouri police officer has been charged with statutory rape. Twenty-five-year-old Mike Wilson, a former officer with the Trenton police department, was arrested Wednesday and is being held without bond in the Grundy County Jail. Trenton Police Chief Rex Ross said Wilson had been fired after working for
Continue ReadingWILLARD, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors in southwestern Missouri have charged four people in connection with the November shooting deaths of a couple. Greene County’s prosecutor announced the charges Wednesday. Alex Chute and his fiancee, Brianna Sproul, were found dead Nov. 14 in Willard. Court documents accused Chute’s ex-wife, Theresa Cox, of planning the killings and
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food and Drug Administration is meeting Thursday to discuss red flags and oversights of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine. The FDA has been working to understand what happened with the allergic reactions from the Pfizer vaccine, which was reported in the U.K. on Wednesday. In a press release from the FDA, it
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Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A married lesbian couple has settled a lawsuit with a St. Louis retirement community that refused to let them live there. Mary Walsh and Bev Nance sued the Friendship Village in Sunset Hills in July 2018. They alleged they were not permitted to move in because the community’s cohabitation policy defined
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican attorney general has brought the state into an effort by GOP officials across the nation to reverse President Donald Trump’s election loss. Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that Missouri has joined more than 15 other states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case filed
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is forcing changes in next month’s inauguration of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and swearing-in ceremonies for state officials. Parson’s office said the traditional inaugural ball and parade will be postponed to August, when they will be held in conjunction with the state’s 200th birthday observance. The governor,
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Housing Development Commission announced a new program, the Missouri Emergency Rental Arrears Program, which will provide assistance to property owners and renters in Missouri who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingAccording to the latest White House ‘red zone’ report, obtained by ABC News, 95 counties in Missouri are currently in the “red zone,” including Boone, Cole and Callaway counties.
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