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Parson hopes to pick new Missouri health director quickly
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he hopes to have a new health director within the next two months. Parson said Thursday that he thought it was in the best interest of his office and Cabinet to part ways with former health director Randall Williams. The governor did not elaborate on
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Missouri Senate panel votes down Medicaid expansion funding
The budget panel voted 7-7 Wednesday on a Republican-sponsored proposal that would have set money aside to pay for the program. The tie vote meant the proposal failed.
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Cole County vaccine clinic site seeing a lower vaccine demand than supply
COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) The Cole County Health Department says it’s seeing fewer people at its clinic than expected, as many doses are being saved due to the lack of demand. Cole County Health Department in partnership with other local health systems and hospitals has recently opened a permanent vaccine clinic at the Capital Mall in
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Sen. Blunt issues statement on DOJ pattern-or-practice review of Minneapolis police department
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice is opening an investigation into police practices in Minneapolis. This comes after former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the killing of George Floyd Tuesday. The DOJ will investigate the policies and operations of the Minneapolis police department. The new investigation
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COVID vaccine sent to rural areas often not used by locals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Doses of the coronavirus vaccine that were sent to rural areas of Missouri at the beginning of the state’s immunization campaign often didn’t reach locals, state data shows. That means that vaccinations in parts of largely rural southern Missouri have stalled at some of the lowest rates in the country,
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Missouri House votes to ban trans athletes on girls teams
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Transgender girls would be banned from playing on girls’ sports teams under a bill that advanced in the Missouri House. House lawmakers voted 100-51 on Wednesday to add the proposal to another bill. Republican supporters argued the change is needed to protect girls in sports. They decried the risk of being
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Aldon Smith booked in Louisiana battery case
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) — Aldon Smith has surrendered to authorities in Louisiana after an arrest warrant had been issued for the Seattle Seahawks defensive end. The St. Bernard Parish sheriff’s department says Smith was booked on a second-degree battery charge. Officials say Smith was released on bond. The sheriff’s office issued the warrant following an
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McCloskeys want grand jury to take a new look at their case
A St. Louis husband and wife facing criminal charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters last summer are asking a judge to send their case back to the grand jury, citing concerns about Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s handling of it.
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Missouri chokehold ban bill working through state House
The measure won approval in the state Senate last month and the House held a committee hearing on the bill last week.
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Missouri House expels lawmaker accused of child abuse
The Missouri House has ousted a lawmaker accused of sexually and physically abusing his children years ago.
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Local health department ‘surprised’ at the news of state’s health director’s resignation
COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Missouri state health director, Dr. Randall Williams, resigned from his position at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Kristi Campbell, the director of the Cole County Health Department, said she was surprised when she heard the news of Dr. Williams. Campbell says she hadn’t heard anything in regards to Dr.
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Deadly crashes in Missouri up by 9% in 2021
More than 200 people have died in crashes on Missouri highways this year, already on track to be deadlier than 2020, a year in which deadly crashes already took a big leap.
Continue Reading Missouri health director out, acting director appointed
Gov. Mike Parson’s office said in a news release Tuesday that Parson had accepted Dr. Randall Williams’ resignation. The release was issued as the St. Louis-Post Dispatch reported that Williams and the state’s chief operating officer, Drew Erdmann, were leaving their posts.
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County active cases continue to drop; Cole County reports no new cases
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Continue Reading Pro-mask candidates leave office as Missouri tires of limits
ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — Pro-mask candidates are leaving office and occupancy limits are falling by the wayside in Missouri as communities tire of pandemic restrictions. St. Louis Public Radio reports that in the central Missouri city of Rolla, a slate of anti-mask candidates joined the City Council on Monday after being elected this month even
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Abuse lawsuit filed against former Christian camp counselor
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A former counselor already in prison for abusing children at a Christian camp near Branson is being sued by another alleged victim. The lawsuit accuses Peter Newman of abusing the plaintiff, who is not named, several times beginning in 1999 at the Kanakuk camp. Newman is serving two life sentences, plus
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Missouri House passes bill for guns in churches, buses
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led House has passed a bill that would allow guns in churches and on public transportation. The House voted Monday to send the proposal to the Republican-led Senate. Currently, people need permission to bring firearms into places of religious worship. The bill would allow people with concealed carry permits to
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MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 46 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Continue Reading Report: Missouri lawmaker should be ousted for alleged abuse
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A state House committee report says a new Missouri lawmaker accused of physically and sexually abusing his children years ago should be ousted. The Missouri House Ethics Committee on Monday released its report on Republican Rep. Rick Roeber. His now-adult children testified to House investigators earlier this year that he sexually
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