MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 153 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Flags to be flown at half-staff to honor fallen Boone County firefighter Bryant Gladney
Parson issued the order Monday, the same day that services began with visitation at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri campus.
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Memorial services will begin Monday for Boone County Assistant Fire Chief Bryant Gladney at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri’s campus.
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Highway patrol reports eight crash deaths during Christmas counting period
The deaths happened during the patrol’s Christmas counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The 310 crashes troopers investigated represented a slight increase compared to last year, when troopers were sent to 307 crashes, the patrol said in a news release. Ten people were killed last year.
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U.S Honor Flag arrives for fallen Boone County firefighter
COLUMBIA,Mo (KMIZ) The U.S. Honor Flag will arrive in Columbia Sunday to Honor fallen firefighter Assistant Chief Bryant Gladney, ahead of visitation and funeral services. The flag is expected to arrive at 4:00 PM in an undisclosed location. The U.S. Honor Flag is not just a regular American Flag. The U.S. Honor Flag has traveled
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 74 new coronavirus cases; one new coronavirus-related death
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Highway patrol expects heavy traffic over holiday weekend
Green pointed out three common causes for car accidents on Missouri highways: speeding, texting and drinking.
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Witness describes crash on I-70 that killed assistant fire chief
On Wednesday morning, several people stopped to help direct traffic on the first crash involving a box truck on westbound I-70.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri reports over 100,000 Boone County residents fully vaccinated
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Cole County judge shoots down counties’ request to appeal health order decision
Judge Daniel Green issued the order after counties including Cooper, Jackson and St. Louis asked to appeal Green’s November ruling that said nonelected officials cannot issue health orders, like those meant to fight coronavirus spread, under state law.
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Henry County settles lawsuit with family of Clinton officer killed
Judge William Collins signed off Tuesday on the $1.625 million settlement between the parents of Officer Christopher Morton and several government officials and companies they sued in 2019. Darrel and Tara Morton will receive $926,443.17 from the settlement, while lawyers Bernard Schmitt and Melody Roberts of the Schmitt Law Firm in Kansas City will collect $691,647.06 for fees and expenses.
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Cooper County changing how health center follows up on positive case contacts
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Cost of at home COVID-19 test is eligible medical expense
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the omicron cases are on the rise, so are the covid testing rates. According to Johns Hopkins University on Dec. 19th, more than 600,000 people were tested nationwide for COVID-19. The Biden Administration plans to give free at-home COVID testing kits starting Jan. 15th to anyone who requests one. Until then
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Missouri medical marijuana sales top $200 million
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Medical marijuana sales in Missouri have reached a milestone, now topping the $200 million mark. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that 14 months after sales began, 158,169 patients are active in the state’s medical marijuana program, along with 3,283 caregivers. Missouri voters in 2018 approved
Continue Reading MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS add 114 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Coronavirus test demand rises as cases trend up ahead of the holidays
COVID-19 case levels and hospitalizations are rising in Missouri as the holidays approach — part of a nationwide trend of increasing COVID infections.
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Columbia City Council to discuss funding workforce development programs
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday, the Columbia City Council will hear the request from John Glascock and city staff on where to spend $2 million of the $25 million American Rescue Plan Act funds that would address development inequalities that were exposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic. City staff recommends funding three workforce development programs – MACC, Job Point,
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Over 480 Missourians in the ICU with COVID-19
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 13.1% on Sunday. An additional 1,643 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 781,535. There have also been 180,766 probable antigen test results being positive, with 259 added Sunday. No new deaths were
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SATURDAY UPDATES: Over 2,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 12.7% on Saturday. An additional 2,745 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 779,892. There have also been 180,507 probable antigen test results being positive, with 1,006 added Saturday. Nine new deaths were
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Federal funds dedicated to help clean up polluted Superfund site in Maries County
The old hat factory sits on a 7.9-acre Superfund site in Vienna that includes two public drinking wells contaminated by the factory’s operations. Two companies operated on the site from 1952 to 1996, contaminating the soil and groundwater with harmful compounds called PCEs which are believed to contribute to cancer.
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