WATCH: Crews respond to crash on Missouri River Bridge
Emergency crews responded to a crash on the Missouri River Bridge Thursday morning.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 287 COVID-19 related deaths to state dashboard
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Mid-Missouri mass vaccination event rescheduled three weeks after original date
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the state continues to roll out the coronavirus vaccine with large scale events, winter weather is starting to get in the way of that effort. In Mid-Missouri, the next mass vaccination event at the School of the Osage near the Lake of the Ozarks was rescheduled from Feb. 14 until March
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Missouri leaders plan to receive more vaccine doses next month
The group coordinating Missouri’s coronavirus vaccine program will brief reporters in a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon.
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Multiple districts cancel classes Thursday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over a dozen Mid-Missouri school districts canceled Thursday classes as temperatures continue to fall across the region. Eldon, Jamestown, Morgan County R-II (Versailles) and St. Elizabeth R-IV were among the public districts that had called off Thursday classes by 6 p.m. Wednesday. Many of the districts on social media say road conditions,
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Sheriff: 2 dead in small plane crash in northern Missouri
Authorities in northern Missouri say two people have been killed in a small plane crash.
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Missouri new case rate drops in recent report
Missouri’s new COVID-19 case rate fell in the most recent State Profile Report. It’s the second week in a row that the rate others have fallen.
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Jefferson City hospitals receive extra coronavirus vaccine doses Tuesday, plans to redistribute across the community
Two Jefferson City hospitals were put on the list to receive extra doses of the coronavirus vaccine, which were received on Tuesday.
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Osage Beach mass vaccination clinic canceled due to winter weather
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Nixa assistant principal facing child porn charges fired
NIXA, Mo. (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwest Missouri junior high school who is facing charges related to child pornography has been fired by the local school board. The Springfield Leader-News reports that the Nixa school board voted Monday to fire 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse. Fronterhouse was charged last month in federal court with
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Boone Hospital waiting for state approval to continue CPS staff vaccinations
Boone Hospital Center is at a standstill, waiting for coronavirus vaccines from the state health department to continue vaccinating Columbia Public School staff.
Continue Reading Coronavirus vaccine line jumpers sneaking their way to get vaccinated out of turn
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While state guidelines say only certain groups of Missouri’s population are eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine, some are reportedly getting the vaccine out of turn. Last week, Governor Mike Parson and Dr. Randall Williams said there have been reports of people jumping the line to get a coronavirus vaccine and some
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University of Missouri Police Department names interim chieif Brian Weimer as chief of MUPD
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Police Department Interim Chief Brian Weimer has been named chief of MUPD. Weimer took over as interim chief in July, replacing former Chief Doug Schwandt, who retired Aug. 3, 2020, after 20 years of service to the department. MUPD is the primary law enforcement response agency for MU and
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Missouri lawmaker indicted on fraud kicked out of GOP caucus
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House Republicans have kicked a state lawmaker indicted on federal fraud charges out of their caucus. Members on Monday voted Rep. Tricia Derges out of the caucus. GOP House leaders are calling on her to resign. A federal grand jury indicted Derges on fraud charges for falsely claiming a
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U.K. coronavirus variant arrives in Missouri as new cases, hospitalizations fall
According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, better known as the U.K. variant, has been identified in an adult in Marion County. The agency gave no further details because of privacy reasons.
Continue Reading MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 12th straight day of double-digit cases; hospitals return to ‘green’ zone
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MoDOT warns road treatment loses effectiveness with extreme cold
Jason Shafer, Central District Maintenance Engineer for MoDOT, said road crews will continue to be out Sunday night and Monday morning as needed.
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Winter weather causes at least two rollover crashes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported two rollover crashes on Sunday. Both crashes sent their respective drivers to local hospitals. The first crash happened at 2:10 a.m. on Route W, 79 feet north of South Rock Creek Road. Anthony Kerns was travelling south on Route W when his car began to slide
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WEATHER CONDITION UPDATES: Wreck blocking I-70 eastbound lanes at Missouri River Bridge
Boone County Joint Communications is reporting a wreck on Interstate 70 eastbound at the Missouri River Bridge. Troop F is reporting the wreck is blocking traffic on eastbound I-70. I-70 wreck reported in Cooper County at mile marker 108 A crash is reported on westbound Interstate 70 at mile marker 108 near the Cooper and
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Firefighters battle fire at Columbia business
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia fire crews are battling a fire at the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center Saturday morning. The fire started around 6 a.m. in the 1700 block of Paris Road. Smoke billows from the Stover’s Flooring & Drapery Center as fire crews work an active fire. Our crews on scene say at least
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