MONDAY UPDATES: Local health department urges residents for a modified Thanksgiving
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Columbia daycares facing issues with staffing and online learning
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local daycares and learning centers throughout Columbia are facing issues with staffing and being able to help students with their online learning courses. Daycares have experienced a huge increase with students enrolled in centers since CPS announced transitioning back to a virtual online learning classroom. “We definitely have had a greater need
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Columbia City Council discusses COVID-19 health order extension
Columbia and Boone County leaders are keeping an eye on COVID-19 numbers to decide what restrictions need to be in place in order to keep people safe.
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Residents react to Fulton quadruple shooting
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) There are still no arrests after four people were shot in Fulton Sunday morning. “It’s a shame, it needs to stop,” said Courtney Straub, who visits Fulton often. According to a press release from the Fulton Police Department, the shooting took place around 1:40 a.m. in the Fulton Event Center parking lot.
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Jefferson City families talk about first day back to virtual learning for secondary students
The district announced the move last Wednesday. The district said teachers dealing with illness and quarantine and a lack of substitute teachers creating the issue.
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Crash blocking westbound Highway 40 in Boone County
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol and Boone Fire crews are responding to a crash on Highway 40 in Boone County. It happened in the last half-hour near Route J. According to a notification from Boone County Joint Communications, the crash is blocking a westbound lane of the highway. ABC 17 crews on
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DEFENDERS: Scammers creating fake holiday events online
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner, scammers are looking for ways to trick you this holiday season. With the pandemic, many in-person events will likely be moving online and scammers are catching on to this trend. According to the Better Business Bureau scammers are creating phony copycat events that charge for
Continue ReadingPolice: 2 weekend deaths in southern Missouri were homicides
WILLARD, Mo. (AP) — Police say the deaths of two people in a small southwest Missouri town are being investigated as homicides. Thirty-year-old Brianna Sproul and 28-year-old Alex Chute were found shot to death Saturday on the front porch of a home in Willard. Police Chief Tom McClain said Monday that the deaths are not
Continue ReadingPolice chase of stolen tractor sees shots fired, crash
DITTMER, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Missouri say two people have been arrested following a police chase of a stolen tractor that involved shots fired at deputies and a deputy’s cruiser crashing into a bystander’s car. Television station KTVI reports the chase began Sunday night when Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report
Continue Reading55 rescued dogs to be put up for adoption
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fifty-five dogs removed from an eastern Missouri breeder in October will be put up for adoption after a judge awarded custody to the Humane Society of Missouri. The St. Louis-based organization removed the dogs from the property of a breeder in Franklin County. The dogs — mostly basset hounds and basset-mixes
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Police respond to Callaway Drive because of property dispute
Multiple Columbia police officers responded to a residential area in north Columbia Monday morning.
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Crews close lane of Interstate 70 West because of semi fire in Columbia
Crews closed a lane of Interstate 70 West because of a Monday morning semi-truck fire in Columbia.
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Columbia representative foregoing last term
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) After six years, Rep. Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, is resigning. In a news release, Kendrick said he will forego his final term, which he was elected to on Nov. 3, to join Senator-elect Greg Razer, D-Kansas City, as his chief of staff. The two worked together over the past four years in
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The Station House at Katfish Katy’s announces closure
The owners of The Station House at Katfish Katy’s announced the 2020 season of operations would be its last.
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Columbia elementary teachers prep for distance learning as middle and high school continue virtually
The Columbia Board of Education decided to send its younger learners back home at their meeting last Monday. Elementary students are set to return to the classroom on Jan. 11.
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Four people shot at Fulton Event Center
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE 4:50 P.M.: Fulton Police responded to the Fulton Event Center around 1:40 a.m. Sunday for reports of shots fired. When officers arrived they found several shell casings as well as damage to several vehicles and properties. During the investigation, authorities found four people were shot and transported to the hospital by
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BJC HealthCare to suspend some elective procedures in St. Louis
BJC HealthCare and Washington University announced it will postpone some elective procedures that can be postponed safely starting Monday.
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Authorities respond to fatal crash in Callaway County
One person was injured and another was killed in a crash in Callaway County on Sunday.
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Fayette elementary school to move to online learning
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services added over 3,000 new daily cases to the count total on Sunday.
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Business owners assessing damages after severe storms hit Osage Beach
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms caused severe damage in Osage Beach according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troop F said in a tweet people should avoid the area at this time. More pictures coming in. Please avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/l6aICTeJpO— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) November 15, 2020 MSHP said no injuries are reported at
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