Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is clarifying comments he made in a radio interview in which he said children returning to school will come down with the coronavirus but will “get over it.”
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Columbia Fire Department officials said on Tuesday that a new fire station is in the works on the southwest side of Columbia to help services get to the community faster.
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Aug. 4 ballots around Mid-Missouri are filled with races for county offices that will either decide the winner or set up a two-way race in November.
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The meeting is set for Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Fulton City Hall.
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Columbia College plans on having students back on campus under a new model brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Board of Trustees announced Tuesday that the Boone Health System will soon have a new chief executive officer. According to a news release, Troy Greer was appointed to the position. He is set to start on Sept. 1. Greer is currently the CEO of Lovelace Medical Center and Heart Hospital of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
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The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says it has booked a woman in the Boone County Jail for allegedly stabbing a man on Demeret Drive in east Columbia. According to a Facebook post on the Sheriff’s Department page, deputies were called out to the 5300 block of Godas Drive around 5:38 a.m. Tuesday morning. Authorities say
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MU is scheduled to host the Show-Me Renewal Town Hall to discuss plans to return to campus this fall.
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Power outages have taken out several traffic lights in the East Campus area of Columbia.
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Jefferson City’s mayor said Tuesday that the emergency proclamation on masks approved by the city council is a way for the city government to set an example for organizations and businesses.
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The Aug. 4 ballot includes primaries for each U.S. congressional district in Mid-Missouri and for a few of the area’s state legislative seats.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The issue of Medicaid expansion is back in Missouri. This time voters, not lawmakers, will decide whether to expand the federal/state health care program for the poor to cover more people. Medicaid expansion was meant to be part of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. However, Missouri was among several states
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Columbia City Council voted Monday night on the possibility of transitioning to roll carts for solid waste removal. City Council voted 4-3 in favor of possibly adding roll carts to the November ballot, where residents will be asked which method of trash removal they prefer. The community would vote to repeal the
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Three people face murder charges in Audrain County linked to a June fatal shooting in Mexico.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) State troopers say a Marshall, Mo. man drowned in the Lamine River Monday night while swimming with his family. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report said 25-year-old Joseph Johnson got caught in the current of the river at the Harriean Hill Access around 7:30 p.m. Troopers said Johnson swam after a
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Officials with the City of Columbia are set to hold a post COVID-19 housing security presentation Thursday.
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A suspect is in custody after an early-morning car chase Tuesday ended at a south Columbia lake.
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Tune in at 6 a.m. to ABC 17 News for three live interviews with the CPS superintendent.
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