WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Third round winners announced in Missouri Vaccine Incentive Program
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Moberly School District responds to attorney general complaint about recordings
The Moberly School District responded Wednesday to the Missouri attorney general’s assertion that the district is breaking a new law that allows parents to record some private meetings with educators.
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Missouri university has new mascot after dropping Crusaders
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A private Christian university that dropped its Crusaders mascot earlier this year says its new mascot will be “Valor.” Evangel University in Springfield dropped the Crusaders name in March, saying it had become associated with the Crusade wars in the 11th to the 13th centuries between Christian and Muslims, as well
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Local health officials say information scarce on coronavirus booster shot as promised date arrives
Confusion amounts because booster doses are still unavailable to the public with little clarity or explanation on the timeline.
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Missouri leaders say more than 45,000 adults have gotten the vaccine since the launch of the incentive program
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s Vaccine Incentive Program or MO VIP will have its fourth drawing of winners Wednesday and state leaders are considering the program to have been a success. Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, said the state has had about 630,000 people enter the program and
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Missouri remains in the red zone; state profile report shows new cases up 9%
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Hearing set for next week in state’s lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools mask mandate
Judge Brouck Jacobs will hear motions in the case on Sept. 28.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Court denies St. Louis County motions to dismiss mask case
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Court asked to suspend law licenses of gun-waving couple
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri official is asking the state Supreme Court to suspend the law licenses of a St. Louis couple who gained national attention last year when they waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their home. Missouri Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel cited Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s guilty pleas to misdemeanors
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Student found dead at Lincoln University
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lincoln University released a statement Sunday mourning the loss of a student after he was found dead in his on-campus residence. Dominik Dudley-Moore, a resident of Dawson Hall, was found dead Sunday. While no foul play is suspected, the incident is under investigation by the Lincoln University Police Department. “Dominik, who
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CROP Hunger Walk held Sunday in Columbia
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia CROP Hunger Walk was held Sunday at the MU Health Care Pavillion. This is a community-wide effort working to help end hunger one step at a time for 26 years. The group, Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty, is sponsored by Church World Service and organized by the Columbia CROP Walk
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SUNDAY UPDATES: Over 1,200 new Covid-19 cases added in Missouri
The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 10.2% on Sunday. The change in positivity comes along with 1,270 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 662,380 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 149 new probable cases with a total number of 138,369 antigen test results being positive. No new
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Reports of drinks being drugged at Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Friday it has received multiple reports alleging drinks are being drugged around campus. “The university has received multiple reports from individuals that suspected they may have been the victims of drugs in their drinks,” said Christian Basi, a University of Missouri spokesperson. Basi says the university wanted
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports six COVID breakthrough deaths out of 92,000 fully vaccinated residents
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Continue Reading Attorney general seeks to add more schools to mask lawsuit against CPS
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants to add more schools to the lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools and its mask policy.
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Nonprofits putting plans together to resettle 1,200 Afghan evacuees in Missouri
Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help those refugees settle here. The Ethiopian Community Development Council can settle up to 250 in Kansas City and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants can resettle up to 200 in Kansas City and up to 350 in St. Louis.
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Jefferson City Board of Education votes to keep COVID-19 reentry plan in place
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education voted Thursday night to keep the JC Schools’ COVID-19 reentry plan in place and will reevaluate around the 30th day of school. Public comment mainly consisted of debating over masks for students in schools. Watch the meeting replay in the player below. It’s an ongoing
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports second coronavirus-related death this week
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Continue Reading New health director on coronavirus in kids: ‘Delta variant is vastly different than the alpha variant’
The new health director from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Donald Kauerauf, said the delta variant of COVID-19 is affecting children “vastly” different than the alpha variant and should be treated as an entirely new disease.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County to update information hub Thursday morning
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting that today’s update will be posted Thursday morning. Boone County ranks seventh in the state with the most coronavirus cases in total volume in the past week. Cases are down 14.5% on the week. The county has a 8.4% positive test rate, according to the Missouri
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