MU’s fall plans could impact local economy
Students at The University of Missouri haven’t been to an in person classroom since March 11, but that may change soon.
Continue ReadingStudents at The University of Missouri haven’t been to an in person classroom since March 11, but that may change soon.
Continue ReadingA road project aimed at improving safety is set to start next week in Columbia.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools proposed a 2020-21 budget on Wednesday that relies on $17 million in deficit spending as COVID-19 continues to drag down revenue and a new middle school opens. Kathy Steinhoff, president of the Columbia Missouri National Education Association teachers’ union, said she believes that students or classrooms will not see
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of MU Health Care doctors held a show of solidarity with protesters Thursday. The group White Coats 4 Black Lives held the event on the University of Missouri campus. The group observed a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to honor George Floyd, the black man who
Continue ReadingThe owner of a Columbia daycare has dropped his case seeking to stop COVID-19-related health orders issued by the county and city health director.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office upgraded charges Wednesday against the former Minneapolis police officers allegedly responsible for George Floyd’s death. ABC 17 spoke with local attorney and former Cole County prosecutor Bill Tackett about what the next steps are in the case. Tackett said there are a couple of things the
Continue ReadingProtesters took to the streets in downtown Columbia again Wednesday evening. Groups have been marching through streets and kneeling in intersections of downtown Columbia for several days.
Continue ReadingThere are no set plans for what the City of Columbia’s curbside trash collection and recycling pick up will look like next week.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia saw protests both Monday and Tuesday of this week and Columbia PD took very different approaches to handling each night.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County health department and city volunteers are scheduled to hand out free lunches at Douglass Park starting Wednesday through the end of July. Lunches will be available Monday-Friday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., the department said in a news release Wednesday. Changes have been made to the annual program.
Continue ReadingA Columbia man, 20, is being held in the Boone County Jail on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Continue ReadingColumbia police made a public appeal Tuesday for help finding a missing 17-year-old boy.
Continue ReadingA group of about 50 protesters gathered at the Boone County Courthouse on Tuesday, holding signs and chanting things such as “No justice, no peace, prosecute the police.”
Continue ReadingPolice said Tuesday they have not identified any suspects in two incidents where protesters were hit by drivers Monday night.
Continue ReadingBoone County Clerk Brianna Lennon said Tuesday that voting has been slow at the Boone County Government Building.
Continue ReadingPolice are investigating a report of a home invasion in southeast Columbia and bullets hitting homes in east Columbia late Monday and early Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crowd protesting the death of George Floyd was out in downtown Columbia into the early hours Tuesday. Floyd, a black man, died in Minneapolis last week with a white police officer’s knee on his neck. Video of his death has led to protests across the country.
Continue ReadingProtests continued in downtown Columbia continued into early Tuesday morning.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE 11:10 P.M.: Protests continued late Monday night. Protesters moved to the police station before walking towards the courthouse. Watch an update from the scene in the player below: ORIGINAL: At least two people were hit by vehicles during a protest near downtown Columbia. Multiple witnesses said they saw a woman with
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As COVID-19 continues to batter the state’s revenue, the governor announced Monday that education would have to take another cut to make up for losses. Parson announced he is restricting another $209 million in state spending during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. Of that, $41 million is being taken
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