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MONDAY UPDATES: Local health department urges residents for a modified Thanksgiving
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, 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
Continue ReadingColumbia 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.
Continue ReadingBOONE 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
Continue ReadingMultiple Columbia police officers responded to a residential area in north Columbia Monday morning.
Continue ReadingCrews closed a lane of Interstate 70 West because of a Monday morning semi-truck fire in Columbia.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON 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
Continue ReadingThe 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.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, 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
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police officers found evidence of shots fired in the 2000 block of Newton Drive Saturday night around 7:00 p.m. Police responded to the area earlier for a behavioral issue. They later received reports of shots fired. When they arrived people were gathering but no one would provide a statement. Police taped
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported a massive jump in COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
Continue ReadingRestaurant owners and managers are preparing for a much different holiday season as the city’s health order was extended.
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone Hospital and MU Health Care are suspending visitation within its facilities due to COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increasing in Boone County and Columbia. As of Friday Boone Hospital had 48 inpatients with COVID-19 and MU Hospital had 49 COVID-19 positive patients. The Executive Director of Patient Care with Boone Hospital, Laura
Continue ReadingLocal officials are set to announce a new health order during a community briefing Friday at 3 p.m. Both the City of Columbia and Boone County leaders will attend the event.
Continue ReadingA release from Almeta Crayton Community Programs said Kentrell Minton, 37, passed away Wednesday night from health complications.
Continue ReadingMU leaders made the announcement Thursday in a message to the campus. Classes will continue online for the three weeks after the holiday break.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court documents reveal that Boone County Sheriff’s department has a suspect in an April 3, 2019 shooting. According to court documents, Qur’an Williams pointed a gun at the victim and shot the victim once in the abdomen area. The victim was able to finally identify the suspect after a family member showed
Continue ReadingThe President of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Matt McCormick said there could be a number of impacts on the business community including staffing issues and sales loss.
Continue ReadingNew state guidance that loosens quarantine rules for school students would come with difficulties in Columbia Public Schools, the district’s top official said Thursday.
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