IN-DEPTH: How effective are face masks at stopping the spread of COVID-19?
Health officials, government officials and the public have debated how effective face coverings are against COVID-19 since the pandemic started.
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MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County COVID-19 cases increase 11, actives fall 20
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Man facing BWI charges after fatal boat crash
LAKE OF THE OZARKS Mo. (KMIZ) A man is facing multiple BWI related charges after a boating crash on the Lake of the Ozarks left one person dead and four others injured. According to MSHP crash reports, John D Bennett, 52, of New Haven, MO, faces multiple boating while intoxicated charges after his boat struck
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Police are investigating after one person was shot in downtown Columbia
Columbia Police officers on scene at downtown shooting, near Locust St. and 8th St. COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: According to reports from the Columbia Police Department, upon arrival, officers learned a 38-year-old man had been shot and was taken in a personal vehicle to a local emergency room with non-life threatening injuries before officers arrived.
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State issues five new medical marijuana facility licenses
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued five new medical marijuana facility licenses.
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County Courthouse worker tests positive for COVID-19, many court cases canceled
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THURSDAY UPDATES: Pettis County records 25 new COVID-19 cases; Cole County comes close to record
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Report: Hundreds of people die ever year due to backover accidents
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Child Safety Program says 210 people die and 15 hundred people are injured in backovers every year.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Concert Inside the Walls postponed to 2021
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Health director: Missouri COVID-19 positive rate going up
Missouri’s health director said Wednesday that the state’s surge in new COVID-19 cases is an indicator of growing spread, not simply a result of more testing or processing a backlog of tests.
Continue Reading US signs contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccine doses
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says the U.S. has signed a contract with Pfizer for delivery in December of the first 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the pharmaceutical company is working to develop.
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Missouri’s Children Division cutting nearly 100 jobs as COVID-19 hits state budget
The Missouri Children’s Division plans to cut 96 positions, including 80 filled jobs 16 other vacant ones, as the state seeks cost savings to counter revenue problems caused by COVID-19.
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Missouri governor clarifies comments on school kids, coronavirus
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.”
Continue Reading MONDAY UPDATES: Emergency proclamation requires masks at Jefferson City meetings
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Continue ReadingPublic Works departments prepared for more storms
COLE COUNTY Mo. (KMIZ) Torrential rain hit Jefferson City Sunday night causing roads to flood and debris to line the streets. Britt Smith, the operations division director for Jefferson City Public Works said “it might’ve been the most intense storm he’s seen in his career.” Smith said some of the main issues surrounded culverts and
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DEFENDERS: Missouri sets record for price gouging complaints in 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state attorneys general are actively investigating price gouging cases across the United States.
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St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protesters
The attorney said Missouri’s governor and the president “came after her” for investigating the case.
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Woman stabbed with ‘fillet knife’ in Columbia
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is speaking with a person of interest after a woman was stabbed in Columbia early Sunday morning. Officers said they responded to the corner of North 4th Street and Hickman Avenue at 1:41 a.m. for reports of an assault in progress. Upon arrival officers found a woman with
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FRIDAY UPDATES: Pettis County records 24 new COVID-19 cases; Lowe’s to require masks
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Continue ReadingTHURSDAY UPDATES: Columbia Parks and Recreation cancels Splat Jr. Obstacle Course Mud Run
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