Multiple events to offer free school supplies for students in Boone County
Multiple events, aimed at providing Boone county students with free school supplies are set to begin Saturday.
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Continue ReadingMONITEAU, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was seriously injured in a Morgan motorcycle crash on Friday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, 58-year-old Brad Wilson was driving his motorcycle along Buck Creek Road near Lakewood Drive when the bike went off the right side of the road. The bike then overturned and Wilson
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The mayor of Columbia said efforts should lean toward people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 instead of debating a mask mandate. This comes as the city plans to meet Monday to possibly mandate masks once again. The Columbia City Council is set to discuss an emergency ordinance, which, if passed, would require everyone
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge will consider what exactly he’ll order the state of Missouri to do next in expanding eligibility to the state’s Medicaid program. Judge Jon Beetem heard 20 minutes of argument between the two sides fighting over the future of the health insurance program. Attorneys for those that sued
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was injured Friday afternoon after a gun was accidentally discharged while at a gas station. Columbia police report the victim was shot in the foot at the Eagle Stop gas station. Officials say the gun went off while it was in the victim’s pants. Officials found two bullet casings at
Continue ReadingSuperintendent Larry Linthacum, PhD, said the district will announce its decision on masking no later than Monday, Aug. 16, which is one week before the first day of school.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Mayor Brian Treece declared Aug. 7 as Karissa Schweizer Day during a press conference Friday morning. Schweizer represented the University of Missouri in Columbia in track and cross country from 2014 to 2018 where she earned All-American honors eleven times. She also holds six records at the University and is a
Continue ReadingMissouri’s sales tax holiday is underway in the Show-Me State, as the holiday by state law is set to begin the first Friday of August and run through the following Sunday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Callaway County is the latest addition to the growing list of counties under hotspot advisories in Mid-Missouri. Health officials are reminding residents of the value of vaccines as cases increase in the county. Currently 33.5% of residents in Callaway County are fully vaccinated, but experts say at least 70% to 80% of
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia City Council will discuss an emergency ordinance on Monday which could mandate masks throughout the city. The mandate would go into effect at the decision of the council and would last 30 days unless “extended, rescinded, superseded or amended in writing by later adopted ordinances.” It requires everyone five and
Continue ReadingMissouri hospitals are seeing a steady increase in occupancy due to the spread of new COVID variants. The increase in cases may be attributed to the highly contagious delta variant. The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the delta variant makes up 52% of COVID cases in Missouri but combines with the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have filed a lawsuit against the City of Ashland, the city administrator and the board of adjustment to stop an entertainment development. The residents say the city’s board of aldermen approved a permit for Lakeside Ashland despite their request to put it on hold. The duo wants the board to
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Continue ReadingMissouri hospitals are seeing a steady increase in occupancy due to the spread of new COVID variants.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced a $5 million commitment from Pinney Allen and family to the Trulaske College of Business. The gift will establish the Allen Access Program to support under-resourced and underrepresented students in the College of Business through scholarships and programs. “The Allen Access Program will create more opportunities for
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A USDA animal and plant health inspection service study found white-tailed deer carrying COVID-19 antibodies. The deer were studied from populations in Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. The study shows 33-percent of samples from January 2020 to March 2021 showed deer with the antibodies. The study says that it should not
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Parking Advisory Committee says it needs more information on the proposed hotel parking at the intersection of Cherry St. and Hitt St., in order to make a recommendation. Columbia’s city council asked the parking advisory committee to go over the plan at its last meeting. “Our job is to pass
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson announced the vaccine incentive program on July 21, and since then vaccinations have steadily increased across the state. According to the state’s vaccine dashboard, health officials have given out an average of 13,000 vaccines each day over the past week. Before the incentives were announced, the seven-day average of
Continue ReadingGovernor Parson and the first lady will travel to Marshall, Boonville, Tipton, and Jamestown Thursday.
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