Missouri State Highway Patrol finds 60 pounds of marijuana after I-70 traffic stop
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers found 60 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate 70 in Boone County.
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Red Zone report shows all Missouri counties have reported high community transmission rate
Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.
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Experts explain why warehouse style buildings aren’t the safest place to be during a tornado
Experts are discussing concerns on the structure of warehouse buildings during severe weather.
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Missouri Task Force 1 members help assess tornado damage in Mayfield, Kentucky
The members of Task Force 1 arrived in Mayfield on Monday. The team is based at the Boone County Fire Protection District.
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Billions of doses given in coronavirus vaccine’s first year
The first dose of coronavirus vaccine was administered a year ago Tuesday, when a New York doctor took the shot.
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Coronavirus quarantine changes for Columbia Public Schools start Jan. 4
The board voted 4-3 on the new policy that will take effect when students return from winter break on Jan. 4. Only students with symptoms or a positive COVID-19 test will be required to quarantine. The previous policy was to quarantine students in close contact with those who tested positive.
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Columbia Board of Education briefed on $80 million bond issue to build new schools
The $80 million bond question would appear on the April ballot if approved by the board. The board heard a presentation on the bond issue Monday night.
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State Fire Marshal helping investigate Jefferson City house fire
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Fire Marshal is helping to investigate what sparked a fire Monday night in Jefferson City. According to a news release from Capt. Ryan Back with the Jefferson City Fire Department, crews responded to the 300 block of Jackson Street at 8:46 p.m. Once firefighters arrived, they saw flames
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CPS mask policy change goes into effect after winter break
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday night, the Columbia Board of Education voted to halt the mask mandate for the school district, but the policy won’t go into effect until after the winter break. Board members also voted to change the COVID-19 protocols to require only people who test positive for the virus to quarantine. Columbia
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Columbia Board of Education votes to remove COVID mask policy
Board members are set to review the plan at Monday night’s meeting at the Aslin Administration building off of Worley Street.
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Businesses, charities rally to help tornado victims
Businesses and charities around Missouri are coming together to help people in the South and Midwest affected by tornadoes on Friday.
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Columbia Make-A-Wish recipient’s football jersey is stolen
Keegan Hartman, a University of Missouri Student, and 2018 Make-A-Wish recipient is trying to find the person who stole his custom official Mizzou Football Jersey along with other items.
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MONDAY UPDATES: DHSS adds 91 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates
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Amazon employee gives details on the night of the deadly tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois
As lives were lost that night, Quigley said he was one of the lucky ones that got his route down early.
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Suspect arrested after Friday morning fatal shooting in Sedalia
SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sedalia police have arrested suspect(s) in connection to the Friday shooting homicide of Tylar Simon, 32. Officers found Simon with a gunshot wound at his home on Kentucky Avenue at about 3:30 a.m. Police tried life-saving treatment but Simon was pronounced dead at the scene. Sedalia police arrested the suspect after following
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WATCH: Drone footage shows tornado damage in Mayfield, Kentucky
Kentucky’s governor said Monday afternoon that more than 74 people are dead after storms ravaged the state late Friday, including a tornado that flattened much of the small town of Mayfield.
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Missouri Task Force 1 gets Kentucky assignment
The task force said in a news release that it received the assignment at 7 a.m. Monday. The group arrived early Monday in Kentucky, the state hardest hit by the December tornado outbreak that also destroyed an Amazon warehouse in southern Illinois.
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Missing Rolla woman found safe
Judith Meyer of Rolla was last seen Monday morning at her Timber Drive home, according to an alert from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. She might have been heading to Sam’s Club in Jefferson City or Columbia.
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ABC 17, FOX 22 helping with Food Bank’s holiday drive
The Networks of Mid-Missouri are help with the One for One Holiday Food and Fund Drive. The Food Bank is accepting donations of non-perishable food and money to help it provide food for the hungry. The most-needed items are canned meat/protein, canned fruits and vegetables, beans, rice, cereal, peanut butter, soup and pasta.
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Deadly tornadoes demolish more than 1,000 homes, claiming lives and livelihoods in several states
It’s been two days since tornadoes tore across eight states, killing dozens of people and pulverizing houses in Kentucky.
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