ROLLA, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis businessman and his wife have donated $300 million to a foundation to support Missouri University of Science and Technology in what the university said is believed to be the largest single gift to a higher education institution in Missouri. Missouri S&T announced the gift Monday from Fred and
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School board will review whether teachers should be considered essential workers.
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The Board of Education is set to vote on an in-person four-day week learning model on Monday for Columbia Public Schools to return to classrooms, while parents await to see how the decision could impact their families.
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The Board of Education is set to hold a meeting in which the main focus will be making a formal motion and voting on the districts re-opening plan.
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After a potential staff shortage due to a sudden change in location of the University of Missouri’s football game, officials said Mizzou is back on track, while local health department officials hope to see the same compliance taken on Saturday’s game as they did previously.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Virgin Hyperloop One will build a certification center in West Virginia to test the high-speed transportation concept that uses enclosed pods to zip passengers underground at over 600 mph. The company had received bids from over a dozen states in the past year to build a 6-mile testing track and other facilities
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The district said it’s making the move because of COVID-19-related staffing shortages.
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As the return to learning continues one local college currently see’s no active cases of COVID-19 and no students in quarantine or isolation.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City School District sent a letter home to families of Lewis & Clark and Thomas Jefferson Middle School students Wednesday as they get ready to temporarily transition to distance learning due to staff shortages. The school district says this is due to an increase in the number of staff members
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to hold a COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon.
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MU officially confirmed Wednesday that Saturday’s game moved to Columbia because of Hurricane Delta.
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The plan said social distancing would not be possible if elementary students returned to school.
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The head of Columbia Public Schools on Tuesday proposed a four-day week as an alternative to bringing students back into classrooms for two days in a hybrid plan.
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The Columbia Board of Education will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to get and update from the administration on the district’s reopening plan as the COVID-19 case rate continues to fall.
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The Jefferson City School District reported two students and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
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The president’s campaign manager postponed all future campaign events with the Trump family on Friday.
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The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday afternoon, the Boone County Commission approved 1,000 additional hot spots for Columbia Public Schools to give to students who do not have a sustainable internet connection. This comes after the commission used part of the CARES Act funding to get 1,400 hot spots total for all six school districts in Boone
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