A Mizzou student gets arrested in connection with graffiti found near the Thomas Jefferson statue on campus. MU Police say Ian Laird was released Tuesday after being issued a court summons. He is charged with second degree property damage. Authorities ...
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Show-Me State Games cancelled due to coronavirus concerns
The Show-Me State Games will not hold its annual Columbia event this summer due to coronavirus concerns. An event spokesperson said it won’t hold the games in order to keep athletes, fans and others safe. The 2020 Show-Me State Games is canceling its s...
Read More »State sees largest single-day coronavirus case increase; Boone County reports 34 more cases
Missouri shatters its previous record for single-day coronavirus cases. State officials reported 773 new cases Tuesday, but said reporting delays over the holiday weekend helped cause the high number. The old record was 553 cases on June 25. The state ...
Read More »Boone, other local counties see increase in confirmed coronavirus cases
More mid-Missouri counties saw higher-than-normal increases in coronavirus cases. Boone County confirmed another 15 cases Monday. Currently, 166 cases are active, with seven of those in the hospital. Cole County reported they have counted 12 new cases ...
Read More »Boone, other local counties see increase in confirmed coronavirus cases
More mid-Missouri counties saw higher-than-normal increases in coronavirus cases. Boone County confirmed another 15 cases Monday. Currently, 166 cases are active, with seven of those in the hospital. Cole County reported there were 12 new cases counted...
Read More »Gov. Parson withholds more spending in 2021 state budget
Gov. Mike Parson signs a smaller 2021 state budget after coronavirus concerns limit revenues. The budget totals about $35.3 billion. Parson said Tuesday revenues dipped about seven percent in 2020, leaving the state $1 billion short of its January proj...
Read More »Largest coronavirus case increase in Boone County; more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths statewide
Boone County reports its largest increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Another 25 people have tested positive. As of Tuesday, 108 cases are active. More than half of the total cases are people younger than age 30. Cole County picked u...
Read More »Boone, Cole counties both add one new coronavirus case
After seeing double-digit growth over most of the last week, Boone County reported only one new coronavirus case Monday. The county surpassed 100 active cases over the weekend, but now reports 91. Cole County also picked up one new case. The county has...
Read More »Sheriff’s deputies investigate weekend death
A man is shot dead near a home north of Columbia over the weekend. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies say they found the person who shot Allen Heywood Saturday afternoon at around 1 p.m., but did not arrest that person. Heywood, 27, died after getting sho...
Read More »15 new coronavirus positives in Boone County, 493 more cases statewide
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri take another sizable jump. The state reported another 493 cases Friday, the second largest increase on record. Health officials say most of those numbers involve cases in southwest Missouri. Eight more people hav...
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