The University of Missouri announced more furloughs, layoffs and pay cuts Friday. Another 384 workers have been furloughed, 26 more are taking pay cuts, and 11 more have lost their job as part of the university’s cost-saving measures during the c...
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State officials point to more reporting delays after latest coronavirus record
Missouri again saw its largest daily jump in coronavirus positives on record, which state officials say was due to another reporting delay. Health officials say 160 of the 553 new cases reported Thursday were spotted as early as Sunday. Seven more Miss...
Read More »Police: Columbia murder suspect arrested in Kansas City
Authorities have arrested another suspect in a deadly Columbia shooting. Police said Thursday Bobby Dawson was found in the Kansas City area. He is accused of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Rod Jones, 36, on Quai...
Read More »Mizzou athletics confirms five coronavirus positives
Mizzou confirmed a few people in its athletic department have tested positive for coronavirus. A release said Thursday it has tested 308 people for coronavirus within the athletic department since June 8, and that five of those tests came back positive...
Read More »Boone County adds 15 more coronavirus positives
Boone County reports another higher-than-normal increase in coronavirus cases. Another 15 new positives were confirmed in the county Wednesday. Cole County confirmed two more cases. Audrain, Saline and Moniteau counties are among those that did not rep...
Read More »Gov. Parson: No reason for concern as coronavirus positives rise
Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday he’s not worried about rising numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri. “We are not overwhelmed, we are not currently experiencing a second wave, and we have no intentions of closing Missouri back down at t...
Read More »Second person in Cole County dies from COVID-19
Cole County has reported a second COVID-19 death. It’s the county’s first confirmed death since early April. Boone County reported four more positives Monday, after reporting 16 new cases over the weekend. Audrain County added two new positives. Statew...
Read More »Boone County adds seven coronavirus positives, Cole County adds two
Boone County reported seven more coronavirus positives Friday. The county’s largest single-day increase was Thursday, with 18 reported. Currently, there are 59 active cases. Cole County reported another two cases Friday. Four cases are active. Au...
Read More »MU reports more layoffs, fewer furloughs
The University of Missouri reported Friday a smaller number of furloughed workers than the previous week. School officials said 17 fewer employees are on furlough, for a total of 2,627. The cuts started May 1 as the university tries to stay afloat fina...
Read More »Boone County reports largest single-day coronavirus case increase
Boone County reported Thursday its largest single-day increase in coronavirus positives since the pandemic began. Another 18 cases were confirmed Thursday, with 59 cases now active. Callaway County reported Thursday they have counted nine new cases in ...
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