Monday, July 6 is the deadline for Columbia Public Schools families to let the district know if their students plan to learn in-person or online in the fall. CPS is offering both options. The deadline was pushed back almost a week, after the district s...
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Work to start on Mineola Hill, Sorrels Overpass projects
Work starts this week on new lanes for a stretch of Interstate 70 in mid-Missouri. The area known as Mineola Hill east of Columbia in Montgomery County is a spot that can be tricky for truckers. Contractors are building a third climbing lane on both di...
Read More »Boone County to delay virus reopening plan
Boone County health officials plan to pause on the current step in the local recovery plan. Mass gathering limits were going to jump from 100 people to 250 on July 24. That will be delayed at least three more weeks now. Scott Clardy, assistant director...
Read More »Vanessa Williams and John Stamos host a socially-distanced 40th Anniversary of ‘A Capitol Fourth’ for PBS
PBS(NEW YORK) -- For many people in the post-pandemic world, this will be quite a different Fourth of July; in many areas, gatherings of large groups are still forbidden, and so even backyard Independence Day parties have been dashed. The same so...
Read More »Boone County has highest daily COVID spike
Boone County jumps to a new daily high of COVID-19 cases. Health officials announced 39 new positives Thursday, leaping Tuesday’s previous record of 25. The county says its positive test rate has jumped to over 12% this week. Missouri reports 356 new p...
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