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Boone, Cole, and Callaway counties all reported more than 90 new virus positives yesterday (mon). Active cases dropped in Callaway. Boone County reports three more COVID-19 deaths. Health officials said yesterday (mon) one patient was in his or her early 50s. The other two were both between 70 and 74. …

(AP) Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College. In reality, electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast …

The Missouri House is holding a hearing in Jefferson City this (mon) evening on a push by Republicans to question the results of this year’s presidential election. The Special Committee on Government Oversight will look at a nonbinding resolution questioning the results in battleground states won by President-elect Biden. Boone …

ABC – 17 KMIZ– Fire officials have been unable to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a garage Tuesday near downtown Jefferson City. Fire investigators determined the blaze on Wall Way – started in a crawl space but could not pinpoint an exact cause, according to a Jefferson …

Jefferson City hospital staff could get their coronavirus vaccinations before Christmas …       x371204    Capital Region Medical Director Dr. Randy Haight says they are strongly suggesting staffers get the vaccine. But Height adds that they’re seeing fewer COVID – 19 patients than they were just one month again. In …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the Food …

ABC – 17 KMIZ– Fulton Middle School and Fulton High School will pivot to distance learning beginning Friday. Officials cite that change as there is an increase in the number of students and staff with positive cases and in quarantine for COVID-19 at the secondary level. In seat classes will …

Columbia Regional Airport ties a record-high temperature. It hit 69 degrees during yesterday’s (thur) nice conditions. That matches the high on December 10th, 1996. That’s nearly 30 degrees above normal. Forecasters say we’ll drop to more seasonal temperatures for a while after today’s (fri) rain

Cole and Callaway counties added dozens more positives. Active cases dropped in Callaway. Fulton middle and high schools shift to online learning today (fri) until after the holiday break. Boone County confirms its fifth COVID-19 death this week. Health officials said yesterday (thur) another patient in his or her late …

Missouri’s Republican attorney general has brought the state into an effort to reverse President Trump’s election loss. Eric Schmitt yesterday (wed) joined attorneys general asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case attacking election procedures in certain battleground states. Dozens of judges have repeatedly rejected the president’s claims of …