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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 …

A Jefferson City man has life-threatening injuries after a crash on Highway Troopers say Quantrell Robertson was standing in the roadway early yesterday (thur) morning when an SUV hit him near Holts Summit. He was taken to the hospital.  

Another person in Cole County died from COVID-19, health officials said yesterday (wed). That’s now 68 total. Boone County confirms two more COVID-19 deaths. Health officials said yesterday (wed) one patient was older than 80, and the other was between 65 and 69. That’s now 34 total deaths in Boone. …

ABC – 17 — Jefferson City Fire Department fight a garage fire in the 800 block of East Wall Way off of Cherry Street 5-pm Tuesday. When fire personnel arrived, they found massive flames from both levels of a small two-car detached garage. The fire was put out around 6 …

Will there be enough doses of the COVID – 19 vaccine available when It’s your turn to get it? Jefferson City Councilman Ron Fitzwater lobbies for the Missouri Pharmacy Association. He has long watched the major pharmaceutical firms take or make their drugs outside the U-S … x361209 The first …

Just 37 new cases confirmed in Cole County yesterday (tue).Two straight days of fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases in Boone County. There were 78 new positives yesterday (tue). Active cases went down. Hospitalizations dipped a little, but are still putting a strain on resources. The state reported one of …