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COLUMBIA - Starting Wednesday, businesses in Columbia will be able to set their own restrictions regarding masks and social distancing.  Health orders will expire May 12 at 11:59 a.m. KOMU 8 talked to nine businesses on what their next steps are. Boone County Health Director Stephanie Browning and Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced last week that the city would not extend the current health order after it expires at 11:59 a.m. on May 12. This is due to declining COVID-19 cases and hospita...

4:22 p.m.: Boone County reports 10 new cases The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services reported 10 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 66. According to the Missouri vaccine dashboard, an estimated 45.2% of Boone Countys 180,463 residents have received at least one vaccine dose.  149,107 total doses administered of a vaccine 81,545 COVID-19 vaccine regimen activated 69,380 COVID-19 vaccine regimen completed 8,414 d...

Vandalized Columbia lynching site marker repaired Published Vandalized Columbia lynching site marker repaired A city of Columbia spokesperson said it repaired and reinstalled a vandalized monument to James Scotts lynching Friday afternoon. KMIZ The pedestal for the James T. Scott marker is all thats left after it was vandalized. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vandalized MKT Trail marker that documents the last lynching in Boone County has been repaired and is back ...

Marker recognizing lynching in Columbia vandalized May 8, 2021 GMT COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia police are investigating after vandals damaged an historical marker commemorating the 1923 lynching of James T. Scott. City officials say the marker on the MKT Trail was removed from its base and recovered nearby. The marker was unveiled by University of Missouri students five years ago to recognize the lynching. Scott was accused of a crime before he was dragged by a mob and hanged. He was a univ...

COLUMBIA — The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County (CRP) said they found the marker on the MKT trail in remembrance of James T. Scott which was forcibly removed on Thursday, according to a news release.  "I went from shock to disappointment to back to shock, a mixture of sadness, and also a reminder of feeling unsafe," CRP member Brittani Fults said. As of Friday afternoon, the marker was repaired and replaced on its plaque. A marker in remembrance of James T. Scott, who wa...

COLUMBIA — The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County (CRP) said they found the marker on the MKT trail in remembrance of James T. Scott which was forcibly removed on Thursday, according to a news release.  "I went from shock to disappointment to back to shock, a mixture of sadness, and also a reminder of feeling unsafe," CRP member Brittani Fults said. As of Friday afternoon, the marker was repaired and replaced on its plaque. A marker in remembrance of James T. Scott, who wa...

BOONE COUNTY - Boone Countys health order will expire on May 12 with no additional order to follow, giving businesses the green light to operate with no restrictions. Some restaurants are choosing to keep current COVID-19 restrictions.  Two businesses in downtown Columbia will not operate at full capacity once the order is lifted. Both owners feel it is not safe to do so, even with current COVID-19 case numbers going down and vaccination rates going up.  Greg Butler is the owner of Sagua ...

Gans Creek rezoning COLUMBIA - The proposal to build a residential development area near Rock Bridge State Park was at the forefront of Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting. The proposed zoning was for a section of property located on the south side of Gans Road and the east side of Bearfield Road. 
The plan calls for using the area as an affordable housing complex. Last month, the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission rejected the rezoning proposal for the area. There was s...

Some restaurants report trouble hiring as coronavirus restrictions are removed COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia will likely be without coronavirus health orders soon, theoretically returning the restaurant business to something similar to what it was before the pandemic. However, some restaurant owners and industry advocates say businesses are having trouble finding workers. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said Monday that the citys coronavirus health order will expire May 12 and will not be replace...

Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced no new health order will be put in place after the current one expires on May 12. Masks will still be required in city buildings. Individual businesses and schools have the ability to require masks. Both the University of Missouri and Columbia Public Schools are no longer requiring masks outdoors.  All seven Missouri Veterans Homes were shutdown in March of 2020, and new veteran admissions were stopped in all homes that had positive COVID-19 cases....