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After the death of George Floyd in Minnesota last year while in police custody, departments across the country instituted bans on chokeholds and lateral vascular neck restraints. These policy changes included an exception when there is a life-threatening situation for the officers or others. Columbia police first instituted a ban in 2016 and has updated its policy to align with accreditation standards since then. However, this policy still includes the life-threatening exception and is not a...

By William Skipworth & Columbia Missourian • Jan 19, 2021 The city of Columbia recognized Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Peter Stiepleman and the MU chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity with Columbia Values Diversity Awards on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Every year, Columbia recognizes one member of the community and one organization or group that exemplifies the spirit of King with the award. Stiepleman has worked with CPS for 16 years, first as a teacher and the...

University of Missouri hoping to gather data by arrival testing for certain students COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is hoping to get more information about the COVID-19 pandemic by testing certain students returning to campus. University of Missouri officials said Tuesday afternoon students living on-campus next semester will have to get tested for COVID-19 upon arrival to campus. A University of Missouri spokesman Christian Basi said by testing this population, which is less th...

Hospitals never sleep, but it was a particularly wide-awake dawn at MU Health Care as frontline health-care workers received their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine early Wednesday. Christelle Ilboudo, doctor of pediatric infectious diseases, was the first to receive the vaccine. She works with children who have contracted COVID-19. “There is hope that we are about to see the end to this pandemic,” Ilboudo said. “Although there’s still a long road ahead, this week h...

>> finally, on a personal note michele and i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and example during our own transition. starts to my will always remember the gathering you posted for all the living former presidents before i took office. your kind words of encouragement plus, you also left me a really good tv sports package. [laughter] i use it. [laughter] >> last week portraits of former president george w. bush and first lady laura bush were unveiled at the whit...