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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 hospitalizations.  The Columbia/Boone County Health Department said it will give recommendations rather ...

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 County's 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 doses have been administered in the past 7 days The county also reported 18 hospitalizations, 2 o...

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 Scott's lynching Friday afternoon. KMIZ The pedestal for the James T. Scott marker is all that's 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 in its original spot. The Community Remembrance Project of Boone County said Friday in a news rele...

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 university employee at the time. The damage occurred just a week after several people gathered in memory...

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 was lynched in Boone County in 1923, was forcibly removed.  Cou...