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MISSOURI - The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet Wednesday to advise the CDC director on recommending use of the Pfizer vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15.  Some mid-Missouri health departments and centers are preparing clinics to serve this new eligible community, but other said they don't and won't have the supplies to distribute the Pfizer vaccine to this age group.  KOMU 8 News reached out to eight mid-Missouri county health departments to see if the vaccine will be available to this age group. Hospitals and independent vaccine distr...

Weather continues to be very cool, relative to normal for this time of year. We do start to see the full return of sunshine by this afternoon thanks to a Canadian ridge of high pressure extending from the Great Lakes to Kansas. Cool, surface high pressure from Kansas to the Great Lakes will eventually lead to more sunshine here in Missouri todayTemps still will be cooler than normal, in the lower 60s #mowx@KOMUnewshttps://t.co/lLUZxguxEUpic.twitter.com/QWAMzmSC2G— Tim Schmidt (@komuTim) May 12, 2021 Trends over the next few days do turn rainy/stormy again, so enjoy the tranquil weather we h...

Starting Wednesday, businesses in Columbia will be able to set their own guidelines on masks and social distancing.  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 than orders.  “Wearing masks, social distancing, and avoiding mass gatherings are still the best ways to keep our lo...

Federal unemployment benefits are set to end on June 12.

Missouri's minimum wage currently sits at $10.30 an hour. It will increase until it reaches $12 an hour.