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JEFFERSON CITY - A nationwide flower shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to higher prices and increased demand for flowers this past Mother's Day.  KOMU 8 News spoke with a few local florists in Jefferson City to check in on how this weekend went.  "I would say on average about $10 more than the normal price. So if you walked in wanting to spend $50, we were telling people it would likely be closer to $60 and then explaining to them why this was the case," Leana Fitzgerald, General Manager at Busch's Florist and Greenhouse, said. According to Fitzgerald, there was a shortage fr...

The motion to permit parents to record KKB meetings was voted down. Several school board members noted that the measure is necessary to make sure that all students can succeed in education. "These are conversations are about children that are near and dear to a parent's heart," school board president Helen Wade said. "My world is often recorded, but I speak intentionally, I speak for a purpose knowing what I say is being recording ... I realize how important this is too many." Current KKB policy prohibits any recording of IEP or 504 meetings at CPS. These meetings are between parents and teac...

The motion to permit parents to record KKB meetings was voted down. Several school board members noted that the measure is necessary to make sure that all students can succeed in education. "These are conversations are about children that are near and dear to a parent's heart," school board president Helen Wade said. "My world is often recorded, but I speak intentionally, I speak for a purpose knowing what I say is being recording ... I realize how important this is too many." Current KKB policy prohibits any recording of IEP or 504 meetings at CPS. These meetings are between parents and teac...

COLUMBIA - The marker in remembrance of James T. Scott on the MKT trail was forcibly removed last Thursday, leaving many community members upset and frustrated. A marker in remembrance of James T. Scott, who was lynched in Boone County in 1923, was forcibly removed.  Courtesy of the Community Remembrance Project of Boone County Scott, a University of Missouri employee at the time, was accused of a crime and dragged by a mob of over 1,000 people from the former Boone County Jail to the Stewart Road Bridge in 1923, where he was lynched. It is the last k...

COLUMBIA - The Columbia Police Department says they have identified the male and female subjects that were involved in a suspicious incident around 11:47 a.m. Monday. The department originally reported a possible abduction near Scott Boulevard and Chapel Hill Road. The original report says a man reportedly forced a woman into a gray SUV. According to a news release, no one is in danger and no injuries were reported. The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information, please contact CPD at 573-874-7652 or CrimeStoppers at 573-875-TIPs to remain anonymous.  ...