The driver who was responsible for a hit and run accident in Centralia on Tuesday night that killed a 74 year old victim is now charged with murder. According to court records Amy Rievley has been charged with 2nd degree murder, driving while intoxicated, and causing the death of another and leaving the scene of […]
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is issuing a new health order effective Tuesday, June 23. In the new order, most occupancy limits are removed for most businesses as long as required social distancing is followed. Personal care facilities can operate with 50% capacity or 50 persons, whichever is fewer. No standing bar, counter, […]
The Missouri 4H Foundation is announcing the winners of their scholarships. In Audrain county, Lauryn Robnett was awarded an Orsheln 4-H Scholarship. In Boone county, winners were Saylor Forsyth, Stephen Coy, William Adkins, Matthew Vaughn, Sophia Cunningham, and Heather Snow. Bryar DeLashmutt from Callaway county, Marlena Long of Monroe county, and Alexander Kleinsorge from Montgomery […]
The Camden County Health Department is warning a Boone County resident who has tested positive for the coronavirus was a visitor at the Lake of the Ozarks during Memorial Day Weekend. The Camden County Health Director said yesterday, the case arrived at the Lake last Saturday and started showing symptoms on Sunday. On Saturday, May […]
Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller is weighing in on the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Floyd, a 46 year old black man, died Monday after an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department used his knee on Floyd’s neck to pin him to the ground. His death sparked outrage and nationwide protests. Sheriff Oller […]
A mobile testing collaborative is underway this week in Boone County in an effort to increase testing for people with COVID-19. Columbia/Boone County Health and Human Services, Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, MU Health Care and Boone Hospital will expand testing sites in Ashland, Centralia, Columbia, and Hallsville. The tests will be for people […]
The City of Columbia and Boone County is issuing a stay-at-home order following a news conference this morning. The order goes into effect tomorrow and will last through April 24th. The order requires residents to stay at home unless they are engaged in one of the essential activities including working in an essential business, obtaining […]
Health officials in Boone County are reporting two new positive coronavirus cases, bringing their total to three. According to a press release from the City of Columbia, the two new patients are in their 60s & 70s and their cases are related to out-of-state contact with a positive case.
Missouri health officials are announcing the state’s first death as a result of COVID-19. In a press conference with Governor Parson this (Wednesday) afternoon, Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced that a patient who had tested positive yesterday (Tuesday) died earlier today (Wednesday). The exposure was travel-related. The family of the victim called 9-1-1 this (Wednesday) […]
The first 2 positive cases of COVID-19 in mid-Missouri are being confirmed. Yesterday (Tuesday) one case was confirmed positive in Boone County and one in Cole County. This brings the total of confirmed cases to 16 in the state. 4 in Greene County, 4 in St. Louis County, 1 in the City of St. Louis, […]
