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6 days ago |
krcgtv.com | Mark Slavit
COLUMBIA — A Friday afternoon donation helped some needy Columbia Public Schools’ families pay for school lunches. The Columbia Public Schools Foundation announced a donation of $50,000 to the Columbia Public Schools’ Lunch for Learners fund. Donors challenged the community to donate another $50,000. The $50,000 donation put a dent into the Columbia Public Schools’ current school meal debt of $124,613. School administrators said they needed continuous donations to their Lunch for Learners fund.
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1 week ago |
krcgtv.com | Mark Slavit
COLUMBIA — Columbia utility officials said Thursday their water customers should no longer have any discoloration by midnight. Work on a main transmission line caused widespread water discoloration throughout the city on Wednesday afternoon. Utilities officials said new water testing confirmed the brown and yellow water was safe to drink. Utility inspectors test Columbia’s drinking water every day in several locations to make sure their water supply is safe.
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1 week ago |
krcgtv.com | Mark Slavit
COLUMBIA — Columbia police said three juveniles were in custody Wednesday after officers responded to several fights at Tuesday night’s eighth-grade middle school track meet at Rock Bridge High School. Investigators said one of the juveniles was charged with threatening Columbia Public School staff members. The other two juveniles were charged with peace disturbance and resisting arrest.
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1 week ago |
krcgtv.com | Mark Slavit
COLUMBIA — Members of several Columbia organizations celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week on Tuesday. Community leaders held an observance event at Columbia’s Shelter Insurance Fountain. The event was part of Mental Health Awareness Month. Event organizers focused on children with mental health conditions and their loved ones. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe proclaimed this week as Children’s Mental Health Week. Buffaloe said, “When we talk about children’s mental health, for me it’s personal.
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1 week ago |
krcgtv.com | Mark Slavit
COLUMBIA — A group of Mizzou students staged a walk-out Friday afternoon in front of their campus administration building. Protesters said the University of Missouri’s compliance with federal immigration and DEI policies went against the well-being of the student body. Members of Mizzou’s Stand Up 4 Students Coalition said University leaders should not comply with the immigration and customs enforcement agency, or ICE, and anti-diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, or DEIA, policies.
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Governor Mike Kehoe, along with state and local dignitaries, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $73 million expansion of the Schneider Electric manufacturing plant on Columbia‘s Paris Road. The expansion creates 241 new jobs. @KRCG13 https://t.co/zK8NH7n2pk
Columbia city leaders praised the Puri Group for their plans to build a new conference center, while the Jefferson City Mayor was upset with the Puri Group for failing to demolish the Truman Hotel in serious disrepair. @KRCG13 https://t.co/7VSejG52vv
Columbia Public Schools Foundation donates $50,000 to Lunch for Learners fund. The donation put a dent into the Columbia Public Schools’ current school meal debt of $124,613. @KRCG13 https://t.co/VvygnbLxEw