Associated Press, Author at ABC17NEWS

National Guard’s help sought in St. Louis County

April 8, 2020 9:42 am Associated Press

The top elected official in Missouri’s largest county is seeking help from the Missouri National Guard in preparation for an expected surge in…

Kansas City Public Schools suspends free meals amid outbreak

April 7, 2020 10:20 am Associated Press

Kansas City Public Schools has suspended its free meal distribution program for students after a food service worker helping with the effort tested…

Screen grab of interactive COVID-19 county map

MAP: U.S. COVID-19 cases by county

April 6, 2020 11:31 am Associated Press

The Associated Press breaks down COVID-19 cases across the country by county in this interactive…

Search for missing Columbia mother could cost more than $500,000

April 4, 2020 7:21 am Associated Press

The search for the body of a Missouri woman presumed to have been murdered by her husband could cost at least $500,000.…

27 long-term care facilities in Missouri have coronavirus

April 3, 2020 9:33 am Associated Press

At least 27 long-term care facilities in Missouri have at least one resident or employee who has tested positive for the coronavirus but getting more…

Boone County presidential primary voting

Virus likely dooms Missouri recreational marijuana campaign

March 31, 2020 2:27 pm Associated Press

Backers of an effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri say the campaign will likely not get on the ballot this year because of the…

Kansas City cracks down on stores breaking stay-at-home rule

March 31, 2020 10:09 am Associated Press

Kansas City-area officials are cracking down on businesses that remain open despite stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.…

Dem leader 12th Missouri COVID-19 death; case growth slows

March 30, 2020 8:56 am Associated Press

A Democratic Party leader in western Missouri has died after contracting COVID-19.…

Tornado tears through shopping area in Arkansas; 3 injured

March 28, 2020 7:48 pm Associated Press

Officials in Arkansas say a tornado ripped through northeast Arkansas and hurt three people in the college town of Jonesboro.…

Missouri records 9th virus death; another nursing home hit

March 27, 2020 9:20 am Associated Press

Missouri has recorded its ninth coronavirus death as the outbreak continues to spread, hitting nursing homes particularly hard.…

Missouri woman who died of coronavirus worked for Red Cross

March 25, 2020 12:52 pm Associated Press

The youngest of the eight people to die of the coronavirus outbreak in Missouri was a 31-year-old Red Cross employee who was buried as her family…

5 dead, including officer and gunman, in Springfield shooting

March 16, 2020 7:02 am Associated Press

Police Chief Paul Williams said Monday morning the dead include a Springfield police officer Christopher Walsh, three citizens and the gunman.…

Hy-Vee to close fulfillment centers in 4 states

March 11, 2020 5:14 pm Associated Press

Supermarket chain Hy-Vee is closing four centers that fulfill online orders in Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, putting several hundred people…