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THURSDAY UPDATES: Miller County Health Center reports three COVID-19 related deaths

February 11, 2021 8:11 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Missouri governor signs $324M rent assistance bill

February 11, 2021 3:31 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has approved $324 million to help renters and landlords struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. Parson on Thursday signed the funding bill into law. The money comes from a federal program that Congress passed in December. Both landlords and renters can apply for aid under the program.

Lawmakers consider bills on mistaken unemployment payments

February 11, 2021 3:27 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State lawmakers are considering several bills to allow Missourians to keep unemployment benefits they were not entitled to. The House Special Committee on Government Oversight heard seven separate proposals Wednesday to forgive payments to people who were not intentionally committing fraud. Gov. Mike Parson has said people should return the

Kansas City FBI agents arrest three linked to US Capitol attack

February 11, 2021 2:32 PM Matt Ragsdale

FBI agents say three people who lived near the Kansas City metro area were arrested Thursday morning in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Missouri governor touts coronavirus case rates, lashes out at St. Louis-area leaders

February 11, 2021 9:30 AM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson touted increases in Missouri’s coronavirus vaccine supply and decreases in new cases and lashed out at a St. Louis-area medical leader during his weekly briefing Thursday.

WATCH: Crews respond to crash on Missouri River Bridge

February 11, 2021 7:30 AM Matt Ragsdale

Emergency crews responded to a crash on the Missouri River Bridge Thursday morning.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 287 COVID-19 related deaths to state dashboard

February 10, 2021 9:19 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Mid-Missouri mass vaccination event rescheduled three weeks after original date

February 10, 2021 7:21 PM Connor Hirsch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the state continues to roll out the coronavirus vaccine with large scale events, winter weather is starting to get in the way of that effort. In Mid-Missouri, the next mass vaccination event at the School of the Osage near the Lake of the Ozarks was rescheduled from Feb. 14 until March

Missouri leaders plan to receive more vaccine doses next month

February 10, 2021 11:37 AM Victoria Bragg

The group coordinating Missouri’s coronavirus vaccine program will brief reporters in a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Multiple districts cancel classes Thursday

February 10, 2021 6:37 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over a dozen Mid-Missouri school districts canceled Thursday classes as temperatures continue to fall across the region. Eldon, Jamestown, Morgan County R-II (Versailles) and St. Elizabeth R-IV were among the public districts that had called off Thursday classes by 6 p.m. Wednesday. Many of the districts on social media say road conditions,

Sheriff: 2 dead in small plane crash in northern Missouri

February 10, 2021 12:36 PM Associated Press

Authorities in northern Missouri say two people have been killed in a small plane crash.

Missouri new case rate drops in recent report

February 10, 2021 7:18 AM Matt Ragsdale

Missouri’s new COVID-19 case rate fell in the most recent State Profile Report. It’s the second week in a row that the rate others have fallen.

Jefferson City hospitals receive extra coronavirus vaccine doses Tuesday, plans to redistribute across the community

February 9, 2021 7:12 PM Connor Hirsch

Two Jefferson City hospitals were put on the list to receive extra doses of the coronavirus vaccine, which were received on Tuesday.

TUESDAY UPDATES: Osage Beach mass vaccination clinic canceled due to winter weather

February 9, 2021 8:17 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Nixa assistant principal facing child porn charges fired

February 9, 2021 3:11 PM Associated Press

NIXA, Mo. (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwest Missouri junior high school who is facing charges related to child pornography has been fired by the local school board. The Springfield Leader-News reports that the Nixa school board voted Monday to fire 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse. Fronterhouse was charged last month in federal court with

Boone Hospital waiting for state approval to continue CPS staff vaccinations

February 9, 2021 12:08 PM Zola Crowder

Boone Hospital Center is at a standstill, waiting for coronavirus vaccines from the state health department to continue vaccinating Columbia Public School staff.

Coronavirus vaccine line jumpers sneaking their way to get vaccinated out of turn

February 8, 2021 7:31 PM Deborah Kendrick

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While state guidelines say only certain groups of Missouri’s population are eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine, some are reportedly getting the vaccine out of turn. Last week, Governor Mike Parson and Dr. Randall Williams said there have been reports of people jumping the line to get a coronavirus vaccine and some

University of Missouri Police Department names interim chieif Brian Weimer as chief of MUPD

February 8, 2021 10:24 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Police Department Interim Chief Brian Weimer has been named chief of MUPD. Weimer took over as interim chief in July, replacing former Chief Doug Schwandt, who retired Aug. 3, 2020, after 20 years of service to the department. MUPD is the primary law enforcement response agency for MU and

Missouri lawmaker indicted on fraud kicked out of GOP caucus

February 8, 2021 7:10 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House Republicans have kicked a state lawmaker indicted on federal fraud charges out of their caucus. Members on Monday voted Rep. Tricia Derges out of the caucus. GOP House leaders are calling on her to resign. A federal grand jury indicted Derges on fraud charges for falsely claiming a

U.K. coronavirus variant arrives in Missouri as new cases, hospitalizations fall

February 8, 2021 12:11 PM Meghan Drakas

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, better known as the U.K. variant, has been identified in an adult in Marion County. The agency gave no further details because of privacy reasons.