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TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports active coronavirus cases remains below 250

November 9, 2021 6:12 AM ABC 17 News Team

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COVID-19 Vaccine will be available in Columbia Public Schools

November 9, 2021 8:15 AM Josie Anglin

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The vaccine against COVID-19 will be offered in Columbia Public Schools (CPS) for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services announced the vaccination clinics are scheduled for this fall and winter. Families of students are expected to be notified when a clinic is planned at

Holts Summit employer signs onto Attorney General’s vaccine mandate lawsuit to retain employees

November 9, 2021 1:48 PM Hannah Falcon

Doolittle Trailer Manufacturing Inc. told ABC 17 News it signed onto the lawsuit against the federal vaccine requirement so employees wouldn’t feel like they need to leave the company.

CDC releases illustration of the Coronavirus.

Columbia Board of Education extends CPS’ COVID-19 plan

November 8, 2021 1:28 PM Erika McGuire

Columbia Public Schools 7-day COVID-19 case rate is decreasing.

MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 55 new coronavirus cases; active cases drop

November 8, 2021 6:30 AM ABC 17 News Team

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FRIDAY UPDATES: Lake Regional revises visitor policy

November 5, 2021 8:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Missouri Attorney General’s Office files lawsuit to stop federal vaccine mandate

November 5, 2021 7:21 AM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed another lawsuit Friday in an effort to stop the federal vaccine mandate. Missouri, nearly a dozen other states, and several businesses, including Holts Summit-based Doolittle Trailers Manufacturing, Inc., announced plans on Thursday to file the lawsuit against the Biden Administration. “The federal government should not

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports largest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks

November 4, 2021 6:23 AM ABC 17 News Team

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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports three new coronavirus-related deaths

October 29, 2021 6:54 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Missouri Attorney General files lawsuit to stop vaccine mandate for federal contractors

October 29, 2021 1:22 PM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit to stop a vaccine mandate for federal contractors. According to the 12-count lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Executive Order 14042 issued by the White House on Sept. 9 violates the rights of federal contractors.

SSM health hosts hiring event

October 28, 2021 7:34 PM Erika McGuire

Jefferson City, Mo (kmiz) Sisters of St. Mary’s Hospital hosted it’s hiring event today. The health system is looking to fill a wide range of full and part-time positions in light of the shortage of health care workers since the pandemic started. According to the U.S labor and statistics since the pandemic began the health