JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services could pay more than $1 million to private labs in increase testing capacity as the state begins to relax social distancing rules. The contracts obtained by ABC 17 News show that at least three labs, including one in mid-Missouri, will help the state
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The Missouri Attorney General is warning Missourians to keep an eye out for scammers trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt confirms his office is investigating 951 price gouging complaints related to COVID-19. The number of consumer complaints has increased every week since mid-March when ABC 17 News started monitoring the data. The number of complaints reported on April 10 are 30 times higher than they were
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The FBI, state attorneys general and other agencies are alerting Americans to possible COVID-19 stimulus check scams.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s office said it has received more than 500 price gouging complaints in the past two weeks related to COVID-19. Chris Nuelle, Press Secretary with the Missouri Attorney General’s office, said it has received 534 complaints as of Wednesday. Attorney General Eric Schmitt says some of the top
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The FBI is warning about hackers hijacking video conferences and online classrooms through the popular software called Zoom.
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Columbia, Mo. – KMIZ EDITOR’S NOTE: This list has become outdated and ABC 17 News is using a new tool to alert consumers to open restaurants. Information about local businesses can now be accessed at https://columbia.open4biz.us/ During the coronavirus outbreak, many restaurants are having to adjust the way they do business on a daily basis.
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Gov. Mike Parson held a daily COVID-19 briefing Saturday at 3 p.m.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is warning of potential price gouging that could affect the medical supply chain in containing the spread of COVID-19. According to the state’s AG’s office, a supply shortage could potentially cause a spike in prices. As of now, the Missouri Hospital Association has not reported a
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A downtown Columbia bar was cited for six violations, including having mold build-up on the outside of its beer lines.
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Authorities are warning Mid-Missourians about a potential scam related to the new coronavirus. The Boonville Police Department says there is a man apparently going around the area in a van claiming he can make house calls to take blood and test for the coronavirus for $55. Police are asking anyone who has
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking Missourians to be on the lookout for potential scams related to COVID-19, or coronavirus. Schmitt said consumers need to be on the lookout for a large increase in prices. In most cases, price gouging could be seen with possible price increases on hand sanitizer,
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State fire investigators noted past problems with a fire suppression system at a gas station that burned down in November.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The future of the Mary Lee Johnston Community Learning Center is uncertain as the center works to keep its state license. The Department of Health and Senior Services sent the learning center a letter on Feb.13 to inform staff the department intended to revoke the center’s license after several incidents where children
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Boone County/Columbia Health Department inspectors have twice visited Donut D-Light in Columbia after a lightning strike hit the shop’s electric box last year.
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The BBB says consumers should be on the lookout for fake cures, phony prevention measures and other coronavirus cons.
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Inspectors handed out fewer health code violations to concessions stands this season. But one stand was almost shut down.
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Undergraduate students at Lincoln University will no longer be charged tuition by credit hour but instead, by semester.
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Inspections from the Jefferson City Environmental Health Department visited more than three dozen eateries in January.
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Incident reports from the Jefferson City police and fire departments, obtained by ABC 17 News, walk through the investigation into a wall collapse that killed a construction worker.
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