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Jefferson City man charged with statutory rape

August 12, 2022 9:39 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Jefferson City man is accused of raping a person under the age of 17.

School safety priority for new Jefferson City police chief

August 12, 2022 7:04 PM ABC 17 News Team

Jefferson City’s new chief of police said he is working to keep students safe once school’s back in session.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County hospitals move back to green status

August 12, 2022 4:08 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Blair Oaks hires interim superintendent

August 12, 2022 10:44 AM Matthew Sanders

The Blair Oaks School District has hired an administrator with decades of experience in Missouri as its interim superintendent.

Man shot during family disturbance in west Jefferson City

August 11, 2022 4:43 PM Matthew Sanders

Police were investigating a crime scene Thursday afternoon in west Jefferson City.

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 10 case drop in hospitalizations due to COVID

August 11, 2022 3:52 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Jefferson City man charged with parental kidnapping

August 10, 2022 11:05 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is facing a parental kidnapping charge after the mother reported their 3-year-old daughter missing on Friday. A Cole County prosecutor has charged Thomas Chee with one county of parental kidnapping. The child’s mother called the police after Chee allegedly picked up the child from daycare but then

Cole County upgrades emergency dispatch system to decrease call times

August 10, 2022 5:29 PM Hannah Falcon

Cole County Commissioners approved just under $125,000 to upgrade the emergency dispatch system used by fire, police and emergency medical services.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 73 new COVID cases

August 10, 2022 3:50 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Woman sentenced to probation for starting fire inside Jefferson City church

August 10, 2022 7:31 AM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge sentenced a woman Tuesday for starting a fire inside a Jefferson City church. In October, the Cole County Prosecutor’s Office charged Anne-Marie Mullins with breaking into Christian Fellowship Church on Beck Street in late May 2021. Mullins pled guilty at a court hearing Tuesday to amended misdemeanor

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports over 50 new COVID cases

August 9, 2022 3:29 PM ABC 17 News Team

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MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County nearing 50,000 COVID cases since the pandemic started

August 8, 2022 4:47 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Columbia and Jefferson City opt out of back-to-school tax holiday for the last time

August 5, 2022 12:23 PM Sarah Higgins

Columbia and Jefferson City are among the Missouri cities opting out of the back-to-school tax holiday again this year.

Jefferson City man charged after police say he fired gun into air during argument

August 4, 2022 7:50 PM Matthew Sanders

A Jefferson City man is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday morning after he reportedly admitted to firing a gun in the air while police were outside his home.