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The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County active coronavirus cases rises to 744; highest since Jan. 25

July 21, 2021 7:11 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Jefferson City police arrest man accused of exposing self to child in city park

July 21, 2021 10:24 AM Matthew Sanders

Officers were called at about 11 a.m. Tuesday to Ellis Porter Riverside Park on a report of a man who had exposed himself to a child in the women’s bathroom, according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release. The caller told police the man left the park in a black SUV.

Commissioners: Door-to-door vaccine outreach won’t happen in Cole County

July 21, 2021 10:37 AM Molly Stawinoga

Commissioners said they had received emails and phone calls from concerned community members about door-to-door outreach efforts.

TUESDAY UPDATES: Gov. Parson to discuss COVID-19, statewide vaccine incentive program and new DHSS Director during Wednesday press conference

July 20, 2021 8:56 AM ABC 17 News Team

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MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 31 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates

July 19, 2021 7:41 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Health experts recommend COVID-19 mitigation strategies should return ahead of school year at the Jefferson City Council

July 19, 2021 6:53 PM Chanel Porter

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council met Monday to give a pandemic update on where to get vaccinated and where to get tested as COVID-19 numbers across the county and state continue to trend upward. Dr. Thomas Robbins with the Jefferson City Medical Group said during the meeting, “We urge everybody to consider

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports highest number of active cases since late January

July 16, 2021 8:16 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Syringe being filled with coronavirus vaccine

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone Community hosting COVID-19 vaccine weekend community clinics

July 15, 2021 11:04 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Coronavirus cases in Cole County on the rise as vaccine site set to close

July 15, 2021 11:24 AM Ben Fein

The state says cases have nearly doubled in Cole County week over week.

Jefferson City police arrest shooting suspect

July 13, 2021 9:37 AM Matthew Sanders

Officers arrested Trey L. Garrett, 26, on Monday at a Jefferson City home, according to a release from the Jefferson City Police Department. Prosecutors charged Garrett last month with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and being a dangerous felon in possession of a gun. The shooting happened June 4 on Broadway. Garrett had left by the time officers arrived, police said.

Monroe County man sentenced to life in prison for fiancee’s death

July 12, 2021 5:59 AM Meghan Drakas

A Cole County judge sentenced James Addie to life in prison without parole plus 10 years for the 2018 death of Molly Watson. Addie was convicted in April of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was sentenced at that hearing to 20 years on the armed criminal action count, but sentencing for the murder conviction was delayed until Monday.

The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services assistant director says outside counties are contributing to the majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Boone.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County active coronavirus cases and hospitalizations drop

July 9, 2021 8:31 AM ABC 17 News Team

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THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports third straight day of 50 or more new coronavirus cases

July 8, 2021 6:46 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Holts Summit man accused in Dollar General armed robbery

July 8, 2021 11:39 AM Matthew Sanders

Tyler Williams, 24, was charged Thursday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is accused of robbing a Dollar General at 1414 Missouri Blvd. on Wednesday morning, the Jefferson City Police Department said in a news release.

Silver Advisory canceled for missing 61-year-old Jefferson City man

July 8, 2021 3:15 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department has canceled an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a missing 61-year-old man that was first issued on July 1. Benjamin Seaton was located safe in Kansas City, MO. Officials say Seaton left a residential facility on foot without his necessary medications. Seaton has been diagnosed with epilepsy,

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County active coronavirus cases continues to rise; Cole County reports 9 breakthrough cases

July 7, 2021 4:25 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Parents of man killed in Jefferson City construction accident file lawsuit

July 7, 2021 3:32 PM Matthew Sanders

The parents of a man killed in a retaining wall collapse last year at a Jefferson City construction site are suing contractors and the property owner.