JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A new community foster home opened in Jefferson City. Coyote Hill is located off Karen Drive near downtown. Six foster children will be able to live in the residence at once. We spoke to Karie Hopkins with Coyote Hill who says the number of children in foster care in Missouri is
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Jefferson City police say they arrested a man early Tuesday on suspicion of making threats with a gun inside an Elizabeth Street residence.
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SSM, the organization that owns St. Mary’s Hospital, announced Monday that it will require all of its employees to get the coronavirus vaccine by September.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City officials are still working to clean up and repair roads following flash flood warnings and plenty of rain. Both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Jefferson City Public Works say despite that intense weather, the river levels crested Monday and the levee is holding strong. Conditions continue to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people have minor injuries after a morning wreck on the 2200 block of US 54 in Cole County. According to the Jefferson City police, Chaely Berger was driving a 2009 Nissan Murano and failed to notice slowing traffic before rearending a 2020 Ford F-150 driven by James Winemiller. Both driver
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Senate Bill 1, a clean Federal Reimbursement Allowance renewal, was introduced in the state House Monday morning. A clean FRA means there were no amendments.
Continue Reading Two single-vehicle crashes happened in the same spot within minutes of each other on the same stretch of road Sunday evening in Jefferson City, police said.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri House is set to introduce the Federal Reimbursement Allowance in a special session on Monday after it was passed in the Senate early Saturday morning. Normally, the FRA is passed with bipartisan support. The special session was called after the legislature failed to pass the FRA for the first
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Continue Reading Jefferson City police worked two crashes with minor injuries Friday morning, with wet roads contributing to one of them.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri state representative said changes he suggested to the state’s parole eligibility were not intended to apply to a Cole County woman serving a life sentence for murder. Rep. Mark Sharp, D-Kansas City, told ABC 17 News he did not support an early release for Alyssa Bustamante, the St. Martins
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 23-year-old Jefferson City woman was seriously injured Thursday morning after her car went airborne on Highway 50 in Osage County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Sue Archibong was traveling eastbound on Highway 50 in her 2012 Nissan Sentra when it veered off the road and became
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Legislation to ban the teaching of critical race theory was submitted this week in the Missouri Senate, which is in special session to work on laws related to a tax that helps fund Medicaid.
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The first Special Session held Wednesday at the Missouri State Capitol
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A special session starts at noon Wednesday with the goal of extending the Federal Reimbursement Allowance, a tax that helps fund Medicaid. Gov. Mike Parson announced the special session Tuesday after setting a noon deadline to reach a deal on extension of the tax that could be passed during a special
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A national advocacy group wants Gov. Mike Parson to veto a criminal justice bill over changes to the state’s parole board hearings. The National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers called for the veto of Senate Bill 26, which deals with several public safety issues. Included in the bill is a
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Jefferson City firefighters were still working Tuesday to put out hot spots after a train car caught fire the night before.
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Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday attended the reopening celebration of a car dealership damaged by a tornado in 2019.
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An officer spotted the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Saline County, late Monday morning, according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release.
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The lawsuit, filed last month by three people who would be eligible for coverage under expansion, seeks to force the state to enroll the newly eligible in Medicaid despite the legislature not appropriating money for expansion and the governor withdrawing plans to open up Medicaid rolls to more people.
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