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THURSDAY UPDATE: Boone County reports 127 hospitalizations, 14 hospitalizations are Boone County residents
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Continue ReadingThe Columbia Public Schools Board of Education met Thursday morning to discuss how the tax cuts due to a court decision in Franklin County will affect the school district’s budget.
Continue ReadingState Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) said in a tweet that her husband Steve Walsh had passed away.
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City School District superintendent will join ABC 17 News This Morning on Thursday.
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will require nursing homes to have all their employees vaccinated to receive federal Medicare and Medicaid funds. It’s the latest step Biden has taken to increase vaccination rates as another wave of coronavirus — this time powered by the more contagious delta variant — sweeps the country.
Continue ReadingGASCONADE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Maries County escapee was caught Wednesday morning in Gasconade County after a search of a residence. According to Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Christopher Koepke, a recent escapee from the Maries County Sheriff’s Office, was found at a house on High St. in Bland. Koepke was discovered hiding in
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lawsuit has shed new light on a new Missouri state law on guns about local law enforcements agencies’ ability to enforce federal gun laws. The US Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms filed a memo with those details in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Second Amendment Preservation Act that stops state police
Continue ReadingThe Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccine can now be given at least 28 days after the first two doses if the patient is diagnosed with conditions that leave them more vulnerable to the virus because of their immune system.
Continue ReadingUnder the blistering summer sun, Cade Lightle moved into a University of Missouri dorm hall with the help of his parents.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was found guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action Wednesday for a December 2019 shooting at the Welcome Inn in Columbia. Kevin J. Lambert shot and killed Marceino Carlous Moore after shooting him in the head. Moore’s body was later discovered in a car in the Welcome Inn
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A federal jury convicted a Columbia man Wednesday for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. According to a release, Darren Wade Lasley, 32, responded by email to an online classified advertisement on Craigslist that was placed as part of an undercover operation by a detective in
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Engineers at the University of Missouri have partnered with MoDOT to test mixing plastic waste into the asphalt pavement mixtures on Stadium Blvd. in efforts to make the pavement overlay last longer. Professor of civil and environmental engineering at Mizzou, Bill Buttlar, says normal pavement mixtures are created from asphalt and other
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Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said Wednesday he will require nursing homes to have their employees vaccinated to receive federal Medicare and Medicaid funds.
Continue ReadingDaijahn A. Reed, 22, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery and a count of brandishing a gun during a violent crime, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District of Missouri.
Continue ReadingThe three districts in Osage County all have different plans when it comes to face coverings.
Continue ReadingASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 News sat down with the Superintendent of Southern Boone School District Christopher Felmlee to talk about the upcoming school year and how it might differ from the last. Felmlee covered topics including vaccines, COVID-19 precautions, masking and academic changes for the approximately 1,900 students who attend Southern Boone. The first day
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Freshmen at the University of Missouri are preparing to move in to the dorms Wednesday and Thursday, and compared to this time last year, MU student COVID-19 cases have decreased significantly. On Aug. 28, 2020 there were 228 student cases. According to the latest data from Monday, there were only 18 student
Continue ReadingThe move to OK a third shot could come as early as this week. Federal regulators last week authorized a third shot for people with weakened immune systems.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local U.S. Army veterans in Columbia shared their concerns Tuesday regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country. “I honestly think we kind of need to be there, personally, but then again, it’s also a battle kind of like Vietnam was, you know you can’t win
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