THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports second coronavirus-related death this week
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Jefferson City Board of Education to discuss district’s back-to-school plan
The Jefferson City Board of Education is set to meet Thursday at 6 p.m. to discuss the district’s back-to-school plan, among other topics.
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New health director on coronavirus in kids: ‘Delta variant is vastly different than the alpha variant’
The new health director from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Donald Kauerauf, said the delta variant of COVID-19 is affecting children “vastly” different than the alpha variant and should be treated as an entirely new disease.
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Man injured after falling out of the back of a truck in Randolph County
A 67-year-old man was injured Wednesday after he fell out of the bed of a truck.
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Police receive report of man with gun at Sedalia junior high school
Sedalia police say they arrested a man on suspicion of trespassing and making a terrorist threat Thursday after a report of a person armed with a gun on the Smith-Cotton Junior High School campus.
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MU Health Care offering weekend drive-thru flu shots
MU Health Care is offering drive-thru flu shots for adults and children six months and older on the last weekend in September and first weekend in October at the South Providence Medical Park from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Jefferson City woman gets probation after pleading guilty in steroids case
According to the Cole County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Amber Duenkel, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty Monday to an amended felony count of possession of a controlled substance. She was previously charged with a felony count of distribution of a controlled substance.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should murals be removed from the Boone County Courthouse?
The lawyers object to violent and racist depictions, including a man being whipped for a crime, slave labor and a Native American with a gun pointed at him. But another lawyer told ABC 17 News that while those images might be offensive, that’s the point — to depict life as it was, including the brutality.
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Man arrested for 2018 alleged ax attack in Columbia
A Columbia man is charged with assault after an alleged incident in 2018 involving an ax at a home.
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Columbia woman agrees to plea deal in federal child pornography case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has agreed to a plea deal after being charged in 2019 in federal court with child pornography charges. Brittany Bailey was charged in May 2019 with knowingly distributing child pornography and conspiring with others to distribute and receive it. Bailey has agreed to plead guilty, charging her with the
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Cole County Commission announces the hiring of the new emergency management director
Nicholas Tietsort will take over Emergency Management operations beginning Oct. 18.
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Truck crashes into home in central Columbia; one person pinned under vehicle
A pickup truck crashed into a home in central Columbia on Wednesday afternoon.
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Missing Boone County man’s family seeks answers 10 years later
Wednesday marks 10 years since a Harrisburg man disappeared under suspicious circumstances.
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Boone County lawyers ask commission to move courthouse murals
The effort spearheaded by Rusty Antel and Gary Oxenhandler asks the county commission to take out murals placed on the landings of the courthouse steps. The lawyers say the depictions in some of them of people being whipped and hanged sends the wrong message to people either visiting the courthouse or defending themselves in a criminal case.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County to update information hub Thursday morning
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting that today’s update will be posted Thursday morning. Boone County ranks seventh in the state with the most coronavirus cases in total volume in the past week. Cases are down 14.5% on the week. The county has a 8.4% positive test rate, according to the Missouri
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Mizzou reports incidents of community members being harassed with racist and homophobic slurs
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Office for Civil Rights & Title IX are investigating reports of individuals harassing community members with racist and homophobic slurs in and around campus. On the evening of Sept. 6, officers responded to a report of people in a truck yelling inappropriate comments near Hitt Street and University
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SUV crashes into Boone County Fire Protection District headquarters
At least one person was taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon after an SUV crashed into the Boone County Fire Protection District headquarters.
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Lawmakers, witnesses say Biden’s vaccine plan will harm industry
The Missouri House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Wednesday from witnesses representing prominent industries who lamented the harm they say President Joe Biden’s vaccine plan will cause employers.
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Man charged with deadly lake shooting appears in court
A Hickory County man charged in connection with a deadly shooting at the Lake of the Ozarks appeared in court Wednesday morning.
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Boone County prosecutor to dismiss murder case against JT McLean
Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that he plans to dismiss the case against JT McLean. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office sent a notice on Tuesday that McLean had died last week.
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