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Emergency services warn of heat exhaustion ahead of this weekend’s Show-Me State Games

July 24, 2021 4:33 AM Hannah Falcon

As Show-Me State Game participants pack up their cleats, rackets and frisbees, they need to remember lots of water, too!

Triple digit temperatures hitting mid-Missouri this weekend.

MU Health Care doctor shares heat safety

July 23, 2021 9:42 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With the heat indices expected to reach triple digits this weekend, an MU Health Care doctor says it’s important to be prepared to cool yourself and your loved ones down. According to the Stormtrack Weather Team, between noon and 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday is expected to be the hottest of

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County active coronavirus cases drop for the first time in two weeks; remains above 700

July 23, 2021 9:55 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Show-Me State Games return for week two as extreme heat settles in

July 23, 2021 5:49 AM Zola Crowder

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day as hot temperatures are expected this weekend and the Show-Me State Games week two start Friday. Tennis, baseball, youth tackle football and track and field all have events starting Friday and go through the weekend. The Stormtrack Weather Team said

Missouri Supreme Court sides with Medicaid expansion supporters

July 22, 2021 1:32 PM Matthew Sanders

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion does not violate the state constitution’s prohibition on voters creating new programs that aren’t funded. The court in its unanimous 14-page decision sent the case back to Cole County circuit court and instructed the judge to enter a judgment

THURSDAY UPDATES: Gov. Parson directs state resources to Springfield-Greene County due to rise in COVID-19 cases

July 22, 2021 7:49 AM ABC 17 News Team

Gov. Mike Parson is sending additional personnel and equipment to Springfield and Greene County to assist in the fight against COVID-19 and support the local health care system. “Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with our local partners to provide support and resources as quickly as logistically possible, and that has not changed,” Governor Parson

More than 100,000 sign up for Missouri vaccine incentive program in less than a day

July 22, 2021 1:19 PM Hannah Falcon

Those in the blue tier are eligible for an education savings account through the Missouri State Treasurer’s MOST 529 program instead of the lottery-like prize for the other two tiers.

Opioid settlement worth millions of dollars announced in St. Louis

July 22, 2021 9:18 AM Leila Mitchell

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said the state could expect more than half a billion dollars as part of a settlement between several states and painkiller manufacturers. Attorney General Schmitt made the announcement alongside the families of people affected by the opioid epidemic. Schmitt said the final details of the settlement

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Missouri’s vaccine incentives work?

July 22, 2021 2:05 AM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri is having a surge in coronavirus cases health officials say is being powered by the more contagious delta variant combined with a low vaccination rate. About 40% of the state is fully vaccinated.

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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Missouri to offer cash prizes for coronavirus vaccine; new health director named

July 21, 2021 2:23 PM Chanel Porter

The state will offer people 12 and older who have had at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine a chance to enter a drawing for $10,000 starting Aug. 13. Drawings will be held every two weeks through Oct. 8. People under 18 will be entered to win a $10,000 education savings account.

Missouri governor receives federal pandemic loan for farm

July 21, 2021 3:39 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has received roughly $6,300 for his beef cattle ranch through a federal program designed to help small businesses during the pandemic. The Kansas City Star on Tuesday reported Parson was approved for a $6,288 loan in March. The loan is part of a federal effort

Delta variant in Missouri goes from single digits to nearly 90% in two months

July 21, 2021 5:28 AM Zola Crowder

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the delta variant now accounts for nearly 90% of all new COVID-19 cases in Missouri. In less than two months, the proportion of the delta variant in Missouri went from less than 7% to just under 90%. On June 8,

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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Missouri treasurer sues secretary of state over amendment

July 20, 2021 3:10 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri treasurer is suing the Missouri secretary of state over a proposed constitutional amendment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick on Monday sued fellow Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. Fitzpatrick is suing over a proposed constitutional amendment that would change how his office invests taxpayer money.

Full federal appeals court to consider Missouri abortion law

July 20, 2021 3:07 PM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A full federal appeals court panel is rehearing a case over Missouri abortion restrictions. The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals last week decided to take up the case on its own motion. At issue is a 2019 state law to ban abortions as soon as eight weeks into pregnancy and

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

Missouri vaccine outreach aims to be non-confrontational

July 19, 2021 5:48 PM Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — With the delta variant causing a surge of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in southwestern Missouri, health officials have taken to going door-to-door in an effort to encourage vaccinations. The Kansas City Star recently followed along as health officials knocked on doors in Springfield, handing out brochures. The newspaper reports that

WATCH: State legislative committee holds hearing on critical race theory; Democrats respond

July 19, 2021 12:15 PM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Education will hold a hearing Monday on critical race theory at The 1619 Project.