FRIDAY UPDATES: More than 40% of Boone County residents have completed coronavirus vaccine
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Jefferson City leaders document two years since EF3 tornado
Jefferson City community leaders and organizations will be holding a Restoring Hope Press Conference on Friday morning to document the anniversary of the EF3 tornado, which hit the city two years ago.
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Kansas City adopts new funding formula for police department
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The City Council of Kansas City swiftly approved two ordinances that reallocate a portion of the police department’s budget to a new fund. The council’s approval came just hours after Mayor Quinton Lucas announced ordinances that will reallocate about $44 million of the police department’s budget to focus on new
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DEFENDERS: Mental health apps might not be as confidential with data
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mental health apps are becoming more popular, especially during the pandemic. Like any sort of app or website, your data might not be as safe as you think. Prasad Calyam with the University of Missouri Engineering school told ABC 17 News anytime a user inputs their data into an app, the user
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THURSDAY UPDATE: No Boone County residents currently hospitalized due to coronavirus
The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 19 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 49 active cases in the county, an eight case increase from tuesday. The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 18,462. The county has reported the total number of cases removed from
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Three people file lawsuits against Missouri over lack of Medicaid expansion
The plaintiffs from Fenton, St. Louis and Springfield filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to force state leaders to expand the program to cover low-income working adults. The lawsuit names the Missouri Department of Social Services, which runs the state’s Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, along with several social services officials.
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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports active coronavirus cases remains below 50
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Missouri fails to pass ‘Rush Limbaugh Day’ bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An effort to make Jan. 12 “Rush Limbaugh Day” in Missouri has failed. The Republican-led Legislature ended its annual session last week without passing the bill. Several Missouri state lawmakers had proposed honoring the late Limbaugh every year on his birthday. But the measure was stripped from several bills after
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THEN AND NOW: Tornado path video shows recovery progress in Jefferson City
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Saturday, May 22 will mark two years since an EF-3 tornado left a path of destruction between Eldon and Jefferson City. The above drone footage from 2019 and 2021 shows how far efforts to rebuild the capital city have come. On Sunday, ABC 17’s Connor Hirsch returns to some of the areas hit
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UM Curators to vote Wednesday on new indoor practice facility, tuition increases
If the board approves the proposed tuition increases, out-of-state and in-state undergraduate and graduate Mizzou students will see a five percent jump in tuition cost, starting this fall.
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Vaccine deliveries increase to Missouri, but still less than half of previous allocations
After a few weeks of a drop in demand, Missouri is seeing an increase in requests for vaccine doses across the state, including here in Mid-Missouri.
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St. Louis man who waved rifle at protest running for Senate
Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis personal injury lawyer who gained national attention after he and his wife waved guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home last summer, says he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2022. McCloskey made the announcement Tuesday on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News. Incumbent Missouri Republican
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Missouri man charged in brother’s deaths accused of fraud
A Missouri farmer accused of attempting to cover up a $215,000 cattle fraud scheme by killing two Wisconsin brothers has been indicted on a federal mail fraud charge. Twenty-seven-year-old Garland Joseph Nelson already is awaiting trial on state murder and other charges in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel, of Shawano
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Court: Medical marijuana license applications not secret
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state appeals court says Missouri cannot keep medical marijuana license applications secret. The Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday on a lawsuit filed by a California-based company that was denied a license in Missouri. The company said it needed to see information from successful applicants to challenge why
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Missouri lawmakers pass longtime priorities
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has pushed through a number of longtime priorities that failed to get across the finish line for years. The list of successes from the session that ended Friday includes a prescription drug monitoring program, which took lawmakers a decade to pass. Lawmakers this year also approved a
Continue Reading Missouri judge rules against law stripping state union power
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge says a 2018 law was wrongly used to end significant union protections for state workers. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem last week ruled that state agencies unconstitutionally used the 2018 law to ignore union-negotiated contracts. The law made most state workers at-will employees, meaning they could be
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Some retail stores end mask requirements for vaccinated customers
Hy-Vee dropped its mask requirement for fully-vaccinated customers Tuesday, joining other major retailers like Target, Walmart, Costco, Sam’s Club, CVS, and Schnucks.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Was Gov. Parson right to stop Medicaid expansion?
Parson said his administration is pulling back its plans to expand eligibility in the government health care program. The governor said without funding from the legislature, the state constitution’s prohibition on unfunded mandates means he can’t expand eligibility.
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New land donated to Oakley Church after January vandalism
TEBBETTS, MO (KMIZ) Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is planning to move to a new area after January vandalism, MFA Oil Company donated 3 acres for the church’s relocation efforts. Oakley Chapel was vandalized in January, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department arrested five teenagers earlier this year for allegedly breaking in and damaging the
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University of Missouri faculty and staff return to the office
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU’s faculty and staff is also headed back to the office today. Masks are no longer required outdoors on the university’s campus. The CDC issued guidelines last week saying fully vaccinated people can be without a mask indoors and outdoors with only a few exceptions. An MU spokesperson who says people will
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