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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Cole and Boone County report single-digit COVID-19 case increases

March 3, 2021 9:44 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Report: Urban areas struggle to vaccinate eligible Missourians

March 3, 2021 1:50 PM Zola Crowder

Mass vaccination sites are underway across Mid-Missouri and some clinics are ending up with large amounts of extra vaccine doses.

State education department requests districts to provide staff vaccination plans

March 3, 2021 11:03 AM Victoria Bragg

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is set to host a webinar Wednesday with the state health department to discuss vaccination plans for educators.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you know the tornado drill was just a drill?

March 3, 2021 2:14 AM ABC 17 News Team

The state of Missouri held a statewide tornado drill Tuesday to prepare for the upcoming spring severe weather season.

National Weather Service: problem with software sent tornado alert

March 2, 2021 8:13 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service has identified what caused an alert to be sent during a statewide tornado drill. The organization says this was a mistake and the alert was supposed to go out as a planned drill. According to a tweet, the message was misinterpreted as an actual warning. The organization says

NTSB: Pilot in plane crash that killed 2 ignored ice warning

March 2, 2021 5:18 PM Associated Press

GALT, Mo. (AP) — National investigators say a pilot ignored warnings about ice and bad weather before his small plane crashed in northern Missouri last month, killing him and his passenger. The crash on Feb. 8 near Galt in Grundy County killed 82-year-old Philip Joseph LeFevre III, of Glendale, and 47-year-old Philip Joseph LeFevre IV,

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.

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports lowest positivity rate since August

March 2, 2021 8:51 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Columbia-based construction company makes shortlist for Missouri River bridge replacement project

March 2, 2021 3:54 PM Matt Ragsdale

MoDOT has started reviewing construction company proposals for the $240 million project to replace the Missouri River bridge in Rocheport.

Family of officer who died from COVID-19 denied workers comp

March 2, 2021 3:09 PM Associated Press

LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — Lebanon city officials say the family of a police officer who died of COVID-19 is being denied workers compensation. The city says Officer Kendle Blackburn died Dec. 28 after an extended battle with COVID-19. The Springfield News-Leader reports the city was told last week that its worker’s compensation provider, Missouri Employers

Health officials ask for leftover doses of coronavirus vaccine to go to eligible Missourians

March 2, 2021 11:59 AM Zola Crowder

As mass vaccination clinics continue throughout Missouri, thousands of eligible people are still waiting to receive the vaccine. However, reports have surfaced that some clinics are ending up with extra doses and allowing anyone to get the shot.

Woman denied bond in Benton County child murder case

March 2, 2021 8:48 AM Lucas Geisler

WARSAW, Mo. (KMIZ) A Benton County judge denied setting a bond for a woman accused of taking part in the death of a toddler. Kourtney Aumen made her second appearance in front of Judge Mark Pilley since her arrest in December. Law enforcement believes she and three others abused 4-year-old Jessica Mast to death late

Kansas City Chiefs linebackers coach Britt Reid

Lawyer wants ‘most serious charges’ against ex-Chiefs coach

March 2, 2021 9:22 AM Associated Press

An attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl says the crash with Reid’s truck gave the child a devastating brain injury.

Bodies of reportedly suicidal father and his two young children found in Missouri

March 1, 2021 10:57 PM CNN Newsource

BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KYTV) A sheriff in rural Missouri says the bodies of a father and his two young children have been found after they were reported missing Friday. Derrell Peak, three-year-old Mayson and four-year-old Kaiden were last seen Thursday. Their bodies were found near this highway in Benton County where a deputy had found

MONDAY UPDATES: MU Health Care announces 6,200 doses coming this weekend

March 1, 2021 8:32 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Bill would let Missourians keep unemployment overpayments

March 1, 2021 8:08 PM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A pending bill would exempt thousands of Missourians from repaying federal unemployment benefit overpayments. At issue are mistakes by Missouri’s Labor Department as it was considering a huge influx of unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency doled out roughly $146 million to 46,000 people who didn’t qualify. Gov. Mike