Mid-Missouri road crews fighting another round of snow as winter barrage continues
A look at what area transportation agencies were doing Wednesday to battle the latest round of wintry precipitation.
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Cattlemen working harder in winter weather across Missouri
COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Below freezing temperatures have brought along challenges for local cattlemen and their cattle. Missouri is ranked number 5 in beef production in the U.S. and is a driving force for the economy. According to the USDA, there are currently over 1.9 million beef cows in Missouri. “Missouri’s agriculture is an $88.4 billion
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WEATHER ALERT DAY: Snowfall continues in Mid-Missouri
The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day today with the threat of accumulating snow returning. Another disturbance moving out of the Four Corners region will bring more accumulating snow to Mid-Missouri. This looks like it’s going to affect the morning commute and potentially bring road impacts for Wednesday evening as
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Fire crews respond to explosion at propane company
Click here for updates on this story CARROLL, IA (WQAD) — Several fire departments spent hours late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning putting out a fire at a propane business in rural Carroll County. According to a volunteer firefighter on the scene, crews worked the fire from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. People
Continue Reading Man dies after trying to save calf from frozen pond
Click here for updates on this story MAGAZINE, AR (KFSM) — A man was found dead after trying to rescue a calf from a frozen pond in the Magazine area. According to the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, Jesse Roberts, 69, of Magazine, died after falling into his frozen pond while attempting to free a calf
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Columbia Public Schools, other school districts call off Thursday classes as snow falls
Several Mid-Missouri schools have called off Thursday classes as snow continues to fall on roads that are already covered or partially covered.
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The first Biden-era vaccine against Covid-19 is moving toward market, but new bumps could trip up the big launch
The Biden administration is relishing the chance to put its new-and-improved distribution program on display with the release of the forthcoming Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but as the US Food and Drug Administration weighs authorization, expectations for a massive, imminent surge in available vaccine doses have been dashed. Federal health officials now expect to get
Continue Reading Racist Zoom bombers crash Iowa state lawmaker meeting, repeatedly shouting racial slurs
Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, IA (WQAD) — Anonymous racist trolls on Saturday crashed a public meeting of Iowa state lawmakers on the video conferencing service, Zoom. The “Zoom bombing” of a virtual legislative forum hosted by four Des Moines area lawmakers comes one week after a similar incident on a
Continue Reading New Jersey attorney general is investigating claims that police officers repeatedly punched an Arab teen without provocation
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating after video footage shows multiple police officers assaulting a Muslim Arab American teenager. Osamah Alsaidi, 19 at the time, was assaulted and arrested by police officers with the Paterson Police Department in New Jersey in December, his lawyer Diego Navas said in a pre-lawsuit notice of claim.
Continue ReadingElementary PE teacher keeps students active at home
Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, NC (WLOS) — Students at one mountain school are jumping for joy — and for a healthy heart. Coach Thomas Callahan is using a jump rope to show his students how they can exercise in small spaces. Since students in the Asheville City Schools system are still
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Lab studies suggest Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variant
A new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday suggests that Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351. For the study, researchers at Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch genetically engineered versions of the virus to
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Driver in serious condition after Tuesday wreck in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUTNY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person is seriously injured after a wreck on Route F in Montgomery County Tuesday afternoon. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Alex Clark was driving a 2015 GMC 3500 southbound on Route F, one and a half miles north of High Hill, when the vehicle crossed over the center line
Continue Reading Gas prices could rise above $3 per gallon by Memorial Day
Click here for updates on this story Hartford, Connecticut (WFSB) — Drivers were warned to brace for higher gas prices in the coming days and months. GasBuddy blamed the effects that a stretch of extremely cold weather has had on refineries across the country. GasBuddy said millions of barrels of refining capacity went offline because
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State health, education leaders to take part in ABC 17 News Q&A
The heads of Missouri’s health and education departments will be part of a panel of experts taking part in a question-and-answer session Thursday on ABC 17 News at 6:30 p.m.
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Did you survive Covid? Maybe you can thank your Neanderthal ancestors
People who survive a bout of Covid-19 with mild symptoms or even no symptoms may be able to thank their Neanderthal ancestors, a new study suggests. Researchers found a genetic mutation that reduces the risk of severe Covid-19 infection by about 22%. It was found in all the samples they took of Neanderthal DNA, and
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Boone County Fire District responds to three structure fires Tuesday
BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire District responded to three fires Tuesday across the county. According to a release, the first fire happened just after 5:30 p.m. on W. Route K. Firefighters arrived to find a two-story house with smoke and flames coming from the second floor. Firefighters took control the fire and entered
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A woman struggles to use portable oxygen tank. A family sleeps in a car to keep warm. These are the stories of the storm
John Henderson says his wife is complaining that her throat hurts and is having a little trouble using portable oxygen tanks. Henderson’s power first went out Tuesday morning and stayed off for 2 hours, and then came back on around 7 p.m., then was back off again around midnight and hasn’t been on since, he
Continue ReadingHOA still undecided on couple’s Black Lives Matter flag
Click here for updates on this story LITTLETON, CO (KCNC) — Two homeowners are still waiting to learn the fate of their Black Lives Matter flag. In December, Kara and Ben Willkoff received a letter from the HOA saying their flag was not approved. “I looked in the bylaws to figure out if we were
Continue Reading Board votes to cut school police force, divert funds to Black student achievement plan
Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles (KCAL/KCBS) — The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Tuesday voted to cut 133 positions from the L.A. School Police Department, ban the use of pepper spray on students and divert $25 million in funding cut from the department to better support Black students.
Continue Reading‘To say we’re not first responders is crazy’: Calls growing louder to have police officers next in line for vaccine
Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, FL (WFOR) — Police officers are not among the groups who are next in line for vaccines. But calls are growing louder from South Florida to change that. “A report came out, Florida’s ground zero for this new strain, this B117,” said El Portal Police Chief David
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