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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you vote Tuesday?

April 7, 2021 2:00 AM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri held municipal and school board elections Tuesday.

Two incumbents elected to the Jefferson City Board of Education

April 6, 2021 5:27 PM Meghan Drakas

Ken Enloe and Lindsey Rowden are currently both on the Jefferson City Board of Education and seeking reelection

Newcomers Sasser and Snodgrass defeat incumbent in Columbia’s Board of Education race

April 6, 2021 12:27 PM Connor Hirsch

After a year for school districts across the country that was unlike any in recent history, five Columbia residents are asking voters for a spot on the seven-member Board of Education.

Betsy Peters wins Columbia’s Sixth Ward race

April 6, 2021 2:44 PM Zola Crowder

Peters is seeking her third term in a race that includes business owners Philip Merriman and Randy Minchew.

ELECTION NIGHT UPDATES: Boone County results final; Sasser, Snodgrass, Waner, Peters win

April 6, 2021 5:47 PM ABC 17 News Team

Check back here for updates throughout the night.

One person seriously injured after wreck on Highway 50 in Jefferson City

April 6, 2021 10:22 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police report one person is seriously injured after a three-vehicle wreck on Highway 50 Tuesday afternoon. According to officials, Jennifer Kingsley was driving a 2007 Pontiac Torrent and failed to stop rear-ending two vehicles. Kingsley was not wearing a seatbelt. She was taken to a Columbia hospital for treatment.

Three candidates face off for the open Columbia City Council Ward 2 seat.

Waner wins Ward 2 Columbia City Council seat

April 6, 2021 6:25 PM Zach Boetto

The chair of Columbia’s Human Rights Commission has won an open seat on the Columbia City Council.

Columbia police identify remains as those of Mengqi Ji

April 6, 2021 10:24 AM Matthew Sanders

Remains found last month at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park are those of a Columbia woman last seen in October 2019.

TUESDAY UPDATES: South African coronavirus variant found in adult living in Jackson County

April 6, 2021 10:14 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reclamite surface treatment to begin across Boone County Monday

April 6, 2021 6:34 PM Karl Wehmhoener

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Resource Management and contractor Corrective Asphalt Materials will begin reclamite surface treatment beginning next Monday at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day one lane at a time. While a lane is being treated, one-way traffic will be allowed on the opposite lane. No parking will be allowed on

Vote here sign at Miller Performing Arts Center

2 Jefferson City Council members keep their seats in re-election

April 6, 2021 6:04 PM Victoria Bragg

The economy and public safety are two of the issues candidates are emphasizing in four contested Jefferson City Council races.

88 pounds of meth seized during I-70 traffic stop in Saline County

April 6, 2021 5:54 PM Karl Wehmhoener

SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) After stopping a vehicle on Monday for a traffic violation, a state trooper found 88 pounds of meth, a gun and $5,505 in cash. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A, a traffic stop occurred on Interstate 70 in Saline County. A probable cause search revealed the meth, gun and

Live April election results

April 6, 2021 5:28 PM ABC 17 News Team

Polls close at 7 p.m.

Cole County massage business named in civil lawsuit by Missouri attorney general

April 6, 2021 4:54 PM ABC 17 News Team

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City massage business calls a civil lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General “slander and stereotypes against Asians.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a news release that his office filed four civil lawsuits against illicit massage businesses operating in Missouri, including Blue Lotus Asian Massage Therapy in Cole