COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey won his first election Tuesday, defeating Democratic opponent Elad Gross. Bailey was originally appointed by Gov. Mike Parson to replace Eric Schmitt, who left the role after being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022. “It’s truly humbling to serve the people of the state of Missouri and
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OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has secured his Senate seat. The Associated Press called the Missouri Senate race in favor of the incumbent senator, with Hawley defeating Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce by taking 56% of the vote. Hawley took the stage at his watch party Tuesday night accompanied by his wife and three
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Watch the ABC 17 News Election Night 2024 live stream in the player.
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared winners Tuesday in some states where polls had just closed, and in some cases before any votes had been released. How is that possible? While hotly contested races that take hours or days to count may attract the most attention, the AP for decades has called
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team landed at No. 24 ranking in the first College Football Playoff Selection Committee rankings of the season, on Tuesday night. The news comes just days after MU fell out of the AP Top-25, following the loss to Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company are 6-2
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was sentenced to 40 years in prison without parole on Tuesday for child sex crimes, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Norman Kennedy, 41, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal
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By Nicole Goodkind and Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — US stock futures rose early on Wednesday and bitcoin jumped as Donald Trump was headed for wins in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, shrinking Kamala Harris’ possible paths to victory. Futures on the Dow climbed 2.84%, while the S&P 500
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 53-year-old Kaiser woman was seriously injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Route TT, just north of Putt N Bay Drive, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says that the crash occurred when a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer – driven by the woman – was heading south
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By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — What are exit polls? They’re a set of surveys that ask voters whom they voted for, as well as additional questions about their political opinions, the factors they considered in the election and their own backgrounds more broadly. That helps us better understand who came out to vote, how
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou faces an old Big 12 foe this week when the Oklahoma Sooners come to town. Except now, both teams are in the SEC. The Tigers were last on the field over a week ago, suffering a shutout loss to Alabama. Now the team will look to get back on track after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Trader Joe’s, the iconic little grocery store with a novel selection of items, plans to set up shop in Columbia. A spokesperson for the company confirmed reports Tuesday that the chain will open a Columbia location. The store is not yet posted on Trader Joe’s “opening soon” listings and the spokesperson says
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According to Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger, Larry Karhoff, 53, was sentenced to 30 years at the Missouri Department of Corrections for drug trafficking and firearm charges.
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CNN By Eric Levenson, Tami Luhby and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — American voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose the country’s next leaders in a mass democratic experiment in which tens of millions of votes will be cast without incident. Still, scattered issues with voter eligibility; logistical problems such as long lines and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the polls open across Missouri for Election Day, there are some big races and issues that will be listed on the ballot. Missourians will see five state amendments and a statewide proposition on the ballot. Amendment Two would allow sports betting in Missouri with a 10% tax to be appropriated for
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Election Day is finally here. We’ve been building up to this for months—or, more accurately, to the counting of the votes. Things aren’t expected to go too late here in Missouri, but it’s anyone’s guess how late the presidential race will go. Last time, in 2020, the race was not decided until the following weekend.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) An insurance company was ordered to pay Ryan Ferguson nearly $38 million in damages after it failed to pay him from a previous wrongful conviction lawsuit. Ferguson’s attorney, Michael Berry, provided ABC 17 News with a copy of a Cole County jury verdict ruling in favor of Ferguson and six former
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were more than 900 electric customers without power in the southern portion of Mid-Missouri on Monday night. There were 635 Laclede Electric Co-op customers in Pulaski County without power, while 155 Intercounty Electric Cooperartive customers in Phelps County without power and 122 Gascosage Electric Cooperative customers in Maries County experiencing an
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (KMIZ) Despite a dominant first half effort, the Mizzou men’s basketball team could not hang on for a win in Monday night’s season opener. Memphis came back from a 14-point deficit to win 83-75 at FedEx Forum. Head coach Dennis Gates’ crew came out of the gates strong on the scoring front, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with four felonies in Callaway County after leading law enforcement on a chase on Saturday. Alquino Porter, 38, was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest and three misdemeanors: Driving without a license, following another vehicle too closely and failure to register a vehicle.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians should know the winner of all state races by 11 p.m. on Election Night, according to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft. Polling locations in Missouri can’t begin counting votes until the polls close at 7 p.m. Ashcroft said the secretary of state’s office also wont begin releasing initial results until then.
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