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FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County hospitals move back to green status

August 12, 2022 4:08 PM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Columbia city council to meet for special budget work session Saturday

August 12, 2022 5:30 PM Hannah Falcon

All of Columbia’s city council members will sit through a presentation Saturday morning on the significant changes in the proposed the fiscal year 2023 budget.

READ: Search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

August 12, 2022 3:04 PM CNN Newsource

By CNN staff The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach earlier this week. Read the unsealed search warrant below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a

FBI took 11 sets of classified material from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home while investigating possible Espionage Act violations

August 12, 2022 1:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz, Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Justice Department removed 11 sets of classified documents from former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago residence while executing a search warrant this week for possible violations of the Espionage Act and other crimes, according to court documents unsealed and released on Friday. The property

Food bank to collect donations Friday for Boone County students

August 12, 2022 5:55 AM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri plans to collect donations Friday for Boone County students. Workers will host the Pack School Pantries Food & Fund Drive at the Columbia Mall in the northeast parking lot near Wendy’s from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The donations are expected to go to

Blair Oaks hires interim superintendent

August 12, 2022 10:44 AM Matthew Sanders

The Blair Oaks School District has hired an administrator with decades of experience in Missouri as its interim superintendent.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you have reliable broadband internet?

August 12, 2022 2:29 AM ABC 17 News Team

Broadband internet remains out of reach for some people in rural areas of Mid-Missouri.

Some Columbia Public Schools sports teams asking for drivers for athletic events

August 11, 2022 6:52 PM Kennedy Miller

Some Columbia Public Schools sports teams are asking for help to get kids to and from athletic events this year.

Man shot during family disturbance in west Jefferson City

August 11, 2022 4:43 PM Matthew Sanders

Police were investigating a crime scene Thursday afternoon in west Jefferson City.

More than 1 million Missourians lack internet but the issue in Columbia is reliability

August 11, 2022 1:09 PM Hannah Falcon

Even in metropolitan areas, such as Columbia, access is not always reliable.

Jefferson City budget committee discusses increasing pay for city employees for next fiscal year

August 11, 2022 9:47 PM ABC 17 News Team

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Budget Committee met Thursday night to discuss the budget for the next fiscal year. The fiscal year starts on November 1 and goes until October 31 of 2023. The committee went over the proposed highlights for 2023 along with a discussion on revenue and the city’s financial plan

Wrongful death lawsuit filed after two-vehicle crash in Cole County

August 11, 2022 8:25 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The widow of a man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after a two-vehicle crash in October 2020 in Cole County.

Missouri Task Force 1 heads back to Columbia after helping out during historic flooding in Kentucky

August 11, 2022 5:29 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Missouri Task Force 1 is on the way back to Columbia after they received their demobilization orders Thursday morning.

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 10 case drop in hospitalizations due to COVID

August 11, 2022 3:52 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Two men charged in Montreal burglary

August 11, 2022 3:24 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Two men are facing charges following a burglary investigation in Montreal.

WATCH: Attorney General Garland gives statement in aftermath of Trump raid

August 11, 2022 1:23 PM ABC 17 News Team

Attorney General Merrick Garland made a public statement Thursday afternoon regarding the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.

CDC ends recommendations for social distancing and quarantine for Covid-19 control, no longer recommends test-to-stay in schools

August 11, 2022 2:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nation should move away from restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing and focus on reducing severe disease from Covid-19. In new guidelines released Thursday, the agency no longer recommends staying at least 6 feet away from

Merrick Garland says DOJ filed motion to unseal Trump Mar-a-Lago warrant and property receipt

August 11, 2022 1:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Zachary Cohen, CNN In his first public statement since federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said that the Justice Department had filed in court a request that the search warrant and property receipt from

Burglars cut hole in side of Ashland pharmacy building

August 11, 2022 12:11 PM Matthew Sanders

Ashland police are looking for the people responsible for cutting a hole in the wall of a pharmacy to get inside early Thursday.

Hundreds expected to attend conference in Columbia about substance abuse disorders

August 11, 2022 6:47 AM Joushua Blount

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An organization that helps people fight substance abuse disorders will gather in Columbia Thursday and Friday. The Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers (MCRSP) is scheduled to hold its Central Region Conference at the Stoney Creek Hotel. Events and speakers are expected to start at 8 a.m. and run through 4 p.m.