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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports no COVID patients in ICU or ventilators

March 30, 2022 2:50 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Biden gets his 2nd booster shot and urges Congress to spend more on pandemic: ‘We can’t wait’

March 30, 2022 11:56 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will receive his second Covid-19 booster shot and is set to urge lawmakers to secure more funding for his administration’s Covid-19 response in an afternoon speech from the White House.

Nearly 400 customers’ power restored in Columbia early Wednesday morning

March 30, 2022 4:44 AM Ben Fein

Over 400 people were without power early Wednesday morning in Central and West Columbia, according to the city’s outage map.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you frustrated with the state legislature’s lack of progress?

March 30, 2022 1:58 AM ABC 17 News Team

The Missouri General Assembly has been in session since January, but some of its major items of business remain unfinished.

Candidate filing closes with no new congressional map

March 29, 2022 5:28 AM Meghan Drakas

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s candidate filing closed Tuesday at 5 p.m. as the state’s redistricting map is still in limbo. The Missouri House passed a motion to move the maps to a convention committee that would consist of members from both the State House and State Senate. “I think it’s in our best interest

Columbia police report missing 19-year-old male found

March 29, 2022 9:40 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Columbia Police is looking for Nathaniel Reed, 19, who was last seen on Sunday evening.

Rally held at Missouri state capitol for Cannabis Freedom Act

March 29, 2022 9:28 PM ABC 17 News Team

Missourians Rallying to Legalize Marijuana held a rally at the state capitol Tuesday morning.

Life sentence recommended in killing of Jefferson City corrections officer

March 29, 2022 5:09 PM Matthew Sanders

A jury has recommended a life sentence Tuesday against the man accused of shooting and killing a Jefferson City corrections officer.

Officials say levee repairs are almost complete after the 2019 flood destroyed them

March 29, 2022 7:58 PM Kennedy Miller

Officials say they just have two more levees to repair after a flood-damaged them back in 2019.

Omicron BA.2 COVID variant detected in Missouri

March 29, 2022 11:55 AM Marina Diaz

The new omicron sub-lineage known as BA.2 has been detected in Missouri’s sewage.

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports six new COVID cases; cases down over 11% compared to last week

March 29, 2022 2:36 PM ABC 17 News Team

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First court appearance set for truck driver accused in Boone County fireman’s death

March 28, 2022 11:25 AM Kennedy Miller

A Kansas City truck driver accused in the death of a Boone County firefighter will make his first court appearance Monday afternoon.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you happy to see Albert Pujols return to the Cardinals?

March 29, 2022 1:53 AM ABC 17 News Team

The St. Louis Cardinals said Monday that they had signed franchise great Albert Pujols to a one-year contract.

Suspect charged, deputy has surgery after Randolph County shooting

March 28, 2022 9:11 AM Zachary Farwell

RANDOLPH COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Randolph County deputy reportedly shot by a suspect over the weekend had surgery Sunday, the sheriff said. The Randolph County Prosecutor’s Office has charged Jason D. Garner, 42, of Moberly, with felony counts of first-degree assault, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon. The deputy, Zachary Baker, Garner

MONDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 115 coronavirus related deaths after analyzing death certificates

March 28, 2022 2:24 PM ABC 17 News Team

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House Committee throws out governor’s plan to raise starting teacher salary

March 28, 2022 8:10 PM Hannah Falcon

In a Monday afternoon budget committee hearing, Chair Rep. Cody Smith, R-Jasper, removed the governor’s proposal to allocate $21.8 million to matching school districts in raising the starting salary for teachers to $38,000.

Bench trial scheduled for April 4 for man accused in a conspiracy to commit homicide

March 28, 2022 9:08 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Boone County court officials canceled Monday’s trial for Mehrdad Fotoohighiam and rescheduled it as a bench trial on April 4.

Jefferson City city council candidates take questions during NAACP and Jefferson City FaithVoices virtual candidate forum

March 28, 2022 5:37 PM Karl Wehmhoener

The Jefferson City NAACP and Jefferson City FaithVoices are hosting a virtual candidate forum at 6:00 p.m.

Jury delivers guilty verdict in killing of Jefferson City corrections officer

March 28, 2022 4:42 AM Meghan Drakas

A Cole County jury has convicted a man of second-degree murder, assault and other charges in connection with a 2018 fatal shooting.

Snow squall causes mass pileup on Pennsylvania highway and sends about 20 to hospitals

March 28, 2022 4:09 PM CNN Newsource

Heavy fog and precipitation from a snow squall caused a mass pileup Monday on a Pennsylvania highway and sent about 20 people to area hospitals, authorities said.