The letters follow a Nov. 22 Cole County judge’s ruling in Robinson v. Department of Health and Senior Services. Judge Daniel Green ruled non-elected officials cannot issue and enforce public health orders in Missouri. Schmitt told ABC 17 News that his office took time to interpret how the ruling will affect the rest of Missouri before crafting the letters.
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The city council voted unanimously Monday night to put a $44 million bond issue on the April ballot. The money would pay for improvements and extensions of the sewer system, according to the ordinance authorizing the ballot issue.
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Lynlee Renick is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the deadly shooting of her husband, Ben Renick, at his snake-breeding facility in 2017. Prosecutors allege Lynlee Renick enlisted two friends in her plot to kill her husband after her spa had financial troubles. However, they accuse Lynlee Renick of pulling the trigger.
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The order means that all three major Biden vaccine policies for people not employed by the federal government — the mandates for contractors, certain health care workers and employees of larger companies — are frozen across the country.
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Gilbane Motorsports will honor Skylar Maddox, 25, of Columbia, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Waves Cider Company, 604 Nebraska Ave. Maddox died Nov. 30. Susan Hanel, 72, of Columbia, has been charged with several crimes in the crash, including driving while under the influence of drugs.
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Emergency dispatchers sent out a public alert on the crash at Old 63 and Bluffdale Drive at about 8:15 a.m. A firefighter at the scene said three cars were involved. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the two men’s injuries were.
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Lawyers for Joseph Elledge filed the motion Friday in Boone County.
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Renick is accused of killing her husband, world-renowned snake breeder, Ben Renick on the couple’s Montgomery County property on June 8, 2017.
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President Joe Biden on Monday touted a provision of his Build Back Better plan that would cap prices on insulin, which is considered a vital medication for millions of Americans. However, the pharmaceutical industry opposes any price caps, saying they’ll cut into revenue and dampen innovation.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are looking for a driver after an SUV crashed into a Columbia home early Tuesday morning. An ABC 17 News crew saw at least five Columbia Police Department patrol cruisers around 2:15 a.m. at the scene of the crash near Leslie Lane and Newton Drive. Police said the driver wasn’t at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man accused of crashing into cars during a police chase that sent multiple people to the hospital. Deputies say 60-year-old Harold Fogle sped off in a ford explorer Thursday near I-70 and Providence rd. Fogle allegedly ran a red light and hit two
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WARSAW, Mo. (KMIZ) Kourtney Aumen’s lawyers filed to dismiss her charges that she is accused of abusing and killing 4-year-old Jessica Mast. Aumen’s lawyers say the charges do not state a cause against Aumen and do not inform Aumen of the nature and substance of the charges against her. Law enforcement believes she and three
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VERSAILLES, Mo. (KMIZ) A Morgan County prosecutor has charged two men with sex crimes after the victim talked with Morgan County Sheriff’s detectives in Oct. 2021. The victim told detectives that Jason Fields had molested her in 2015 and Logan Hood had raped her in 2019. Prosecutors also charged Fields and Hood with incest. According
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is recommending a 5.5% pay raise and a $15-an-hour minimum wage for state employees. The Republican governor said he wants the pay increase to take effect Feb. 1. It would need approval from the state Legislature when the session begins
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Lawyers for a woman accused of killing her snake breeder husband in Montgomery County blamed Ben Renick’s death on his wife’s ex-boyfriend during opening statements in her murder trial Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Health Director Stephanie Browning and city council members discussed how issues in the 2014 Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence have already been addressed in the community and what still needs improvement in the future. This discussion took place at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Watch the presentation replay
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ABC 17 News crews saw several police units and officers on foot searching areas of central Columbia. Cpl. Kyle Green with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said police asked troopers for help while they were pursuing a stolen vehicle. The driver ditched the vehicle and ran in the area of Worley Street before troopers arrived and witnesses say he was armed, Green said.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit Kansas City Wednesday to promote the recently passed infrastructure law. The White House on Saturday did not announce the exact location of Biden’s visit. It is his first time in Kansas City as president but he visited the area in March 2020 as he campaigned
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