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Rural mid-Missouri hospitals could feel impacts of COVID-19 vaccine mandate

November 10, 2021 3:58 PM Deborah Kendrick

By January 4, nearly 17 million healthcare workers will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Murder suspect’s wife reacts after he’s captured in Iowa

November 10, 2021 12:18 PM Erika McGuire

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Mark Achterberg was taken into custody Wednesday night in Creston, Iowa. Boone County prosecutors charged Achterberg on Tuesday with first degree murder in the shooting death of Justin W. Stidman. “This is such a sad and preventable situation,” said Kerra Prohaska, Achterberg’s wife. “My heart goes

State offers credit and identity theft monitoring to 620,000 educators

November 10, 2021 9:05 PM ABC 17 News Team

Missouri is offering credit and identity theft monitoring services to 620,000 current and former educators who may have been affected by a data incident last month.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports the largest coronavirus case increase since Oct. 25

November 10, 2021 6:24 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Fulton city manager announces retirement

November 10, 2021 3:16 PM Karl Wehmhoener

FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Fulton city manager Bill Johnson announced his retirement after 25 years of service. His last day will be January 7, 2022. During Johnson’s tenure, he has directed many city improvements. In addition, he has served on various public service groups and won the J.T. Bell Award in 2014 as city manager of

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Critical Race Theory be taught at the high school level?

November 10, 2021 2:06 AM Karl Wehmhoener

Three state lawmakers addressed the Columbia Board of Education about Critical Race Theory at its meeting Monday night. Rep. Chuck Basye said that he felt that Critical Race Theory, often referred to as CRT, was being taught in Columbia Public Schools. The lawmaker said that he has proof it is being taught. Rep. David Tyson

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports active coronavirus cases remains below 250

November 9, 2021 6:12 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Columbia woman announces bid for Missouri House of Representatives

November 9, 2021 7:34 AM Zachary Farwell

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia woman has announced her candidacy for the Missouri House of Representatives. According to a press release, Chimene Schwach will run as a Democrat for the House District 46 seat. Chimene Schwach, of Columbia, announced plans this week to run for the Missouri House of Representatives. Schwach will challenge for the

Mid-Missouri areas begin discussions on how federal infrastructure funds will be used as Biden could sign the bill sometime next week

November 8, 2021 5:32 PM Chanel Porter

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Friday, the House passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. If signed by President Biden, Missouri is set to receive around $9 billion, meaning that cities have begun discussions on how this money will be used. MoDOT director, Patrick McKenna, says there are thousands of projects in the works across the

MONDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports 55 new coronavirus cases; active cases drop

November 8, 2021 6:30 AM ABC 17 News Team

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SUNDAY UPDATES: Nearly 1,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19

November 7, 2021 2:26 PM Chanel Porter

The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 6.8% on Sunday. An additional 656 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 708,638. There have also been 153,720 probable antigen test results being positive, with 111 added Sunday. No new deaths were

SATURDAY UPDATES: Over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded across Missouri

November 6, 2021 3:02 PM Chanel Porter

The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 6.7% on Saturday. An additional 1,054 new COVID-19 cases were added bringing the total of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic is now 707,982. There have also been 153,609 probable antigen test results being positive, with 425 added Saturday. Seven new deaths were

CDC releases illustration of the Coronavirus.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Lake Regional revises visitor policy

November 5, 2021 8:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Missouri Attorney General’s Office files lawsuit to stop federal vaccine mandate

November 5, 2021 7:21 AM Zachary Farwell

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed another lawsuit Friday in an effort to stop the federal vaccine mandate. Missouri, nearly a dozen other states, and several businesses, including Holts Summit-based Doolittle Trailers Manufacturing, Inc., announced plans on Thursday to file the lawsuit against the Biden Administration. “The federal government should not

Supply chain shortage impacting local food bank

November 4, 2021 5:37 PM Erika McGuire

The ongoing supply chain shortage and the holidays right around the corner, The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri is feeling the impact.

THURSDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports largest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks

November 4, 2021 6:23 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Mid-Missourians ask redistricting commission to keep new districts within county lines

November 4, 2021 1:29 PM Hannah Falcon

Mid-Missourians vouch for new voting districts to be drawn within existing county lines at Thursday morning’s public hearing.

Holts Summit business part of new lawsuit by state attorney general after OSHA releases vaccine mandate rules

November 4, 2021 9:11 AM Molly Stawinoga

issouri’s attorney general says he will file a lawsuit on Friday in an attempt to block the federal vaccine mandate for private employers.

SCAM ALERT: Better Business Bureau provides clues to spot a scam

November 4, 2021 5:15 AM Zola Crowder

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) How people get scammed has changed over the years, and the Better Business Bureau has adjusted on how to spot a scam. There are several red flags to keep an eye out for, including when on a website, dealing with unknown calls or texts, dealing with identity theft, and paying for something.

Voters in Osage Beach Fire Protection District reject property tax increase

November 3, 2021 7:51 PM Erika McGuire

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Camden and Miller counties voted against a 30-cent increase for every $100 of value. That money would have funded new equipment and a new location for the fire department to reduce response times. The new location of the fire department would have been a mile and a half away