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Parson previews new guidelines for opening Missouri business

April 24, 2020 2:39 PM Matthew Sanders

Gov. Mike Parson and state leaders are scheduled to hold a daily COVID-19 briefing at 3 p.m. Friday.

Two residents of Moniteau County retirement community test positive for COVID-19

April 24, 2020 2:18 PM Matthew Sanders

A California retirement community has quarantined its 24 residents after two tested positive this week for COVID-19.

Boone County approves local match for grant to bring technical school to Ashland

April 24, 2020 12:13 PM Matthew Sanders

The Boone County Commission on Thursday approved a $100,000 local match for a grant that would help bring a technical college campus to Ashland.

Sheriff’s department: Man claiming COVID-19 exposure spits on deputy

April 24, 2020 11:49 AM Matt Ragsdale

Boone County deputies arrested a Colorado man on Thursday afternoon after he alleged he had been exposed to COVID-19 and spat on a deputy.

DEFENDERS: Text tricks people into COVID-19 scams

April 23, 2020 8:30 PM Deborah Kendrick

The Missouri Attorney General is warning Missourians to keep an eye out for scammers trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

THURSDAY UPDATES: 19 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Southeast Correctional Center

April 23, 2020 5:17 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back throughout the day for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governor Parson expected to release guidance Friday on how state will reopen

April 23, 2020 8:22 PM Connor Hirsch

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The governor is expected to release more information about what reopening the state will look like on Friday. The “Stay Home Missouri” order is set to lift on May 4th. Parson said another order with guidance on how businesses will resume will likely take it’s place. He mentioned it may be

First responders recognize health care workers in Cole County

April 23, 2020 8:01 PM Katie Greathouse

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. First responders gathered outside Jefferson City hospitals to recognize health care workers Thursday night. Members from the Jefferson City police and fire departments as well as Cole County EMS paid tribute to workers at SSM Health St. Mary’s and Capitol Region by cheering, honking and flashing their car lights. The tribute lasted

Rural Mid-Missouri communities increase COVID-19 testing

April 23, 2020 7:20 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A COVID-19 testing laboratory in Columbia says it is seeing rural communities across Missouri increase COVID-19 testing. “That landscape is shifting a lot,” said Tim McCarty, the Marketing Director of GeneTrait Laboratories. “It could be access to testing materials, it could be the community is identifying these first couple of cases, and

CPS to move summer school online

April 23, 2020 11:37 AM Ben Fein

In a work session held on Zoom by CPS, it was announced that summer schooling in the district would take place online.

Expert: Sharp decrease in state unemployment claims expected

April 23, 2020 1:40 PM Amber Tabeling

The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reported Thursday that statewide unemployment claims were down by nearly half from the week before.

VIDEO: Boone County commissioner on stay-at-home order, business survey

April 23, 2020 4:02 PM ABC 17 News Team

Boone County Commissioner Fred Parry will appear live Thursday on ABC 17 News at 5 and at 6 to discuss the county’s new COVID-19 stay-at-home order and a survey he conducted of local businesses.

State hopes to do mass testing in Saline, Moniteau counties over weekend

April 23, 2020 2:09 PM Matthew Sanders

The state hopes to start mass testing of workers at plants in Saline and Moniteau counties which have been part of the sharp increases in COVID-19 cases there.

Deputies arrest Columbia man suspected of burglary after motorcycle chase

April 23, 2020 8:23 AM Matt Ragsdale

Boone County deputies arrested a man suspected of a burglary in southeast Columbia and allegedly leading authorities on a chase Wednesday.

Howard County deputies looking for missing teen last seen in 2019

April 23, 2020 2:36 PM Matt Ragsdale

A new release said 19-year-old Cornell Craig-Baker was last seen by his family on July 6, 2019.

Special Olympics Missouri athlete to announce Chiefs draft pick

April 23, 2020 1:48 PM Tyler Murry

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Saturday, Arthur Murphy will announce one of the day three selections for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2020 NFL Draft. Murphy is from Independence and is an athlete for Special Olmpics Missouri. The NFL selected Murphy due to his long-time involvement with Special Olympics and for being a Chiefs

Marijuana seized by highway patrol during traffic stop

Patrol: 32 pounds of pot seized in Callaway County traffic stop

April 23, 2020 12:31 PM Matthew Sanders

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Florida man after allegedly finding pounds of marijuana in a hidden compartment in his vehicle.

Exurb counties breaking from urban areas on reopening plans

April 23, 2020 11:14 AM Associated Press

Leaders of counties on the edge of Missouri’s two metropolitan areas are showing an increasing urge to end business shutdowns necessitated by the coronavirus.

Police: Man arrested after crashing into central Columbia home early Thursday morning

April 23, 2020 9:07 AM Matt Ragsdale

The Columbia Police Department said Thursday morning that a man was arrested after allegedly crashing into a central Columbia home and leaving the scene.

Governor commutes Columbia man’s prison sentence

April 22, 2020 12:27 PM Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson granted clemency Wednesday to a Columbia man whose parole on a drug charge had been overturned by courts. The Missouri Supreme Court in a one-sentence ruling March 31 overruled a motion for a rehearing in the case of Dimetrious Woods. The court ruled Feb. 4 that Woods must return