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ABC 17 News’ own Marissa Hallowed speaks to Valley Hope Admissions Manager Dan Bridges about Addiction Treatment at Valley Hope. For more information about Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery, click here.
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Some Mid-Missouri counties see crowded school board races
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Plenty of folks want to be on a school board in Cole County. Each board of education race in that county has drawn a number of candidates that at least doubles the number of seats available. Every ballot across Mid-Missouri will feature local races, including municipal governments and school boards. More on
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ABC 17 News’ own Marissa Hallowed speaks to Valley Hope Admissions Manager Dan Bridges about Continuum of Care at Valley Hope. For more information about Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery, click here.
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Public safety taxes among a slew of April ballot issues in Mid-Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) This April election will be a busy one for schools, ambulance and fire districts and 911 centers. Ballots in Mid-Missouri are packed with issues that ask voters to raise or extend taxes to keep public safety operations funded. Such taxes are on the ballot in counties that include Callaway, Cooper, Howard, Maries,
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2 crashes block lanes of Highway 54 southwest of Jefferson City
COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it is investigating two crashes on Highway 54 near Quarry Road, an area southwest of Jefferson City. A RAVE alert was sent out at 4:58 p.m. that stated traffic was delayed in the Highway 54/Quarry Road area because of an accident. MSHP’s Troop F –
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Weather Alert Day: Strong system to bring severe threat Sunday night and again on Monday
The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Sunday night through Monday, as severe thunderstorms are possible Sunday night, and again on Monday from midday through the afternoon. SETUP: SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY Strong low pressure across the Plains will send a warm front to our north between Sunday night
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologizes to Canadian community after failing to flag mass shooter’s conversations with its AI chatbot
By Paula Newton, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, has formally apologized to the community of Tumbler Ridge, BC, after a mass shooting in February. He admitted his company did not alert authorities to the shooter’s disturbing online conversations with its AI chatbot even after staff flagged the account internally. “I
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Columbia man accused of jabbing victim with railroad spike during Hartsburg assault
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man has been charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked another man with a railroad spike on Thursday. Colby McKee, 35, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled. The probable cause statement says deputies were called to a Hartsburg
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Columbia police tape off apartment in Benton-Stephens after stabbing
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Earlier on Friday, Columbia police put up crime scene tape around an apartment building in the city’s Benton-Stephens area after a stabbing. Officers were called to an assault in progress after noon in the 1600 block of Richardson Street. Police found the victim and provided them emergency care and arrested the suspect,
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One of two missing University of South Florida doctoral students found dead and a roommate has been named a suspect
By Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A missing University of South Florida doctoral student was found dead Friday on a Tampa Bay bridge and his roommate was arrested as a suspect, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Two Bangladeshi doctoral students, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, had been missing since last
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Swalwell accuser cooperating with Manhattan DA investigation
By Allison Gordon, Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — A former staffer who accused former California Rep. Eric Swalwell of raping her is now cooperating with an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, she told CNN. The woman, who said Swalwell raped her in a New York City hotel in April 2024, shared her story
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The Gaza playbook: Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli destruction in Lebanon
By Zeena Saifi, Allegra Goodwin, Rayhana Zaiter, Farida Elsebai, CNN (CNN) — When Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2, two days after Israel and the United States launched a war on Iran, the resulting Israeli operation to destroy the group quickly became a mission to flatten swathes of southern Lebanon. As Israeli warplanes
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