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Monroe County man gets 20 years for armed criminal action; murder sentence delayed

April 29, 2021 8:27 AM Chanel Porter

James Addie is charged with the 2018 death of his fiancée, Molly Watson, in Monroe County.

Missouri struggles to track virus cases among the vaccinated

April 29, 2021 3:10 PM Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has reported just 14 breakthrough COVID-19 cases among people who are fully vaccinated to federal health officials, even though 96 such cases have been detected in just the state’s largest county. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked states at the start

Survey: Pandemic proved too much for some Missouri teachers

April 28, 2021 9:26 PM Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A recent survey has found that one in 10 Missouri teachers are thinking about calling it quits after a challenging year of pandemic education. The Springfield News-Leader reports that researchers with Missouri State University’s College of Education sent out the survey to each of the 67,000 public school educators with an

Failed guns on buses effort delays Missouri budget debate

April 28, 2021 9:00 PM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A fight over allowing guns on public transportation temporarily derailed debate on the Missouri budget Wednesday before being struck down in the Senate. Republican Sen. Bob Onder on Wednesday tried to strip public transportation funding unless buses and trains allowed people with concealed carry permits to ride. But the top GOP

Missouri bill to block COVID-19 lawsuits hits snag

April 28, 2021 8:56 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri bill to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits has hit a major roadblock in the Legislature. A House committee voted the bill down Monday. The measure was meant to protect hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the pandemic. Republican Gov. Mike Parson says the

Biden’s American Families plan to offer free college for American students

April 28, 2021 5:19 PM Zola Crowder

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ahead of his first address to Congress Wednesday. The plan includes having universal, quality-preschool to all three and four-year-olds and It will provide Americans two years of free community college. The American Families Plan will also provide direct support to families to make sure

The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County coronavirus active cases remain below 100

April 28, 2021 8:13 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri raise its gas tax?

April 28, 2021 1:47 AM ABC 17 News Team

The last time Missouri’s voters weighed in on the issue, they voted against a gas tax increase. However, legislators are working on a plan that would raise the tax by 2.5 cents each year for the next five years. The plan would also allow drivers to get rebates for their gas taxes. Missouri’s current 17

Missouri has wasted more than 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses at a cost of $300,000

April 27, 2021 2:13 PM Molly Stawinoga

Missouri’s wasted coronavirus vaccine from Feb. 1 through April 5 cost taxpayers more than $100,000, and Missouri providers lost out on more than $200,000 in payments from giving the shots.

State’s health department asking for federal guidance on vaccinations as demand falls

April 27, 2021 5:43 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The state’s health department is now tackling issues brought by the growing supply of coronavirus vaccine doses and shrinking demand. Data of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination website shows the numbers trending downward, reporting the 7-day average of doses given has dropped to 28,046 as of Monday. The state’s peak 7-day vaccination rate

Missouri Democrats push back against moves to halt Medicaid expansion

April 27, 2021 11:41 AM Chanel Porter

Missouri House Democrats and health care advocates said that health care is a basic human need that should be available to workers during a rally Tuesday outside the Missouri Capitol.

TUESDAY UPDATES: Boone County moves to second in the state for completion percentage of the coronavirus vaccine

April 27, 2021 11:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

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House committee endorses proposed gasoline tax increase

April 27, 2021 12:30 PM Associated Press

A Missouri House committee unanimously endorsed a proposal to increase the state’s gasoline tax.

State House gives vocal approval to chokehold bill

April 27, 2021 5:37 AM Zach Boetto

The bill features a measure that prohibits law enforcement officers from using a respiratory choke-hold unless deadly force is authorized under the law.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will Missouri reach herd immunity?

April 27, 2021 2:10 AM ABC 17 News Team

Worries are surfacing as the country’s coronavirus vaccination program slows down in many states.

Rural clinics planned as vaccination rate of cities out-pace less populated areas

April 26, 2021 6:20 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Vaccination rates are higher in more populated areas, starting to out-pace rural areas. According to data from the Columbia/Boone County Health Department, about 88.2% of the vaccinated population in Boone County live in Columbia, leaving the other 11.8% in the rest of the county. About 83.7% of Boone County’s population lives in

Monett pharmacy owner and Pharmacist indicted on Medicaid fraud, forgery, identity theft

April 26, 2021 8:56 PM ABC 17 News Team

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The owner and a pharmacy technician of Old Town Pharmacy LLC were both indicted on 34 total counts in Cole County on last Wednesday. A Cole County grand jury returned 26 counts of Violations Involving Health Care Payments (Class D Felony), 6 counts of Forgery (Class D Felony), one count of Identity