JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A nonviolent drug offender who argued that a change in state law should have made him eligible for parole is among nearly 30 people whose sentences were commuted or who were pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. Gary Mitchell, of Joplin, was handed a sentence of 15 years in prison
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s tradition-bound Senate is installing an audio monitoring system in its committee hearing rooms so employees, lobbyists and the public can listen to debate in their homes or offices as the pandemic rages. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Senate Administrator Patrick Baker said the changes could mean fewer people
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The State of Missouri is now partnering with the Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA) and MAKO Medical to continue hosting free COVID-19 testing events throughout the state. Department of Health and Senior Services Communications Director Lisa Cox says, “The Missouri Naitonal Guard is no longer helping with community testing.” Cox says
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An autopsy is planned after an inmate from the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center died. The State Department of Corrections tells ABC 17 news 58-year-old Randall Tangen was pronounced dead on Sunday at a hospital in Columbia. Tangen was serving his fourth year of a 10-year sentence at the prison in Fulton
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is accused of stabbing a man in Ashland Tuesday. Prosecutors charged 21-year-old SheyAnne Nichols today for second-degree assault and armed criminal action. Police say Nichols stabbed a man with a kitchen knife around 8:30 this morning in the 100 block of west Broadway. The man was treated for a stab
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) 3Fifteen Primo Cannabis, a medical marijuana dispensary, opened its doors in Columbia Tuesday. It’s Columbia’s first marijuana shop to begin selling to licensed patients legally. Located at 4003 Ponderosa Street, the state-inspected and licensed operation is owned and operated by Columbia residents. 3Fifteen Primo Cannabis staff.3Fifteen Primo Cannabis show room.Jason Corrado, CEO
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Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Boonville man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a deadly crash on Highway 5.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled in favor of the state’s medical marijuana licensing rules. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce issued her ruling Monday. A southwest Missouri family had sued after it didn’t get a medical marijuana license from the state. Attorneys argued that
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office released Monday that he had pardoned 24 people and commuted three other sentences.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman is jailed after a girl in her care died after ingesting fentanyl. The Southeast Missourian reports that 35-year-old Stephanie K. Durbin of Cape Girardeau was taken into custody Dec. 11 on a charge of first-degree abuse or neglect of a child resulting in death. Police were
Continue Reading O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A prisoners rights group has filed suit alleging that a Missouri jail has been mistreating its inmates, saying deputies have taunted and tortured inmates and that the jail provided so little food that one detainee ate toothpaste and toilet paper to ward off hunger. The lawsuit was filed Monday by the
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — CVS Health plans to administer about 100,000 coronavirus vaccinations next week at Missouri long-term care facilities as the vaccination rollout expands beyond health care workers. CVS Health said Monday it will vaccinate residents and staff at more than 40,000 long-term care facilities across the U.S. The first of those vaccinations have
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The vaccine is not being shipped directly to the facilities, instead Walgreens and CVS pharmacies will distribute the vaccine at the facilities.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health workers could get the Moderna vaccine as soon as Monday. A spokesperson for Cedarhurst, a long-term care community with a facility in Columbia, said it would be getting about 70,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine possibly this week. Both the Food and Drugs Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and
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BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A toddler is dead and her mother and another child are recovering in a Sedalia hospital after all three were severely beaten Sunday morning. In a Facebook post, the Benton County Sheriff said an investigation led Benton County deputies to arrest 35 year old Ethan J. Mast and 21 year old
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Randall Williams, director of the Department of Health and Senior Services signs a standing order for the Moderna vaccine Sunday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,072 new cases and 33 new deaths to it’s COVID-19 dashboard Sunday morning. Overall, 365,186 people have tested positive to date and 4,937 Missourians have died. Across the state, 2,757 patients are in the hospital.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE: Police say one man was taken to the hospital Saturday morning with a gunshot wound. Officers responded after getting reports of a gunshot victim in the 1900 block of Juniper Circle around 2 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital. No
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