Dan Viets — Missouri coordinator for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — spoke with ABC17 on Wednesday to about what’s next after Amendment 3 passed. View the entire interview above.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri House Republicans met in the Capitol on Wednesday to select their leadership team for the upcoming legislative session. The state Republican Party said in a news release that 111 Republican House members joined Speaker-Designee Dean Plocher, who was previously selected by the House Republican Caucus to serve as the next
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri said Wednesday that students will shift to remote learning and employees will work remotely, if applicable, during inclement weather events like blizzards. Instructors are expected to communicate expectations with their students. Staff members who aren’t required to work on campus during a weather event will be expected to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amendment 3 passed Tuesday night making recreational marijuana legal for anyone 21 and older. The new law does not go into affect until Dec. 8. It will legalize marijuana for usage, sale, distribution and production. According to state officials, some shops may be able to start selling to the public as soon
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with second-degree stalking on Wednesday after police say he entered a store six times in two hours and made an employee feel unsafe. Isom Roberts, 32, allegedly went into the store where the woman was working twice, stared and swore at her. The third time he went
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Prairie Home man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple charges related to producing child pornography. Bradley Knecht, 28, was charged Tuesday with sexual exploitation of children and activities constituting/containing child pornography in Jefferson City. Knecht, who was arrested Wednesday, has a prior Arkansas conviction for possessing
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is already a prisoner at Jefferson City Correctional Center for second-degree arson faces more charges after a Missouri Department of Corrections official found a knife in his cell, according to a probable cause statement. Devon Smith, 26, was charged with delivery or possession of a weapon in a
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Boone County emergency dispatchers warned people Wednesday that they might see some smoke in the southern part of the county.
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The Columbia Police Department is asking for help to find a person last seen nearly a month ago.
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Police officers took several people into custody Tuesday afternoon after a report of a disturbance involving a gun at a central Columbia fast food restaurant.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri will join a growing number of states to allow recreational marijuana. More than 53% of voters approved Amendment 3 on Election Day. With the amendment receiving approval from voters, Missouri is now one of 21 states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Election Results Missourians could start to see the changes
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The midterm election is in the books and some races are still to be decided.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has again won reelection to the U.S. House.
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Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and current Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will watch election results pour in with supporters in St. Louis.
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ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) The Democratic nominee for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Roy Blunt, Trudy Busch Valentine, lost her bid to be the next senator for Missouri. Busch Valentine was hoping to be the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Missouri since former Sen. Clair McCaskill defeated Todd Akin in 2012. The
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Missouri voters gave the state the ability to require Kansas City to give more money to its police force but the state’s decisions on other constitutional amendments were still up in the air at 11 p.m.
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Check back for updates about races in Missouri and nationally.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is asking for help in identifying a “suspected prowler” targeting women in Columbia. CPD said in a press release that it believe several incidents since August are related: Aug. 9: Burglary report at the 4300 block of Kentsfield Lane. The suspect entered an apartment of a woman while
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ABC 17 News will be monitoring and reporting the results of local, state and national elections all night.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services has been collecting feedback from the community on how to allocate American Rescue Plan funding the City of Columbia received. ARPA is a federal aid package that provides funding to families, governments, businesses, schools, nonprofits and others impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Columbia
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