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An attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl says the crash with Reid’s truck gave the child a devastating brain injury.
Continue ReadingAn attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl says the crash with Reid’s truck gave the child a devastating brain injury.
Continue ReadingBENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KYTV) A sheriff in rural Missouri says the bodies of a father and his two young children have been found after they were reported missing Friday. Derrell Peak, three-year-old Mayson and four-year-old Kaiden were last seen Thursday. Their bodies were found near this highway in Benton County where a deputy had found
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Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A pending bill would exempt thousands of Missourians from repaying federal unemployment benefit overpayments. At issue are mistakes by Missouri’s Labor Department as it was considering a huge influx of unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency doled out roughly $146 million to 46,000 people who didn’t qualify. Gov. Mike
Continue ReadingState troopers say a Stover man was killed in a fiery crash in Benton County Sunday night.
Continue ReadingSedalia police say an 18-year-old was hurt in a shooting Saturday night.
Continue ReadingBoone Hospital Center is set to receive 1,000 doses of the newly approved single-shot vaccine.
Continue ReadingThe Cooper County Public Health Center says it plans to vaccinate 2,000 total Missouri residents on Monday and Tuesday.
Continue ReadingThe Republican on Monday said state finances have improved since the coronavirus first hit the state, allowing him to release the money.
Continue ReadingA spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Lisa Cox told ABC17 News leaders were in meetings today receiving more information and guidance from our federal partners about the vaccine distribution.
Continue ReadingCity council is set to meet Monday to discuss COVID-19 economic losses, a new app for the city and CARES Act funding, among other items.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An MU Police cruiser was damaged in a crash in Columbia Saturday morning. It happened in the intersection of Stadium Blvd. and Providence Rd. around 3 a.m. Two cars were involved in the crash. MU Police said there were no injuries. Our crews saw police conducting a field sobriety test on the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is searching for a suspect after he allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle into a ravine in Columbia late Friday night. After a short pursuit ended in a crash, CPD detained one juvenile passenger and set up a perimeter around the Columbia Mall area to find the driver, who
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released information Friday of traces of the California and UK COVID-19 variant being found in wastewater samples across Missouri. The state has partnered with the University of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to monitor and trace signs of various COVID-19 variants
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Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to restore her authority to prosecute a couple accused of wielding guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Gardner’s office on Thursday petitioned the state Supreme Court to block a judge’s order disqualifying
Continue ReadingAs we await the emergency approval of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine, Mid-Missouri health officials are hopeful the inclusion of a third vaccine will benefit communities.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 5,500 Missourians filed new unemployment claims last week. The additional applicants make the total number of people in the state filing for benefits 19,099. That’s the highest number of weekly claims filed in the state since June. According to the Missouri Department of Labor, Missouri has an unemployment rate
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Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri protesters who repeatedly block traffic without permission could face felony charges under a bill passed by state senators. The GOP-led Senate voted 24-9 Thursday to pass the bill. The measure follows protests last summer in the St. Louis area over the death of George Floyd, including demonstrations that blocked
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