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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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WEATHER ALERT DAY: Damaging winds possible overnight Thursday into Friday morning
Thursday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as there is a chance for strong storms overnight Thursday into the pre-dawn hours Friday morning. These will not be as intense as the storms the region experienced last Friday. SETUP: A dry line across eastern Kansas has allowed storms to develop to our west. These storms
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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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Continue ReadingRex Heuermann admitted he killed 8 women. What about Gilgo Beach’s other bodies?
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The path to identifying Rex Heuermann as the Gilgo Beach serial killer began with Shannan Gilbert. Gilbert, a 23-year-old sex worker, had gone missing in May 2010 after a visit to a client in Oak Beach, a Long Island, New York, community near Gilgo. Spurred by her mother, police
Continue ReadingNew Orleans mass shooting plan was thwarted by network of law enforcement. Here’s what we know
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement across three states thwarted the plans of an experienced former cop who they say expressed a desire to harm Black people and threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival. North Carolina resident Christopher Gillum, 45, was reported missing on Tuesday
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Kehoe signs hemp regulation bill reshaping Missouri cannabis market, sparking industry backlash
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 2641 into law on Thursday, a measure that tightens regulations on hemp-derived cannabinoid products and is expected to significantly reshape Missouri’s hemp industry by requiring many of those products to be sold only through licensed marijuana dispensaries. The law effectively bans the sale of THC
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Woman found guilty of felony murder in deadly 2025 Holts Summit shooting
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Holts Summit woman has been found guilty of felony murder in the 2025 shooting death of 37-year-old Kara Dills. Heather Smith, 38, was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of second-degree murder, known as felony murder. The jury also turned in a guilty verdict for three counts of unlawful use
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Ashland woman, teen seriously injured in Pike County crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman and a girl from Ashland were seriously injured in a Pike County crash Thursday on Highway 54, west of Route UU, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Three vehicles were involved in the crash. The report says they were heading eastbound when the driver of
Continue ReadingEx-Philippines leader to go on trial over dozens of murders committed when he was mayor and president
By The Associated Press (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drug crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office. A three-judge panel found unanimously there were “substantial grounds” to believe the ex-leader was responsible for dozens of murders,
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Hundreds interviewed by police, still no suspect 17 years after violent murder of Columbia homeless man
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Even with hundreds of witness statements, Columbia Police criminal investigator Lt. Matt Gremore says 17 years later that no clear suspect has been identified in the death of 49-year-old Mark Dailey. “To this day, we have no idea who the suspect is or even what the motive was for the killing,” Gremore
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