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ELECTION NIGHT UPDATES: Boone County results final; Sasser, Snodgrass, Waner, Peters win

April 6, 2021 5:47 PM ABC 17 News Team

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Family of Black man fatally shot by Northern California police officer files civil rights lawsuit

April 6, 2021 10:28 PM CNN Newsource

The family of a 32-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a Northern California police officer last month has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the town and police officers after video which captured a part of the shooting emerged. A video released Tuesday by family attorney shows the last seconds of the

One person seriously injured after wreck on Highway 50 in Jefferson City

April 6, 2021 10:22 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City police report one person is seriously injured after a three-vehicle wreck on Highway 50 Tuesday afternoon. According to officials, Jennifer Kingsley was driving a 2007 Pontiac Torrent and failed to stop rear-ending two vehicles. Kingsley was not wearing a seatbelt. She was taken to a Columbia hospital for treatment.

Three candidates face off for the open Columbia City Council Ward 2 seat.

Waner wins Ward 2 Columbia City Council seat

April 6, 2021 6:25 PM Zach Boetto

The chair of Columbia’s Human Rights Commission has won an open seat on the Columbia City Council.

The real key to the Chauvin verdict

April 6, 2021 8:40 PM CNN

I perform autopsies for a living, on people who have died suddenly, violently, or unexpectedly. I often testify in criminal and civil cases, where I explain medical terminology to juries. The medical evidence in George Floyd’s death is complex — and likely key to whether Derek Chauvin, the former officer accused of killing Floyd, will

A dog groomer’s call to the Nebraska Humane Society helped save pet owner’s life

April 6, 2021 7:14 PM CNN Newsource

After a pet owner in Omaha, Nebraska, failed to pick up his dog, a PetSmart groomer noticed something was amiss and sprang to action. The owner was described as “a regular” at the pet supply store, and “his dog was well cared for,” Nebraska Humane Society (NHS) said on Twitter on Monday. The groomer “also

Would a delayed second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine end the pandemic sooner?

April 6, 2021 7:00 PM CNN Newsource

The race to beat the coronavirus variants, and to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible has intensified a debate in the scientific community about what the best strategy is to end the pandemic. The question at the heart of the debate: would delaying a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19

Missouri Senate passes opioid database bill

April 6, 2021 6:58 PM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is one step closer to joining 49 other states in creating a database so doctors can catch possible opioid misuse. The Republican-led Senate voted 20-12 in favor of the bill. The vote is significant because the proposal has for years failed to pass that chamber. The purpose of prescription drug

Breach continues but evacuation orders lifted near Florida reservoir

April 6, 2021 6:54 PM CNN Newsource

Evacuation orders near a Tampa-area reservoir where there still is a breach have been lifted, officials said Tuesday. Acting Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes said the situation at the former Piney Point phosphate plant is “very much under control now.” Water from the breach has been routed to an unused retention pond on site that

Columbia police identify remains as those of Mengqi Ji

April 6, 2021 10:24 AM Matthew Sanders

Remains found last month at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park are those of a Columbia woman last seen in October 2019.

TUESDAY UPDATES: South African coronavirus variant found in adult living in Jackson County

April 6, 2021 10:14 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reclamite surface treatment to begin across Boone County Monday

April 6, 2021 6:34 PM Karl Wehmhoener

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Resource Management and contractor Corrective Asphalt Materials will begin reclamite surface treatment beginning next Monday at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day one lane at a time. While a lane is being treated, one-way traffic will be allowed on the opposite lane. No parking will be allowed on

Why young people are not safe from Covid-19 — Dr. Wen explains

April 6, 2021 6:06 PM CNN Newsource

There has been a worrisome trend emerging in recent weeks: Cases among younger people are rising. In Michigan, hospitalizations among people in their 30s have climbed by over 600%, and those in their 40s by 800%. Average daily cases for children have also risen by over 200%. In Massachusetts, the largest increase in Covid-19 infections

Vote here sign at Miller Performing Arts Center

2 Jefferson City Council members keep their seats in re-election

April 6, 2021 6:04 PM Victoria Bragg

The economy and public safety are two of the issues candidates are emphasizing in four contested Jefferson City Council races.

88 pounds of meth seized during I-70 traffic stop in Saline County

April 6, 2021 5:54 PM Karl Wehmhoener

SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) After stopping a vehicle on Monday for a traffic violation, a state trooper found 88 pounds of meth, a gun and $5,505 in cash. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A, a traffic stop occurred on Interstate 70 in Saline County. A probable cause search revealed the meth, gun and

Live April election results

April 6, 2021 5:28 PM ABC 17 News Team

Polls close at 7 p.m.

Biden picks Missouri’s Robin Carnahan for agency appointment

April 6, 2021 5:21 PM Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he plans to nominate former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to administrator of the federal General Services Administration. The White House on Tuesday announced Carnahan’s nomination. Carnahan served as Missouri secretary of state from 2005 to 2012. The Democrat previously led a tech consulting office

Black adults report bias in health care at higher rates than White and Latino people, study finds

April 6, 2021 5:13 PM CNN Newsource

Black adults were more likely than their White and Latino/Hispanic counterparts to report having been discriminated against or judged unfairly by a health care provider or their staff in the months leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis finds. The report was released this week by the Urban Institute and the

Cole County massage business named in civil lawsuit by Missouri attorney general

April 6, 2021 4:54 PM ABC 17 News Team

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City massage business calls a civil lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General “slander and stereotypes against Asians.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a news release that his office filed four civil lawsuits against illicit massage businesses operating in Missouri, including Blue Lotus Asian Massage Therapy in Cole

Deb Haaland creates unit to investigate killings and disappearances of Indigenous people

April 6, 2021 5:01 PM CNN Newsource

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a new unit within Bureau of Indian Affairs that plans to tackle the decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans. “Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that has been underfunded for decades,” Haaland said in a statement Thursday. “Far too often, murders and missing persons cases in Indian