Gov. Mike Parson announced $30 million this week to help hospitals with critical staffing shortages as coronavirus patients continue to strain the state’s health care system.
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The Roots N Blues Festival will require either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to gain entry into the festival. Festival officials are asking attendees to bring four things to enter: a valid government issued IDproof of vaccinationor a negative covid test obtained less than 72 hours before entry is required. Children will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2020 once-in-a-decade Census data shows Boone County growing in population and becoming more diverse. The federal data dropped on Thursday for states to begin redistricting efforts. The new numbers show Missouri added 165,986 residents in the last ten years. Boone County is one of the only mid-Missouri counties which significantly grew
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Two governor-appointed committees are starting work to redraw Missouri’s district maps.
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Some Republican members of the Missouri Senate want Gov. Mike Parson to call a special session to bar businesses from requiring employees to be vaccinated against coronavirus.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Pulmonary and critical care physician Kate Grossman is a front-line ICU doctor working with COVID-19 patients every day at Boone Health in Columbia. She says Columbia’s health care workers are overwhelmed. “It’s incredibly busy and it’s incredibly exhausting,” Grossman said. “Every day in the hospital, we are full, we have nurses caring
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A ruptured tire caused a fatal crash Tuesday on Highway 22 near Angell School Road in Boone County, authorities say.
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Check back here for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the delta variant continues to spread across Missouri, the most recent state profile report shows all but three counties in the “red zone” or high transmission level of COVID-19. Missouri State Profile ReportDownload Currently, 112 counties in Missouri, including all of Mid-Missouri, are in the “red zone.” Two counties, Pemiscot and
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Tuesday morning, 33 new citizens were naturalized at a special bicentennial ceremony presided over by Judges Beth Phillips and Stephen Limbaugh Jr.
Continue Reading Judge Jon Beetem in his order said the state must start enrolling people eligible under expansion, which was set to start July 1 before state officials decided not to expand eligibility, leading to a court battle. The Missouri Supreme Court sided with proponents of expansion last month, ordering Beetem to reverse his earlier ruling in favor of the state’s arguments against expansion.
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Watch live interviews with Commissioner Vandeven on ABC 17 News This Morning at 6 a.m.
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Dozens of protestors against the mask mandate gathered in front of city hall before pouring into the council chambers.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several counties in Mid-Missouri counties have higher COVID-19 case rates than Boone County but don’t seem to have a mask mandate discussion. The City of Columbia met Monday night to vote on bringing a mask mandate back to the area. The council voted 3-3 and the emergency ordinance did not pass. Cases
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The department sent out an endangered silver advisory alert for Earl D. Hutchinson early Monday.
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A fatal crash involving three people occurred on Sunday at Turn Bridge Lane in Camden County at 6:50 p.m.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the school year approaches, there are a lot of factors that go into the ‘Return to Learn’. ABC 17 News will sit down with education leaders from all across Mid-Missouri in the upcoming weeks. In the special ‘Return to Learn’ segments, ABC 17 News will speak with school officials about how
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The state now has a seven day positivity rate of 14.9% on Sunday. The increase in positivity comes along with 1,335 additional confirmed cases bringing the total to 586,860 since the start of pandemic. Health officials also recorded 433 new probable cases with a total number of 114,742 antigen test results being positive. One new
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