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Health experts give safety advice to all Missourians about receiving the coronavirus vaccine

April 10, 2021 7:30 PM Chanel Porter

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With all Missourians now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine, providers want to make sure people are being as safe as possible and know what the vaccine entails. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has continued to ensure the public of the safety of

Missouri’s health department reviewing duplicated COVID-19 test results

April 10, 2021 4:09 PM Connor Hirsch

The Department of Health and Senior Services said Saturday it is reviewing for potentially duplicated COVID-19 test results, that could impact past positivity rates.

One dead, three injured after shooting at a Southern Missouri convenience store

April 10, 2021 2:03 PM Associated Press

Authorities say one person is dead and three others were critically injured in a shooting at a convenience store in southern Missouri.

SATURDAY UPDATES: Five new COVID-19 related death reported in Missouri

April 10, 2021 1:46 PM Connor Hirsch

Missouri reported 5 new deaths because of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number to 8,515 throughout the pandemic. The Department of Health and Senior Services recorded 426 new cases of the virus in the state Saturday. There have now been 493,249 reported cases in Missouri. The states sayd 823 people are in the hospital

Biden’s new gun laws send gun sales soaring in Columbia

April 9, 2021 7:42 PM Leila Mitchell

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While many Missourians are not happy with President Joe Biden’s gun control measures and are pushing back, there are some people who believe gun safety comes first before anything. After recent mass shootings, Biden announced his first gun control measures since taking office. He announced a half-dozen executive actions aimed at controlling

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County positivity rate more than doubles from the previous week

April 9, 2021 10:53 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Ameren seeks utility rate increases to raise $309M a year

April 9, 2021 3:08 PM Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Energy utility Ameren is seeking to raise customer rates to cover billions of dollars recently invested in electric grid upgrades and new wind generation facilities. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the company said in a filing last week to state regulators that it wants to boost electric rate revenues by almost

Health officials hopeful expanding vaccine eligibility could lead to coronavirus herd immunity by end of May

April 9, 2021 2:09 PM Zola Crowder

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams said he hopes to have 75% of the population vaccinated by the end of May.

Boone County officials propose new wind farm regulations at public hearing

April 8, 2021 5:15 PM Victoria Bragg

COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) Public hearings for wind farm regulations have been scheduled by the Boone County Zoning Commission throughout April. The commission will host the first public hearing Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Boone County Government Center. Boone County Resource Management Director, Bill Florea, says the department was looking forward to hearing the

$1 million endowed professorship to support autism research, services at MU

April 8, 2021 9:29 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri alumni Bill and Nancy Thompson established the Ron Ashworth Endowed Professorship in Child Development with a $1 million gift. The gift honors Ron Ashworth, board chair for the Thompson Foundation Board of Directors and a longtime advocate of both neurodevelopmental disability issues and the Thompson Center for Autism and

THURSDAY UPDATES: Audrain County reports 481 people receive coronavirus vaccine during Tuesday event

April 8, 2021 8:16 AM ABC 17 News Team

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ABC 17 News coronavirus roundtable: Phase 3

April 8, 2021 8:18 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Vaccination eligibility will soon expand to all adults across the show-me state. An estimated 1.1-million Missourians will get access to vaccines against COVID-19 under phase three. Local health care experts, owner of Flow’s Pharmacy Anthony Desha and MU Health Care’s Director of Pharmacy Brad Myers, talk about this expansion and how other vaccination efforts are

Experts say vaccinations even more important as COVID-19 variant shows up in Mid-Missouri

April 8, 2021 3:06 PM Zola Crowder

The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services reported the first known U.K. coronavirus variant COVID-19 case in Boone County.

Health leaders say new variant found in Missouri is a reminder the pandemic not over

April 7, 2021 5:43 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Health leaders across the state are saying the finding of the first case of the COVID-19 variant originally found in South Africa is a good reminder the pandemic is not over. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported the case of the variant found in Jackson County on Tuesday. The

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Boone County active cases highest since March 21

April 7, 2021 11:09 AM ABC 17 News Team

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Ex-GOP leader confirmed as University of Missouri curator

April 7, 2021 4:13 PM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Senate has confirmed the appointment of a former state Republican party chairman to the University of Missouri governing board. The GOP-led Senate voted 19-13 to confirm Todd Graves as a curator Wednesday. The vote followed a multi-day effort by a group of Republicans and Democrats to stall his confirmation. Senators

Missouri joins other states not planning to mandate vaccine passports

April 7, 2021 2:56 PM Zola Crowder

Gov. Mike Parson announced Missouri will not mandate coronavirus vaccine passports, joining several other states in opposition of the credentials.

Missouri officials expect fewer coronavirus vaccine doses than originally anticipated

April 7, 2021 11:50 AM Chanel Porter

The state anticipates getting roughly 157,040 doses in total next week — a decline of about 351,460 doses from last week’s projection for the same time period.