Children are missing out on preventative dental care including teeth cleaning and checkups during the pandemic, according to a new survey. Covid-19 is a barrier to getting kids the dental care they need, said a third of parents responding to the survey released by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health. Since the
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The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a fire between Sturgeon and Hallsville Sunday night.
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Congratulations to our Week 6 SportsZone Basketball Play of the Week Nominees! You can watch the plays in the video player above. You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Jefferson City’s Sterling Desha comes up with a steal and slam on the other end. Nominee No. 2: Hickman’s Ashtyn Klusmeyer comes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou basketball team may have lost in overtime on Saturday to Arkansas, but the sixth annual Rally For Rhyan game was still a huge success. The MU community raised $65,000 for pediatric cancer research. You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman’s full recap in the video player above.
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Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — There could be lineups at Canada’s 117 border crossings with the U.S. beginning on Monday, as non-essential travellers will have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken in the last 72 hours. It’s the next phase of Ottawa’s new travel restrictions,
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A grim new forecast confirms what experts have been warning amid declining Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations: when it comes to the pandemic, the United States is not yet out of the woods. Another 130,000 Americans are projected to die of the virus over the next three and a half months, according to the latest model
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Rows of tents clog a six-lane highway outside the Indian capital of New Delhi where thousands of farmers are protesting against new farm laws. CNN’s Vedika Sud spent several hours at the Ghazipur camp on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border talking to farmers about their fears. She found a group of passionate people who are determined
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long been a champion of drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to cure Covid-19, despite multiple studies that show that they are not effective. Now, documents show that his government spent emergency funds on the medicines and continued to produce and distribute them at unprecedented rates throughout 2020 while rejecting at least
Continue Reading Western diplomats on Sunday warned Myanmar’s military junta that “the world is watching,” as a communications blackout swept the country. Internet and mobile services were disrupted overnight Sunday into Monday, and Monitoring NGO NetBlocks said network connectivity across the country dropped to only 14% nationwide since at 1 a.m. local time. Mobile services from all
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A grim new forecast confirms what experts have been warning amid declining Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations: when it comes to the pandemic, the United States is not yet out of the woods. Another 130,000 Americans are projected to die of the virus over the next three and a half months, according to the latest model
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Corporal Kyle Green with Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F said the department is urging people to stay home, to give road crews time to clear the roads and less work for first responders.
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TONIGHT: Another blast of snowfall is expected to arrive in the early evening hours. Many of us will pick up another 2-3″ of snowfall by the morning. Overnight temperatures will feel yet again like they are in the negative twenties. With chilly conditions and the accumulating snow, road conditions are expected to be hurt for
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A 12-year-old shot at two masked intruders who broke into his grandmother’s home just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to police in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The intruders had demanded money from 73-year-old Linda Ellis and subsequently shot her, police said in a statement posted on the Goldsboro Police Department’s Facebook page. Police said the
Continue ReadingA trailblazer in broadcasting and journalism, Max Robinson in 1978 became the first Black person to anchor the nightly network news. But his road to the anchor’s chair wasn’t easy. Robinson got his start in 1959 when he was hired to read the news at a station in Portsmouth, Virginia. His face was hidden behind
Continue Reading Meghan Trainor used Valentine’s Day to reveal the birth of her first child on Instagram. Trainor and her husband Daryl Sabara both announced the birth of their son, Riley, on their social media pages Sunday. “This sweet baby boy’s due date was today on Valentine’s Day💝 We got to meet him Monday, Feb 8th! We
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The Department of Health and Senior Service reports there have been 471,241 cases of COVID-19 across Missouri. The department reported 489 new cases Sunday.
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Continue Reading Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are expecting an addition to their family. Meghan is pregnant with her second baby, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed to CNN on Sunday. “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother,” the spokesperson said. “The Duke and Duchess
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Local restaurants are experiencing some heartache on this Valentine’s Day. Sunday was supposed to be busy for restaurants with Multnomah County moving into a lower risk category for COVID-19, but the snow and ice storm has changed that. Some restaurants are cleaning up Sunday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — Seventy-five soldiers from the Iowa National Guard were recognized in a send-off ceremony Friday, February 12. The soldiers are set to deploy to the Middle East as part of a sustainment mission within the U.S. Central Command area of operations, according to a statement
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