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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: Severe storms possible Friday
Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. SETUP The weather team is monitoring a threat for all types of severe weather on Friday as an upper trough of low pressure looks to bring through a more optimized combination of ingredients for thunderstorms capable of producing all types of hazards. This upper trough will be
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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 ReadingDoes the Trump administration understand how ‘enriched’ uranium is made into weapons?
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — For the US to reach a deal with Iran or to end its war in the country, President Trump has said he wants Iran to surrender its “enriched” uranium. “We want no enrichment, but we also want the enriched uranium,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins last week. The president
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Chicago man killed in semi-truck crash, Route J in Audrain County closed
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, died in a crash in Audrain County on Wednesday. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 6:20 a.m. on Route J at Audrain County Road 481. Troopers said the driver of a 2011 International LF627 was going westbound on Route J when it went
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New Columbia Public Schools bullying policies would give teachers a more active role
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Edits to Columbia Public Schools’ bullying policy, including summer interactions and employee protocol, will be discussed during a school board policy committee meeting Wednesday. The new policy, if passed, would implement new guidelines for instructors on handling reports of bullying. The initial policy had instructors and employees ask to report incidents to
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Hawaii doctor confessed in FaceTime call he tried to kill his wife, son testifies
By Eric Levenson, Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — The Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a birthday hike last year called his son over FaceTime, confessed to the attack and threatened to kill himself, his son testified in court Tuesday. On March 24, 2025, Dr. Gerhardt Konig said “that he would
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Judge delays Luigi Mangione’s federal trial by about a month but won’t push it to next year
By Nicki Brown, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to delay the federal trial of Luigi Mangione until next year, denying a request by his attorneys who had expressed concern they couldn’t prepare for trial while defending the 27-year-old at the same time in state court. US District Judge Margaret
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‘There’s a new sheriff in town’: Inside the Miami conference on Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’
By Max Saltman, CNN Miami (CNN) — We were living in “historic and prophetic times” at the Miami Security Forum. “God has anointed President Donald Trump as a modern-day Cyrus,” declared Pastor Mario Bramnick, referring to the ancient king of Persia. Think-tankers, Latin American politicians, officials from the US defense establishment and at least one
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Missouri lawmakers to hear testimony on bill to prevent eminent domain for renewable energy projects
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit electrical corporations from using eminent domain to build wind and solar farms. House Bill 2169 is going in front of the House Special Committee on Rural Issues at 4 pm. Wednesday. This bill is similar to two others from previous legislative sessions.
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