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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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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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Cole County judge rules for state in income tax ballot issue challenge
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County judge ruled Monday in favor of the state, rejecting claims that a ballot issue to eliminate Missouri’s income tax violated the state constitution. Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh ruled against the plaintiff, Jill Owens, on all four counts and declared the judgment final after Gov. Mike Kehoe decided last
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Jefferson City Council to discuss changes to filling vacancies at Monday night meeting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council is expected to consider changes to how vacant council seats are filled following two council resignations this year that exposed concerns about the city’s current appointment process. A proposed ordinance would establish a new procedure for filling council vacancies, replacing a process city officials have said is
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Budget airlines, sleep lessons, roller coaster rescue: Catch up on the day’s stories
By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! New research suggests we might be overthinking what “good sleep” really looks like. We could learn some lessons from our ancestors. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Turbulent times No airline is more likely than Frontier to
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Columbia Regional Airport opens new 700-space parking lot along with shuttle
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Regional Airport on Monday launched its new shuttle service for the new 700-space south parking lot as the airport continues to see growth. The lot opened at 4 a.m. Monday with a shuttle taking the first group of passengers to the main terminal. The shuttle is set run in 10-minute
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Insider Blog: A soaker of a weekend caps off a wet May
It was a wet weekend in mid-Missouri, and some of that rain spilled into the start of the work week with scattered storms on radar early Monday morning. Several rounds of rain came over the course of the weekend, beginning Friday when rain stuck around a little longer than expected. This left folks with a
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Over 9,000 Columbia Public Schools students attend summer school
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Monday was the first day of summer school for Columbia Public Schools, and a press release from a district spokeswoman says more than 9,400 students are attending class. The release says that figure represents more than half of the district’ regular school year enrollment. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade can enter
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Man charged with threatening to kill ICE officer as protests continue outside New Jersey detention facility
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Days of protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have led to clashes between demonstrators and officers and a handful of arrests. Now, one New York man faces federal charges alleging he threatened to kill an ICE officer and his family. A criminal
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Second man charged in April shots-fired scene at Columbia Waffle House
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was arrested last week in Jefferson City in connection with an April 26 shots-fired scene at a Waffle House on the north side of Columbia has been charged with two felonies. D’Monte Lee, 19, of Jefferson City, was charged on Monday in Boone County with unlawful use of a
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