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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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Sponsored Content ABC 17 News’ own Marissa Hallowed speaks to Valley Hope Admissions Manager Dan Bridges about Recovery Month at Valley Hope. For more information about Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery, click here.
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Downtown Columbia shooting suspect sentenced to prison
NewCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week for a downtown Columbia shooting. Deandre L. Denny pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree assault, second-degree assault and armed criminal action in the November 2024 gunfight on Ninth Street. Denny was shot in his legs and foot and
Continue ReadingPope John Paul II Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of the late Pope John Paul II. He was canonized as a saint on April 27, 2014. Personal Birth date: May 18, 1920 Death date: April 2, 2005 Birth place: Wadowice, Poland Birth name: Karol Jozef Wojtyla Father: Karol Wojtyla, officer in the Polish
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Man seriously hurt in motorcycle crash in Miller County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 54-year-old Barnett man was seriously hurt after a motorcycle crash in Miller County just before 4 p.m. Monday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was riding a 2012 Kawasaki in the 150 block of Route Y near Eldon when he tried to avoid another
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Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says
By Rebekah Riess, Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, according to an update the company posted Monday. Canvas, a popular, cloud-based digital hub for classrooms,
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US inflation rose to 3.8% in April, eroding Americans’ paychecks
By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in three years, Americans’ wages are no longer outpacing inflation. Prices rose 0.6% on a monthly basis, driving the annual rate to 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists
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Missouri Supreme Court to review cases on new congressional map
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in cases related to the state’s new congressional map. The hearing is set to begin at 9 a.m. in the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City. This hearing comes as an initiative petition to get the congressional map on the November ballot is
Continue Reading5 things to know for May 12: High prices, US-China relations, hantavirus outbreak, Lincoln Memorial, Harvard
By Alexandra Banner, CNN It’s been 100 days since Nancy Guthrie disappeared, with few concrete answers emerging in the case. It’s also reigniting debate over whether crime dramas like “CSI” have inflated the public’s expectations of which cases police can realistically solve — and how quickly. Here’s what else you need to know to get
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Color crunch: Japan’s Calbee chip bags go monochrome as Iran war bites
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — If you’re shopping for your favorite Calbee chips in Japan and see that familiar bag in black and white – it’s not a printing mistake. The Japanese snack maker said on Tuesday it will temporarily change the packaging to grayscale and ditch its typically bright and eye-catching colors in
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