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Multiple people taken to hospital after first responder struck vehicle

September 18, 2021 7:46 AM Ben Fein

Two people have been transported to the hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving a first responder in Montgomery County.

Saturday morning crash seriously injures man in Callaway Co.

September 18, 2021 7:40 AM Meghan Drakas

CALLAWAY Co. (KMIZ) One man was seriously injured in a Saturday morning crash in Callaway County. According to the Missouri State Highway Crash Report, 24-year-old Kyle Canada was driving along Route HH, north of Airway Road in Callaway County around 1 a.m. when his car went off the road. The car then hit a fence

Teenager seriously injured in Moniteau Co. crash that totals car

September 18, 2021 7:28 AM Meghan Drakas

MONITEAU, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash in Moniteau County. According to the crash report, the boy was driving along Route 87 near Shalom Drive on Friday night, when the car crossed a driveway. The car then went off the left side of the road and went airborne. The car

SportsZone Football Friday 2021: Week 4 scores and highlights

September 17, 2021 6:15 PM ABC 17 News Team

You can watch the game of the week, Hickman at Battle, replay in the player below. Hickman (22) at Battle (35) FRock Bridge (43) at Capital City (13) FGranite City (IL) (0) at Helias (49) FMontgomery County (28) at South Callaway (41) FVan-Far (0) at North Callaway (56) FJefferson City (49) at Smith-Cotton (0) FBlair

Reports of drinks being drugged at Mizzou

September 17, 2021 9:41 PM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri announced Friday it has received multiple reports alleging drinks are being drugged around campus. “The university has received multiple reports from individuals that suspected they may have been the victims of drugs in their drinks,” said Christian Basi, a University of Missouri spokesperson. Basi says the university wanted

Protesters escorted off Southern Boone school property as mask mandate takes effect

September 17, 2021 5:25 AM Ben Fein

Southern Boone Elementary School started requiring masks Friday after Superintendent Christopher Felmlee announced the school hit its benchmark to send the school into a temporary mask mandate. Felmlee said 15% of students are out of school due to COVID-19 cases, with 82 students quarantined, five active student cases and one active staff case.

The director of the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services on Thursday extended the current COVID-19 order, which had been set to expire Tuesday.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Boone County reports six COVID breakthrough deaths out of 92,000 fully vaccinated residents

September 17, 2021 6:08 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.

Attorney general seeks to add more schools to mask lawsuit against CPS

September 17, 2021 4:33 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants to add more schools to the lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools and its mask policy.

FDA vaccine advisers vote to recommend booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older and those at high risk

September 17, 2021 3:51 PM CNN Newsource

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Pfizer’s vaccine six months after full vaccination in people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe Covid-19.

Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announces he won’t run for reelection

September 17, 2021 2:35 PM Zach Boetto

City of Columbia Mayor Brian Treece announced Friday afternoon he will not run for reelection in 2022.

Illinois man dies in Osage Beach crash

September 17, 2021 12:38 PM Matthew Sanders

Donald Leffler of Warsaw, Illinois, tried to exit onto Key Largo from Highway 54 on his Harley-Davidson Trike when he went off the road and hit an electrical box, the Osage Beach Police Department said in a news release. Leffler was thrown from the Trike and pronounced dead at Lake Regional Hospital, police said.

Nonprofits putting plans together to resettle 1,200 Afghan evacuees in Missouri

September 17, 2021 12:29 PM Joushua Blount

Kelli Jones, spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will help those refugees settle here. The Ethiopian Community Development Council can settle up to 250 in Kansas City and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants can resettle up to 200 in Kansas City and up to 350 in St. Louis.

Columbia Public Schools won’t have to make up snow days

September 17, 2021 10:31 AM Matthew Sanders

The district said in an email to parents that CPS accounted for changes in school calendar laws when creating its calendar, which the school board approved Monday. The number of hours built into the calendar exceeds state standards, the district said, leading to leniency on snow days.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you plan to get a flu shot?

September 17, 2021 2:36 AM ABC 17 News Team

Experts are urging Americans to get flu shots as the country enters another fall with high levels of coronavirus transmission. The combination of a flu outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic could have deadly consequences, they warn.

Southern Boone County Fire Protection District firefighters put out shed fire

September 16, 2021 11:40 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Firefighters from the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District put out a shed fire near East State Highway MM and East Edwards Road Thursday night.

Jefferson City Board of Education meeting in the Miller Performing Arts Center.

Jefferson City Board of Education votes to keep COVID-19 reentry plan in place

September 16, 2021 9:48 PM Zach Boetto

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Board of Education voted Thursday night to keep the JC Schools’ COVID-19 reentry plan in place and will reevaluate around the 30th day of school. Public comment mainly consisted of debating over masks for students in schools. Watch the meeting replay in the player below. It’s an ongoing

Repairs underway on central Columbia home hit by truck

September 16, 2021 5:34 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Fixes have begun on a home in central Columbia a truck crashed into Wednesday afternoon. ABC 17 News saw people installing a post inside a Worley Street bedroom on Thursday. Columbia Building and Site Development said the post will help keep the roof above the damaged room stable. The Wednesday crash injured

Over 2,600 books donated to Columbia elementary students

September 16, 2021 7:36 PM ABC 17 News Team

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Over 2,600 books were provided to Columbia Public School students because of Daniel Boone Country Library program. Each fall and spring, the Read Across Columbia program gives kids four books from the library to promote literacy among children. Read Across Columbia is a Heart of Missouri United Way event that provides books