COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a letter Wednesday that he will be opening an investigation into Columbia Public Schools’ failure to comply to end COVID-19 mask mandates. This comes after the state’s attorney general’s office received information from CPS parents that the district is not following the court order to
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The university told the approximately 75 residents this fall of its plans to close the apartment building on Hitt Street. The move drew criticism from the Coalition of Graduate Workers, a group that advocates for graduate student causes on campus.
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Police say 72-year-old Susan Hanel was driving on Providence Road on Nov. 30 when she turned in front of Skylar Maddox, causing him to crash into her vehicle while on his motorcycle.
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Schmitt said Tuesday that he sent letters to school districts that still require masks ordering them to stop enforcing the mandate, including Columbia Public Schools. Schmitt has also sued the district over its mask rule for all students and workers. No hearings have been scheduled in that case.
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Lynlee Renick told a judge yesterday she plans on taking the witness stand in day three of her murder trial Wendesday, more than three years after she allegedly killed her snake-breeding husband Ben Renick in 2017.
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A U.S. district judge in Georgia on Tuesday issued an injunction against a coronavirus vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The rule had led the UM System to mandate vaccines across its four campuses and other facilities because of the millions of federal dollars it receives for research and other purposes. The UM System carved out exemptions for religious and medical reasons and for those who don’t work closely with others in a federally-funded job.
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The letters follow a Nov. 22 Cole County judge’s ruling in Robinson v. Department of Health and Senior Services. Judge Daniel Green ruled non-elected officials cannot issue and enforce public health orders in Missouri. Schmitt told ABC 17 News that his office took time to interpret how the ruling will affect the rest of Missouri before crafting the letters.
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Lynlee Renick is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the deadly shooting of her husband, Ben Renick, at his snake-breeding facility in 2017. Prosecutors allege Lynlee Renick enlisted two friends in her plot to kill her husband after her spa had financial troubles. However, they accuse Lynlee Renick of pulling the trigger.
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Gilbane Motorsports will honor Skylar Maddox, 25, of Columbia, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Waves Cider Company, 604 Nebraska Ave. Maddox died Nov. 30. Susan Hanel, 72, of Columbia, has been charged with several crimes in the crash, including driving while under the influence of drugs.
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Emergency dispatchers sent out a public alert on the crash at Old 63 and Bluffdale Drive at about 8:15 a.m. A firefighter at the scene said three cars were involved. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the two men’s injuries were.
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Lawyers for Joseph Elledge filed the motion Friday in Boone County.
Continue Reading Renick is accused of killing her husband, world-renowned snake breeder, Ben Renick on the couple’s Montgomery County property on June 8, 2017.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are looking for a driver after an SUV crashed into a Columbia home early Tuesday morning. An ABC 17 News crew saw at least five Columbia Police Department patrol cruisers around 2:15 a.m. at the scene of the crash near Leslie Lane and Newton Drive. Police said the driver wasn’t at
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Lawyers for a woman accused of killing her snake breeder husband in Montgomery County blamed Ben Renick’s death on his wife’s ex-boyfriend during opening statements in her murder trial Monday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Health Director Stephanie Browning and city council members discussed how issues in the 2014 Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence have already been addressed in the community and what still needs improvement in the future. This discussion took place at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Watch the presentation replay
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ABC 17 News crews saw several police units and officers on foot searching areas of central Columbia. Cpl. Kyle Green with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said police asked troopers for help while they were pursuing a stolen vehicle. The driver ditched the vehicle and ran in the area of Worley Street before troopers arrived and witnesses say he was armed, Green said.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The murder trial of Lynlee Renick is set to start on Monday. Renick is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the death of her husband, Ben Renick. According to court records, the trial is set to start under Judge Kevin Crane in the Boone County Courthouse at
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man accused of a deadly shooting has been extradited back to Boone County. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Mark Achterberg, 36, was booked into the Boone County Jail on Sunday afternoon. The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office charged him last month with first-degree murder and armed criminal action
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local football coaches recognize that rules and protocols have progressed over the years to make the game safer, and MU Health Care aims to continue addressing the issue with the opening of a sports concussion clinic. The center, which is now opened in Columbia, is designed to accommodate a patient as early
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is looking to arrest Harold David Fogle, age 60 of Hannibal, Missouri, as the suspect who crashed into innocent motorists while fleeing from a deputy on Thursday night. A started around 11 p.m. Thursday night and ended after a vehicle, believed to be driven by Fogle, ran
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