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3 weeks ago | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer |Mitchell Kaminski
Pilot Grove community focuses on cleanup, rebuilding after EF-2 tornado hits town The Pilot Grove Community is picking up their gloves and chainsaws to help with clean up efforts following a tornado Wednesday morning. After leaving her basement following the storm, Pilot Grove resident and community building board member Sue Day grabbed her rake and joined her neighbors in the cleanup. "There is lots of people that jumped in to help us, and I really appreciate that," Day said.
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1 month ago | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer |Jazsmin Halliburton
Kehoe signs bill that impacts St. Louis police department, addresses school violence JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)Gov. Mike Kehoe signed House Bill 495 on Wednesday morning, focusing on public safety, which has been a top priority for the administration since taking office. A part of this bill will establish a committee dedicated to school safety within the Department of Public Safety.
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2 months ago | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer |Nia Hinson |Ryan Shiner
MSHP names man killed by Columbia police, 4 officers put on leave; Moberly police name homicide victim The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the man killed by the Columbia Police Department after allegedly displaying a knife at officers on Saturday night. The highway patrol wrote that Turner got out of the residence after 10 p.m. with a knife. Officers told him to drop the knife, but he did not comply, MSHP wrote in its release.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer
Missouri sees increase in flu and COVID cases during winter months According to the CDC, flu activity typically peaks in February, followed by December, January and March. Boone Health's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robin Blount adds that she also sees an increase in respiratory illnesses in the winter. "It follows all the travel that occurred over the holidays, people went all over the country and got exposed to everything going on all over the country and then brought it back," Blount said.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer
Jefferson City crews clean up the snow in preparation for Kehoe inauguration Jefferson City's Public Works started hauling snow out of the Capitol area at 2 a.m. Saturday for general snow clean up and to also help prepare for Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe's inauguration.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer
Snow plow crews turn focus to residential streets With snowfall slowing down, snowplow crews in Columbia and Jefferson City are turning their attention to residential streets and parking lots in the area. Mid-Missouri was hit with a pair of winter storms this week, with the most recent occurring Thursday night and Friday morning. Roughly 4 inches fell in Columbia, according to the National Weather Service.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer
Medical debt to be removed from credit reports Unpaid medical bills will no longer affect credit scores after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday finalized a rule to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans. According to a 2024 study from the Missouri Foundation of Health, in a survey of 2,047 Missourians, half reported having medical debt in the past five years.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
newspressnow.com | Marie Moyer |Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)Unpaid medical bills will no longer affect credit scores after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday finalized a rule to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans. According to a 2024 study from the Missouri Foundation of Health, in a survey of 2,047 Missourians, half reported having medical debt in the past five years. The report says 78% of people in the survey were insured.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ)Republican state Rep. Jon Patterson, of Lee's Summit, makes Missouri history as the first Asian American Speaker of the House after a slight hiccup in the voting process. The Missouri House of Representatives and Senate met Wednesday in its first day of session of 2025. But before any committees are made or bills are passed, lawmakers had to agree on leadership in the chambers. Patterson won the vote for Speaker of the House, 152-10 against Republican Rep.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
abc17news.com | Marie Moyer
COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ)As city snowplows and local stores gear up for an upcoming winter storm on Saturday, the CDC and the Insurance Information Institute share some recommendations for protecting homes before the snow falls. In freezing temperatures, roof leaks and pipe damage can happen. According to the Insurance Institute, it's beneficial to clean out gutters to prevent ice damming, a build-up of ice and snow that traps water on the roofs of homes.
