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Health officials ask for leftover doses of coronavirus vaccine to go to eligible Missourians https://vimeoassets.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2021/03/02/Health_officials_ask_for_leftover_doses_of_coronavirus_vaccine_to_go_to_eligible_Missourians.jpg COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As mass vaccination clinics continue throughout Missouri, thousands of eligible people are still waiting to receive the vaccine. However, reports have surfaced that some clinics are ending up with extra doses and allowing anyone to g...

Missouri State Emergency Management Agency Cars line up at a mass vaccination event at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Leopold, Missouri, on Wednesday. All unused doses were sent to other vaccine providers in the area, state health officials said The Bollinger County Health Center had a predicament on its hands. In conjunction with the state, it had organized a mass vaccination event on Wednesday in Leopold, Missouri — population 65. Nearly 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been supplied fo...

FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Mary Noble announced that $2,116,636 has been awarded in grant funding from the federal Violence Against Women

The inside story of how Louisvilles $12 million Breonna Taylor settlement came together Tessa Duvall and Darcy Costello, Louisville Courier Journal © Matt Stone/Courier Journal Attorney Ben Crump holds the hand of Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, as they leave Metro Hall after the city of Louisville agreed to pay $12 million to the estate of Breonna Taylor. At Palmers left is attorney Lonita Baker, who also represents Taylors family. Sept. 15, 2020 LOUISVILLE, Ky....

Its by design: Black people most often charged with felonies amid Louisville protests Bailey Loosemore, Louisville Courier Journal They are setting us up: Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott on her arrest during protests Replay Video UP NEXT LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police charged Black people with felonies at more than double the rate as their white counterparts during the first four months of protests over the death of Breonna Taylor. Between May 29 and Sept. 28, Louisvi...

‘Choosing’ potatoes and spats over hens: a peek into our past As he dips into his personal archive, JOHN ARNOLD reflects on the changes in our society Tommy Walsh working at his forge at Bluebell, Bartlemy with his mother lending a hand. John Arnold BACK in the 1970s, Dublin-born singer Peggy Dell launched an album called Among My Souvenirs — the title being taken from a song of the same name that was a hit for Connie Francis in 1959. Over the last nine months, I’ve spent an awful lot ...

ABC 17 News JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement agencies and state officials in Jefferson City are taking cautionary measures days before President-Elect Joe Bidens Inauguration. Some state workers received an email asking them to work from home on Wednesday because of the potential protests near the Missouri Capitol. In an email obtained by ABC 17 News, employees of the Department of Elementary and Secondary education who work in the Jefferson Building will work from home on Wednesday....

FBI warning increases security at Missouri State Capitol Replay Video UP NEXT FBI investigators warned of plans Tuesday for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to Joe Biden’s inauguration.  Federal agents are preparing to prevent more bloodshed after last week’s deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol and security teams in Jefferson City have increased patrols at the Missouri State Capitol. Marked and unmarked patrol vehicles from different l...

As a mob of President Donald Trumps supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, claiming five lives and prompting calls for the presidents ouster, the Kansas City Police Department sent out a notice to its 1,300 officers that all would be on call to respond quickly should similar action boil up there. That order expired at 7 a.m. Monday. But with the inauguration of Missouri’s Republican governor, Michael Lynn Parson, about 160 miles away in Jefferson City on Monday, the order co...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As the incumbent governor of Missouri Mike Parson is set to be sworn in for his first full term, several agencies are prepared to make sure the event is safe. The Inauguration will take place on the South Lawn of the Missouri Capitol. Events kick off at 11 a.m. and are free and open to the public. The Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Missouri Capitol Police, has a plan for the inauguration that has been used and updated over the years and that includes ...