
ABC17 News 12+
News-Press & Gazette Company
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
ABC 17 News is Mid-Missouri’s source for breaking news, weather and sports. The ABC 17 News app provides instant access to the latest local news, custom weather forecasts, and local sports for Mid-Missouri, including Columbia, Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks.
What’s New
Version 6.4
Performance improvements and bug fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
Does great job for breaking news notifications
Great for getting notified for local breaking news. Doesn't overdo it like some news apps do, doesn't send notifications for less important things.
Don't really use it much otherwise but I'm sure that it's fine if you want to read local stories too.
It does frequently ask me to write an app review, so I'm hoping this will stop those. If not, I might knock it down a star.
Low quality news source
I’ve had the app for about a year and tried to give it a chance. Most of my news comes from national sources, but I want to have a local source to offer updates on smaller scale news.
Stories change infrequently on this app. We’re still seeing in late October the exact same stories about high profile murder that happened in mid-August, with no updates. Before that it was the exact same report of accusations against the city manager, without any new news for weeks.
Writing quality is quite poor, as well. Today I looked for an update on yesterday’s storms and saw an article about damage “across Missouri,” per the headline. Turns out it was a short mention of one location, an out-of-context paragraph describing leafless tree limbs and a structure in its side, and a statement that crews had no information to offer about the damage. I’m still wondering about the impact of yesterday’s storms across the state, or even in the region.
I’ll be getting my local news elsewhere and deleting this app.
Excellent local news app
Of the 3 main local news sources, I find this the most polished and informative, especially when it comes to local violence and crime. I find it informative, well organized and easy to use without consuming a bunch of resources or being intrusive. The weather alerts are important to me and here again, as with the news, informative but not heavy handed or overbearing. The app itself is initiative and easy to use. Most of the news items can be read in a minute or two. I like it.
App Privacy
The developer, News-Press & Gazette Company, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- News-Press & Gazette Company
- Size
- 49.8 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © Copyright 2021 NPG Corp
- Price
- Free