Month: May 2019

Missouri Democrats called on the majority party to fast-track passage of the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act. In a news conference Thursday, state Rep. Greg Razer criticized the GOP over its “silence” on the matter. The bill would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classes in Missouri’s Human Rights Act. The MHRA

UPDATE: As of 4:40 p.m., 11 customers remained without power between five separate outages. ORIGINAL: About 1,500 customers in south Columbia were without power Thursday afternoon. We are experiencing about 1,500 customers without power. Please call 573.875.2555 to report an outage and visit https://t.co/YdwqNhMk63 to view outages. pic.twitter.com/is5jgnFyoW — Columbia Water&Light (@CoMoWaterLight) May 2, 2019

A Brazilian education firm that had an agreement with the University of Missouri filed a lawsuit last month in federal court that claims the university sent them surprise invoices and breached their contract. High School Servicos Educacionais, which enrolls Brazilian students in a pre-college program through MU called Mizzou K-12 Online, claimed in the lawsuit

SSM Health announced on Thursday its plans to sell its home care and hospice ministries in Jefferson City and Mexico, Missouri, to LHC Group, Inc. The sale will be finalized on June 1. Once the transaction is complete, SSM Health’s home health and hospice ministries will operate as Central Missouri Home Health and Central Missouri

THIS AFTERNOON : We’re slowly starting to dry out across the region. Clouds will stick around into the afternoon and we’ll stay mostly cool. Temperatures struggle to climb to 60. It’s a cool and damp day across Mid-MO. TONIGHT : Under partly cloudy skies we stay mostly dry through the night. Temperatures dip into the

The University of Missouri is expecting a 15 percent jump in freshman enrollment from 2018 for fall 2019. As of Thursday, 5,460 had paid their enrollment deposits. However, students can continue to enroll through the summer, so those numbers could change. “The projected average ACT of MU’s incoming freshman class is over 26,” the university

The Morgan County prosecutor has filed a charge after deputies discovered a marijuana grow operation earlier this year. Jason L. Draffen, 32, of Versailles, was arrested March 14 at a home in the 400 block of West Dekalb Street in Versailles. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, deputies found nearly 100 marijuana

*A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for all of Mid-Missouri until Thursday night* THURSDAY: Showers linger into the morning commute with heavy downpours and small hail. There will be a drying trend through the afternoon, with showers and storms continuing along and south of I-44 in the afternoon. Clouds hold, and highs stay in

Crews responded to a water main break in east Columbia on Wednesday night. It happened before 9 p.m. in the 300 block of south Ann Street. Columbia Water and Light crews as well as Ameren crews were still on the scene at 7:45 a.m. Thursday. Workers spent most of the night determining the cause of

As much of Mid-Missouri prepares for a possible second round of rain, emergency responders are ready to continue helping drivers that get caught on flooded roadways. The Jefferson City Fire Department rescued a woman from her car on South Boulevard shortly after midnight Wednesday. No injuries were reported, and the department posted a picture online

UPDATE 10:30 p.m.: Boone County Road and Bridge crews are monitoring flood conditions. Two workers checked the water level on Gillespie Bridge Road just before 9 p.m. Wednesday and said the water was too deep for the road to reopen. Boone County Road and Bridge also closed Easley River Road at around 7:30 Wednesday evening

A Columbia woman was charged in federal court Wednesday with child pornography charges. Brittany Bailey, 29, is accused of knowingly distributing child pornography and conspiring with others to distribute and receive child pornography. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson signed a warrant for Bailey’s arrest on April 29. According to court documents, a detective with the Metropolitan

The Missouri Department of Transportation will make emergency repairs to the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 at the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport starting Saturday. The repairs will start at 7 p.m. Saturday, and crews work 24 hours a day on the repairs until they are complete. The work is expected to last through May

Two fires caused by lightning in one night is unusual, according to the Columbia Fire Department. Assistant Fire Chief Brad Fraizer confirmed two house fires that happened in southwest Columbia on Tuesday night were the result of lightning strikes. The Fire Department was originally called out to a fire in Brackenhill Court at 4:33 p.m.

Several Cole County roads were closed Wednesday because of flash flooding and rising river waters. Cole County Public Works road superintendent Larry Bishop said most low-water crossings along the Moreau River are covered in water after 3 to 4 inches of rain fell on most of mid-Missouri Tuesday into Wednesday. Another 1 to 2 inches

Columbia police arrested a man Tuesday night who was accused of dragging a police officer with his vehicle during a traffic stop in Audrain County. A police officer was on another call at Red Roof Inn in Columbia at about 9 p.m. Wednesday when he saw a man who looked like Trevor Pepper, the officer

Boone County’s prosecuting attorney has asked for a special prosecutor to review a criminal investigation into a Columbia City Council member, citing his close relationship with the city police. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department on Friday forwarded the reults of the investigation into whether Fourth Ward Councilman Ian Thomas broke the law when he asked

The rules on who may be able to open a medical marijuana dispensary are a step closer to being finalized. A committee met Wednesday morning at the Governor Hotel in Jefferson City to review the potential questions that will eventually appear on the application to open a dispensary. The review of 75 questions included topics

A 29-year-old man has been convicted in the stabbing death of a woman in a Sedalia apartment. The Sedalia Democrat reports that Pettis County jurors found Justin Lewis, of Lincoln, guilty Tuesday of second-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in the January 2018 death of 33-year-old Heather McClellan. Sedalia police

A woman was rescued after a vehicle was swept into the Osage River near Lake Ozark late Tuesday. The Lake Ozark Fire Protection District was sent to the call a little before midnight and learned a vehicle with two people inside had been swept off a low-water bridge on Catrock Road, the agency said in