One mid-Missouri organization is expecting large numbers of families needing assistance to pay electric and gas bills as the temperature get colder. Central Missouri Community Action processes applications for the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Howard, Moniteau and Osage counties. Colita Harvey, housing program manager of Central
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The University of Missouri is inviting the public to the grand opening of its new Land of the Osages Research Center on Oct. 29. The center is part of MU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR). CAFNR says the facility will be the first experiment station in more than 30 years dedicated to
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A racist image spoofing the Gentry Middle School website was a screen shot of the school’s home page that had been edited and uploaded to Google, not a hack of the website, a Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said Wednesday. “Someone took a screenshot of our web page and then edited it in a photo editing
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Zaxby’s on Cinnamon Hill Lane in Columbia is back open after a small fire forced it to shut its doors a week ago. Scott Clardy, assistant director of the Columbia/Boone County Public Health Department said a small grease fire started in Zaxby’s kitchen Oct. 9. Clardy said whenever first responders are alerted to fires at
Continue ReadingTONIGHT: Clouds clear, chilly with lows in the upper 30s. THURSDAY: Mostly sunny, highs in the low to mid-60s. EXTENDED: Temperatures gradually warm into the 70s by Friday, but clouds begin to increase ahead of our next front that will bring rain overnight Friday into Saturday. Rain exits by midday Saturday, leaving us with a
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The Jefferson City School District board declared the Simonsen Ninth Grade Center building a surplus property in its Monday meeting. “It allows us to begin the process to consider what our options would be,” Superintendent Larry Linthacum told ABC 17 News Wednesday. “We were not planning on using Simonsen this fall with the opening of
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The Maries County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged a man after a deadly weekend crash. Austin B. Edwards, 25, of Rolla, is charged with driving while intoxicated resulting in a death, driving while intoxicated that resulted in an injury and careless and imprudent driving that involved an accident. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested Edwards
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A Boone County judge recused himself Wednesday from a lawsuit involving the University of Missouri medical school. Judge Jeff Harris stepped aside after an attorney for Rachel Brown, a former associate dean of the medical school, brought up a relationship Harris has with a possible witness in the case. Dr. Robert Churchill, a former dean
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Community leaders were gathered Wednesday at the Blind Boone Home in central Columbia to dedicate several historical markers for the African American Heritage Trail. The event was the first of two planned to unveil the markers. Playback of a live video stream of the event is available in the player below. Sign up for email
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A man charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter in Chariton County was named in a wrongful death lawsuit. Court documents show Michael Meyer, who is listed as the father of Alicia Meyer, filed the suit against James Pleasant. The lawsuit alleges Pleasant was driving with Alicia Meyer in a car on May 31 in an area
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Editor’s Note (10/16/2019): This article was edited to add comments from a Cole County attorney and the current chief of Cole County EMS. Three former Cole County EMS employees filed lawsuits against the county government alleging employment discrimination by a former head of the department. Michael Burks, Kim Kline and Aaron Steenbergen each sued the
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THIS AFTERNOON: Cloudy skies will be the main feature this afternoon, with more bits of sunshine peeking in later on. Temperatures will be chilly, in the mid 50s . TONIGHT: Clouds will thin out tonight leaving us to cool off back into the middle 30s by daybreak with wind chills feeling like the low 30s
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A Cole County man was killed Tuesday night when his tractor hit a tree and overturned on a private drive. Robert Luebbering, 83, died after his tractor went off the right side of the road and he overcorrected, causing the tractor to go off the left side of the road and overturn off Lower Bottom
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WEDNESDAY: We’re getting off to a cool start this morning, and temperatures won’t recover too much by this afternoon, only managing the mid to upper 50s under partly cloudy skies. TONIGHT: Clouds will thin out tonight leaving us to cool off back into the middle 30s by daybreak with wind chills feeling like the low
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools is investigating “inappropriate images” posted to a Google search engine page related to Gentry Middle School, according to a district spokeswoman. Michelle Baumstark said in an email Tuesday night that the district was alerted to the images on Monday. She said Google removed the images after the district asked. “Please know the
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The Callaway County city of Mokane is working to replace its water and sewage system that was built in the 1960s. The project is estimated to cost around $2.5 million. “You’re talking about the future of the entire town, so we don’t want to misstep at any time,” said Alderman Chad Booher. He said this
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington is heading to the World Series for the first time in 86 years after the wild-card Nationals used a seven-run first inning and Patrick Corbin’s 12-strikeout performance to hold on and beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 Tuesday night for a sweep of the NL Championship Series. Quite a stunning turnaround
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The University of Missouri wants a court-ordered mental examination of a former track coach suing the team. The school filed two motions this week for a mental exam of Carjay Lyles and to compel Lyles to provide medical and employment records. The university argued that Lyles had “placed his emotional condition at issue” in the
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There are hundreds of crashes involving emergency vehicles in Missouri each year. According to data from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, several things lead to these crashes. One of the main causes of the wrecks is animals in the roadway, but other drivers can also cause crashes. Distracted driving caused 138 crashes in Missouri in
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A patient in serious condition had to be extricated from a Callaway County ambulance Tuesday afternoon after a crash in Columbia. Boone County emergency dispatchers sent an alert that Old 63 was closed from Shepard Boulevard to East Stadium Boulevard because of a crash. Callaway County EMS later said an ambulance carrying a patient in
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