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The suspect in an April murder appeared in court Tuesday. 24-year-old James Robert Thompson is accused of killing 46-year-old Brian Daniels. Daniels was found shot to death at his home on Cimarron Drive in Columbia. Thompson appeared during a preliminary hearing in a Boone County courtroom. The hearing was continued by both the prosecution and

Prosecutors have charged a Missouri man for child sexual exploitation and statutory sodomy. Law enforcement arrested Gary D. Foster, 53, of Linneus Monday after he allegedly took several sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy near a Mid-Missouri state park. The Boone County and Kirksville Regional Cyber Crime Task Forces say the photos showed Foster

A Columbia high school student accused of changing another student’s name in a yearbook to a sexually suggestive term has been charged with a misdemeanor. 17-year-old Kaitlyn Booth, a Hickman High School junior, was arrested May 14 on suspicion of felony property damage and harassment. But online court records show the Boone County prosecutor on

A chronic DWI offender is in jail again after a crash in which police suspect he was intoxicated. Monday night, Fulton police were called out to a crash on Route F and Gaylord Drive. When police got to the scene, they found the car had been driven off Route F and down a grassy hill

Columbia school board members decided Monday night to not allow some school employees to be armed. Board members defeated a proposal 4 to 3 that would have allowed the director and assistant director of safety to conceal and carry guns. Both employees are retired police officers and would have been required to go through training

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its annual school bus inspection report and found more than 11 percent of the buses failed inspection. Highway Patrol inspected 11,890 buses in the state. Out of those, 1,153 were deemed defective and 244 were placed out-of-service. Defective buses can still be used to transport students and school districts

The Missouri State Auditor’s Office released its audit of the Early Childhood Development, Education and Care (ECDEC) Fund. State Auditor Tom Schweich gave the program a “Poor” review. According to Schweich, three Start Up and Expansions (SUE) child care facilities received $171,500 in taxpayer money during the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years, but stopped participating

The Missouri Tiger basketball team revealed its entire 2013-14 non-conference schedule Monday. No times or television assignments have been set yet for these games: Nov. 8 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA Columbia, Mo. Nov. 12 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Columbia, Mo. Nov. 16 Hawaii Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center) Nov. 23/25 TBA (Las Vegas Invitational Regional Rounds) Columbia, Mo. Nov.

Aid is pouring in for a New Florence couple after a tornado damaged their home beyond repair last week. On Sunday night, only ABC 17 News reported how the American Red Cross would no longer be able to help Kelly Morgan and her family. The agency reached their lending limit and could not provide housing

When school gets out and the free school lunch program ends, many children are left hungry in the summer months. However, one local group has a program that helps fight that problem. Lunch in the Park is a U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded service that provides free lunches every weekday for kids ages two through 18.

A Columbia man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the shooting death of a high school student near a city park. A Boone County jury convicted 20-year-old Anthony Graves last month of felony murder, armed criminal action and illegal use of a weapon. The victim, 17-year-old Deaudre Johnson, was killed in March

Callaway County and state authorities are investigating a suspected arson near Fulton Monday morning. Just before 6 a.m., Callaway County deputies responded to a fiew in the 4500 block of County Road 217. The fire destroyed an unoccupied home and outbuilding. Firefighters from the Central, North Callaway, and Millersburg Fire Protection Districts responded to extinguish

A Callaway County man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to a drug-trafficking conspiracy in Boone, Callaway and Cooper counties. Jason Randall Holloway, 33, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and five kilograms or more of cocaine from 2007 to 2010. He also pleaded guilty to

The Missouri Department of Transportation will begin repairs to I-70 in Columbia this week, closing lanes of traffic overnight. MoDOT crews will be patching bridge surfaces over Rangeline Street, Garth Avenue and West Boulevard starting Monday night. The work will close one lane of both eastbound and westbound traffic from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced Monday it will participate in a nationwide effort to crack down on intoxicated boaters. The effort, “Operation Dry Water,” will involve special patrols during the weekend of June 28-30. Troopers will be on the lookout for intoxicated or impaired boaters. Troopers say any boat operator with a blood alcohol

A family in New Florence is faced with being on the street after a tornado left their house damaged beyond repair on May 31st. The American Red Cross has been paying for a room at the Days Inn in New Florence for the Morgan family for the last week. But that will all change Monday.

A Boonville man was killed Saturday evening in a motorcycle crash in Cooper County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 43-year-old Jeffrey M. Roath was traveling eastbound on Route K west of Missouri Route 41 when he entered a curve too fast and lost control of his motorcycle. Troopers say the motorcycle left the

Corwin Automotive Group in Jefferson City is planning to build a new 30,000 square foot facility in the 3600 Blk of Missouri Boulevard. Mangers confirmed Saturday they will be moving the current Honda dealership to the new location. The Nissan franchise will then move into the old Honda building. Corwin has been storing inventory at

A Columbia mother says her children’s walk to school is dangerous and wants a school bus to pick them up. The family doesn’t qualify, because it lives less than a mile away from the elementary school. On Thursday, Stephany Vasquez says the route her 9- and 10-year-olds walk to school every day is treacherous, sometimes

A tractor trailer crash briefly closed a section of Highway 54 in Jefferson City early Saturday morning. Just before 6 a.m., the Jefferson City Police Department responded to an overturned tractor trailer on the eastbound Highway 54 ramp to northbound Highway 63. Officers say the driver, Tracy Johnson, 53, of Independence, Mo. was traveling too