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Below is the complete transcript from Pres. Donald Trump’s speech, following the attack on Syria: My fellow Americans, On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Assad choked out the lives of innocent men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal

Negotiations are underway between Columbia Public Schools and parent educators. The Thursday meeting was one of several negotiation sessions the district will have with the parent educators as they lay out agreements for the 2017-2018 school year. Parent educators work for the school district’s Parents as Teachers program and visit the home of parents, working

The active weather pattern we have seen since the last week of March has brought much needed rainfall to Mid-Missouri and improved our drought situation. Rainfall for the month of March came in slightly above average at 3.21″ and currently we are just under an inch and a half for April which is also above

Almost two years after his conviction, Brian Adkison is appealing his forcible-rape charge, which landed him in prison for 15 years. You can read the background of his case here, here, here and here. Attorney Emmett Queener appealed on Adkison’s behalf Thursday at the University of Missouri law school, where three appellate judges held court.

The Southern Boone Board of Education election tie could be resolved by drawing lots-a process that’s “basically names in a hat,” Ashland superintendent Chris Felmlee told ABC 17 News Thursday. Incumbents George Carney and and Price Nichols both received 329 votes in Tuesday’s election. The results still have to be certified, but if they remain

A Columbia city councilman is proposing that the city reduce a four-lane section of Forum Boulevard to two lanes instead of widening the street. The idea stemmed from the city’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Commission after a lot of pushback to the council’s idea of putting a roundabout at Forum and Green Meadows. Councilman Ian Thomas recently wrote

A man and a child were taken to Moberly Regional after a vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon at Morley Street and Rollins Street. When the officers got to the scene, they found a Chevrolet Uplander on its side and a Ford Mustang with severe front-end damage. Matthew Rich, a 32-year-old of Moberly, and a 4-year-old

UPDATE: Columbia police said the driver, Dawnette Briscoe, was the person who had to be extricated. Briscoe was brought to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The passenger, Kirmon Bush, did not sustain any injuries. Police said the car was traveling south on Paris Road, approaching Vandiver Drive, when it collided with the northwest corner

A man who had a parcel sent to a Lincoln University mailroom on 822 Chestnut St. has been arrested for trafficking drugs in the first degree on Tuesday. The U.S. Postal Inspection Services called the Lincoln University Police Department and told them about the parcel. A Columbia Police Department K-9 unit confirmed that narcotics were

A dump truck carrying gravel tipped over into a residential yard on New Haven Road. The truck was headed west and a smaller passenger car was headed east. The smaller car was v eering over and the dump truck tried to avoid the car by moving over. The truck hit the ridge on the side

Katrina Boles thought she was just ridding her basement of water for several years after a heavy rain. In 2014, a downpour sent water pouring back through the drains in her basement. The water sat in her and her neighbors backyards while it bubbled into their homes, damaging and destroying Boles’ belongings. City staff seemed

The Boone County Hospital Board of Trustees has released the five options for ongoing operations at the Boone Hospital Center on Thursday. The options are: — Establishing another lease agreement with BJC HealthCare (St. Louis, Missouri), — Entering into a lease with Duke LifePoint Healthcare (a joint venture between Duke University Health System, Durham, North

TONIGHT: Skies will be clear and temperatures will fall to the low-mid 30s. A Frost Advisory is in effect 1-9 AM Friday for areas west of US 63. A Frost Advisory means sensitive vegetation can be damaged. FRIDAY: After a cold start to the day, it will be pleasant with sunny skies, light winds shifting

An agency that was formerly headquartered in Columbia, Mo., was sentenced in federal court Thursday for transferring nearly $1.4 million to Iraq in violation of federal sanctions. Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) has been dissolved, and has divested itself of all its funds and property. IARA’s assets, which consisted of 14 bank accounts and an

Two people were sent to the hospital after a three car crash at the intersection of State Route C and Tennyson Rd. A 30-year-old female and her two children were driving southbound on State Route C in a blue 2005 Dodge Durango, as a 29-year-old female was traveling northbound on State Route C in a

The National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued a flood warning for the Missouri River as a result of the rain that’s fallen within the past 24 hours. This warning goes into effect Friday and will last through Monday morning for parts of Mid-Missouri. ABC 17 News spoke with Boone County Public Works, which

The Cole County ambulance service is asking county leaders for additional staffing. Right now, Cole County EMS has to hand over a lot of out-of-town patient transfers to outside agencies so it can keep up with 911 calls. Because of that, the agency is missing out on roughly $110,000, according to EMS Director Jerry Johnston.

TODAY: For the first time in quite some time, we are finally seeing several days of sunshine in Mid-Missouri. Temperatures this afternoon are still on the cool side, but warmer compared to Wednesday. The breezy conditions look to stay with us today, where winds could gust to 30 mph in the afternoon. We’ll see highs

A Frost Advisory will be valid tonight from 1AM-9AM on Friday morning. The air temperature will fall to 30-34 for only a few hours. A Hard Freeze is not expected, but with a few hours of freezing temperatures some damage can occur to sensitive vegetation. If you’ve planted any herbs/fruit plants that have started to

TODAY: It will be a cool April day with high temperatures 5-8 degrees below average in the mid 50s. A northwest breeze will gust to 30 mph at times through 5PM this evening. TONIGHT: Skies are mostly clear with lows dropping to the low 30s. A northwest wind will become calm under 8 mph after