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Shoppers are running out of time to get those-last minute gifts for Christmas, but new numbers show retailers are running out of time as well. According to Shopper-Trak, which takes a look at sales and foot traffic for retailers and mall owners, sales are down more than four percent nationwide for the week ending Saturday,

A state report, ordered by the Jefferson City school district, confirms the math in the district’s proposal to build a single new high school campus.The Missouri School Board Association issued the report Friday, after a commission spent about a week and a half sorting through research about costs and logistics. One opposition group has called

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration is bolstering his plan to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program with an analysis estimating that it could save the state money in the near future.Figures released this past week by Nixon’s budget office show Missouri could see a nearly $47 million increase in general revenues during the

A powerful storm system will move into the Southern Plains Christmas Day producing a band of heavy snow which will develop in southeastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas in the afternoon and into southern Missouri and Illinois Christmas evening and overnight. Significant snow is expected with the brunt of the storm in southeastern Missouri and southwest

A home appears to be a total loss, after a fire late Monday afternoon.Boone and Millersburg crews went to the scene around 5:30 p.m. off Route WW, about 20 minutes from Columbia and Fulton.It was a single-story structure on Labrado Drive off County Road 259 and Mule Trail Road.Firefighters were forced to attack the blaze

***UPDATE TUESDAY 7 A.M.***The track of winter storm has shifted farther to the south and east overnight. This means any accumulating snowfall will stay south of I-44 and out of Mid-Missouri. Flurries are possible as far north as I-70, but no accumulation is expected. Travelers should still be well aware that this storm will cause

***UPDATE 7:27 P.M. WEDNESDAY***(AP) – A blizzard warning for southeast Missouri has been cancelled about 4 hours before it was scheduled to expire after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow in the state’s Bootheel.The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., says snowfall in Missouri through Wednesday morning ranged from 3 1/2 inches to

As tough economic times plague Missouri, the Salvation Army says they will continue to provide as many cots and good as they can.”Because the economy is not good at this point, we are seeing so many more people, who have become homeless due to a loss of job, loss of income,” said Cyndy Chapman the

With lows in the teens Christmas night and steady northerly winds around 20 mph and gusting to 30 mph, wind chills will drop to near zero overnight. The breezy north winds will continue into Wednesday with high temperatures in the upper 20s. Wind chills will remain in the low teens much of the day.

As people across Mid-Missouri celebrated Christmas, many also are took time to give back. The Salvation Army held their annual holiday meal across the state. ABC 17 News crews stopped by the Center of Hope in Jefferson City Christmas morning”To me christmas is reaching out to others, and giving love and making other people happy,”

According to the National Fire Incident Report, almost 20 percent of fires start in the kitchen from using cooking appliances.Although the Columbia Fire Department said they didn’t respond to any major house fires on Christmas, they want to remind people to be careful, especially those who are cooking or using their stoves to stay warm.”If

A Centralia man was killed Tuesday night in a single-vehicle accident in Boone County.The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says Duane A. Lyons, 33, of Centralia was driving on East Maupin Lane just before 10 p.m. when his truck left the road. Lyons overcorrected, ran off the road again, hit several trees and flipped over.He was

***UPDATE 6:29 P.M.***Another robber is on the loose after hitting a Columbia Petro-Mart early Wednesday morning. Police say the man walked into the Petro-Mart convenience store at College Avenue and Paris Road demanding money.This is the fifth Petro-Mart to be robbed in just the last two weeks. Right now police aren’t certain if some or

If you are returning gifts after the holiday season, consumer groups ask you check the store return policy. If you have unwanted gifts this year, ABC News compiled a list of store return policies:* Amazon.comItems shipped by Amazon.com between November 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, may be returned until January 31, 2013, for a

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A state board that polices Missouri physicians has issued an emergency suspension for a Jefferson City doctor.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Dr. Randall E. Meyer is accused of unnecessarily placing stents in six patients’ arteries. He can argue for reinstatement at a Feb. 4 administrative hearing.Meyer filed documents in the

Thieves took a car over the weekend while a man warmed it up near a Columbia restaurant.An employee says his car was stolen Saturday night outside Fazoli’s near the Business Loop and I-70.The car was found more than two days later, abandoned at the end of Bernadette Drive behind the mall.

Crews at the Columbia Fire Department handled almost 50 electric fires last year and according to them, space heaters and electrical cords were some of the main causes.Battalion Columbia fire Chief Brad Frazier said, “If you’re plugging in a portable heater and it’s a 1500 Watt heater, make sure that it’s plugged into an outlet

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri appeals court has refused to overturn an order that freed a St. Louis man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1982 slaying of a St. Louis woman.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected Attorney General Chris

*** UPDATE Thursday, Dec. 27, 8:06 P.M. *** Prosecutors charged Chadwick Simmons from Columbia, 22, late Thursday afternoon with first degree robbery. Police are looking to see if Simmons could be linked to any other unsolved robberies in Columbia through surveillance video. *** UPDATE 11:12 P.M. ***On Wednesday night Columbia police arrested a suspect after

A cooking fire caused thousands of dollars in damage at a Columbia apartment.Fire crews responded to the Hanover Village Apartments at around 10:30 Wednesday night. They found a fire in the kitchen, but were able to put it out quickly. People inside the apartment were able to get out safely without injuries.Columbia Fire Investigator Lieutenant