A Columbia man was charged in Boone County after prosecutors allege he threatened to bring a gun to work after being fired from his job. Isaac Flowers was sentenced with a felony count for making a terror threat in September. Flowers and eight other employees at DANA Incorporated were fired after coming into work Sept.
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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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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
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 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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The University of Missouri Police Department said officers received a report of sexual assault on Tuesday stemming from homecoming weekend. Officers said a female was the victim of the assault by a male acquaintance. The reported assault allegedly happened at a residence in the 400 block of Buram Avenue. Anyone with information on the assault
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According to the National Crime Prevention Council, Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country. From the national level to the local level, organizations based around safety continue to form. “I believe we educated almost 200 people in the last calendar year,” said Columbia Police Department officer
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No arrests were made after a downtown Columbia barbershop said its building was damaged over the weekend. M. Boss Barber and Salon posted on Sunday a window was broken after partying on 9th Street on Saturday. The Facebook page updated the post and said the business owner’s husband replaced the missing glass with a piece
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Doctors are advising people to get their flu shots coming off a 2018-2019 flu season the CDC says was longer than other recent seasons. “Flu season is here already we start seeing cases in October so now is the time to get the vaccine, flu season runs through April, May and the highest numbers they
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Board of Education passed a new school resource officer agreement at its meeting Monday. “As we do with many different organizations that we contract with, this is just a renewal of that contract,” board vice president Jonathan Sessions said Monday afternoon. Under the new contract, Columbia Public Schools will pay $206,837 for four
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The City of Centralia has policies specific to city employees’ use of social media and their use of work computers. ABC 17 News crews looked at the city’s policies after Clint Baer, 41, of Centralia was fired from the police department. The city’s policy on social media lays out rules for posting on city social
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Road construction is scheduled for this week on Scott Boulevard in Columbia. One southbound lane of the road will be closed between Strawn Road and Smith Drive. Construction crews are working on new turn lanes for the Westbury Village development. Previously, developers have discussed building a commercial and residential neighborhood in that area, Some residents
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Centralia city leaders will meet on Monday to discuss public safety. This comes after federal prosecutors charged a Centralia police officer with trying to have sexual contact with a minor using the internet. Clint Baer, 41, of Centralia is accused of communicating with an FBI agent posing as the mother of a 14-year-old girl using
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Columbia authorities warned drivers to expect delays Saturday afternoon in the westbound lanes of I-70 after a crash near the connector. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/1183099511163494400″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;ACCIDENT ALERT: I-70 WB near Highway 63 Connector. Emergency crews on the scene. Traffic is backup to Lake of the Woods exit. Expect delays. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MoDOT_Central?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@MoDOT_Central&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/ColumbiaPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@ColumbiaPD&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@MSHPTrooperF&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a
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ABC 17 News made a records request for the expenses related to the September trip to Memphis to visit the National Civil Rights Museum. The majority of the money spent on the trip went toward travel and lodging. According to the document, $3,612 went toward the hotel, Peabody Memphis. This covered a total of 25
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Organizers posted an update to the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival Facebook page Friday night. The post said that due to the recent rain, event-goers may likely have to park on the river roads for at least the first half of Saturday. According to the event’s website, primary parking is typically in local fields. Organizers asked attendees
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Police arrested one person after serving a search warrant in north Columbia on Friday morning. According to a news release, officers served the warrant at 2313 Parks Edge Place around 10:45 a.m. Officers arrested Henry Anthony Williams, 30, on suspicion of burglary, stealing, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. The
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The CEO of Dow has gifted The University of Missouri $6 million. According to the school, it’s one of the first major gifts from one person for the NextGen Precision Health Institute. Jim Fitterling graduated from the engineering school in 1983, and started working for the company he now leads two weeks after. “Tackling grand
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