The Missouri Lottery generated $1,400,216,223 of revenue in 2018, according to unaudited data from the program’s headquarters. Of that sum, $306,072,098 was forwarded to public education. In the 2018 fiscal year, $306,072,098 was allocated to public education, an amount that has steadily grown since the lottery’s inception in the 1980s. For every dollar that was
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For the first time in his professional life, Doug Callahan took time Friday to research and apply for unemployment benefits. “I didn’t even know where the unemployment office was,” said Callahan. “I haven’t been unemployed in my entire life. I’m still in shock.” Less than two months after Callahan was appointed president of Father Augustine
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The Diocese of Jefferson City announced Thursday that President Doug Callahan is no longer at Father Augustine Tolton Regional Catholic High School. Callahan was appointed as president in September after he spent more than 30 years with the Boy Scouts of America. Callahan said in an e-mail to ABC 17 News: “Late this afternoon Bishop
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The University of Missouri Police Department was investigating atleast four reports of a social media stalking scam on Thursday. Multiple people reported being approached on social media to send nude photos in exchange for money, according to a news release from MUPD. The department has received four reports so far, said MU Police spokesperson Sara
Continue ReadingThe Mizzou Athletics Department has apologized over Twitter after some social media users called earlier posts on the platform featuring athletes and other students insensitive. Below is a screen shot ABC 17 News obtained that was captured Wednesday afternoon. Mizzou Athletics later deleted the tweet and tweeted an apology Wednesday night, saying it had made
Continue ReadingTwo financial gifts to the University of Missouri will honor an alumnus’s family. Mizzou announced Thursday the $1.7 million combined donations from Ken Donohew, a 1967 industrial engineering graduate, and his wife, Ellen Kippel. A $1.4 million gift will honor Donohew’s father by creating the Maj. Gen. Jack Donohew Fund for Diversity and Inclusion in
Continue ReadingA meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Thursday for legislators and industry leaders to discuss expanding broadband internet access across the state. University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s director and two Columbia commissioners are among those expected to attend the meeting. In April 2019, the City
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Engineers from the City of Columbia are looking into the cost of building a sidewalk that would lead up to Battle High School. “We look at all the trees that we’re going to need to be clearing, inlets for the drainage, and then just looking at the layout of the sidewalk that we’ll want to
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The New Franklin R-1 School District held the last of three meetings tonight to discuss increasing the operating tax levy under Proposition 1 in Rocheport. The levy helps pay for the cost of operating the schools, including salaries, textbooks, utilities and more. The school board is proposing to increase the levy by $1 per $100,
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Lincoln University officials released more details about the tumultuous scene outside a homecoming concert Saturday night. The 9 p.m. show at Jason Gymnasium capped off a week of LU homecoming events and cost the college an estimated $30,000. The university sold 2,322 tickets for the show, nearly selling out the 2,519 capacity of the venue,
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The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new agreement with the school district to provide school resource officers. Four police officers will serve as school resource officers in three of the city’s public high schools and one to work in up to two middle schools. The city and school district will split the salaries of
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A Jefferson City school board member said he won’t seek reelection in 2020. Steve Bruce has served on the JC school board since 2014. He was up for election next year, after winning a reelection campaign in 2017. Bruce said he’s stepping down from the school board to spend more time with his family. The
Continue ReadingLincoln University apologized and promised refunds to ticket holders unable to get through the door at a Homecoming concert Saturday. The university released a statement Monday saying “we were unable to safely process those coming into the building when the crowd became unruly.” Lincoln police along with officers from Jefferson City, the Cole County Sheriff’s
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The University of Missouri rebuked its theater department on Friday after the department faculty said it would not host True/False Film Festival programming next year. The department released a statement on Friday pulling its partnership with True/False because of the group’s ties to The Crossing Church. The church received criticism for a sermon on Sunday
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Columbia leaders discussed workforce development and community contributions Friday at a meeting that brought together officials from Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri, business and city and county governments. Representatives from the Boone County Commission, the Columbia Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri and the City of Columbia were
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Two superintendents of Cole County school districts shared their reactions to the annual performance report released Wednesday by The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. “We are pleased with our APR results, but with any data related to student performance, it is important to analyze the data to see where improvement is needed,” said
Continue ReadingThe Jefferson City School District said Friday that a reported social media threat originated in another state and had no ties to Jefferson City. Police searched Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Friday after parents and students reported seeing a threatening message on the social media service Snapchat, Jefferson City School District spokeswoman Ryan Burns said.
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A meeting scheduled for Friday morning will focus on items from Columbia Public Schools. Along with CPS, leaders from Boone County, the City of Columbia, the Chamber of Commerce and the University of Missouri will all be at the City Hall meeting. The groups are set to discuss a possible bond issue for CPS that
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UPDATE 10/17 7 p.m.: Missouri American Water has now lifted a boil water advisory that was issued Wednesday for thousands in Jefferson City. According to the company, water quality tests done today showed that the water is safe for consumption. ORIGINAL: Four Jefferson City schools were under boil water advisories Wednesday after a water main
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A Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said the district is happy with its overall performance in data released by the state Thursday. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Thursday released Annual Progress Reports for school districts, which are used to determine districts’ accreditation status. The reports look at performance measures such as standardized
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