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As medical marijuana policy continues to be drafted in the Capitol, talk of an overhaul in the treatment of minor marijuana crimes is beginning to circulate. State lawmakers are considering dozens of marijuana-related bills, many focused on medical marijuana policy. One bill, sponsored by Rep. Ron Hicks, R- Dardenne Praire, would expunge misdemeanor marijuana crimes

The University of Missouri’s Athletics Department has filed its notice that it will appeal NCAA sanctions. MU Athletic Director Jim Sterk announced the filing in a news release Thursday afternoon. The school is appealing penalties the NCAA announced last month after an investigation into a former tutor completing class work for 12 athletes. The sanctions

TONIGHT: Much colder air moves in, dropping temperatures into the upper 20s by 11 and into the upper teens to low 20s by morning in the wake of a cold front. Northwest winds from 10-18 mph will make it feel like the single digits by morning under mostly cloudy skies. FRIDAY: Another upper level wave

A fourth teen has been arrested in connection with a Sept. 25 armed robbery in northeast Columbia. Police arrested Jermaine Spain, 17, of Columbia, on Wednesday and prosecutors charged him with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Investigators said in a probable cause statement that Spain was one of four people who took a cellphone,

A Miller County woman accused of poisoning her husband, then setting their house on fire bonded out of jail on Wednesday. Amy Murray posted a $750,000 surety bond to get out of the jail Wednesday. This, less than a week after her attorney requested her bond be reduced to $50,000. Murray is accused of using

A woman has been charged after Columbia police recovered drugs in a hotel room. Jennifer L. Rinehart, 32, of Columbia, was charged in Boone County this week with delivery and possession of a controlled substance. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, police found a large amount of meth and drug paraphernalia inside

The owner of several abandoned Jefferson City properties has less than a month to argue why she should maintain ownership of seven properties in the East Capitol Avenue area. The Jefferson City Housing Authority filed an eminent domain lawsuit in August against Barbara Buescher for five homes in the 500 block of East Capitol Avenue,

A Columbia man was booked into Boone County Jail on Wednesday after he was arrested in connection with multiple stealing and burglary charges dating back to September. Kaeleb A. Smith, 28, allegedly took more than $900 worth of blood glucose test strips from the Hy-Vee on Nifong on Sunday and Monday. Smith ordered the items,

A crash near South Rangeline Road and Highway WW sent three people to the hospital Wednesday night. Thomas Miller, 59, was driving a car and didn’t stop for a stop sign, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A pickup truck then ran into Miller’s vehicle, officials on scene said. Miller is in

THURSDAY: Another unseasonably warm afternoon will be in store for Mid-Missouri for your Valentine’s Day. With continued southerly winds becoming breezy at times ahead of another approaching cold front, temperatures will push towards 60 by the afternoon, with the best chance of getting there in the southeast. That cold front will work through the area

A deadly chase that ended in Illinois late Tuesday began after a shooting in Jefferson City, police said Wednesday, and the man who died has a history of domestic violence. Jefferson City police said in a news release that officers were sent Tuesday night to calls of a shooting in the 500 block of East

Four people were arrested in separate two incidents Wednesday that brought a large police response to a residential area of northeast Columbia. Police were in the Rice Road area Wednesday afternoon looking for a man who ran from a traffic stop, which prompted a foot chase involving eight to 10 officers, Columbia Police Department Lt.

An investigation is underway after a St. Louis man died of carbon monoxide poisoning from exposure at an airport in Moberly. Three men were hospitalized Feb. 5 after being exposed to carbon monoxide at Omar Bradley Airport, according to police. They were all taken to the hospital along with a Moberly firefighter who also suffered

More people at the University of Missouri filed reports alleging discrimination last academic school year than in years past, according to the school’s 2017-18 Title IX Report. The report said 750 discrimination reports were filed last school year, up from 693 in the 2016-17 school year and 715 reports in the year before that. The

The Fulton Police Department investigated a bomb threat Tuesday night, according to a news release. Police said the department responded to a report of a bomb threat and person with a gun at City Hall in Fulton around 9:16 p.m. Police said officers arrived and secured the area. Officers did not find an explosive device

A romantic pair were arrested in Miler County after they admitted selling methamphetamine to support the man’s business, according to investigators. Gary D. Gruebel and Kelly S. Erickson were arrested after authorities searched 350 Kaiser Industrial Drive in Kaiser on Jan. 22. The location is both a business and a residence. During the search, Gruebel

The Missouri Supreme Court has ordered a Boone County judge to issue a final judgment in a case challenging theformation of a special taxing district along part of Business Loop 70. The court on Tuesday issued a writ directing the circuit court to issue a final judgment that can be appealed in Jen Henderson’s case

A few different groups are set to meet Wednesday night to discuss some Columbia Police Department policies and give their input. According to city spokesman Steve Sapp, this was interim Police Chief Geoff Jones’s idea to find way to involve Columbia residents in the department’s policy process. “They needed some involvement in policy review,” said

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies and winds out of the south will keep temperatures from falling below freezing overnight. Lows will stay in the upper 30s to low 40s around the viewing area. THURSDAY: Another unseasonably warm afternoon will be in store for Mid-Missouri for your Valentine’s Day. With continued southerly winds becoming breezy at times

Medical marijuana is set to create hundreds of jobs across the Show Me State. But the industry is sure to be tightly regulated. “Some people, when they think about the cannabis industry, they kind of glamorize it,” said Scott Abbott, CEO of HCI Alternatives. “When you’re here, it’s very strict. All of your movements are