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A gas leak on Stadium Boulevard in Columbia has closed the intersection with West Ash Street until further notice. As of Thursday 4 p.m., traffic on Stadium Boulevard can proceed normally northbound/southbound and traffic can turn east on Ash Street, however drivers cannot turn west onto Ash Street. Traffic is reportedly heavy in the area.

A man wanted by law enforcement is in custody Wednesday evening after leading officers on a chase then crashing into another car. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over a black SUV on Highway WW for a traffic violation. The driver, Rashard Bigham, led deputies on a short chase into the El Chaparral neighborhood.

Columbia police have arrested a man suspected of robbing a Break Time convenience store last month. On Wednesday, officers arrested 32-year-old Phillip J. Masters on charges of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Investigators believe Masters robbed the Break Time on Forum Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. on April 26. Police said robber pointed a handgun

A University of Missouri assistant professor was arrested early Wednesday morning for burglary and sexual misconduct. Columbia police arrested 29-year-old Tyler D. Hack around 4 a.m. in the 1100 block of West Broadway. Officers said Hack entered his neighbor’s home through an unlocked door. The neighbor was asleep then woke up to Hack fondling him.

University of Missouri Health Care’s Missouri Psychiatric Center opened its renovated youth unit Wednesday. The new $1.9 million unit will provide nearly 7,800 square-feet of upgraded facilities to patients five to 18-years-old. The Missouri Youth Psychiatric Services unit will have 17 beds for patients, along with two quiet rooms. This renovation is the final phase

ABC 17 News has learned the world’s largest retailer is indicating it will bring a Sam’s Club to Jefferson City. Officials said Walmart could open the warehouse club as early as 2015. City leaders believe the store would mean more than 100 new jobs and a boost to the local tax revenue. Kirk Farmer of

The Columbia Police Department will start to move to a precinct system over the next decade, according to chief Ken Burton. The change had been on Burton’s mind since he took over as chief and was recommended by an outside consultant Columbia hired last year. But the change will be slow and expensive. In an

A car crash injured two mid-Missourians in Osage County Wednesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a car ran off the road just south of Highway 50, near Loose Creek, striking a tree and a fence before becoming airborne and rolling over. Both the driver and passenger were ejected from the vehicle. Holly

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three people after serving search warrants related to a meth investigation. On Wednesday morning, deputies searched a home in the 2300 block of Grandview Circle and a home in the Woodstock Estates mobile home part off New Haven Road. Investigators had received information that people in the homes were manufacturing

The president of Helias Catholic High School will resign at the end of the school year. The Diocese of Jefferson City announced Wednesday Didier “Di” Aur will leave the school to take a new principal job in Memphis, Tenn. Aur is a native of Memphis and came to Jefferson City in 2006 to become the

Eleven children are out of the hospital after a school bus was involved in a crash near the Lake of the Ozarks. The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday after a car was rear-ended in a turning lane on Business 54 and then hit the bus. The students were on the way to Mills Elementary.

Three men were arrested for allegedly robbing a Moberly teenager at gunpoint. Around midnight Sunday, an 18-year-old was walking near Emerson and Myra when three men approached him. One of the men pointed a weapon at the victim and grabbed money from the victim. The suspects also took the victim’s cell phone before fleeing. Police

Columbia is moving forward onitsplans for amultimilliondollar terminal despite an airline pullingitsservices next week. Officials with Columbia Regional say despite Frontier Airlines endingitsservice inmid-Missourisix months after it got here, the airport is still generating money with just one carrier. Not enough members attended Wednesday’s meeting to vote, but the voting members present agreed they would

Gov. Nixon addressed the funding cuts to drivers license bureaus on Wednesday. The governor said reducing of a third of its budget is unprecedented. He is currently planning to eliminate staff and positions within the department of motor vehicles by July 1. A panel of House and Senate members agreed on Tuesday to the changes

Early Wednesday morning, Columbia police were called out to a a gas station robbery near Interstate 70. Just before 3 a.m., police were called to the Eagle Stop on North Providence. Police say two black men entered the store and robbed the gas station at gunpoint. Officers said the suspects took an undisclosed amount of

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested Timothy S. Midgyett Jr. after a chase, Monday night. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies and Columbia police officers responded to a car chase on Columbia’s north side. Just after 10 p.m. officers began chasing a car that finally came to a stop on Smiley Lane near the intersection of Range

Columbia business leaders are not optimistic about the future of the city’s mail processing center. At a meeting Wednesday, members of the Regional Economic Development Board said they expect the United States Postal Service to shut down the processing facility. If that happens, all mail would be processed in St. Louis, potentially delaying mail delivery

Emergency crews responded to the University of Missouri for a hazardous materials call. According to law enforcement, a call came in around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday for a report of an “unknown substance” coming from underneath a door in Middlebush Hall. A sign on the door stated to call 911 in case of an emergency. Another

Rep. Chris Kelly’s office confirmed to ABC 17 News Wednesday that the legislator suffered a heart attack Tuesday. Kelly’s office said the representative had two blocked arteries and had two stents put in at University Hospital in Columbia. Original tests did not show signs of a heart attack Tuesday, but further tests confirmed did suffer

The Missouri House is not planning to give Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration data related to an attempted access of the list of gun permit holders. The Office of Administration requested computer logs last week after a House computer was used to access a secure website containing the gun data. The House computer used credentials the