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An emergency notification system designed to alert Missouri citizens when a law enforcement officer is wounded or killed in the line of duty goes into effect Monday. Colonel Sandra Karsten, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announced Friday the Blue Alert System was now operational. The Blue Alert System, or Senate Bill 34, was

UPDATE 5:26 P.M.: The man has been identified as Brandon C. Schroeder. He has been charged with two counts of fourth degree assault, resisting arrest and sexual misconduct. Schroeder has a $50,000 cash only bond. ORIGINAL STORY: Deputies from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office responded to Southwood Shores in Lake Ozark on Thursday for reports

TONIGHT: Through the overnight hours we will see mostly clear skies as temperatures drop to near 60 by morning. Winds will be out of the east up to 6 mph. SATURDAY: Saturday will be slightly warmer with highs in the low to mid 80s under mostly sunny skies. Winds will come in from the southeast

A woman was taken to the hospital after chest pain caused her to hit Landmark Bank on Paris Road on Friday afternoon. According to the Columbia Police Department, she was not driving impaired, and the vehicle suffered damage. According to the Deputy Fire Marshal for the Columbia Fire Department, fire crews have cleared the scene.

J’den Cox is a bronze medalist once again. MU wrestling’s volunteer assistant coach defeated Bulgaria’s Mihail Ganev, 8-0, to capture the 86 kilogram bronze at the wrestling world championships in Paris, France on Friday. Cox won his first four matches of the day, but he lost in the semifinals to Slovakia’s Boris Makoev, 6-3. In

The UM Board of Curators have approved the Memorial Stadium expansion project with a unanimous 9-0 vote. Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk released this statement: “This is a great day for Mizzou Athletics, and in particular Tiger Football, and we are thankful that our vision for this state-of-the-art building has been embraced by our donors

Tropical Storm Harvey is beginning to intensify in the Gulf of Mexico, expected to make landfall on the Texas coastline as a hurricane. This hurricane will bring an extremely dangerous amount of rainfall to the coast of Texas and Louisiana as we head into the weekend. The storm is expected to gain strength rapidly as

UPDATE 8/24: Tropical Storm Harvey has been upgraded to a hurricane. ORIGINAL STORY: Missouri Task Force 1 has been asked about their availability ahead of Tropical Storm Harvey. According to CNN, Tropical Storm Harvey is projected to turn into a Category 3 hurricane (winds of at least 111 mph or higher). It was originally only

Missouri Task Force 1 is headed down to the Texas coast in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Federal Emergency Management Agency activated Missouri Task Force 1 along with other task forces from across the nation including Ohio, Utah, and California.. The task force is set to leave at 2 a.m. Friday and includes a

Meteorologist Brigit Mahoney tracks Hurricane Harvey as it approaches the Texas coastline. The storm system is expected to intensify to a category 3 and stall over Texas creating extremely dangerous conditions. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team will continue to track the impacts to the Gulf Coast as we head throughout the weekend.

Two men are in the Boone County Jail Friday and police say their arrests are connected. Police say they responded to the Welcome Inn around 7 p.m. Thursday for a disturbance call. They say they found one man unconscious on the ground. An officer gave aid to the man who apparently had swelling on his

FRIDAY: We will have a nice end to the work week with mostly sunny skies and high temperatures near 80. Winds will stay under 10 mph from the southeast. Humidity will be increasing slightly, but still comfortable. Clouds will be on the decrease through the daytime. The weather will be pleasant for evening high school

The Missouri Orthopedic Institute nearly doubled in size Thursday when MU Health leaders opened an expansion of the facility. The 85,000-square-foot expansion will help accommodate more patients for the growing number of people seeking the institute’s help. The facility will now have 12 operating rooms and 42 inpatient beds — more than doubling the 20

The Lee Expressive Elementary School Board and parents are discussing the process of how to change the elementary school’s name. The board started the meeting Thursday afternoon by handing out information to parents on the policy for changing the name of a school. According to the handout, if the name of the school doesn’t serve

A man is charged in Centralia, accused of stealing $17,486.36 from a Casey’s General Store. Charles McGinness was charged after officers said he stole the money while working as the store manager from January through March 2017. McGinness allegedly stole money from the store’s vault, took store cards without reimbursing the company and falsified bank

Boone County voters will decide on a use tax in a special election in November. The Boone County Commission unanimously approved the ballot measure at its meeting Thursday. “We want to make sure our businesses here in Boone County are put on a level playing field of those outside of Boone County,” said Commissioner Janet

Columbia’s utilities department officials have proposed rate increases for five utilities, but council members questioned some of them at Wednesday’s public hearing on the FY2018 budget. Voters approved gradual storm water and sewer rates in the past few years and solid waste rates are on the increase because the cost of dumping into a new

The Callaway County inmate who died on Wednesday after a stand-off was a registered sex offender, Callaway County Sheriff Chism confirmed. According to court documents, MacVittie was charged with first degree rape and sodomy back in March of 2000. Seth MacVittie was in the Department of Corrections for possession of contraband inside a correctional facility

A Columbia man who was involved in a shooting at a local gas station was sentenced in federal court Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm. Turbo Lindsey Midgyett, 31, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole. Midgyett pleaded guilty on April 3, 2017, to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

TONIGHT: With passing clouds, low temperatures will drop to near 60 by morning with a slight breeze out of the east up to 7 mph. FRIDAY: We will have a nice end to the work week with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures near 80. Winds will stay under 10 mph from the southeast. The