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New lighting in downtown Columbia aimed at improving safety is expected to be installed next week, according to city spokesperson Steve Sapp. Sapp said crews are expected to install the poles for the lighting Sunday, and it will be tested the week of Sept. 17. ABC 17 News has been reporting on the project since

A plastic surgeon with MU Health said a relatively new trend called “Snapchat dysmorphia” is appearing across the country. The disorder is when a person wants to alter his or her appearance to look like Snapchat filters. “That’s the danger, it’s just a trend.” Stephen Colbert, M.D. said. “It’s a very temporary period of time

Tuesday marked the second day of the special legislative session called by Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and two bills were the center of conversation: STEM education and treatment courts. Lawmakers held hearings to take another look at the two bills, and some said they are optimistic changes made to the bills will help get them

Mizzou guard Cullen VanLeer has medically retired from basketball. An MU release says the senior will receive a medical exemption. The exemption will allow VanLeer to keep his scholarship, but it will not count against MU’s team scholarship numbers. VanLeer suffered a knee injury in Mizzou’s game against Arkansas on March 3. The team says

A man accused in a crash that killed a Harrisburg High School teacher will spend 22 years in prison. Judge Jeff Harris sentenced Brandon Brill of Clark at the conclusion of a hearing Tuesday that lasted several hours. “Sentences is to be served consecutively, to each other and not concurrently,” Harris said. Brill was charged

Consolidated Water of Boone County has issued a boil water advisory for parts of its service area. The advisory applies to customers between Providence Road and Gans Creek Road, including customers along Bearfield and Rock Quarry roads. It’s in effect until noon Thursday. The advisory was issued after a leak in a water main caused

Authorities in Fulton were searching for two juveniles who escaped from the Missouri Division of Youth Services on Route O Tuesday. The juveniles who escaped were described as a white male with an orange shirt and dark shorts and black male wearing a gray shirt and shorts. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said in situations

Missouri Task Force 1 has been activated ahead of Hurricane Florence, according to Gale Blomenkamp, assistant fire chief for the Boone County Fire Protection District, said the group will deploy to Raleigh, North Carolina at 10 a.m. Tuesday as a Type III task force. “We’re just glad to be able to go help them today,”

A Callaway County grand jury indicted a Fulton man and woman on several charges including child sex crimes Thursday. Jamiey Metcalf, 24, of Fulton was indicted on charges of sexual misconduct involving a child, child abuse or neglect and child endangerment. Patrick Metcalf, 53, of Fulton was indicted on charges of statutory rape and sodomy,

TONIGHT: We’ll have a pleasant night as temperatures will drop into the upper 50s by morning with clear skies as winds stay under 8 mph out of the southeast. WEDNESDAY: Expect a warm, dry day with a few afternoon clouds and high temperatures in the lower 80s as winds stay under 10 mph from the

Columbia Public Schools administrators have sent a letter to parents of Battle High School students assuring them there was no threat of a shooting at the school. CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said the issue was a rumor related to a school shooting threat at Brunswick High School in Georgia. In addition to the letter, Battle

A Boone County man will be in court Tuesday morning for a sentencing hearing in connection with a fatal bus crash in Harrisburg. Brandon Brill, 27, of Clark, pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault in July. Brill was charged in connection with a crash in September of 2017 that resulted in the

(AP) – The operators of a Missouri duck boat that sank in July, killing 17 people, say in a court filing that a lawsuit from Missouri’s attorney general is “irresponsible” and “littered with factual inaccuracies and innuendo.” The lawsuit accuses Branson Duck Vehicles and Ripley Entertainment Inc. of violating Missouri’s consumer protection law and putting

TODAY: It’s been beautiful a beautiful start to the day across Mid-Missouri, with sunny skies and cool conditions. With sunny skies and southerly winds, this afternoon will warm up quite nicely. Afternoon highs will climb into the lower 80s, with winds remaining out of the south up to 10 mph. fter a cool start, abundant

Scooter rental company Bird has operated in the city of Columbia without a business license for the past three weeks. City officials said banning the scooters is not their next step, but they are actively trying to strategize a plan for what’s next. Second Ward Councilman Mike Trapp said the scooter company could be in

TUESDAY: After a cool start, abundant sunshine will warm temperatures into the lower 80s in the afternoon as winds remain light and out of the south under 10 mph. TONIGHT: Temperatures will drop into the upper 50s by morning with clear skies as winds stay under 5 mph out of the southeast. EXTENDED: Rain chances

A man charged in the October 2016 shooting death of a Jefferson City man pleaded guilty Monday in Cole County court. Terrance Wynn, 21, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action in the death of Terrance Davison. Wynn also pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, receiving stolen

MU Health CEO Jonathan Curtright said talks with SSM Health are “progressing nicely” Curtright gave an update on the discussions during the Board of Curators’ Health Affairs meeting at Women’s and Children’s Hospital Monday. As ABC 17 News previously reported, MU Health has signed a letter of intent with SSM to purchase St. Mary’s Hospital

The Columbia Public Schools Board of Education approved a set of “guiding principles” Monday night for its upcoming discussion on school boundaries. The principles will help “guide the process being used to create new attendance areas” upon the opening of a new middle school at the start of the 2020-21 school year. Those attendance areas

A state committee unanimously approved a proposed 24-hour nursing center geared toward recently released offenders who require around the clock care. The Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee approved the application for a certificate of need from CorrectLife, a Georgia-based company, at its meeting Monday. The purpose of the nursing center in Fulton, according to the