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UPDATE: Fire officials say a body was found in the burned out home around 2 p.m. Columbia Police identified the body as that of Brian Keeney, 59. ORIGINAL: A “significant explosion” was part of a fire that destroyed a home in east-central Columbia on Wednesday, though it wasn’t clear whether the explosion caused the blaze,

BOSTON (AP) – Carl Gunnarsson scored on a delayed penalty 3:51 into overtime, Jordan Binnington made 21 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night to tie the Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece. Robert Bortuzzo and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored in St. Louis’ first Cup finals victory

Gov. Mike Parson attacked Planned Parenthood in a news conference Wednesday after the organization said this week that it could lose its last abortion license in Missouri. Playback of a live video stream of the event is available in the player below. Planned Parenthood’s facility in St. Louis is Missouri’s only abortion clinic, and it

Columbia police say they arrested a man after they found 51 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle. An officer pulled over Darrell Alan Cartee, 56, for crossing the double yellow line Wednesday on Blue Ridge Road in north Columbia, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. A K-9 unit alerted officers to narcotics in the

Interim City Manager John Glascock focused on employee engagement and pay as well as tax revenue during the State of the City address at city hall Wednesday. This was Glascock’s first State of the City address since he took over the position in November. Former City Manager Mike Matthes resigned in November, and Glascock took

Nearly 70 percent of Missouri voters approved medical marijuana in November. The Show-Me State became one of 33 that has legalized medical marijuana, but the plant is still illegal in every form on the federal level. That puts states with marijuana allowances at odds with the U.S. government and it complicates the medical treatment for

TONIGHT: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue before midnight, and some could be strong near I-44 and the Lake of the Ozarks with isolated gusty winds and hail. We dry out overnight, with lows near 60. THURSDAY: The day starts off dry, but isolated showers and a few storms are possible in the late afternoon.

A now-suspended employee of Jefferson City Public Schools transferred student files containing medical information and student identification numbers to a personal email account, the district said in a news release Wednesday. The district said it recently determined the employee transferred the files into a personal Gmail account, which is a violation of district policy. The

About 30 Boone Electric Cooperative employees joined forces with residents of Rocheport on Wednesday, utility spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes said. The Missouri River was in major flood stage Wednesday up the river from Rocheport at Glasgow and downriver at Jefferson City. The forecast called for the river to rise to about 3 feet above major flood

A woman who reported being kidnapped and sexually assaulted on the University of Missouri campus this month signed a statement admitting what she reported had not happened. MU released the statement as part of a heavily redacted incident report Tuesday in response to an open records request from ABC 17 News. “As my memory has

More than 30 partnering agencies and organizations will be opening multi-agency resource centers starting Thursday. The Red Cross announced in a press conference Wednesday that the joint resource centers were aimed at allowing the nearly 1,800 Cole and Miller county residents who were affected by the series of tornadoes and major floods, a place to

Flooding has forced the closure of more than 300 roads throughout Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the closures include a 67-mile stretch of Interstate 29, from just north of St. Joseph to the Iowa border. Other major highways closed because of flooding include U.S. 54 at Louisiana, Missouri, and U.S. 36

A former Chariton County school teacher accused of having sexual contact with a student pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Tuesday. Blair Bruner, 27, was arrested in March and jailed on a $10,000 cash-only bond on a felony charge of sexual contact with a student. She pleaded guilty Tuesday to peace disturbance, a misdemeanor, and put

WEDNESDAY: We’re tracking one last round of severe weather. It will depend on how much we can destabilize into this afternoon as a cold front crawls through the viewing area. If we can become unstable enough, we face the possibility of seeing some large hail and gusty winds, not to mention unneeded additional rainfall. Highs

A house fire in Mexico, Missouri, was ignited on Tuesday night after the residents left the home and accidentally forgot to turn off the stove, according to the Mexico Public Safety Department. Fire fighters responded to the 1200 block of North Washington Street after a witness reported smoke coming from the home. When first responders

A report of harassment near the University of Missouri campus earlier this month could have been racially motivated, according to the incident report. Officers were originally called to the Taco Bell on Providence Road on May 2. Law enforcement made contact with two MU students who said three white men were staring at them. The

Members of several law enforcement agencies found a body in the Missouri River on Tuesday afternoon. Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said rescuers pulled the dead person from the Missouri River just before 5 p.m. near Tebbetts, about a 30-minute drive south of Fulton. The town is just north of the confluence of the Missouri

Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say no utilities in Missouri have reported issues with water treatment as flooding continues to plague much of the state. “We’re not seeing a lot of things out of the normal, but we’ve been dealing with flooding all of 2019 so this is becoming the new normal,” said

Jefferson City plans to resume trash service Tuesday and will service all streets that are in safe condition. Republic Services has also opened its landfill daily from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for drop-offs. Tipping fees will apply. Britt Smith, the Public Works department’s operation divisions director, said there is also a

According to the Highway Patrol incident report, William Gordon-Price, 27, was not wearing a life jacket when he disappeared under the water Monday afternoon and never resurfaced. He had been out with a couple other people, they’d been swimming off the boat,” said Sgt. Scott White. “Some wind came up, and the boat started to