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Pedal Pub will not be in operation in time for the University of Missouri’s homecoming this year. The company must wait for a city ordinance to change before it can begin running in Columbia. City spokesperson Steve Sapp said the ordinance change for the pedal bus company will likely be discussed and voted on during

ABC 17 News and Fox 22 helped the American Red Cross raise more than $5,000 to help the Southeast recover from hurricanes. The stations partnered with the charity during a 12-hour telethon Tuesday. The money will go to help in the recovery from hurricanes Michael and Florence. You can still donate to the American Red

Six people were still living in the Royal Inn on Tuesday after the motel was forced to shut down because of an unsafe walkway. Columbia Fire Department Assistant Chief Brad Fraizer said dispatchers received a call Monday complaining that there was a structural problem with the motel walkway. Fraizer said that when firefighters arrived and

TONIGHT: Temperatures will drop back into the mid to upper 30s tonight under clear skies. Winds will be light out of the west up to 6 mph. In low lying enclosed areas, some patchy frost may develop through morning. WEDNESDAY: After a cold start, temperatures will only climb into the upper 50s in the afternoon

Darrell Eugene Black, 25, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the armed robbery of a Columbia hotel, which occurred on May 31, 2017. According to the office of the U.S. Attorney, Wester District of Missouri, Black pleaded guilty to one count of robbery, one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, one count of

A Hickman High School assistant principal claims the school district underpaid him because of his race and age. Jerome Sally, a 25-year employee of Columbia Public Schools, sued the district on Oct. 4 for human rights violations. Sally, who is black, said he was paid less than his white counterparts at the district, a “result

UPDATE 10/16: The boil water advisory was lifted Tuesday afternoon. ORIGINAL: The Osage County Emergency Operations Center issued a boil water advisory Friday afternoon. According to the center, the advisory was only for district 3 and was caused by work being completed for water line improvements. The advisory affects residents along County Road 300 and

A former public school staff member who worked in Moniteau and Cole counties pleaded guilty last week to having sexual contact with a student. Clairyssa Lorenz pleaded guilty Friday in Moniteau County court. Lorenz was arrested in March after a 16-year-old boy said he had sex with her beginning in June or July 2017. Lorenz

Candidates in the November election had until 5 p.m. Monday to turn in October quarterly reports. ABC 17 News dug through the documents, which detail contributions and expenditures from July 19 – Sept. 30, for the U.S. Senate race, Auditor race and State House races. U.S. SENATE RACE According to the documents, Sen. Claire McCaskill,

TUESDAY: After a record low of 28 degrees this morning, temperatures have gradually been warming under sunny skies. Thanks to warming winds out of the southwest, we’ll see temperatures climb into the mid and upper 50s today. We’ll see winds out of the southwest up to 15 mph, making it feel quite breeze at times.

A Columbia man who was arrested in August 2017 after an hours-long standoff with police pleaded guilty Monday to rape and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Christopher L. Moore was accused of forcing his way into a Columbia home and assaulting a woman, which led to the standoff. The victim in the case

Jeremy Humphrey, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in September, was sentenced to six years in prison Monday. According to court filings, Humphrey was sentenced to six years for involuntary manslaughter and four years to unlawful possession of a firearm, which will be served consecutively. Humphrey was initially charged with second-degree murder in addition to

TUESDAY: After a chilly and frosty start to the morning, temperatures will rebound into the upper 50s under mostly sunny skies. We’ll see winds out of the southwest up to 15 mph, making it feel quite breeze at times. TONIGHT: Temperatures will drop back into the mid to upper 30s tonight under mostly clear skies.

UPDATE: According to the Columbia Fire Department, Royal Inn’s certificate of occupancy has been revoked until they pass a building inspection. The uncovered section of the second floor walkway showed signs of serious deterioration, according to Assistant Fire Chief Brad Fraizer. Concrete was crumbling, and the rebar- which provides structural support- was exposed and corroding.

A woman accused of helping a a mother kidnap her three children before a fatal crash pleaded guilty to child endangerment Monday. Mackenzie Quiovers pleaded guilty to child endangerment and was sentenced to five years in prison a few days after the children’s mother, Demetres Washington, pleaded guilty to child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter and

UPDATE: The Columbia city council approved plans for a new outdoor warning siren near Cosmo-Bethel Park. ORIGINAL: The Columbia city council is scheduled to vote on adding an outdoor warning siren to south Columbia at its meeting on Monday night. The Boone County Emergency Office wrote the Columbia Parks and Recreation department in September, saying

Discovery Parkway in south Columbia is growing quickly with the addition of a hospital, sports park, medical isotope facility and restaurant. Jack Cardetti, a spokesman for landowners in the area, said the expansion of Discovery Parkway has a great economic impact on Columbia. “It is going to be tremendous and will only grow in the

For the third straight year, the Norm Stewart Classic will feature 48 straight hours of high school hoops. The event will once again be held at the Southwell Complex on the campus of Columbia College. The 11th annual classic will begin on Friday, Nov. 30 and end on Sunday, Dec. 2. There will be 24

The robber or robbers who held up two Boone County convenience stores at gunpoint over the weekend were still on the loose Monday. The first robbery happened at about 8 a.m. Saturday at the Leatherwood Hills Little General store at 1641 W. Route K. Another robbery took place at about 3 a.m. Sunday at the

A Versailles man who stole nine guns during a pawn shop burglary pleaded guilty Monday in federal court. Joseph M. Melendez, 47, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps Jr., the office of the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri said in a