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The week will start with rainy and cool weather as highs only reach the mid-to-upper 40s Monday with scattered showers through the afternoon. Clouds will linger into Election Day morning with lows in the upper 30s. Another weak cold front will move through, bringing another shot of cool air and clouds to the area. Highs

***UPDATE 7:18 P.M.***(AP) – A woman who reported being robbed outside a central Missouri pharmacy is now accused of taking part in a scheme to obtain and sell prescription painkillers.Columbia police responded to the report from the 47-year-old woman around 8:30 a.m. Monday. Officers followed tips from witnesses and took 29-year-old Cole Thomas of Columbia

Columbia City Council will have a long and possibly controversial agenda Monday night. A change to trash pick-up is generating the most interest. Council will hear a report on plans to ditch the current bag system and replace it with roll carts.Council is also expected to vote on the date for a special election to

Bus routes for the Blackwater school district are changing today, meaning some pickups may be earlier or later than usual. The affected routes are Miss Cindy’s and Miss Susan’s.

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is flying around Missouri while Republican challenger Todd Akin is focusing on the St. Louis area as they make a final campaign appeal before Election Day.McCaskill planned stops Monday in Columbia, Springfield, Kansas City and St. Louis County to encourage volunteers who have been canvassing neighborhoods. Akin

***UPDATE 11:15 P.M.***Voting polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. across Missouri. As voters finalize their decisions, officials finish up getting ready.The heated races are expected to bring thousands to the polls in Boone County. Workers will show up to polling places at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.State officials expect a 72 percent

Columbia police are investigating up to 20 vehicles broken into early Monday morning. ABC 17 News found at least six streets where a car window was busted out. Police say the thieves targeted electronics and money.No one in the area reported hearing any of the crimes. Cops tell ABC 17 News it was the perfect

A year ago, a small electrical fire temporarily closed Columbia’s Joint Communications and a year later officials say there are measures in place to prevent a disruption in calls. The problem, however, remains having someone to answer those calls.”Well, we’ve had some disruption in service, but it wasn’t caused because of power outages,” Joint Communications

***UPDATE 8:59 P.M.***Firefighters have cleared the scene of the fire on Smith Hatchery Road. Crews say the fire is extinguished. ***ORIGINAL STORY***A house south of Columbia was destroyed in a fire Monday afternoon.The blaze was first reported around 4:15 p.m. off Smith Hatchery Road, less than two miles from Cooper’s Landing on the Missouri River.Crews

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters have a chance to sharply increase the state’s tobacco tax, change the way judges are picked and prevent state officials from setting up a health exchange without the public’s support.Those were among the top ballot issues voters will decide Tuesday. Another ballot issues asks voters to decide whether

***UPDATE 12 P.M***JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he’s feels good about his chances of winning re-election. His Republican challenger, Dave Spence, also is making plans to become governor.Spence voted early Tuesday with his wife and children at a St. Louis County library. Nixon was greeted by two dozen cheering supporters

Election Day will be slightly warmer than Monday with highs in the low 50s. Clouds will gradually clear the area through the afternoon as high pressure moves in from the west, bringing drier air with it. Temperatures will fall into the 40s for the evening and overnight lows will drop into the mid 30s under

COLUMBIA (AP) — The race between first-term GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler and Democratic Cass County prosecutor Teresa Hensley is among the most closely watched contests for U.S. House in Missouri this Tuesday. Six other incumbents also are seeking re-election, while a former diplomat and Republican leader hopes to succeed Rep. Todd Akin in his suburban

Voting is now underway in Missouri and thousands have already been out to polling places around Mid-Missouri.At some locations in Boone County, people lined up to cast their vote when polls opened at 6 a.m.Earlier reports may have caused some confusion about what it is needed when heading to your precinct. Election officials say bring

Missouri Task Force 1 has been released from its duties in the Northeast and will be headed back to Mid-Missouri.The group had been stationed in New York and New Jersey during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. According to a spokesman, crews covered some 34 miles of streets, searching over 4,000 homes and making contact with

***UPDATE WEDNESDAY 6 P.M.***Columbia Regional Airport leaders say they would love to have three airlines flying out of Mid-Missouri, but they believe Delta left at a good time for the airport. Officials say they were happy with the service from Delta and that service helped to show other airlines that flights could be successful and

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill has defeated GOP challenger Todd Akin to hold on to a Missouri Senate seat that Republicans once considered ripe for their taking.McCaskill’s victory Tuesday caps an unusual campaign that began with McCaskill declaring herself the underdog in a state that increasingly leaned Republican. But Akin damaged

***UPDATE 12:30 A.M.***KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the third time in a decade, Missouri voters have rejected a bid to raise the state’s lowest-in-the-nation tobacco tax.Proposition B would have increased the excise tax on tobacco by 73 cents per pack to 90 cents, but like they did in 2002 and 2006, voters decided the

After another cool day Wednesday, temperatures will start to climb for the end of the week. High temperatures will reach 70 by Friday, climbing into the lower 70s Saturday as southerly winds advect warm air into the region ahead of a strong area of low pressure. Showers and t-storms will increase Saturday night through early