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Crews with Ameren Missouri responded to a gas leak near the University of Missouri campus Wednesday afternoon. Ameren officials said construction workers were digging in front of 306 Hitt Street and cut through the service to an apartment building. Ameren shut off service to the building, officials said. They estimated gas would be restored around

The Columbia Police Department is putting preventative policing into practice in downtown Columbia. The department is parking two patrol cars in and taping off the Plaza Tire Service parking lot on the corner of Fifth Street and East Broadway Street almost every weekend. Plaza Tire Service manager Sam Botts said CPD approached the business late

A section of a busy Jefferson City road could be getting a significant renovation. The Public Works and Planning Committee is set to discuss a plan to pave a 1-mile stretch of Country Club Drive at its Thursday morning meeting. The preliminary plan includes paving over the shoulder to create a lane reserved for pedestrian

The Columbia Public Schools Finance Committee is recommending benefit contracts to the school board. The recommendations include contracts with UMR for medical insurance, Delta Dental for dental insurance and Express Scripts Inc. for pharmacy benefits. This is the first time the district has explored the possibility of changing benefit contracts in more than a decade.

The Jefferson City Police Department is investigating after a child was struck by a car Wednesday afternoon. Officers responded to the scene around 3:38 p.m. in the 1000 block of Broadway Street, according to a news release. Police said a vehicle driven by Nicolin Moore-Cohns, 42, was traveling southbound on Broadway when it struck 7-year-old

The Columbia City Council held a closed door meeting Wednesday to discuss the hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular employees. Even though the meeting was closed to the public, Columbia Mayor Brian Treece did make time to briefly speak with media afterward. The mayor said much of the meeting was the council’s first chance

Some parents of graduating seniors in the Morgan County School District are upset after they learned their students would not be able to walk with their classmates at graduation. Morgan County students must have a 90 percent attendance rate in order to walk during their graduation under district policy. The new attendance policy was put

A crash is currently blocking traffic in Columbia. Three fire trucks and two ambulances responded to the scene around 6:30 p.m. The crash happened on Broadway just west of Stadium Boulevard. ABC 17 News saw three fire trucks and two ambulances at the scene. Our crews saw one person being put in an ambulance. Boone

An average 8 percent increase in the value of residential property in Boone County was driven by a healthy housing market rebounding from the Great Recession, the county assessor said Wednesday. The assessor’s office mailed out 43,639 notices May 1 with average increase in assessed value of residential property of about 8 percent. “It wasn’t

TONIGHT: A few spot showers are possible early, with more showers and storms overnight. There severe weather threat remains low. Lows fall into the upper 50s. THURSDAY: Showers and thunderstorms are possible early, with gradual clearing through the day as cold front sweeps east. Highs only reach the low 60s with lows in the 40s

Jefferson City health inspectors looked at 45 food establishments in the month of April, 14 of which were not cited with a single violation. In the report, there were 20 eateries that received between one and three violations. Meanwhile, nine were cited with more than four violations. Jefferson City Public Schools facilities appeared multiple times

The Rolla Rural Fire Protection District was sent to a fire early Wednesday that sparked an in-depth investigation. Crews found the fire in the basement of the house and put it out quickly, the district wrote on its Facebook page. After an investigation, first responders determined the fire seemed suspicious. The Missouri State Fire Marshal’s

Nearly 100 faculty members from the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus accepted a contract buyout program. Out of the 226 faculty members who were eligible for the program, 94 accepted the buyout, or about 42 percent. The buyouts will take effect between July 1 and Sept. 1. UM System leaders announced the Voluntary Separation Program

The Columbia Police Department has released an incident report on the DWI arrest of former police chief Ken Burton. Burton was arrested on suspicion of DWI last Thursday near Broadway and McBaine Avenue. The Police Department said last week that a DWI enforcement officer had probable cause to stop Burton’s Jeep after he violated stop

A woman was arrested in the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office lobby while attempting to bail her boyfriend out of jail Tuesday. Sheriff Matt Oller in a post on the office’s Facebook page wrote that Amanda Smith, 29, drove to the sheriff’s office with a revoked driver’s license. Oller said he saw her on surveillance camera

A not-for-profit organization sued Lincoln University on Monday, seeking to recover its documents and assets including more than $667,000. The suit was filed by the 62nd and 65th Regiments Legacy Foundation, formerly known as the Lincoln University Foundation, after the university abruptly scuttled an agreement between the two in February. The university made its decision

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Pat Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series Tuesday night. Maroon slammed the puck in after Robert Thomas skated in on Ben Bishop from the right

Columbia Police Department crews blocked off part of Grindstone Parkway between Old 63 and Bearfield Road to conduct GPS plotting for a crash that happened over the weekend. BOONE CO JOINT COM: Both Westbound lane of Grindstone PKWY between old 63 & Bearfield closed from 9 am until noon. — Joint Communications (@BCJC911) May 8,

Drivers can expect to see wet roads across mid-Missouri for the Wednesday morning commute. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team is tracking a cluster of storms moving north of Interstate 70 bringing heavy rain and lightning throughout the morning. Additional showers are expected to pick back up after 7 a.m. The Boone County Fire Department

WEDNESDAY: Showers and a few thunderstorms continue through late morning. There is some uncertainty whether we’ll see more storms develop by late afternoon and evening. If skies clear out, there is a threat of severe weather for all of Mid-Missouri, and we’ll look for potential damaging winds along with heavy rain. The main line of