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Climate change, clean energy and city efforts was the focus of a Columbia mayoral candidate forum Thursday at the Boone County Government Center in Columbia. ABC 17 News livestreamed the forum, which you can watch below: During the mayoral candidate portion of the forum, the two challengers briefly got off-topic. While answering a question about

Cole County deputies arrived at the 5400 block of Business 50 just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, responding to a 22-year-old woman who wasn’t breathing. The deputies had arrived before the EMS team and determined the woman was suffering from an opiate overdose, according to Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler. A deputy on scene reached for

The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat Florida 87-56 on Thursday in the second round of the SEC Tournament. Amber Smith had a game-high 18 points and nine rebounds. Hannah Schuchts had 16 points off the bench for the Tigers. She was 4-6 from three-point range. Sophie Cunningham had 13 points and six rebounds. She’s now

A judge ordered the man accused of starting a fire that temporarily closed the Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic to stay in jail pending a trial. A detention hearing was held for Wesley Kaster, 42, on Thursday afternoon at the federal courthouse in Jefferson City. According to online court records, the court granted the government’s motion

A Boone County judge denied a man’s request to keep evidence from his trial for steroid distribution. Judge Jeff Harris ruled Thursday afternoon that Columbia police had probable cause to search a house for evidence that Gamal Castile had given a man steroids. Defense attorney Richard Hicks said CPD based its request for a search

TONIGHT: Under cloudy skies, spotty light rain and drizzle will develop as temperatures fall into the low to mid 30s. Precipitation will be very light and roads are not expected to become slick. However, watch for patchy ice on bridges and overpasses as those will cool to the freezing mark faster. FRIDAY: Although the clouds

A man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a deadly Columbia crash. Joshua Keller pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to second-degree murder, driving while intoxicated as a chronic offender and second-degree assault, according to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Rodewald. Keller was sentenced to 18 years on the murder

The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission discussed new regulations to accommodate the legalization of marijuana in a work session Thursday. The session started at 5:30 p.m. and lasted until 7 p.m. Amendment 2, which was approved by voters in November and authorizes medical marijuana in Missouri, allows local governments to enact ordinances governing certain aspects

The Missouri Department of Transportation opened Highway 15 Thursday morning, four days after a natural gas pipeline exploded in the area. The speed on the highway was reduced to 35 MPH to make travel in the area more manageable. “MoDOT is finalizing results of the repair to determine the integrity of the roadway and still

A Columbia Public Schools principal sent a letter to parents after two students brought a BB gun on a school bus Thursday. According to the letter, the incident happened on Bus 204. “We were alerted to it when the students showed the item to other children on the bus and students reported it immediately to

A Columbia man was arrested and charged Tuesday after he allegedly tried to have USPS deliver a package containing marijuana to his home. Law enforcement officials were notified of a suspicious package being sent from California and delivered to a residence in the 1500 block of Rolling Rock Drive in Columbia. The names on the

An elementary school in mid-Missouri opened back up to students and staff Thursday after crews investigated a possible gas leak. North Callaway School District Superintendent Brian Garner said carbon monoxide was removed from Williamsburg Elementary School after a leak was reported by staff on Wednesday morning. No students were sickened by the gas leak. According

A federal judge sentenced an Oklahoma man Wednesday to more than 26 years in prison for the robbery of a Columbia hotel. U.S. District Court Judge Brian C. Wimes sentenced Darrell E. Black, 25, to 26 years and 6 months on one count of robbery, one count of using a firearm during a violent crime,

THURSDAY: We’ll see that chance of light snow showers continuing into the morning on Thursday for areas to the northeast, but accumulation will be light. Through the afternoon temperatures make it into the low to mid 40s with spotty showers possible. TONIGHT: Under heavy cloud cover drizzle and patchy fog are possible through the evening

A vehicle fire briefly shut down part of Highway 40 Thursday morning. Boone County fire crews responded to the scene just before 7:45 a.m. When they arrived, the vehicle fire was fully involved, and officials shut down the road at North Trails West Avenue. One lane of traffic was re-opened at 7:50 a.m. while crews

Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission will discuss medical marijuana regulations at a work session Thursday night. The commission will discuss how to integrate medical marijuana effectively into the community, focused on the land-use perspective. The goal of the meeting is to begin preparing regulations and standards of use for medical marijuana after Amdendment 2 passed

Over half a dozen boarded-up homes and empty lots were awarded to the Jefferson City Housing Authority in court Tuesday. Cole Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ordered Barbara Buescher to sell five abandoned houses and two lots on East Capitol Avenue, East State Street and Jackson Street. This is the second eminent domain lawsuit that the

Members of the Columbia Public Schools Finance Committee took about two hours Wednesday night to hear a presentation from Chief Financial Officer Heather McArthur, which exposed some difficulties the district faces when it comes to projecting the next school year’s budget. McArthur’s presentation focused on fixed costs and one-time needs, including revenue projections that would

The cost to repair all the damages from a natural gas pipeline explosion in Audrain County is unclear. The pipeline ruptured early Sunday, shooting up a plume of bright flames that lit up the predawn sky just north of Mexico and damaging Highway 15. The Missouri Department of Transportation said it doesn’t know the extent

The head of Boone County’s Office of Emergency Management said they are prepared to possibly evacuate parts of the county, despite not performing drills to do so. “I’m confident we’re as prepared as we can be,” director Tom Hurley said. “To say we’re ready is a tough one. We rely on our citizens to be