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The Columbia City Council is scheduled to vote Monday night on two key issues: a development proposal involving downtown and a proposed lodging tax increase for the August ballot. The City Council meets at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall. The Council is set to vote on a proposal to establish an administrative delay on

One man is charged and another is on the loose after the two reportedly shot a dog in Callaway County. Callaway County prosecutors charged Rafael Hickmon, 27, for felony unlawful possession of a firearm and animal abuse Sunday. Around 4:00 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to the Evergreen apartment complex off State Road AA near Holts

Friday night, Cooper County Sheriff’s Deputies, Officers with the Boonville Police Department, and the East Central Drug Task Force issued a narcotics search warrant in Boonville. The warrant was for the 2500 block of Main Street. During the search, officers seized methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, as well as a firearm. 60-year-old Randall Benedict of Boonville was

Four Missourifirefighterswho died in the line of duty in 2015 will be honored during servicesSaturdayandSundayat the Fire Fighters Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City. OnSaturday, May 14, at 9 p.m., a candlelight vigil will be held for all Missourifirefighterswho have died while serving their communities. OnSunday, May 15, at 10:30 a.m., the names of four

The University of Missouri is urging drivers to avoid campus this weekend as graduation ceremonies will be happening until Sunday night. Graduation ceremonies are being held at the Hearnes Center, Jesse Hall, and Mizzou Arena. The Hearnes Center and Mizzou Arena are near the Providence Road and Stadium Drive intersection. Saturday ceremonies will at the

Update, 10:28 p.m.:The Fifth and Walnut parking garage was back open Friday night just before 10:30p.m. after a man was found dead in the street. Columbia Police on the scene tell ABC 17 News no foul play is suspected at this time. ORIGINAL STORY: There is a heavy police presence on South Fifth Street in

As another legislative session comes to an end, Missouri lawmakers are on track to pass only a small fraction of the bills that have been introduced. So far this session,583 bills have been introduced in the state Senate and only one of them has been signed into law. The K-12 foundation formula bill introduced by

Columbia Public Schools plans to hire three new teachers to work in its English Language Learners program next year. The more than $160,000 comes from a voter-approved property tax raise in April. Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman, promised the expansion on the campaign trail for the tax raise, and unveiled the plan at Monday’s Board of

Crews are preparing to put in a new bridge on I-70. The work is set to begin Sunday morning at 9. One lane of I-70 in each direction will close for the construction at Garth Avenue. The closure is expected to last until 5:00 a.m. Monday. Crews will use equipment including dishwashing liquid to slide

Officials are preparing to do a safety assessment of Missouri Boulevard later this month. On May 26, crews will look for gaps in safety measures along Missouri Boulevard from West Main Street all the way to the other side of the Highway 179 overpass. From 2011 to 2014, there were a total of 1,084 crashes

The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a rollover crash Friday evening. It happened just before 6 p.m near Missouri’s famous Big Burr Oak Tree outside McBaine, Mo., about 20 minutes southwest of Columbia. Deputies on scene tell ABC 17 they do not believe speed is a factor in the cause of the wreck.

Mid-Missouri districts and schools across the country are reading through a letter sent out by the U.S Department of Education. It details guidelines for schools on best practices for handling transgender student issues. U.S. Department of Education officials said the letter was sent because many districts across the country have questions and concerns about transgender

A man was recovering Friday after an off-duty Fulton police officer shot him during a fight. It happened around 10:00 Thursday night in the 9000 block of County Road 445 near Mokane. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report shooting. Once on scene, deputies discovereda 29-year-old man from the Mokane area had been

Multiple agencies were working a two-vehicle crash on Route KK in Boone County Friday evening. Units responded to the crash near Applewood Creek Road close to 6:30 p.m. An ambulance did take at least one person from the scene. A deputy tells ABC 17 News that he will not rule out weather as a possibility

Lightning strikes are five times hotter than the surface of the sun. So, a human getting struck by lightning has roughly 50,000 degrees coursing through his/her body. Each year dozens of people die from lightning strikes in the United States, deaths that could have been avoided by following simple safety tips. It all begins with

A cold front moving through Friday night will leave us with drier but much cooler air for the weekend. Skies will be sunny Saturday but temperatures will struggle to get out of the 50s as a cool northwesterly wind increases to 18 mph in the afternoon. Clear skies and light winds will help temperatures fall

Mizzou softball coach Ehren Earleywine is asking his players to end their protest of the athletic department. Earleywine sent this message to ABC 17 News Friday afternoon. “The support from my team over the past couple of weeks has been the greatest compliment I’ve ever been paid by my players in 23 years of coaching.

Deputies in Callaway County have arrested two people for a burglary south of Fulton. On Thursday, authorities went to a home on County Road 403 for reports of a break-in and theft of items inside and outside the building. On Friday, following up on leads, deputies contacted Kenneth Allen and Jennifer Ritter, and reported finding

A Severe Storm Watch is in effect until 8 PM for a large portion of Mid-Missouri. Damaging winds up to 70 mph and large hail up to the size of ping pong balls are possible. A cold front will send a line of storms through Mid-Missouri from 4PM in our far northwestern counties of Chariton,

UPDATE 5/13: Columbia police identified the man Friday who was arrested in connection to a shooting in Northeast Columbia Thursday. Police say they arrested Kirk Powell just before 1:00 Thursday afternoon after responding to the 2600 block of Quail Drive for reports of a shooting. Police say witnesses saw Powellfire one shot in the air.