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An insurance company is asking a judge to determine who has the legal claim of a $150,000 life insurance policy after the insured person died in December when his wife allegedly poisoned him and set their house on fire. American Family Life Insurance filed the complaint in federal court on Wednesday to determine who has

Tony St. Romaine, who retired in 2016 from the deputy city manager position in Columbia, has been hired as the interim city administrator in Ashland. The city of Ashland said in a news release Wednesday that Ashland’s board of alderman appointed St. Romaine to be the part-time city administrator — a position that has been

WEDNESDAY: Rain moves in early and will be off and on throughout the day. LIVE PLAYBACK of Wednesday morning weather conditions can be viewed in the player below. Heavy rain at times could cause some localized flooding problems if storms set up overhead of a particular spot. We’ll be getting warm in spots where we

Fulton Police Department said it arrested a man for allegedly resisting arrest and unlawfully possessing a firearm Wednesday. Authorities responded to reports of a fight involving several people with guns at the McDonald’s on South Business 54 in Fulton shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Charles Braxton, 43, was at the scene. Officers said he fled

A Lebanon man died after he fell while fishing on the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River. Benny Wilson, 62, was fishing from an elevated location when he slipped and fell into about 10 feet of water and drowned. The Laclede County coroner pronounced Wilson dead at the scene. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded

Police at the scene say they arrested at least one person after a domestic incident causing minor injuries in northern Columbia Tuesday night. Multiple Columbia police vehicles responded to the area of Holly Avenue and Parker Street near the Kittyhawk Apartment complex. A CPD officer said a knife was involved in the incident, but no

A former Columbia resident who police say admitted to killing his wife in 2006 was booked into the Boone County Jail Tuesday. Boone County prosecutors charged Keith Comfort with second-degree murder this month after he allegedly told police in Wisconsin that he killed his wife, who has been considered missing for more than a decade.

The Maries County sheriff said Tuesday that his department is interrogating suspects in a fire that led to injuries for six volunteer firefighters. Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman said the investigation is going to continue thorugh the week, and he hoped to submit information to prosecutors for charges to be filed soon. “They could be

The Centralia Police Department reimplemented the Neighborhood Watch Program. The department held its first meeting about the program Tuesday to tell residents what it is and how they can help. Officers said residents’ participation can help prevent or even solve crimes. Officer Logan Feger helped restart the program in Centralia. He said one of the

Prosecutors charged two men with burglary and theft after they allegedly took items from a safe during a house party. Jefferson City police were sent to the 200 block of Eastwood Drive on Aug. 11 for an incident that happened sometime between Aug. 8 and Aug 9, according to court documents. Police say while the

Major League Soccer announced Tuesday that St. Louis has secured an expansion team. A playback of the live stream by FOX 2 in St. Louis of the announcement is in the player below.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and muggy, lows in the low to mid-70s. WEDNESDAY: Warm early with highs in the upper 80s and a heat index in the low 90s. Storms increase toward late afternoon into the evening. EXTENDED: Depending where Wednesday’s cold front stalls, we could see more storms on Thursday, especially south of I-70. High

People trying to submit medical marijuana applications are facing obstacles when in comes to finding a doctor who will sign off on their license applications. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that it has already approved 6,500 patients and caregivers for medical marijuana. But large medical care providers in Mid-Missouri are

The ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Tuesday. Temperatures look to top out in the low 90s with a heat index between 100-105. UPDATE ON STORMS: We’re currently tracking storms moving out of Iowa and into northeastern portions of Missouri. The bulk of the damaging wind threat looks like

The jury was selected for the trial of a Columbia man accused of arson and a murder conspiracy Tuesday. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was charged with first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, but his trial this week is only on the arson charge. The judge selected 12 jurors and six alternates that

A state prison inmate who escaped from a work detail at the Missouri State Fair was found along a roadside Monday with a head injury, according to the state Department of Corrections. Shannon D. Watts, 34, walked away from a work-release program late Sunday, just after the fair wrapped up. Pettis County dispatchers reported Monday

A judge has put a temporary pause on a new Missouri law that sought to shield large farms from stringent local health rules. Cole County Presiding Judge Patricia Joyce on Monday blocked the new law from being implemented until a Sept. 16 court hearing. The law was slated to take effect Aug. 28. The law

Missouri officials are citing an improved economy as one of several factors that led to close to 90,000 children being dropped from the state’s Medicaid health insurance program in the past year, although some lawmakers are still unsatisfied with the explanation. Acting Social Services Director Jennifer Tidball sought to explain why those children and 23,000

A Columbia city councilman is a partner in a company that applied for multiple medical marijuana licenses on Monday. Second Ward Councilman Mike Trapp is a partner in the company Crossing Paths, which applied for applications through the Department of Health and Senior Services for a dispensary, cultivation and infusion and manufacturing, Trapp said. Monday

Jefferson City Public Schools is hosting tours to highlight construction at Jefferson City High School and Capital City High School. According to a news release, both projects are said to be on time and under budget. Capital City High School construction began in spring 2018 and Jefferson City High School construction started that June. According