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Boone County Fire officials determined the cause of a Monday night apartment fire was unattended cooking. Fire crews responded to the fire at 101 Sanders Court Monday evening. The apartment building was evacuated, and there were four people in the apartment where the fire originated, said BCFPD spokesman Gale Blomenkamp. Everyone made it out of

A fourth man involved in what authorities described as a brutal assault in downtown Columbia was booked into the Boone County Jail on Monday. Benjamin E. Nielsen, 22, of Columbia, remained in the jail Tuesday morning on a $50,000 cash-only bond after turning himself in Monday at the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. He is charged

The city of New Bloomfield is good at managing its money, but some issues need to be addressed such as segregating accounting duties, according to a report from the state auditor’s office. New Bloomfield received a “good” rating on the audit, which is the second-highest category on the Missouri auditor’s office’s rating scale. State Auditor

H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the past century, died early Tuesday at

(AP) – A Missouri judge has dismissed claims that former Gov. Eric Greitens’ office used a message-deleting app to avoid the state Sunshine Law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem on Monday sided with the former governor’s office. St. Louis attorney Ben Sansone sued Greitens in 2017 over use

TUESDAY: We’ll be tracking some showers and storms moving in this morning, but it doesn’t look like everyone’s commute will be impacted, as these will be isolated to scattered in coverage. A warm front will lift through the area throughout the day, keeping rain chances into the afternoon as temperatures reach back into the upper

The man accused of killing Jon Williams, who went missing in November 2015, admitted that he killed Williams and buried his body, according to court documents filed Monday. Sandy R. Gallaspie admitted to police that he killed Williams and buried the body on Bess Hill Road, according to a probable cause statement. The Cole County

An appellate court panel ruled Monday that the American Civil Liberties Union can soon begin collecting signatures that would put a new Missouri law banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy to a public vote. A three-judge panel of the state’s Court of Appeals found that GOP Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was “without authority”

The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department sprayed for mosquitoes in Hartsburg after floodwaters stood stagnant in the area. The town requested the department to mosquito fog, which is usually only sprayed in areas where there are confirmed cases of the West Nile Virus. The department also sprays the trails in Columbia weekly

Tens of thousands of Missouri taxpayers are still waiting on their 2018 tax refund and the state’s bill for the late payments is racking up. As of July 1, the state Department of Revenue paid taxpayers $641,000 in interest. Last year the department only paid a total of $219,581 to taxpayers for late refunds, according

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has received more than 550 medical marijuana business applications as of Wednesday. The applications are for medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivators and other businesses. So far, the state has received 308 applications for a license to operate a dispensary, 160 applications have been received to cultivate and 86

Jefferson City Public Schools’ instructional technology coordinator Tammy Ferry will face the school board Wednesday in a hearing to determine whether she will be fired. Ferry’s attorney, David Moen, told ABC 17 News on Friday that his client is the employee who was suspended Feb. 1, for what the district called, ‘a security breach.’ The

More than 600 buildings were damaged in Cole County, according to building assessments that were made available on Monday. The assessments found that 611 total governmental, residential and commercial buildings were damaged as a result of the May 22 tornado. The assessment was based on several sources of data from emergency search and rescue activities,

A former administrator at MU Health Care claims that top officials retaliated against her and fired her after she complained about pay disparity. Ann McGruder, the former associate director for administration in the department of surgery, sued the university June 26 over sex discrimination and retaliation. McGruder served in that role from 2016 to January

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy. Lows in the lower 70s. TUESDAY: Partly cloudy early, chance of scattered thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s to around 90, heat index between 95-102 depending on storm coverage. EXTENDED: A warm front tracking across Missouri will trigger scattered storms on Tuesday, and instability lingers across the region on Wednesday,

The Missouri Department of Revenue has issued 95,534 REAL ID compliant cards as of Friday. The cards issued include drivers’ licenses, nondrivers’ licenses and permits issued as REAL ID-compliant. The state began accepting applications for the cards March 25. The cards are not required for flying or access to federal facilities until Oct. 1, 2020.

A death investigation is underway after a body was found along a highway in Phelps County over the weekend. The Doolittle Fire Protection District said crews discovered the body Sunday morning near Highway P. An exact location on Highway P wasn’t provided. Crews said the death is not believed to be suspicious and there was

Twelve people died in Missouri crashes over the Independence Day weekend. The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Monday released its statistics for the Fourth of July holiday counting period, which ended late Sunday. In a news release, the patrol said there were 12 traffic deaths, no boating deaths, and three drownings during the counting period

The man accused of killing a Jefferson City man in 2014 might have had a motive, according to court documents filed last week. Aaron M. Irwin was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Cody Thirlwall. A hunter found Thirlwall’s body near Enon in Moniteau County in August 2014. He was 32 years old