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The inspection of the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River at Rocheport this week shouldn’t cause concerns from drivers about the span’s safety, a Missouri Department of Transportation engineer said Monday. The inspections are part of the planning and preparation for a 2020 rehabilitation project on the bridge. “We have to do a rehab

Applications for REAL ID-compliant drivers’ licenses or non-driver ID cards opened Monday in Missouri. While residents can apply for the new cards, they are not required for flying or access to federal facilities until Oct. 1, 2020. Under Missouri law, residents are not required to hold a REAL ID, but the Transportation Safety Administration will

Races for Columbia mayor have become expensive ventures, and 2019 is no exception. In the latest round of campagin finance reports due Monday, challenger Chris Kelly reported a surge of fundraising, pushing his total for the election over the $50,000 mark, which Mayor Brian Treece had reached in the report due 40 days before the

Several schools and at least one other political subdivision in central Missouri are seeking property tax increases in the April 2 election. Among the schools are Southern Boone Public Schools, which is asking for a 40-cent increase in its operating levy; Boonville, where the district wants a 49-cent increase; Fayette, which is seeking a 72-cent

Among the issues on the April 2 ballot are two counties seeking to charge cellphone users to fund 911 services. Southern Boone Fire Protection District The district is asking its residents to approve a tax of up to 12 cents per $100 of assessed value to provide operational funds. The 12-cent increase would lead to

Several cities have put tax issues on the April 2 ballot, while Jefferson City’s ballot includes questions about term limits and other city charter issues. Voters will decide whether to eliminate the lifetime limit of eight years of service on the city council and instead implement new rules saying that anyone who has served four

THIS AFTERNOON: It’s a much cooler afternoon across our region than what we saw yesterday. Thanks to cloud cover and a steady north breeze, we’ll feel more like late fall through the rest of the afternoon. Clouds are slowly breaking up in our northern counties, but some residual cloud cover in Iowa/Illinois will enter into

Several organizations hosted the candidates for Columbia mayor and city council in a forum at noon Monday. The forum included Mayor Brian Treece and challenger Chris Kelly along with Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala and Fourth Ward Councilman Ian Thomas. Skala and Thomas are unopposed. Sign up for email news alerts by clicking here

The Cole County Sheriff’s Department arrested one person for allegedly having steroids without a prescription. According to a news release, a deputy pulled over a vehicle for expired registration on Highway 54 near Brown Road on Sunday afternoon. Authorities said the traffic stop resulted in the deputy seizing syringes and approximately $20,000 of anabolic steroids,

UPDATE 5:50 p.m.: Deputy Jason Partin , 45, of California and Carolyn Devore , 80, of Iberia have both been discharged from the hospital, after suffering moderate injuries in the crash. ORIGINAL: The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the deputy struck by a car Thursday night as Jason Partin , 45, of California. The crash

Several agencies are investigating after a fire broke out at a Jefferson City business Monday morning. A spokesman for the Jefferson City Fire Department told ABC 17 News the fire started around 7 a.m. at SCUBA Adventure on Jefferson Street. Everyone inside the business was able to get out safely. Firefighters said the fire caused

The trial for a man charged in the 2017 death of a Fulton man was pushed back on Monday after his lawyers asked a Callaway County judge to continue the trial. Anthony R. Flores was accused in the death of Carl DeBrodie after his body was found encased in concrete at a Fulton storage unit

Some Wesphalia residents will be under a boil advisory starting Tuesday morning due to water line construction. The Osage County Emergency Operations Center posted on its Facebook that Osage Public Water District #2 will issue a boil water advisory for the Westphalia area from 8 a.m. on Tuesday until about 6 p.m. on Thursday. The

Multiple emergency response agencies are fighting a trailer fire in Audrain County Sunday evening. The Boone County Fire Protection District said they provided mutual aid to put out the blaze shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday along with other agencies. No injuries were reported, and the official cause of the fire is under investigation, according to

MONDAY: Things are still a bit mild this morning thanks to overnight cloud cover. We’ll see those clouds sticking around through at least the first part of the day before beginning to filter out of the region in the afternoon. Temperatures, however, will struggle to warm up much this afternoon, only managing to make it

Megan Gustafson scored 24 points with 19 rebounds, Makenzie Meyer added 18 points and second-seeded Iowa blew past Missouri 68-52 on Sunday to advance to its second Sweet 16 in five years. Kathleen Doyle scored 15 points for the Hawkeyes (28-6), who put away the Tigers with a blistering 23-4 run in the second half.

Former Mizzou wide reciever Jeremy Maclin announced his football career is over as he is retiring from the NFL. Maclin played eight seasons in the NFL after the Philadelphia Eagles drafted him in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/jmac___19/status/1109930494907564032″,”author_name”:”Jeremy Maclin”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/jmac___19″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;There will be a letter and video to follow soon

TONIGHT: Some scattered showers are possible east of highway 63 overnight. For the most part, much of Mid-MO is drying out after evening storms. Temperatures will drop into the low to mid-40s and hover there through the morning. MONDAY: We’re tracking the main cold front moving through Mid-MO early tomorrow morning, that will lead to

A body was recovered from the Missouri River Sunday afternoon. Saline County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Missouri River near 310th Road at Malta Bend for reports of a man’s body in the water around 1:45 p.m. Sunday, according to a press release. Authorities said the Missouri State Water Patrol recovered the body from the

A judge will decide whether the Boone County Fire Protection District or the Columbia Fire Department is responsible for responding to fire calls in land annexed into the city. The state passed a law last summer to allow the Boone County Fire District to continue collecting property tax revenue from the annexed territory after June