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Early Tuesday morning, Columbia Police arrested a woman for driving a stolen vehicle into the parking lot of the Budget Host Inn. Melody Kosmatka was arrested for felony tampering just before 1:00 a.m. About an hour later, officers were called to the 200 block of 9th St. north for a report of vandalism. Damien Tauber

A state audit shows improvements in a once troubled Mid-Missouri county. Back in 2012, Howard County was given a poor rating after an audit exposed problems in financial management. Official released a new audit on the county, bumping its rating up two levels to “good.” The audit found the sheriff’s office still needs to make

Drivers in Boone and Cole counties will need to be aware of work happening on I-70 Tuesday night. MoDOT has two projects underway Tuesday night, one in Columbia and one in Callaway County. That will cause traffic to go down to one lane while crews do pavement repair. The work starts at 7:00 p.m. and

A woman was arrested Monday after a car chase in Boone County. 35-year-old Lacey Ford was arrested after her car crashed at Route OO and Hecht Rd. south of Hallsville Monday afternoon before 5:00. The chase started on Prathersville Road when Boone Co. deputies tried pulling Ford over. Ford received minor injuries in the crash,

Boonville Police are dealing with more car break-ins this week after suspects broke into two vehicles last week. BPD posted on their Facebook page Tuesday morning that several vehicles were broken into last night in the area of Route B and Rankin Mill Road. Police said none of the vehicles were locked at the time

Four people were injured Monday afternoon in Jefferson City after two cars crashed at the intersection of Madison Street and Dunklin Street. It happened around 2:50 p.m. Police say a woman made a left turn from Madison Street to Dunklin Street. She reportedly turned in front of another car with three people inside. Everyone involved

Several issues will come up at Monday’s Jefferson City School Board meeting, including overcrowding. According to the 2016 budget report, since 2004, student enrollment has grown by more than 12%. Enrollment within the district is up to 9,000 students. The number of students taking part in the district’s free and reduced cost lunch program has

One man was killed and another woman injured after they were swimming and felt electricity in the water. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 21-year-old Marcus Colburn and Taylor Curley of East Moline, Ill. were swimming in the Wood’s Hollow Cove at the Lake of the Ozarks near the 22 mile marker on Sunday

Mizzou defensive tackle Harold Brantley is expected to make a full recovery after he suffered injuries from a car wreck, according to an MU spokesperson. Mizzou Football said on Monday Brantley is in good condition and is recovering after doctors operated on Brantley’s broken left leg Sunday night. Brantley also sustained ligament damage in his

Just hours after the South Carolina governor called for the removal of the Confederate flag on state house grounds, some mid-Missouri lawmakers are in a dispute regarding the controversial flag. State Rep. Brandon Ellington sent out a press release Sunday saying fellow House member Chuck Bayse saluted the Confederate flag at a weekend ceremony in

Beating the heat this week is going to be a struggle. The heat index is going to soar mid-week. Many of us will avoid the humidity and heat by hiding inside for the much of the day, but there are those who have to be out in it. Jamel Joyner picks up an estimated 4,000

A cold front will move south into Mid-Missouri late Monday night and through the overnight hours. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the front as it pushes into Mid-Missouri. Rain is not expected to be widespread, but isolated storms will be possible through the overnight hours.The best chance of storms will be from 10pm-3am and

With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, officials are reminding people where they can and cannot set off fireworks. “We want people to have fun on the 4th of July, but we also want them to be careful too and respectful of other people,” said Tom O’Sullivan, Boone County Sheriff’s Detective. In Boone County there

Cole County Commissioners Monday discussed the need to update the county website. Commissioners sat down last week with representatives from Civic Plus, a company that designs websites for more than 50 cities around the country. The county’s website hasn’t been updated in a very long time, and everyone in the meeting was in agreement it

Two Columbia men pleaded guilty to charges stemming back to a 2014 Randolph County bank robbery. Clarence Lamont Williams and Daniel Mark Rudroff each pleaded guilty to one county of bank robbery in federal court. Both were allegedly involved in an armed robbery at Bank Midwest on August 22 in Moberly. Sentencing for Williams is

A former bail bondsman pleaded guilty in Callaway County Court Monday to being drunk in a courthouse and unlawful use of a weapon. 37-year-old Joel Pautz of Fulton admitted that he brought a pistol concealed in a briefcase into the Callaway County Courthouse in June 2014. He also told investigators that he was intoxicated at

A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to knowingly infecting a woman with HIV. ABC 17 News was in court Monday when 43-year-old Warren Williams Jr. pleaded guilty to the charges. Judge Kelly Broniec sentenced Williams to ten years in prison, but suspended the sentencing and placed Williams on five years probation. That means if Williams

A 72-year-old Sunrise Beach man was killed after the car he was driving struck a utility pole in central Columbia Sunday. It happened in the 300 block of William Street just before 2 p.m. Police said the car veered off the left side of the road and struck a utility pole. Kenneth Taggart had to

Jefferson City Superintendent Dr. Brian Mitchell is attending his last school board meeting Monday night. Mitchell is giving the school board a final update at Monday night’s meeting. Board members are expected to vote on a new budget as the fiscal year starts a week from Wednesday. This year’s budget is about $98 million, which

Two people were charged for trying to smuggle meth into the Osage County Jail on Friday. 40-year-old Sammi Shockley of Vienna, who was in jail for drug charges, contacted 33-year-old Melissa Martin, who was about to serve time for a prior drug arrest. Shockley made arrangements for Martin to serve her time at the same