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Dozens packed the Blind Boone Center in Columbia Friday night for their opportunity to hear from the eight candidates vying for the first ward councilperson spot — and for the chance to challenge them. After a tumultuous year with former first ward council woman Ginny Chadwick getting recalled and then resigning, residents told ABC 17

Scammers are the one’s breaking hearts this Valentine’s Day, even though it is a day to appreciate the ones you love, not lose all the money in your bank account. Flowers are obviously one of the top purchases on Valentine’s Day, but scammers are using flowers as a way to get people’s credit card information.

“This year’s been better, because we simply haven’t had much snow this year. We haven’t activated the emergency snow routes this year, but mother nature’s not obviously or potentially done with us,” said Steve Sapp with the City of Columbia. City of Columbia crews are prepared for more winter weather this weekend. Plows were on

Morgan County authorities arrested two people from Texas Wednesday for allegedly conspiring a murder-for-hire plot. Deputies found out about the plan on February 6 and were contacted by a confidential informant who confirmed the information. An undercover Morgan County deputy met with 25-year-old Nicholas Hartman and 32-year-old Patience Giersdorf on Wednesday. Giersdorf and Hartman negotiated

A Mid-Missouri fire department is stepping up its fitness standards. In mid-May, all 72 active-duty employees of the Jefferson City Fire Department will be required to do a physical assessment test. Something that only new hire candidates have had to do in the past. In the meantime, all employees from firefighters up to captains are

Two suspects are in custody following a high speed chase that led to a manhunt west of Jefferson City Friday afternoon. Cole County Sheriff Greg White told ABC 17 News the case has been turned over to the Drug Enforcement Agency. ABC 17 News confirmed two people led police on a high speed chase from

Governor Jay Nixon is outlining his plans for a program that gives students hands-on learning experiences in schools. Governor Nixon was in Columbia at Battle High School to talk to educators and administrators about the program. Currently, the “Project Lead the Way” curriculum is in more than 30 elementary schools. In one year, Nixon said

Hearings are underway at the state Capitol regarding how events in Ferguson were handled and the decisions that were made. But before those hearings ever got started, ABC 17 News was doing its own investigation. Our Jillian Fertig has spent the last two months examining emails and phone calls leading up to the arrival of

An arctic front will move through Mid-Missouri Saturday morning bringing clouds, increasing northerly winds and very cold air. A few snow showers are possible east of HWY 63 Saturday morning as the front moves through but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will fall into the teens by evening and drop to the single digits early

“All of a sudden I heard a little rumble and I looked over and the right propeller stopped propelling.” Missouri head basketball coach Kim Anderson is safe tonight after a plane he was on last night had an engine failure. Anderson was flying to Illinois when he heard one propeller stop. ABC 17 News was

The City of Columbia website was experiencing outages Thursday after the city information technology staff was alerted to an attack against the website, gocolumbiamo.com. The IT team was calling the attack a DDOS, or Distributed Denial of Services attack designed to make the site unavailable by flooding the site with requests from several sources. This

Much-needed road and safety improvements could be coming to a developing east Columbia neighborhood. Two developers are waiting for annexation and rezoning approval before beginning construction on hundreds of acres of land. The land surround the area next to Battle High School and the new elementary school currently being built off St. Charles Road. “It’s

Thursday, House leadership said Governor Nixon needs to open up and testify. They want to hear his reasoning behind the state’s response to the Ferguson unrest directly following the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case. House Speaker John Diehl said the governor needs to open up about the response. ABC 17 News spoke

A woman was found dead in the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday morning after apparently jumping off the Community Toll Bridge near Lake Ozark. A passerby saw the woman crossing the guard rail and called police. When a trooper arrived, he saw her body floating in the lake near the bridge. 55-year-old Karen Holtz was

The Columbia Star Dinner Train owes the city of Columbia money even after its contract was terminated at the end of last year. The Railroad Advisory Board met Thursday to talk about why the train is still on Colt Railroad Property. The Columbia Star Dinner Train has already racked up more than $3,000 in fees

ABC 17 News on Thursday confirmed a projected opening date of the new Sam’s Club in Jefferson City. Progress still continues on the construction of the store located off Missouri Boulevard. The Farmer Group told ABC 17 News they’re on schedule for an early June turnover to Sam’s Club. The projected opening date is this

Web Extra: Kim Anderson talks with media on Feb 12th (cont.)

A summer trial date has been set for two men accused of selling millions of dollars worth of synthetic marijuana in Columbia. 45-year-old Kevin Bay and 62-year-old John Hawkins were federally indicted in October 2013 for their role in the sale of more than $2 million of synthetic pot, also known as K2. The two

Web Extra: Kim Anderson talks to media about South Carolina loss, Wes Clark injury, plane emergency landing and game Saturday against Mississippi St.

Ads for online dating services focus on the positive – meeting the person of your dreams and developing long-term, satisfying relationships. Unfortunately, scammers also lurk online, looking for vulnerable people who will send them money for travel, health care emergencies, etc. BBB receives complaints about dating services every year. Many complaints are about billing and