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Authorities have arrested two men after pulling more than 300 pounds of marijuana out of a car in a massive Cooper County drug bust. Troopers pulled over 34-year-old Felix Lopez and 19-year-old Jonathan Padilla around 3 p.m. earlier today in Cooper County for allegedly following another vehicle too closely while driving east on Interstate 70.

Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna met with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning to talk about the future of Missouri roads after the failure of Proposition D. Proposition D was a ballot measure in the November election that would have increased Missouri’s fuel tax rate by 10 cents per gallon over four

TONIGHT: The rain continues into the night and it will be breezy with winds out of the north up to 15mph, with gusts as high as 25. Rain will be more steady and moderate at times near I-44 with showers more scattered to spotty farther northeast. Patchy dense fog is possible by morning. FRIDAY: Rain

Jefferson City police are investigating a second deadly shooting this week. Officers said they were called to the 800 block of Broadway near West Ashley Street around 11 p.m. on Wednesday for reported shots fired. Police said they arrived at the scene and found two men suffering gunshot wounds near the apartments on W. Atchison

The former chief financial officer of Columbia Public Schools was sentenced to five years of probation on Thursday after she pleaded guilty to taking money from a band booster club in the St. Louis area. Anna Munson was arrested for the crime in February. She had lived and worked there before she was hired at

Columbia Public Schools is growing, and with that growth, more transportation and teachers are needed. CPS Spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark said transportation costs $12 million per year, but the state only pays $2 million of it In efforts to ease the costs, CPS tried to partner will Columbia’s Public Transportation last year, but it did not

A group has started the process of circulating a petition in support of auditing the City of Columbia, according to the State Auditor’s Office. The group has been given a petition signature form, which is used for collecting signatures. They’ll have to get 5,000 signatures from registered voters in the city within one year before

The National Transportation Safety Board released its initial review on Friday of the digital video recorder system recovered from last week’s deadly sinking of DUKW “Stretch Boat 7” near Branson. Initial Review of Duck Boat Digital Video RecorderSystem Completed: https://t.co/uRo6bT9ZOM — NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) July 27, 2018 According to the NTSB, 29 passengers and two crew

The owner of Bocomo Bay smoke shop was sentenced to three years in federal prison and two years of supervised release on Thursday. Kevin E. Bay pleaded guilty in July 2016 to helping sell more than $2 million in synthetic marijuana, often known as K2. The judge said he considered Bay’s declining health. In the

Fire crews are responding to a gas station in north Callaway County. Firefighters with the North Callaway Fire Protection District and Auxasse Fire Department are at the Show Me Oil station on Old Highway 54. A lieutenant with the Auxasse Fire Department told ABC 17 News that when they entered the building Friday night, they

University of Missouri Health Care is in exclusive discussions to purchase two area hospitals from St. Louis-based SSM Health. As ABC17 News first reported Wednesday night, SSM and MU Health are in talks to transfer ownership of St. Mary’s Hospitals in Jefferson City and Mexico, Missouri, to MU Health. MU Health is also hoping to

Fire officials found one person dead at a home on Janice Drive in Iberia, Missouri early Tuesday morning after reports of a residential structure fire. The Iberia Rural Fire Protection District responded to the report and found heavy smoke coming from the residence. When firefighters entered and searched the residence, they found the individual already

Mizzou defensive end Tre Williams was charged with second-degree domestic assault on Sunday, and the court documents were released on Wednesday. This comes a day after Boone County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Susan Boresi told the Missourian the former Rock Bridge standout will not be charged. ABC 17 News has reached out to Boresi multiple times,

A Columbia man was sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole on Thursday for his role in a “prostitution operation that involved sex trafficking a minor victim,” the Western District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. Kenneth Ronald Jones, 26, pleaded guilty to the crimes in August. He admitted to inducing three victims,

Congratulations to the winner of the Thursday Night Football UPickem contest Keith Broadus!

Boonville police confirm they are investigating after a student threatened to “shoot up the school.” According to the department’s Facebook page , the department was notified by the administration of LSE school that a student made a verbal threat to shoot up the school. The student was taken into custody while the incident is being

A Randolph County jury decided a Moberly man will remain in custody for sexually violent crimes he was previously convicted of. Daniel J. Jensen, 41, of Moberly, Missouri, was convicted in the state of California for molesting two boys, ages 9 and 10. Then, once moving back to Missouri, he was caught and convicted for

THIS AFTERNOON: We’re continuing to track several bands of rainfall tracking through southern Mid-Missouri over the next several hours. Rain will become more widespread especially after 3pm from south to north. The heaviest rainfall looks to be maintained for southeastern portions of Mid-Missouri, but all of the region will be running into steady light rain

A Columbia man was taken into custody on Wednesday after the Mexico Public Safety Department linked him to a car theft and a burglary in the area. According to MPSD, a vehicle was rummaged through and had change stolen from it early Wednesday morning in the 600 block of Whitley Street. The owner of the

THURSDAY: Areas of drizzle is possible this morning, with the main axis of rain still tracking through Oklahoma/Arkansas. While it’s not as cold as previous mornings, the overcast skies and rain today will make it feel cool. You’ll need that umbrella through the day, as the drizzle gives way to widespread rain as we head