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The opening of Columbia’s new agriculture park has been delayed after recent rain. An update was posted on the Facebook event page. The post included a list of items that still needed to be completed on the MU Health Care Pavilion, including installing a roof panel, installing insulation, installing a lighting system, adding signage, installing

A man indicted on a murder charge in a Jefferson City shooting will spend the next five years in prison. Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson said Semaj Harris was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a controlled substance Friday. Harris agreed to cooperate in the investigation of Bruce Thomas,

The Missouri State Highway Patrol rejected a request from the Columbia Police Department to review its relationship with a convicted pimp. The police department began an internal review of its ties to Barry Manthe, a man convicted on federal charges of promoting prostitution. Manthe’s relationship with CPD was called into question by a Citizens of

No one was hurt after a business caught on fire off State Highway 52 in Stover Friday morning. The state fire marshal’s office told ABC 17 News the fire started around 5:40 a.m. at S&S Auto and Cycle in the 300 block of Elm Street. The Missouri State Highway Patrol closed State Highway 52 for

A Columbia man is still recovering in the hospital after a woman drove into him Sunday on Grindstone Parkway. Randall Siddens, 33, was picking up cones after a triathlon with other employees from Ultramax Sports when Regine McCracken, 23, drove by a police vehicle and into two Ultramax employees and one of the company’s vehicles.

Black bears are gradually starting to move to the more northern parts of Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation has been tracking a growing black bear population and the animals’ expanding range in Missouri over the past few years. Furbear biologist Laura Conlee said they have been studying bear movement since 2010 and hope to

A crash caused long delays on Interstate 70 eastbound in Callaway County during the Friday evening rush. The crash happened at the 144.4 mile marker near the Route M overpass and involved several vehicles. patrol Sgt. Scott White said. Traffic was backed up for about 4 miles a little before 6 p.m. but vehicles were

Ameren Missouri will continue its challenge of Boone County’s property tax assessment of its natural gas system. The company filed an application for review with the State Tax Commission on Friday. The three-person commission will review a hearing officer’s decision to deny Ameren’s appeal of Boone County’s valuation of its system. ABC 17 News Investigates

TONIGHT: Clouds return in advance of our next disturbance that will bring light rain showers by tomorrow morning. Most of the night stays dry as temperatures dip into the upper 40s. Winds will be light out of the northeast. SATURDAY: Scattered showers are possible during the day and it will be chilly with highs only

A substitute teacher in northeast Missouri has been charged with child sex crimes. Twenty-seven-year-old Ty Michael Gramley, of Columbia, was arrested Thursday. He is scheduled to be arraigned next week on one count of possessing child pornography and two counts of furnishing or attempting to furnish pornographic material to a minor. No attorney is listed

No one was hurt when a vehicle backed into a building Friday in south Columbia. A hole was left in the corner of the brick building in the 100 block of East Green Meadows Drive after the driver, who lives at the apartment complex, backed his car into it, Tracy Gray of the Columbia Fire

A bystander attempted to wrestle a gun out of the hands of an escaped inmate on Wednesday after the inmate allegedly shot off a gun and stole a Chariton County Sheriff’s vehicle. According to court documents released Thursday, a deputy was transporting Sadonna M. Staton in Randolph County, west of Moberly, when Staton slipped out

Columbia police are currently investigating a shots-fired incident in south Columbia. Officers responded to the 400 block of Old Plank Road around 2:30 a.m. Friday. ABC 17 News crews on the scene said officers confirmed they initially got called for shots fired but when officers got to the scene they didn’t find any evidence right

The Columbia municipal prosecutor has received the case file on former police chief Ken Burton’s DWI arrest from the police department, the prosecutor’s office said Friday. The file was on prosecutor Robert Rinck’s desk Friday morning, according to his office. Police arrested Burton on May 2 on suspicion of DWI near Broadway and McBaine Avenue

UPDATE: The principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School sent an email to parents and guardians Thursday night saying he recieved multiple complaints from parents and the theme has been changed. “I would like to reassure you that “Stoplight” day has been eliminated from the spirit day calendar for next week and has been replaced with

Missouri House members have passed an incentives package offering General Motors up to $50 million for an expansion of an eastern Missouri plant that makes trucks and vans. The Republican-led House voted 92-51 for the proposal Thursday. The package would include up to $25 million in tax credits if GM makes at least $500 million

A Boone County woman convicted of first-degree murder appeared before a Boone County judge Thursday in a bid to get a new trial. Tausha Fields’ attorney, James Schottel Jr., presented a transcript of a deposition of former Boone County public defender Paul Hood, who represented Fields and was the lead trial attorney in the case.

Missouri lawmakers have passed a roughly $30 billion state spending plan after a fight over college tuition for students living in the U.S. illegally. The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave final approval to a budget with $61 million more in core K-12 public school funding compared to this year. Colleges and universities are each set

FRIDAY: Mostly sunny with highs only reaching the low to mid-60s. TONIGHT: Clouds return in advance of our next disturbance that will bring light rain showers by tomorrow morning. Most of the night stays dry as temperatures dip into the uppper 40s. Winds will be light out of the northeast. EXTENDED: Spotty showers increase Saturday

Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission discussed zoning standards for medical marijuana facilities during a public hearing Thursday evening. The commission held several work sessions to finalize a draft with regulations for each of the four facility types identified in state law: dispensaries, cultivation facilities, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers and testing facilities. Commissioner Micheal MacMann said