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The Columbia school board Monday approved a policy allowing the Director of Safety and Security and his assistant to carry guns in schools. The 5-2 vote mirrored the vote taken at last month’s first reading of the policy. The new changes give the superintendent the power to allow those two CPS employees to carry a

Northerly winds will send colder air in to Mid-Missouri Tuesday keeping our daytime highs only in the 30s with morning clouds. Another wave of low pressure will move in from the northwest Wednesday bringing more clouds and chilly air. The jet stream will start to shift to the north Thursday, keeping the storm track and

The trial started Monday for a Jefferson City woman accused of driving drunk, going the wrong way on I-70, killing a man in a head-on crash. Kelli Smith, 25, is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors said Smith went to several Columbia bars back in February 2012, before she traveled for at least seven miles

City of Columbia leaders are frustrated with the lack of cooperation with Uber, a ride-sharing service. Assistant City Manager Tony St. Romaine said he wished Uber would have their drivers turn off their Uber apps until February. He said by then the city should have something worked out so the company can operate the car

Columbia Police are still looking for suspects in three separate business robberies in three days. This weekend Jimmy John’s, Budget Host Inn, and Denny’s were all targets. While police were not talking Monday, ABC 17 News went to the three businesses hit and found several similarities. On Friday, people at the Budget Host Inn awoke

A Mid-Missouri daycare owner found guilty of endangering the welfare of a child is back in court Monday, after a judge approved a second trial last year. Parents of Lane Schaefer believe Richter shook the 7-month old back in 2010 at the home daycare in Taos, outside Jefferson City, leaving him with brain damage and

Monday morning, COMO Council Watch along with other groups delivered 59 petition pages with 451 signatures to the city clerk’s office in an effort to recall First Ward Council Member Ginny Chadwick. City officials said they’ll look through the signatures with the Boone County Clerk’s Office to determine if the signatures are registered first ward

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Jefferson City school board members will meet Monday night to vote on a contract with an architect to build security vestibules in district buildings. Members are also scheduled to vote on the next year’s school calendar.

As the Ferguson area erupted after the grand jury decision came down, Felicia Pulliam, one of the people tasked with healing the community was watching. “It was difficult to watch but I recognize if for what it was — more pain, grief and frustration than anger. So, it plays out in a big dramatic, unfortunately

Alabama scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to pull away from Missouri late, as the Tide beat the Tigers 42-13 in the SEC Championship Game. Amari Cooper had 12 catches receptions against Missouri, breaking the SEC Championship Game record for catches in a game. His teammate, DeAndrew White, had four receptions for 101 yards.

The city of Columbia says four citations were given to Uber drivers over the weekend for not having a proper license. Ginny Chadwick, who represents the 1st Ward in Columbia, said the city warned Uber of the consequences of not following the city laws. Now they are starting to get ticketed. She said as of

Columbia police said Sunday night they were searching for three people who robbed the Jimmy John’s on Rangeline. The call went out just after 10 p.m. Police said three men went into the restaurant and demanded money. Officers and a K-9 Unit were searching for the suspects in a field near Landmark Bank on Sunday

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss talks with Missouri Chancellor Bowen Loftin in this week’s Sunday Sitdown about MU football and adjusting to the SEC.

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss highlights Mizzou’s struggle with offensive execution in SEC Championship game vs. Alabama.

People all over the county came together Sunday night to remember a man who drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks in highway patrol custody. It is a story ABC 17 News has followed since May, when 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson from Iowa fell off Trooper Anthony Piercy’s boat. The trooper did not secure Ellingson in

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