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Ameren Missouri customers will start saving more than $6 a month on their electric bills starting Wednesday. A residential customer who uses 1,000 kWh a month should expect to see an average decrease of $6.21 on their bill, about a reduction of $0.00621 per kWh (kilowatt-hour). The rate decrease matches a reduction in the corporate

Jefferson City buildings official Larry Burkhardt told ABC 17 News the owner of 200 E. High St., has decided to demolish the building after it partially collapsed onto Madison Street in June. Burkhardt said the owner did not yet have a timeline of when the project will move forward but that the city will likely

Two women from Illinois face new drug-trafficking charges after troopers with the highway patrol made a large marijuana bust in mid-Missouri. Melody J. Kostansek, 45, of Ozark, Illinois, and Melissa G. Johnson, 42, Carbondale, Illinois, were arrested around 12:40 a.m. Monday after a traffic stop on Interstate 70 near mile marker 97 in Cooper County.

UPDATE 3:32 P.M.: ABC 17 News crews at the scene reported there were no Cheerios or crash blocking the road. ORIGINAL STORY: Emergency crews are working to clear the scene of a commercial truck crash in north Columbia Tuesday afternoon. BOONE CO JOINT COM: a commercial load of Cheerios spilled across Paris Rd near Mexico

The Fulton Police Department and the Grabb Animal Shelter have requested several items after police officers seized 137 animals on Thursday. Officials said the animals need the following items: Recycled paper or pine shaving bedding (no cedar due to it being dangerous for some animals). Cockatiel and parakeet food and treats. Guinea pig and hamster

Columbia Public Schools is responding to a discrimination lawsuit filed by one of its principals. Melita Walker filed the employment discrimination lawsuit on Thursday against the district saying an all-white interview panel rejected her for the principal job at Hickman High School in the spring of 2017. Walker is now the principal of West Middle

No one was hurt after a vehicle crashed Tuesday morning on Highway 50 near Route N in Osage County. #CloseCall occurred this morn in Osage County (Hwy 50 near Route N). The vehicle ran off the wet roadway & struck some cedar posts. We’re VERY thankful to report that the driver walked away without a

Student organizers plan to hold a town hall on gun violence and school safety in Jefferson City this Thursday. All teens are invited, plus certain school and community leaders, including politicians and police officers, but the organizers don’t want other members of the public to attend. The students said this will give their peers a

THIS AFTERNOON: Showers and thunderstorms have setup shop across southern portions of Mid-Missouri. Expect these spot showers and storms to continue through the afternoon, with the best chances of seeing widespread rains sticking close to I-44. Temperatures will rise into the 80s for places that don’t see the rain, and stick in the 70s for

The Cole County Commission said the community is experiencing serious opioid abuse as a result of easily available drug, and it wants to fight against the companies contributing to the crisis. The commission will be discussing a resolution at its meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, that would hire three law firms to represent the community

TUESDAY: As an upper level low pressure area moves to the east, moisture wrapping around it could produce a few showers and isolated t-storms mainly east of HWY 63 in the afternoon from 3-7 PM. Otherwise, it looks partly sunny and warm with high temperatures in the lower 80s and winds from the north up

UPDATE: Columbia police identified the man killed Monday afternoon as 50-year-old James Markey. According to a news release, the crash happened as a truck was traveling north on Madison near Business Loop 70. Police said the truck turned east onto Business Loop 70 and then turned north on Parkade Boulevard. The release said Markey was

UPDATE: The Highway Patrol says a 15-year-old was the driver of the car. She has moderate injuries. They say her mother, 50-year-old Jessica Sage, was killed in the crash. Both were wearing seatbelts. According to fire crews on scene, the car ran off the right side of Highway 63 south, jumped Bonne Femme Creek and

All twenty-two rides at the Jaycees Cole County Fair have passed state inspections, according to an owner of the company behind the carnival. This is the first time the company PBJ Happee Days Shows has provided the rides for the fair. “Safety is number one with us,” said Pamela Casper, one of the owners. “All

A middle school principal at Columbia Public Schools claims she was passed over for a high school job because of her gender and race. Dr. Melita Walker, an African-American, filed the employment discrimination lawsuit on Thursday against the district. Walker’s lawsuit said an all-white interview panel rejected her for the principal job at Hickman High

Mid-Missouri law enforcement officers continued to search for an endangered child Monday afternoon. According to the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office, deputies started searching for Julie Darnell and 4-year-old Grayson Darnell at around 9 a.m. after deputies located their vehicle on Highway C, east of Fahrni Road in the Russellville area. Deputies said a passerby told

The Maries County sheriff confirmed three people were taken into custody early Monday as three agencies carried out two simultaneous search warrants in Belle. The raids happened at two different locations. The operations involved members of the LANEG drug task force, Maries County sheriff’s department and Belle Marshal’s office. Along with the possible suspects, an

The Columbia Fire Department responded to central Columbia after tractor-trailer crashed into power lines and damaged a restaurant Monday afternoon. Columbia Fire crews respond to a lines down call that involved damage to Mugs Up restaurant at 603 Orange Street. A tractor-trailer hit power lines in the area that resulted in the damage. pic.twitter.com/WxgjeNTYdA —

A new program is coming to mid-Missouri that could improve treatment options for those who overdose on opioids, and help them to succeed in recovery afterwards. Hospital and behavior health officials, along with Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, met at the Missouri Orthopedic Institute Monday afternoon to discuss the new “medication-first” program. The program began in St.

Overnight pavement repairs are scheduled to start on Interstate 70 in Columbia Monday night. The Missouri Department of Transportation will close one lane in each direction of the interstate between mile markers 124 and 128 in several locations for the pavement-leveling project. MoDOT expects the closures to last each night from 7 p.m. until 6