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As of May 15, the University of Missouri has spent $162,623.47 on the search for a new provost. Jim Spain is currently serving as interim provost after former provost Garnett Stokes took a job as president of the University of New Mexico. According to a records request, the university’s biggest search expense is the use

A Boone County judge said Columbia city manager Mike Matthes knowingly violated Missouri’s Sunshine Law when he refused to release public documents requested by the Columbia Police Officers Association. “The court could have just said ‘You violated the law, give them the documents, they’re public records,’” said CPOA spokesman Dale Roberts. “But the court went

Mayor Greg Rehagen resigned Wednesday night for health concerns, Martha Siegel is taking over as interim mayor until the city finds a new mayor. Siegel said, “There’s been a lot of controversy going on here in New Bloomfield and whenever you’re trying to work through that, you often think, why did I get into this?”

This bill was passed last year, but it was brought back to make additions to it. The prior bill from last year allows adoptees the chance to obtain their original birth certificate. The additional provision allows adoptees a chance at retrieving their deceased parents’ birth certificates. Representative Don Phillips who birthed the bill told ABC

Rob Sanders took the stand on Thursday, where both his attorney and the attorney for the City of Columbia questioned him regarding the use of force against Kenneth Baker on Aug. 2011. Sanders admitted to making a comment after the shove to his colleagues saying, “Let’s just say he [Baker] lost round two.” Sanders said

TONIGHT: Showers and t-storms will end by 10 PM in most areas but a few are possible near I-44 in the late-night hours. Low temperatures will drop to near 60 with partly to mostly cloudy skies. FRIDAY: Afternoon temperatures will warm into the upper 70s to lower 80s with warmest temperatures west of HWY 63.

Columbia Police Sgt. Robert Fox, who was appointed by the city manager to assist the creation of a citywide community policing plan, spoke at a community meeting Thursday evening. Fox was a guest speaker at the Central Neighborhood Community Unity Meeting from 6 to 7:45 p.m. at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 702 Banks Ave. The

The University of Missouri has spent more than $10,000 on its search for a new Title IX leader. ABC 17 News submitted a records request earlier this month asking for any expense reports from the search for the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights, Title IX and ADA Position. The search was announced back in

The special committee investigating Gov. Eric Greitens wants a judge to enforce two subpoenas on Greitens’ campaign and a nonprofit connected to him. The committee issued requests to Greitens for Missouri and A New Missouri, Inc. on May 3 seeking information related to coordination between the two groups. The latter group was formed weeks after

WATCH LIVE: Click here to watch the special live at 6:30 p.m. On May 3, the Missouri Legislature made history as leaders called for a special session to consider whether or not to impeach embattle Gov. Eric Greitens. This came after claims of blackmail and illegal use of a donor list from the governor’s charity,

Cregg Snyder, 50, of Rolla, was found guilty of four counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree. In early 2015, Snyder had sexual contact with a seven-year-old. The child first told foster parents in 2016. The case was prosecuted by Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney, Brendon Fox. An investigation took place and found that two

Governor Greitens is announcing the release of new funds for Missouri’s Biodiesel program on Thursday at the Carnahan Memorial Garden in Jefferson City. According to the release, the state will be releasing the $4 million restriction on Biodiesel for Missouri Biodiesel producers and $65,000 for the Office of the Military Advocate. “We’re proud to fight

TODAY: Isolated storms are popping up in Mid-Missouri along an upper level low south of I-70. These storms will continue to fire through the day as the several upper level disturbances rotate through the region. No severe weather is expected, but areas that do see thunderstorms could see winds up to 45 mph and hail

A man fired from the Columbia Police Department after shoving and injuring someone in a holding cell will head to trial again to get his job back. The legal battle over Rob Sanders’ shove has been going on since 2011. His lawsuit against the city for firing him over the issue went to trial Wednesday

As the Missouri legislative session winds down, as of Thursday, only three bills have officially made it to the Governor’s desk for signature. ABC 17 News looked into the number of bills that have been passed so far this session. 52 House bills and 31 Senate bills have been recorded as truly agreed and passed.

THURSDAY: The summer-like warmth continues as we reach the low to mid 80s under partly cloudy skies and northeast winds at 4-8 mph. Showers and t-storms look to increase this afternoon, but will remain isolated in nature. TONIGHT: With partly cloudy skies temperatures will drop towards 60 this evening with a light breeze out of

Columbia city leaders have more federal funding than expected, but now need to decide how to spend it. “The real challenge is making sure we get the money to use in an effective way,” Randy Cole, the housing programs supervisor for Columbia, said Wednesday. Cole says the city normally gets around $1.2 million in federal

A Columbia man on death row for two decades sought an untried method of execution in federal court on Wednesday. Attorneys for Ernest Lee Johnson argued in federal appeals court that lethal gas, instead of lethal injection, should be used to kill him, claiming the injection would cause painful seizures that amount to cruel and

Missouri senators spent more than two hours discussing and making changes to a bill that would prohibit withholding pay from employees’ paychecks to go toward paying union dues. HB 1413, sponsored by Rep. Jered Taylor, R – Nixa, passed in the Senate Wednesday after 2 1/2 hours of debate. Supporters of the bill have said