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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

UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: The legal team representing Gov. Eric Greitens’ office has laid out the specific rules and procedures it wants the House committee to follow when the special session begins on Friday. Among the proposed rules is a request to allow the governor’s team to ask House Speaker Todd Richardson to issue subpoenas to

A Columbia bus crashed in the area of College Avenue and Rollins Street Wednesday. Bus #1969 was traveling south on College Ave. shortly before six p.m. before the crash. It is unclear what caused the crash, or if anyone was injured. ABC 17 News is working to get new details.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies can be expected tonight, with temperatures falling into the upper 50s north of I-70 to the low 60s south. . Winds will remain light, coming in from the northeast at 3-7 mph. THURSDAY: The summer-like warmth continues as we reach the low to mid 80s under partly cloudy skies and northeast

University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright announced Wednesday that the university is cutting 12 graduate programs and establishing a new College of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. This comes after a nearly year-long academic program review by a 17 person task force. Members of the task force submitted their final report to the provost’s office back

Records were meant to be broken, but unfortunately this spring will break a record that none of Mid-Missouri wants to see broken. With only two weeks left in meteorological spring, this year will likely close out as one of the driest springs ever recorded. As of May 16th, Columbia Regional Airport has only seen 4.70

Police continue to search for the suspect, Charles Tyrone Webb, 43 of Overland Park Kansas, involved in the Greeley Drive shooting on May 3rd. ABC 17 spoke to several neighbors who were too scared to speak on camera, but they say they saw the entire scene. The witnesses recalled it started with an argument and

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 gone through multiple courts since 2011. His lawsuit against the city for firing him over the issue will go to

The House economic development committee hosted a hearing Tuesday on a proposal that would move a vote on the Right to Work referendum from the November to the August ballot. It’s one of two Right to Work initiatives that are currently moving through the legislature. On Monday night, the House voted in favor of a

Columbia Police officers, state and federal authorities are still looking for Charles Tyrone Webb, 43, of Overland Park, Kansas in connection to the murder of Robert Jennings, 43, in the 3700 block of Greeley Drive on May 3. Webb has a felony warrant for murder in the second degree and armed criminal action. His bond

TODAY: It’s a fairly comfortable start to the afternoon, with many locations see temperatures hover in the lower to middle 70s. Cloudy skies and northwesterly winds up to 10 mph will keep temperatures slightly cooler through the day, as the frontal boundary from yesterday continues to track farther to our south. This will bring in

WEDNESDAY: Skies will remain partly sunny with only an isolated storm chance, mainly south of I-70 and west of HWY 63 in the afternoon and early evening. Most areas will stay dry with high temperatures in the lower 80s with northeast winds under 8 mph. Northeasterly flow through the afternoon will bring humidity down just

UPDATE 5:57 P.M.: Police have released more details about the death investigation on Texas Ave. Officers were called to the 700 block of Texas Avenue for a cardiac arrest, according to CPD. When officers got to the scene, they found Tia Ford, 36, and Marvin Clay, 61, both dead inside the home. A search warrant

A bridge in Northern Boone County might get replaced next year. Project manager, Mike Dusenberg of MoDOT said the bridge is in poor condition, “we need a bridge badly.” Rick Ellington and his wife have lived right next to the bridge for over thirty-five years and they have seen several accidents. “Probably forty or fifty,

Officials with the Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday its Bureau of Vital Records has received 2,172 requests for original birth certificates since last July. More than half of those requests were made after Jan. 2. “The bureau was prepared for a large number of requests, but the number of requests received to

TONIGHT: Isolated evening storms end, leaving us with mostly cloudy skies overnight with patchy fog possible by morning. Lows will drop into the lower 60s with a light northeast wind to 6 mph. WEDNESDAY: Skies will remain partly sunny with only an isolated storm chance, mainly south of I-70 in the afternoon and early evening.

The attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens have sent a letter with “rules” for how they’d like to move forward with the Special Investigative Committee. Team Greitens wants to be able to question witnesses and want the power to subpoena like House Speaker Todd Richardson’s has during the upcoming special session that could lead to Greitens’

Gov. Greitens’ attorney released a statement on Tuesday about filing a police report with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department against the lead investigator for the Circuit Attorney’s Office for perjury. This comes a day after the invasion of privacy charge against the governor was dropped. You can read the entire statement below: “Today, we