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Republican House Budget Committee Chariman Scott Fitzpatrick and the state’s public colleges and universities have worked out a deal to limit tuition increases in exchange for steady state funding. Fitzpatrick said on Tuesday that most schools have agreed to cap tuition hikes at 1 percent. In exchange, House members agreed to a plan to keep

Moberly is still cleaning-up from heavy intense rains that left them with flooding. Some were left picking through the devastation. ABC 17s spoke to a pastor who said he lost a distribution site for those in need. Vic Comstock, the Pastor at Family Life Fellowship on North Williams Street said, “it’s been devastating across the

A House committee has the opportunity to advance a bill that would strengthen penalties for violating Sunshine law, as well as grant the Attorney General’s office the power to issue investigative subpoenas. Two identical bills, labeled HB 2523 and 2524, will be heard by the General Laws committee Tuesday evening, which starts at 5 p.m.

TONIGHT: Showers will continue south of I-70 early in the evening and end by 11 PM. Temperatures will drop back into the mid 30s by morning under mostly cloudy skies and light northeast winds up to 8 mph. WEDNESDAY: The day will start off cloudy and chilly with temperatures in the 30s but we’ll reach

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced on Tuesday that his office is pursuing a broader criminal and civil review of the Mississippi County Jail facility and Sheriff Corey Hutcheson. The decision comes after findings by three medical experts that the death of Tory Sanders, a man who died in protective custody in the jail, was

In this information age, it seems harder than ever to sort fact from fiction. This is especially true when it comes to politics and political advertisements. ABC 17 News is working, in depth, to separate the truth from the spin. We start by looking deeper into an advertisement running on the Networks of Mid-Missouri. It’s

UPDATE – 7:00 A.M.: First responders cleared the scene of a single-car crash near the I-70/Hwy 63 Connector Tuesday morning. Crews on scene told ABC 17 News weather played a factor in the crash just before 6:30 a.m. on Clark Lane near the Steak ‘N Shake restaurant. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17/status/978602614920220672″,”author_name”:”Kirstie Crawford”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Tow truck is at

A man has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident after he was accused of hitting a gas station and then leaving the area. Officers said in February, they responded to the Fastlane on Amerihost Drive where witnesses said a van struck the side of the building and then left. Police said the

Boone County deputies arrested Anthony Lockwood on Sunday after officers were dispatched to an assault in the 4600 block of O’Neal Road. The victim told deputies that Lockwood knocked on his door and said he loved the victim’s dog. Lockwood asked to go into the house but the victim said no. Lockwood was accused of

UPDATE 3/27: Grant has been charged with statutory rape, statutory sodomy and enticement or attempted enticement of a child. According to the probable cause statement, Grant knew how old the victim was. ORIGINAL STORY: Columbia police arrested Qureshawn Grant on Monday morning after investigating a sexual assault. Police said in December, Grant and a 14-year-old

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announced on Tuesday that her office has begun an audit of the Callaway County Collector’s Office. ABC 17 previously reported that Callaway County Collector Pam Oestreich resigned on March 15 because of her involvement in suspicious activity on a Callaway County checking account she maintained. “I appreciate the quick action

Maries County deputies were involved in a high speed chase on Monday night. Deputies said the chase went through Maries County, Gasconade County and ended in Osage County when the suspect crashed. Officers said the suspect put innocent lives at risk because he was driving at speeds over 120 mph. The suspect was taken to

**FLOOD WATCH** MONDAY 7PM – TUESDAY 7PM COUNTIES: CAMDEN, MILLER, COLE, OSAGE, MARIES, PULASKI, PHELPS, GASCONADE THREATS INCLUDE: FLOODING ALONG STREAMS, CREEKS & LOW-LYING AREAS. FLOODED ROADWAYS SHOULD BE AVOIDED. TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN. TUESDAY : The heaviest band of rain will set up early this morning and is expected to be near and just

Rainfall overnight Monday and early Tuesday may cause water to cover some roads throughout mid-Missouri. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the agency did not have to rescue any drivers from flood waters on Monday morning, but expected rainfall will only increase the likelihood of flooded roads. This could mean drivers encounter flooded roads in the

UPDATE 4:15 pm: Columbia police said the shooting happened when a man and a juvenile were driving in the area of Shamrock Drive and Irma Drive when another car approached them and started shooting at the victim’s vehicle. ABC 17 spoke with a resident in the area and said she saw the shooting happen and

Camden County deputies are searching for a missing and endangered man. Deputies said Jacob “Jake” Thompson was reported missing on Sunday. He is described as a 26-year-old man, 5’7″, 130 pounds, short brown hair, slight beard and light mustache, with a blue panther tattoo on his left wrist and scar on his left eyebrow. Officers

Fulton police responded to a pedestrian getting hit by a vehicle on Monday. The pedestrian, identified as a 50-year-old man from Fulton, was walking east on E. 2nd St. and then onto Bluff St. while using the crosswalk. A white, 4-door vehicle was driving east on E. 2nd St. and turned north on Bluff St.,

Michael Porter Jr. declared for the 2018 NBA Draft on Instagram Monday. In the video, he thanks his family, coaches, teammates and “Mizzou Nation” before making the announcement. Watch the full video below: {“version”:”1.0″,”title”:””,”author_name”:”mpj”,”author_url”:”https://www.instagram.com/mpj”,”author_id”:5650880959,”media_id”:”1743825719232783298_5650880959″,”provider_name”:”Instagram”,”provider_url”:”https://www.instagram.com”,”type”:”rich”,”width”:658,”height”:null,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”instagram-media” data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=”https://www.instagram.com/p/BgzUEChD2PC/” data-instgrm-version=”8″ style=” background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0;

UPDATE 3 p.m.: Gary Jungermann told ABC 17 News they plan to have more answers in the upcoming weeks. “In the next few weeks we’re going to have all the answers, so that we know if something happened, how bad it was. Right now we’re just running a lot of stress and most of us

Crews are cleaning up after roads were flooded here in Moberly on Monday. ABC 17 spoke to the Moberly Fire Chief, who said they responded to five or six calls of people stranded in their vehicles, but there were no injuries. ABC 17 also spoke with MoDOT, who said, “So as the rain continues, we’re