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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri officials say the personal information of more than 25,000 Medicaid recipients may have been mailed to the wrong addresses. The Department of Social Services said Monday a computer system error led to possible incorrect mailings by contractor Infocrossing Inc., through MO HealthNet. The error was identified in July and

The clean-up continues Monday at Stephens Lake Park following this year’s Roots N Blues festival. Organizers should clear the site in a few days. That is just the beginning for city crews. None of the existing buildings were damaged, but the grounds need work. Parks and Recreation officials said it looks like moderate damage. Right

The judge accepted a not guilty plea for murder suspect Rudy Perez on Monday. He avoided a trial set for next month. Perez will be sent to the state mental facility in Fulton. He was accused of beatingRobert Hill to deathinside a common room at the VA hospital in Columbia February 1. Defense attorney David

The Missouri Department of Transportation is inspecting the Missouri River bridge on Interstate 70 near Rocheport this week. One lane will be closed from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday on the westbound bridge. On Wednesday, crews are inspecting the bridge eastbound from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. These inspections happen at least every two

A school in Jefferson City dismissed early on Monday because of a water main break. St. Joseph Cathedral School on West Main Street let students go home at 12:45 p.m., after a pipe broke near Oak Creek Court and Tanner Creek Bridge Road. Reports first came in around 9:28 a.m. Monday. Repairs could last up

Colorado is moving into clean up mode and dozens of local search and rescue crews are now on their way back to Columbia. Missouri Task Force 1 has been deployed to the flood zone in Colorado for one week. Doug Westhoff with the task force told ABC 17 News the crews made hundreds of rescues

The Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival is going smoothly, organizers say. They also say much of this is thanks to the large number of volunteers. More than 100 volunteers are placed throughout the park to keep the crowds under control. Festival leader Richard King said, “There was a lot of planning that went into

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Eric Cravens is a free man after nearly three months in jail on assault and armed criminal action charges. Columbia police accused him of shooting three in downtown Columbia. Prosecutors say they dropped the charges because of a lack of evidence and cooperation from witnesses. ABC 17 talked to Cravens today. He was so happy,

The Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival is now underway, lasting until Sunday. There are several changes this year. The biggest one is location. The festival used to be in downtown Columbia. But this year, the venue is Stephens Lake Park. That means far less parking than in years past. “Essentially there is not a

The 2014 Columbia budget goes into effect in less than two weeks after the council passed it unanimously on Monday. ABC 17 News found funding for social services remains at the same levels as 2009. It’s happening at a time when there’s still a high percentage of Columbia residents living in poverty. Columbia City Manager

Moberly’s widely popular bowling alley that closed in May is being reopened by Moberly natives Rich and Meg Morenz. The name of the building is Memory Lanes and the owners say it’s because so many Moberly natives have lifelong memories at the bowling alley. Debbie Miller of the Moberly Chamber of Commerce said that the

Charges have been dropped on the man arrested for the shooting in downtown Columbia earlier in the summer. Officers originally arrested Eric Cravens, 20, of Columbia, for the June 15 shooting that injured three people at Broadway and 10th Street. Police made the arrest less than two weeks after the incident following a “determined and

A Columbia man with a long criminal record finds himself in trouble again. Boone County prosecutors charged Malcolm Redmon with assault for allegedly attacking a fellow inmate inside the Boone County jail. Investigators tell us the incident centered around a privilege system inside the jail. Redmon faces a trial later this year for tampering with

The crosswalks at Eighth Street and Broadway in Columbia are expected to be fully repaired by Friday which is ahead of schedule. Columbia Public Works tells us the problem area will be done before the weekend. They were originally planned to be finished by October 14th. The crosswalks quickly deteriorated just months after being put

The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission approved a proposal to build a CVS at Broadway and Providence Road 6-3. But the commissioners proposed four amendments to the project. They want to move the location of the drive-through further south and make two changes to the turns in and out of the site. They also want

Fifth-graders going to school in the woods could soon be a reality for students in the Columbia Public School District. This would be the first in the nation, where a school is in a state park. This nature school would be four classrooms with 100 fifth-graders. “Instead of learning math by itself and language arts

Marijuana could become legal inMissouri if a national group gets its way. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws plans to file a bill next year to regulate and tax marijuana. A proposal is being drafted right now and may be introduced for the 2014 General Assembly session. Local coordinator Dan Viets said

A man was taken into custody two days after a storage facility in Mid-Missouri goes up flames. Firefighters spent more than four hours at the scene early Monday in Mexico, Mo. Most of the 18 units off South Olive were damaged. Officials called in the State Fire Marshals office to investigate the possible arson. They

A Mid-Missouri teen is facing possible charges for allegedly threatening his classmates. Michael Markwell, 18, was arrested in Mexico., Mo., Thursday morning. He claims he was joking when he wore a mask on a school bus and made threats against the bus driver and other students. Police confirmed they did not find any evidence, and