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Central Methodist University celebrated its first new academic building on campus in more than 50 years Saturday. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the new Thogmorton Center for Allied Health. Construction for the $6.5 million dollar classroom building started in August of 2014. The project was made possible by a $3.6 million dollar donation

Emergency crews responded to a two-car crash north of Columbia Sunday. It happened around 5:15 p.m. on Highway VV and Wildwood Street. A 28-year-old man drove his car across the median, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper on scene. The man’s car his another vehicle head on, heavily damaging the front end of

The Columbia City Council will vote Monday whether to decrease the speed limit along a portion of Route K. The Missouri Department of Transportation recommended reducing the speed limit from 55 mph to 45 mph at Scott Boulevard to Coneflower Avenue. Lisa McCary, who lives in the Cascade Neighborhood just off of Route K, thinks

Sunday marked the first day of Fire Prevention Week. The Columbia Fire Department and Columbia Professional Firefighters kicked off the week with an event at the Columbia Mall. It lasted from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Columbia police, the Red Cross, Safe Kids Coalition and Firehouse Subs also took part in the event. Firefighters gave

A fallen Columbia firefighter was honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service Sunday. Bruce Britt was killed in the line of duty in February 2014. Britt was evacuating a student apartment complex on the University of Missouri Campus when a second story walkway collapsed. Sunday, President Obama spoke at the 34th annual memorial service

One man is hurt after a car crash in Randolph County Sunday. It happened around 6:15 a.m. on Highway 63 about one mile north of Moberly. Matthew Bragg, 45, of Cairo swerved to avoid hitting a deer in the road, spun and turned over in the median, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Emergency

HALLSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri middle school teacher is being applauded for her quick actions after performing the Heimlich maneuver on a student who had a piece of candy lodged in his throat. Eighth-grader Gage Donner was walking in the hallway at Hallsville Middle School on Wednesday when a piece of candy blocked his

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating where a possible car chase ended. An abandoned vehicle was found in the area of North Hinkson Creek Road and Mexico Gravel Road. Authorities have set up a perimeter and are looking for the driver. A K9 unit was brought in, but the search was unsuccessful.

As we make our way into another work week, we will start off with a dry and calm weather pattern that will gradually transition into a wet and unsettled one as a frontal passage is expected to slide through our region later in the week. Forecasting models are in good agreement that the frontal passage

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Three turnovers helped Missouri on its way to a 24-10 victory against South Carolina Saturday. Freshman Drew Lock started at quarterback for Missouri in place of Maty Mauk, who was suspended Tuesday for violating team policies. Lock completed 21 of 28 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Tigers

Mid-Missouri has been off to a cool start for these first few days of October. While our average temperature for this time of year is 72 degrees, we saw temperatures only reach the 60s for October 1st-3rd, ranging from five to eight degrees below average. This cool down was due to a Canadian air mass

The Columbia Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened early Saturday morning in the 5400 block of Baseline Place, which is just off of Brown School Road. Officers were called to the scene just before 1 a.m. They found several shell casings in the area. One home was hit by multiple rounds

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified Donald Vanosdol, 70, of Jefferson City, as the man who was killed in a car crash Friday night. The wreck happened just before 8 o’clock on Highway 50 between Centertown and St. Martins, just north of Kaylor Bridge Road. Troopers said Vanosdol was driving a moped when he

A Columbia man is in jail after Boone County Sheriff’s deputies say he tried to kidnap a teenager Friday afternoon. The incident happened in the 7400 block of Highway VV. Deputies say Anthony Davis, 25, assaulted a 17-year-old girl and tried to pull her into his vehicle just before 5 p.m. The girl was able

Graduate students at the University of Missouri in Columbia are moving closing to unionizing. Organizers of a non-university-affiliated student group called the Forum on Graduate Rights voted to affiliate the prospective union with the Missouri National Education Association and the National Education Association. The students have been demanding better pay, a long-term insurance solution and

Governor Jay Nixon says he has commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards. Edwards will now spend life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Kimberly Cantrell. This is a statement issues by Governor Nixon today: “After a thorough review of the facts surrounding the murder of Kimberly Cantrell, I am

The exact cause of a crash remains unclear, after a man drove off the side of Highway 63 Friday afternoon south of Columbia near Ashland. Troopers and police responded, along withSouthern Boone County firefighters and emergency crews. The highway patrol says a 31-one year-old Columbia man was the only person in the car. Hewent off

The weather pattern is stagnant right now keeping us dry through the weekend with cooler than average temperatures. Expect cool nights with lows in the 40s with temperatures reaching into the 60s during the day as a northerly breeze picks up in the afternoon. The Tigers will have good weather as they take on the

ABC 17 News confirmed a semi-truck driver might have cut off a van with disabled people inside, before leaving the scene of the rollover crash near the connector in Columbia. It happened just before 2 p.m. Friday on Highway 63 near I-70 at the connector. ABC 17 News heard traffic was backed up as far

As Hurricane Joaquin rumbles on in the central Bahamas, it has been downgraded from a category 4 to a category 3 hurricane with 125 mile per hour winds. NASA is keeping a close eye on the hurricane with the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission. Tonight on “This Week,” NASA scientist Dr. George Huffman tells us about