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ABC 17 News has reporters at a Planned Parenthood hearing at the state capitol in Jefferson City. The Senate’s interim committee on the sanctity of life started meeting Tuesday morning. They already talked about the recent allegations involving the national agency and the sale of body parts from abortions. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, along with the

A woman and her three children managed to escape from their burning home without getting hurt early Tuesday. Firefighters got a call about the fire shortly before 1 a.m. and responded to the 1400 block of Boss Terrace Drive. They found smoke coming from the home and fire inside the kitchen. Firefighters had the fire

The Holts Summit Board of Aldermen tabled a vote to re-zone an acre of land near the Lake Park subdivision. The Maco Company wants to build a low income development, but residents say it will lower their home values. The property has to be zoned for C-2 (merchant commercial district) but it is currently R-S

Updated at 9:09 p.m.: The Columbia Public Schools Board has voted to change the district’s non-discrimination policy. Columbia Public Schools policy currently states that students and employees cannot be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation and other characteristics. The board’s vote added to more classifications: gender identity and gender expression. “This

Most of the work week will be dry and warm but changes move in Thursday night as a cold front gets closer. Out ahead of the front, storms are expected to develop in northwestern Missouri Thursday night, affecting mainly areas north of I-70. Storms will continue into Friday morning then taper off to isolated storms

A 20 year-old Columbia woman is back on the streets, after getting arrested over the weekend, accused of hitting a police officer’s car while drunk. Officers went to a crash Sunday night at Old Highway 63, just south of Stadium Boulevard. They say one of the cars left the scene, before driving onto a curb

A Mid-Missouri man charged with stealing from a local community college may face additional charges for a string of break-ins. Around 2:00 a.m. Sunday, a security guard at Moberly Area Community College found someone inside the building and called police. “There was some damage to some offices and damage to the areas that he gained

ABC 17 News confirmed three people were hurt Monday after a crash east of Columbia. Troopers say David Rubinsky, 33, from Pitsfield, Ill., ran a red light in Kingdom City near the I-70, Highway 54 interchange north of Fulton. His car hit a Ford Freestar on the side as it was turning left on a

A house fire in Fulton is under investigation. Crews were called to the corner of 14th Street and Monroe Monday afternoon. A Captain on scene told ABC 17 News the front of the home, including the porch, was fully engulfed and flames were shooting inside to the kitchen. Crews said no one was inside the

Missouri lawmakers are meeting at the state Capitol Monday afternoon to review the state’s Water Patrol division. The Missouri House Appropriations Committee on Public Safety and Corrections will hear from several key officials in the hearing. The committee is expected to look over the interim committee report on the 2011 Missouri Water Patrol Division. The

A 21-year-old man was arrested following a shooting at 1610 Steamboat Lane off of Grindstone Friday night. Columbia Police arrested James Webb in connection to the shooting. Authorities say a fight between Webb and another man started inside the home on Steamboat Lane. Court documents ABC 17 news obtained claim the two were fighting over

Columbia school board members plan to vote Monday on whether or not to add four words and a comma to its current discrimination policy. The current policy reads “prohibition against discrimination, harassment and retaliation.” The change, if approved, will include “gender identity, gender expression.” Monday’s vote comes on the heels of controversy in a small

Not enough Missouri lawmakers appear to support a right-to-work measure for the Republican-led Legislature to enact the bill into law. An Associated Press analysis shows the bill appears to be short of the 109 House members needed to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto. Nine of the 116 GOP House members told AP they’ll vote

Crews are working on several sidewalks and streets in Columbia Monday morning. Pro Foundations, a contractor for the City of Columbia, began slab jacking concrete panels for both sidewalks and streets at 8 a.m. They are working on the following roads: Sidewalk at 555 Locust StreetSidewalk near Elm and WatsonRolling Hills Road (bridge approaches)Tidewater near

Nearly 100 Lake Park neighborhood residents have already signed a petition stating they’re against city officials rezoning approximately one acre of their subdivision into a commercial district. In August, the Holts Summit Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-3 in favor of the proposed rezoning at 379 Karen Drive. Right now there are plans to build

A Colorado woman was hurt after falling out of a trolley in Cole County Saturday. It happened on Highway 50 near Lisletown Road just after 5:00 p.m., the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Barbara Sexton, 22, leaned out of a window and fell out of the moving trolley, the highway patrol said. Emergency crews took

A Moberly man is charged Sunday for stabbing another man. Moberly police arrested a J’Angelo Robinson, 29, Saturday. Officers responded to the 900 Block of West Rollins Street for a disturbance Friday, Moberly police said. Officers found a 36-year-old man inside the home with stab wounds in his chest. Emergency crews took the man to

Three people were arrested in Fulton following a burglary investigation in the 6600 block of State Route NN Saturday. While investigating the burglary, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department obtained a search warrant for another home in the 6600 block of State Route NN in reference to the burglary. Deputies found several bags of suspected methamphetamine

This weekend, Mid-Missouri got a taste of Fall as temperatures dropped into the upper 60s for daytime highs and 40s for nighttime lows. This “taste” is all too brief, as temperatures are expected to climb back to above average levels next week. The surface high pressure that has resided over our state has shifted to

The 2015 veto session is set to begin at the state Capitol in Jefferson City starting Wednesday afternoon. The session starts at noon and could run into Thursday. There are several high-profile bills awaiting decisions this year, including House Bill 116, 150, 722, 1022 and Senate Bill 20 and 142. House Bill 116 covers the