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A Columbia Public Schools employee has been charged with stalking. ABC 17 first reported 33-year-old Matthew Felts was arrested last week. Court documents said a woman came to police saying Felts called her five or six times a day and sent threatening text messages and messages on Facebook. She said this went on for a

Overcast skies will start the weekend with some patchy morning drizzle Saturday as temperatures start in the low-mid 30s. Skies will remain mostly cloudy but a light southerly breeze at 5 mph will help warm our temperatures to near 40 in the afternoon. Overnight lows Saturday will drop into the mid 30s under cloudy skies.

Car specialists said your tires are the most important aspect of car safety during winter. They said the tread on tires is extremely important because that is what cuts through ice. William Ludavicy at Big O Tires said the tread on tires is the most important part of the tire. “Anything under probably five thirty

The city of Sedalia finds a home owner in violation of electrical, sewage and heating problems in a home that is being rented out to a family with three small children. “When you walk into my front door, it smells like a raw sewage treatment plant full of raw sewage before it is treated”, says

Officials are urging drivers to slow down and use caution in roads re-freeze overnight. Thursday, emergency crews responded to dozens of car wrecks in Columbia and Boone County, a few of them with injuries. The Missouri Department of Transportation said it plans to have about eight plows out Thursday night with a sand and salt

When it comes to emergencies, first responders like to be prepared. “With a situation like this specific to ebola and with the consequence of making a response, it takes a lot of resources from an EMS perspective, from police and from a fire perspective”, says Mike Shirts, Director of Cole County Emergency Medical Services. Cole

Emergency responders have been called to about 50 wrecks in Columbia and Boone Co. just since midnight Thursday. Northbound Providence was closed at the Business Loop for a crash around 8 a.m. Both lanes of Highway VV completely closed for another wreck around 7:45 a.m. MoDot has been working since 7 p.m. Wednesday treating roads.

Sony canceled the premiere of The Interview on Wednesday. In the movie, Seth Rogan and James Franco plot the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. This comes hours after several movie theaters said they would not be playing the movie. So, Sony decided they would cancel it altogether. Before the news came in,

Protesters upset with police over their handling of demonstrations related to the Michael Brown shooting managed to shut down St. Louis City Hall. About 75 demonstrators who marched from St. Louis police headquarters on Wednesday were locked out of City Hall. The closing also affected office workers and citizens attempting to do city business. Several

A weak storm system will spread snow across Mid-Missouri Wednesday night through Thursday morning. It will start as light rain at the Lake of the Ozarks in the early evening Wednesday and transition to snow as it moves north to near I-70 by 11 PM. Light snow will continue to fall into the early morning

A Mid-Missouri school is closing because so many students have the flu. Wednesday, officials with Newburg R-II Schools announced all classes will be cancelled Thursday and Friday at the elementary and high school. About 14 percent of elementary students were absent Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Superintendent Dr. John Westerman. And it has traveled to

A new Missouri education commissioner has been chosen to replace a leader who faced frequent criticism while dealing with struggling districts. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Wednesday that the State Board of Education has promoted an assistant commissioner, Margaret Vandeven, to education commissioner. Vandeven replaces Chris Nicastro, who announced in September

An execution date of Jan. 28 has been set for a man who fatally stabbed a St. Louis County woman during a 1998 burglary. The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set the execution date for 45-year-old Marcellus Williams. It would be Missouri’s first execution in 2015, after a state record 10 inmates were put to

A man from Gasconade County was arrested fur burglary and assault near Ashland Tuesday night. At around 11:30 p.m. deputies went to a home in the 16000 block of James Sapp Road for reports of a burglary. The person living there told deputies Ryan Lieneke broke through the front door and attacked him. Deputies say

Fees paid by Missouri businesses could become the overall lowest in the nation-that’s if legislation filed Tuesday by Senator Wayne Wallingford, on behalf of Secretary of State Jason Kander, is passed next year. The proposal has bi-partisan support, and if the bill passes, it would make business filing costs much cheaper. As it stands now,

19-year-old Jack Lipp remains in the hospital in critical condition after falling off a balcony that residents said was in disrepair. The life-threatening incident prompted ABC 17 News to look into who is responsible for keeping these properties safe, and how renters can protect their homes. Leigh Britt with the Office of Neighborhood Services said

Palcohol is alcohol in the form of powder. It was approved by the federal government in April. But Det. Tom O’Sullivan at the Boone County Sheriff’s Department believes the product will only give minors easier access to alcohol. Not only that, he said since the packaging is not like your typical can or glass of

During the summer ABC 17 News reported on a house in Jefferson City filled with trash, including soiled diapers, cockroaches and debris. Since then, Ott Property Services has worked hard to clean up the property, bringing it up to code. Although they did not want to go on camera, several neighbors have told us that

Tuesday, suspects are still on the loose after five armed robberies at Columbia businesses in a little over a week. Those five robberies do not include the recent bank robberies. Three days after the latest business robbery, Columbia police said they still have no suspects. Abc 17 talked to neighboring businesses about what they think

An upper level wave will move in from the southwest Wednesday night sending Pacific moisture over the cold air which has settled over Mid-Missouri. This will lead to light snow which will develop close to 9 PM at the Lake of the Ozarks and spread north to I-70 near midnight. Snow is likely from midnight