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MODOT continues to push for your approval of a proposed sales tax hike to meet more than 12,000 structural improvements across the state. ABC 17 reported earlier this week that MODOT wants to expand I-70 to six lanes to deal with heavy traffic. That’s just one of thousands of projects MODOT plans to commit to

A few parents with students at Two Mile Prairie said they were concerned that the alerting system from the school was not working. Michelle Baumstark with Columbia Public Schools said, “We sent out a mass alert to all of the parents who had children on the bus. One hundred percent of the messages were received.”

The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri is in desperate need of volunteers to help process food, after receiving pallets of potatoes and meat that will expire soon. The call for help comes at the same time as long time Food Bank Director Peggy Kirkpatrick announces her retirement. Kirkpatrick intends to retire on December

A line was wrapped around Iron Tiger Tattoo Friday as customers awaited their $13 tattoos for Friday the 13th. Whether it was a first tattoo or finishing up a sleeve, heading to one of the busy tattoo parlors in town Friday was a lucky deal. “You’re never going to see a tattoo shop like this,”

A Fulton woman was arrested for breaking into a home and having drugs. Fulton Police investigated a call of a verbal dispute at 225 Sycamore Street early Friday morning. Police found 35-year-old Jennifer Murphy breaking into the home. Murphy was charged with 1st degree burglary, 2 counts of felony stealing, endangering the welfare of a

A Mid-Missouri man is charged after he allegedly kidnapped and held a woman hostage in Miller County. On Wednesday the sheriff’s department got a 911 call about a woman who was being held near Buechter Bridge Road in St. Anthony, just north of Iberia, about 30 minutes east of Osage Beach. The suspect was described

A Kansas City man was found guilty of robbery, murder, and armed criminal action by a Boone County jury Thursday night. The verdict came down at 8:30 p.m. after more than three hours of deliberation. The trial began Wednesday for Domionte Cheatum. Cheatum, who grew up in Columbia, was charged with killing Anthony Unger of

Boone County deputies arrested a Columbia woman for intentionally hitting someone with her car. Deputies went to Bethany Drive Thursday evening in response to a disturbance. They learned a group of people had stopped Kor’janae Carter in her car in connection with an earlier incident. The group and Carter got into a fight, during which

The driver of a Ford Explorer, 67-year-old Lawrence Ferguson of Auxvasse, was killed at the scene of a head-on crash with a school bus in Boone County. The crash happened in the 5400 block of Route Z near Judy School Road. ABC 17 News has confirmed the bus was coming from Two Mile Prairie School

With the start of the 2014 World Cup, popularity of the sport is increasing in America. This year, the US bought more world cup tickets than any other non-host nation. Since the last world cup, attendance at soccer games has gone up eight percent in America and viewing, listening and attendance combines has gone up

“We have a zero tolerance policy. If you come in contact with one of our officers and you’ve been put through the process and we determine you are impaired, we are going to arrest you,” said Captain Dave Williams of the Jefferson City Police Department. Williams said, “We tend to come in contact with an

The trial began Wednesday for a Columbia man indicted last year on second degree murder charges. Domionte Cheatum of Columbia is charged with killing Anthony Unger of Jefferson City on June 23 of last year near Robinson’s Cleaners on Conley Road during a drug deal gone bad. Unger was found in a car in a

A deadly balcony collapse at a University housing complex prompted the University of Missouri to change the buildings it inspects on campus. Now all residential and dining halls will be checked on a regular basis. MU’s spokeman’s Christian Basi told ABC 17 News after inspecting all of the buildings after the balcony collapse they realized

Miller County deputy Tom McClelland was discharged from a hospital Wednesday. Miller County Sheriff Bill Abbott told ABC 17 News the deputy and his mother were at the Sheriff’s Department for a few hours Thursday. Abbott said McClelland is on leave and will be in rehabilitation and therapy for awhile. McClelland was on duty serving

Two men were arrested in Camdenton Wednesday after police found drugs in their vehicle. Camden County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a possible burglary in progress in the 100 block of Highland Glen Court. When deputies arrived, they found two men they recognized and conducted a K-9 sniff test of the vehicle. The K-9 unit alerted

A man found guilty of armed robbery and assault with intent to kill in South Carolina was arrested early Thursday morning in central Columbia. Alfred Sheets, 38, was pulled over near the Subway on the Business Loop around 1:30 a.m. Boone County authorities saw a Buick driving erratically and changing lanes. A deputy allegedly smelled

A fight between Noranda Aluminum and Ameren Missouri was expected to cost utility customers almost regardless of the outcome. Noranda filed two complaints with the state Public Service Commission, asking for a lower rate for electric from Ameren Missouri and accusing the company of over-earning. “We want to be average to compete in a global

Missouri state training requirements for joint communications dispatchers fall far shorter than many other professions. The state only requires 40 hours of training for a joint communications dispatcher and even less, just 16 hours, for fire and police dispatchers. Compare that to a cosmetologist, which requires at least 1,500 hours of training to get a

After a deadly Oregon high school shooting Monday, the community grieves and asks the question: Why? The question so many have about school shootings over the last months. ABC 17 News asked local law enforcement if there are certain behaviors they watch for in students. “We’ve had violence in schools even back to the early

Governor Nixon called several bills the result of fiscal irresponsibility. At a public hearing Wednesday, Nixon formally announced that he has vetoed a number of them. Ten bills were vetoed Wednesday, all which offered special breaks and exemptions adding up to what the Governor calls the loss of $776 million dollars just after the 2015