Civil rights group leaders, City Council members and Columbia residents are planning multiple events to help curb gun violence. Glenn Cobbins, a community activist, said he and others are set to host a block party near Rice Road and McKee Street. Police have investigated multiple shootings in the Northeast Columbia neighborhood in the past two
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The Cole County Sheriff’s Office is following several leads connected to two burglaries in which weapons and other items were stolen. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said he believes the burglaries on Friday and Monday are connected. The first happened on Friday in the 1100 block of West Lohman Road between 11 a.m. and 3:30
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A contractor leading the stone restoration at the Missouri Capitol building is appealing violations cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Chicago-based Bulley & Andrews LLC was cited for noise exposure on the job site for either not controlling sound levels or not providing employees with protective equipment if those measures did not work.
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Some school districts are considering expanding random drug testing to include nicotine. Southern Boone School District Superintendent Christopher Felmlee said his school district is in the preliminary stages of discussing adding nicotine to its drug tests. Per the district’s policy, any student who participates in athletics, extra-curricular activities or parks on school grounds are required
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An Illinois man is in custody after deputies allegedly found $53,470 worth of drugs during a traffic stop in Callaway County. According to a news release, a K-9 unit pulled over a vehicle on Highway 54 near County Road 210 around 2:23 a.m. Wednesday for a traffic violation. Authorities said Dossie Richmond, 59, of Chicago,
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Columbia experienced a string of shootings in the month of September, several of them deadly. That gun violence has continued into October, with police investigating another shooting Tuesday night. Police responded to the 1400 block of Raleigh Drive at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday after reports of shots fired. Police found several shell casings in the
Continue ReadingTwo vehicles were badly damaged in a collision that slowed traffic on a major Columbia street during the Wednesday evening rush. Images from the scene of the crash on Stadium Boulevard between College Park Drive and Rollins Road showed heavy front-end damage to two vehicles and a long line of traffic. It wasn’t immediately clear
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Gov. Mike Parson and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt appeared with other officials at a news conference Wednesday about plans to replace the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport. Playback of streaming video of the news conference will appear in the player below. Sign up for email news alerts by clicking here Copyright
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Columbia police officers were investigating a shooting in north Columbia on Tuesday night. Officers were dispatched after 7:30 p.m. to the 1400 block of Raleigh Drive. A sergeant on scene said officers found shell casings in the road and driveway of a home. ABC 17 News saw seven evidence markers outside of a duplex. The
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More than half of businesses inspected in Jefferson City were cited for one or fewer health code violations last month. The Jefferson City Department of Environmental Health Services released its report of monthly restaurant inspections Sept. 3, detailing inspection results at 33 food establishments. The report shows that more than half of the establishments checked
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A rail bridge in Brunswick was taken out by floodwaters on Tuesday, causing service to stop between Moberly and Kansas City. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Casnerfarms/status/1179203548543950848″,”author_name”:”Adam Casner”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Casnerfarms”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;More local flood damage. NFS rail bridge over grand river at Brunswick, MO &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/3qVUmSXyBf”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/3qVUmSXyBf&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Adam Casner (@Casnerfarms) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Casnerfarms/status/1179203548543950848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;October 2, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The Grand River Bridge, which
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A woman accused of firing a gun at her romantic partner and prompting a lockdown of several Columbia schools was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday. Judge Jodie Asel sentenced Brandi Sorm after she withdrew a not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree domestic assault in connection with the Sept.
Continue ReadingWEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy and hot with highs reaching into the middle 80s . An isolated shower in some of our northwest counties can’t be ruled out throughout the day, but it looks like better chances move in later. TONIGHT: Those chances look to increase after 6PM , moving in from the west. A few rumbles
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Columbia police are searching for a suspect who stole a car and led authorities on a chase. Police responded to the area of Rangeline Street around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police said the driver of the stolen car led them on a foot chase near Eugene Field Elementary School. Authorities took a passenger of the car
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A second candidate has announced her bid for the chance to challenge Rep. Vicky Hartzler in 2020 for the 4th Congressional District. Mid-Missouri native Lindsey Simmons announced her candidacy today. She is a graduate of Missouri Valley College and got her law degree from Harvard. In a press release, she described herself as an advocate
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Following a deadly month of violence in Columbia, a group of men hope to use their past experience in prison as a means to mentor young people away from a life of crime. “I think that we operate in the capacity of scouts,” Mataka Askari said. “What we’re doing is coming back and saying ‘Hold
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Several state lawmakers heard from students and health experts about the extensive popularity of vaping products among Mid-Missouri minors and adults at a forum Tuesday. Reps. Kip Kendrick, Martha Stevens, Chuck Basye, Cheri Toalsen-Reisch and Sen. Caleb Rowden attended the Youth Community Coalition Legislative Forum at First Presbyterian Church. One Hallsville High School junior, Lydia
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All United States residents must have a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or ID card to board domestic flights by Oct. 1 2020. The Transportation Security Administration will also accept another form of identification that meets federal requirements, such as a valid U.S. passport or passport card. Applications for the REAL ID card opened in Missouri
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Mizzou Esports is hoping to expand its program with the help of a new partnership. The university announced Tuesday that the program is forming a partnership with MSI, a company that has sponsored more than 20 professional gaming teams. Under the new partnership, the Mizzou Esports program will name its training facility the MSI Esports
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Emergency service agencies in Osage County are at loggerheads, trading barbs on social media in a battle that began last week. It started when the Osage County Dispatch Center said on Sept. 24 it would no longer follow an agreement with Osage County Ambulance District from 2017. The agreement which was set in 2017 said
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