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***UPDATE WEDNESDAY 2:21 P.M.***VATICAN CITY (AP) – Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.After announcing “Habemus Papum” – “We have a pope!” – a cardinal standing on the balcony of St. Peter’s

Another military branch makes cuts following the loss of millions because of sequester.The Air Force announced Tuesday it is immediately suspending the tuition assistance program for its airman. They are following the footsteps of the Marine Core, Army, and the Coast Guard who made the same cuts last week. ABC 17 News crews met with

***UPDATE 1:33 P.M.***PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man nicknamed the “Bucket List Bandit” by the FBI after he allegedly told a Utah bank teller that he had just four months to live has pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to that robbery and 10 other heists in nine other states.On Wednesday, Michael Eugene Brewster pleaded guilty to Sept.

The ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team covers what you can expect for the spring and summer ahead with severe weather, flooding and drought in the ABC 17 Stormtrack Severe Weather Special.

The ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team covers what you can expect for the spring and summer ahead with severe weather, flooding and drought in the ABC 17 Stormtrack Severe Weather Special.

The Networks of Mid-Missouri are airing the 2013 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament. The games will affect programming on ABC 17/KMIZ through Friday night.Show times following the games are approximate, depending on the length of the game.Thursday, March 14- 6 p.m. ABC 17 News at 6- 6:30 p.m. SEC Tournament Second Round- 9 p.m. SEC Tournament

***UPDATE WEDNESDAY 6:56 P.M.***After six hours of deliberations, the jury ruled Shelley Richter guilty of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree.The court found Richter not guilty on the other child abuse charge.***UPDATE 12:50 P.M.***The case went to the jury just before noon on Wednesday.In closing arguments, the prosecution declared that the

The possibility of budget cuts in Columbia Public Schools due to the federal sequester might become a reality. District leaders say a program for low income families may be hit the hardest. The Title I Early Childhood program could be in its last year. The program’s director says she hopes the cuts don’t happen because

Columbia Regional Airport reports being busier than it’s ever been, but that could change if federal budget cuts force the tower to shut down. ABC 17 News has been telling you the airport’s tower is on the FAA’s list to be cut. Many airport officials, including the tower chief, have told us they are worried

After several chilly days in Mid-Missouri, temperatures will finally warm up Thursday with southwesterly winds and afternoon sunshine. High temperatures are expected to reach the low-to-mid 60s which is above the 30 year average high of 55 for this time of year. The warmer weather will last through Friday as we climb to near 70

An insurance bribery case that the FBI was investigating may have ties to Mid-Missouri, according to federal court document. Four men were named as being involved in a multi-million bribery scheme, where two former Humana employees, James Wenger and Glenn Fine have pleaded guilty in January and February, respectively, in U.S. District Court in Louisville,

*** UPDATE THURSDAY 10:56 P.M. ***Not guilty was verdict not many saw coming. The teen accused of shooting into a packed Chuck E. Cheese’s in Columbia left a free man Thursday night. A jury found James Miller not guilty on all three charges of a gang crime that riddled the children’s restaurant with bullets. The

***UPDATE 11:05 A.M.***The court addressed three issues on Thursday. One is a request for a change of venue.The state advocated St. Charles County because of its access to a wider population pool and larger airport. Lawyers for Bruce Cole want Kirksville in Adair County because they can keep the same judge.Another item was bond reduction.

Rainfall from last weekend along with melting snow improved drought conditions across Mid-Missouri and the state. The eastern third of the state is drought-free, extending as far west as Rolla and much of Osage and Maries counties. Most of Mid-Missouri is now considered abnormally dry, which is the lowest level of drought. This is an

Kansas City, Mo. – The No. 1 ranked Columbia Cougar men’s basketball team opened up play in the 2013 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men/s Basketball National Championship with a 68-37 first round victory over Oklahoma City University on Wednesday night. Columbia, the tournament’s top overall seed, improves to 34-0 overall and remains the nation’s last

Broadway, College Avenue and I-70 are full of cracks and potholes with the most problematic pothole being on the Stadium Boulevard ramp to I-70 East in Columbia.The current mild weather indicates snow plow trucks are done for the season, but MoDOT crews are turning their attention to repair the damage the winter storms caused.Snow and

NORDYNE announced Thursday it will shutter its manufacturing lines in Missouri in order to open a new campus in Mexico.The company says the move will affect around 700 employees at facilities in Boonville and Poplar Bluff. The plant in Boonville opened in 1979. It will keep a plant in Tennessee open.NORDYNE says it has developed

A Columbia man was killed Thursday afternoon after colliding with a curb on West Broadway near the Scott Boulevard curve.Police say 40-year-old Michael Roseman was heading west when he hit the curb and lost control, throwing him from the motorcycle. Roseman was transported to University Hospital, but was pronounced dead around 3:30 p.m.No other vehicles

State lawmakers say they have the funds to keep the Missouri National Guards who lost federal tuition assistance in school, at least for the meantime. They announced Thursday they found $1.5 million in the general fund to create the Show-Me Heroes Education Fund designed to help offset tuition assistance cut by the federal government last

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.25 million penalty for violations that included discharging fluorescent green discharge into a river at its plant near Mexico, Mo.Details of the settlement were announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.Teva makes antibiotics at a plant