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This weekend you have a chance to drop off any unwanted prescriptions or medications. You can bring in the pills anonymously and they will be disposed by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The goal is to prevent prescription drug abuse and help the environment.In Boone County drug take back days are Friday and Saturday.On Friday you

Officers arrested a student at Linn State Technical College for having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl.21-year-old Tyler James Deyoung was arrested in his college dorm. Osage County Sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant on campus.According to Chief Deputy Rob Relford, authorities seized a laptop computer and a cell phone. He says those showed Deyong

*** UPDATE 9:26 P.M. *** Friday night more republicans came forward backing Missouri Senate Candidate Todd Akin. The latest two are some of Mitt Romney’s senior advisors, although Mitt Romney himself has not moved in support of Akin since his statements concerning rape in late August.Here in Missouri more politicians are also flocking behind akin.

Jefferson City Schools are announcing some changes to its high school facilities and academies.Earlier this year, ABC 17 News reported the district proposed it could move the campus, or add new renovations to the existing buildings.Jefferson City schools have been working on a deal with with Lincoln University. The plan would have Lincoln and Linn

The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox is called the Harvest Moon and this year occurs on Saturday, Sept. 29th. The moon will rise at 6:27 p.m. in the east while the sun will be getting ready to set in the west at 6:55 p.m. The Harvest Moon usually looks big, bright and orange.

Columbia Police are investigating a possible shooting. Officers responded to Chantilly Court and White Oak Lane at around midnight Friday. Witnesses in the neighborhood say they heard seveal gunshots, then a pause followed by more gunshots. Officers found ten shell casings at the intersection.Some witnesses say a white SUV sped away from the area after

The Hickman-Jeff City matchup wasn’t the only one in week six of the high school season featuring undefeated teams. Blair Oaks, a team that has been in this position many times before under Brad Drehle, met California — a team that has not — Friday night and it was the Pintos that left the game

The Rock Bridge Bruins forced five Helias turnovers en route to an easy 35-6 win over the Helias Crusaders in week six. With the win, the Bruins move to 4-2 on the season; Helias dropped to .500 at 3-3. Matt Bush picked off Wyatt Porter twice and now has five on the season. But it

A Miller County woman was found guilty Friday of murdering her boyfriend’s two-year-old daughter. Cheryl Patrick of Tuscumbia was convicted on both counts of child abuse and murder of 28-month old Alexis Ward. Alexis was found unresponsive and died several days from severe head and brain trauma in 2008. Medical examiners believed the injuries were

University of Missouri police are looking for a man accused of a punching another man and taking his money early Saturday morning.The victim told police he was walking near the southeast side of Stankowski Field (near the Medical School Library) around 2:30 a.m. when a man approached him from behind and demanded his money. He

Jefferson City is arguably the most successful football program in the history of Missouri High School football. Arnell Monroe and the Hickman Kewpies are not impressed. For the second straight season, the Kewpies stunned Jeff City.Friday night, the Kewpies managed just a little more than 200 yards, but ultimately had more of what mattered most:

After a cool morning, temperatures will warm into the mid 70s Sunday with increasing high clouds and light northerly winds. Clouds will increase late Sunday as a storm system to our south lifts northeast. At this time it looks like the best chance of rain from this system is in southeastern Missouri Monday but if

***UPDATE 8 P.M.***The Columbia city council will wait to make a decision regarding a proposed gas station on Grindstone Parkway.The council decided to table the proposal after a petition from residents was not accepted due to a technicality. City leaders gave residents two weeks to come up with a valid petition to present to the

Weather data from the last 30 years shows an average high temperature of 72 degrees for the start of October, dropping to 62 by the end of the month. Average low temperatures range from 50 on Oct. 1st to 41 on the 31st and on average we get 3.31 inches of rain during the month.

A Moberly man was in Randolph County jail Sunday night after police say he stabbed another man in the 600 block of Concannon Street.Police responded to the address Saturday morning just before 3 a.m. for a fight in progress. According to a news release, they found a man stabbed in his torso and transported the

Ragtag Cinema said Sunday it needs to raise at least $20,000 in the next 50 days otherwise it may be forced to close because of increased operating costs.On the business’s Kickstarter page, management writes that studios will stop releasing major motion pictures on film, instead moving to digital projection. In order to retrofit the cinema’s

Columbia police are searching for at least one gunman after a Sunday morning shooting. It happened in the parking lot near Club Vogue off of Eighth Street and the Business Loop. Police said there were multiple shots and one person may have been hurt. At around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, gunfire broke out in the parking

Fire crews in Randolph County cleared the scenes of two fires Sunday night. Hotspots were still flaring up around 9:30 p.m. at a double structure fire in the 1800 block of County Road 1460 in Cairo.Crews at the scene said a machine shed and adjoining building were fully involved when they got to the scene

A Nebraska man was sentenced in federal court for a cattle scheme, which involved transporting stolen cattle over state lines.Allen John Foos, 48, of Smithfield, Nebr. was sentenced to two years and 11 months in federal prison with the possibility of parole. The court also ordered that Foos pay $244,676 in restitution to his victims.In

National Drug Take Back Weekend collected thousands of pills across Mid-Missouri.Over the two-day event, Boone County authorities collected 494 pounds of unused, unwanted or old prescription drugs. Officials estimate that consists of nearly 175,000 pills.Since Boone County began the take back events in 2010, officials have collected 1,921 pounds or approximately 682,000 pills.The Drug Enforcement