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As a Columbia motel closes its doors, the remaining residents are moving out and Wednesday, do not know why it’s closing. Providence Inn and Suites will stop operating tomorrow, more than three weeks after owners announced its closing. Wednesday ABC 17 News discovered that the owner was charged with operating his motel without a business

State Representative Joshua Peters Wednesday called for a closed session within the House to discuss Senate Bill 493 that deals with students transferring out of unaccredited districts. “This is a vitally important discussion that shouldn’t involve lobbyists or interest groups or any of the external influences that too often drive education discussions away from what

The focus Wednesday in Central Arkansas moves towards repairing infrastructure, rather than accounting for missing people. Mayflower Superintendent of Schools John Gray said 75% of the students in the school district are without power. Chain Electric has crews throughout Faulkner County. One worker said one mile and a half stretch may take all day to

A Fulton man was arrested and taken to the Fulton State Hospitalafter destroying property in the Callaway County Hospital Wednesday. Dominic Gines allegedly damaged parts of the therapy office with a metal pipe,and threatened a police officer with the pipe before he was arrested. Gines was charged with felony property damage, felony assault on law

A Columbia man who was shot last Saturday night in Fulton’s Carver Park is listed in good condition at a Columbia hospital, according to a news release from the Fulton Police. 58-year-old Daryl Umbles was taken from the park by a Staff for Life helicopter around 9 p.m. An ABC 17 News crew at the

Columbia Police are trying to enforce safe driving due to what they’re calling a continued problem with unlicensed, revoked, suspended, and uninsured drivers. Police will be conducting a safety checkpoint in Columbia between May 5 and May 11 to address these problems, and enforce seatbelt laws. In a news release, police said the checkpoint location

Three members of Missouri Task Force One who were deployed to Arkansasearlier this week will return home Wednesday. The 3 members were requested Sunday night following devastating tornadoes north of Little, Rock, Arkansas. The members were assigned as a part of the Incident Support Team (IST) in multiple roles. Texas Task Force 1 and the

The University of Missouri held a news conference to introduce new Men’s Basketball Coach Kim Anderson. The MU Board of Curators made the announcement on Anderson’s hire Monday. Anderson started by thanking his family at the University of Central Missouri, stating, “I am Missouri through and through.” Anderson addressed critics by acknowledging his age, “all

A University of Missouri student claims she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house. On Monday, MU police were called to pick up a rape kit at University Hospital. A report with the kit states the incident happened in a fraternity bedroom. The name of the fraternity was not listed. MU police have turned the

Three men pleaded guilty before a federal judge over the last week to conspiring in heroin trafficking in Columbia. 34-year-old Toney Antwane Jones, 31-year-old Gregory Lamont Townsend, and 36-year-old Terrell Deandre Williams all appeared in court for the same charge. Jones and Townsend are both from Columbia; and Williams from St. Louis. According to court

University of Missouri students are helping others to feel safe wherever they are. The app you download on your phone is called Safe Trek. “It’s kind of a bridge between doing nothing and calling 911,” said Nick Droege, Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer of Safe Trek. Droege and four other University of Missouri students created

The Cole County sheriff says low pay is making it hard to keep deputies. On Tuesday, Sheriff Greg White and the Cole County Commission applied for a grant that would give county deputies an extra $200 a month. The Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund Grant was created in 2008 as a way to increase salaries

The Columbia Police Department had one person in custody Tuesday afternoon for analleged kidnapping, but that man has since been released. Officers responded to a kidnapping call shortly before 9 a.m. The female caller told dispatchers her female friend was taken by a man they knewfrom the Columbia Mall and was headed east on I-70.

A new deal could keep the city of Columbia out of the courtroom over downtown development. The Opus Group agreed to withdraw their threat of a lawsuit against the city if city council votes to rescind the current development agreement with the company and instead approve a new agreement. First Ward councilwoman Ginny Chadwick is

A Rolla man pleaded guilty to having heroin in Phelps County Court Monday. Dennis Elms was charged with felony possession with intent to distribute heroinand was sentenced to 15 years in state prison. Since Elms has prior drug convictions, he is not eligible for probation or parole. Elms was arrested for the charge in April

The Capital Mall in Jefferson City is monitoring a t-shirt shop after several complaints were received, stating the shirts were too vulgar. After viewers contacted ABC 17, Daniel Winn went to the mall and found the shirts were just feet from a children’s train that tours the mall. Mall management has acted and asked the

Kim Anderson was set to begin a long-desired tenure as the University of Missouri’s head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday. Anderson grew up not far away, in Sedalia. He played basketball for four years as number 32 on the Smith-Cotton High School basketball squad. While there, Anderson was an all-American and ABC 17 News learned

As of Monday the Mid-Missouri Red Cross chapter is waiting to send volunteers to the Arkansas area. The local Arkansas chapter is providing care to those affected with the help of the national American Red Cross. “What we try to do when we have a local disaster like we do there is for that chapter

The University of Missouri announced Monday that former University of Central Missouri head basketball coach Kim Anderson will become Mizzou’s 18th men’s basketball coach. Anderson is coming off a 30-5 record with the University of Central Missouri Mules and the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship. “We are pleased and excited to have Kim Anderson

In an effort to make students and the community safer, the Eldon R-1 School District will break ground on a storm shelter beginning at the end of May. “We’ve been in the process for the last two or three years, writing the grant with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and we were notified last January