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The Columbia Mall is getting a new store in 2014. Fashion retailer H&M is opening its new location next fall. The new location in Mid-Missouri will be 20,000 square feet and carry women’s, men’s and children’s clothing. This is the retailer’s 296th store in the United States.

ABC 17 News is still working to get more details about an overnight crash on the Mizzou campus. Emergency crews were called out to the Conley House on Sanford avenue, just before 2:30 a.m. Friday. A car had crashed into the house. Still no word on how many people were injured or how bad the

An Iberia woman is dead after a crash in Miller County. The accident happened Thursday evening on Highway 42, east of Spring Branch Road. Investigators say Stephanie Myers, 40, went off the road, overcorrected and went off the road again. Her car flipped several times and troopers say she was thrown from the vehicle.

More than 100 people came out to support the Farmer Holding Company’s proposal to build a conference center at the Capital Mall on Thursday night. At one point, Kirk Farmer asked those who supported the mall proposal to stand, and nearly everyone in the room stood up and applauded. Farmer made the case that the

The stakes are getting higher in girls’ district volleyball this weekend. Hermann High School hopes to take home yet another championshiptitle. Coaches Linda Lampkin and Allen Spekhals have been coaching the Hermann High School girls’ volleyball team together for 34 years. “Being a player under Coach Lampkin is awesome; I myself have seen what a

Final scores…. Rock Bridge 3, Hickman 0S. Boone 7, Boonville 1Jefferson City 4, Waynesville 0Helias 2, Bolivar 0

Final district football scores Nov. 6th Eldon 41, Salem 13Milan 52, Putnam Co. 0Lawson 28, Brookfield 0Marceline 28, Salisbury 6South Callaway 42, Montgomery Co. 7California 49, Fulton 0Hannibal 35, Moberly 0Helias 77, Kirksville 0Blair Oaks 35, Hermann 13Westran 63, Paris 12Camdenton 32, Smith-Cotton 22

Three new officers will join the Jefferson City police force and soon there could be more. Last month, Jefferson City police officers told ABC 17 News they were at a dangerously low level of patrol officers. This problem is rooted in city budget cuts from last year. Over the last couple of months, the already

Columbia is no longer enforcing its red light cameras based on a new appeals court decision. On Thursday the city temporarily suspended the cameras after this week’s ruling from the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals. Getting caught on a camera usually counts as a non-moving violation. But on Tuesday, the panel of judges said

Tests came back positive for asbestos at a grocery store in Mexico, Mo., and most items can not be sold until a food safety plan is in place. Officials are pulling all of the food, drugs and cosmetics at the County Market at 500 W. Jackson St. The store is currently under renovation. The Audrain

Columbia police are still looking for a white truck who left the scene after hitting a bicyclist. The cyclist was mildly injured and refused hospital treatment. The accident happened just after 10 a.m. on Thursday at Forum Boulevard and Forum Katy Parkway. The driver of the white truck with out-of-state plates did not stop when

A Tipton High School football player remains in the hospital after suffering an injury last week. For days, Chad Stover has remained in critical condition at University Hospital in Columbia. School officials say he suffered a severe brain injury during the game. While details on his exact injury are still unclear, attention has been put

Some Columbia residents say they feel they didn’t have a voice in the sewer bond issue, which was put to a vote Tuesday. Those who pay to use city utilities and services, but live outside city limits, are not allowed to vote on city issues. Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren told ABC 17 News that’s

Wednesday, Missouri basketball head coach Frank Haith announced Tim Fuller will act as interim head coach. Haith was slapped with a five game suspension for his role in the Nevin Shapiro scandal at the University of Miami (FL). Fuller doesn’t have any prior head coaching experience, like assistants Dave Leitao and Mark Phelps, but Fuller

Columbia police and the Missouri Department of Transportation closed a lane of I-70 Wednesday to investigate a deadly accident. Ennis Marquis Patrick, 36, of Columbia, was struck by a vehicle on westbound I-70 near the Lake of the Woods exit nearly two weeks ago. Police shut down the passing lane of I-70 to conduct an

A new grocery store in Pilot Grove is being touted as saving the town. For the past four years, residents have traveled 30 miles for groceries. Starting Saturday, they will be able to walk for them. When the store opens, its owners say the shelves will only be partially filled because people have been hounding

The fight to free Ryan Ferguson continues. Missouri attorney general Chris Koster and Boone County prosecuting attorney Dan Knight have two weeks left to refile charges against Ferguson. Ferguson was convicted of the murder of Columbia Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt in 2005 and has been in jail since. While he waits for the state

A Mexican restaurant in Columbia was shut down earlier this week for health violations. The health department says Tequila Mexican Restaurant off Providence Road was closed after inspectors discovered cockroaches coming out of the drains. The restaurant was shut down Monday after the inspection. Since then, the business was reinstated, but when ABC 17 News

A man was arrested in Cole County Tuesday night on gun and drug charges. According to the sheriff’s office, a deputy saw a suspicious car in the parking lot of a church on Heritage Highway around 8:40 p.m. When the deputy approached the car, it began to speed off. The deputy later stopped the car

Authorities say two Wisconsin men died when their single-engine plane crashed near the Kirksville Regional Airport Kirksville airport Director Glenn Balliew says the Piper 32-A Saratoga crashed while on approach to the northern Missouri airport. The Federal Aviation Administration told KTVO-TV the last radar and radio contact with the aircraft was around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday