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The state has finally paid off a $600 million bond issue passed 30 years ago, but lawmakers may come back asking taxpayers to approve another loan next year.Columbia representative Chris Kelly told ABC 17 News he hopes to get a bond issue on the April ballot to take advantage of low interest rates.Senator Kurt Schaefer

Monday will be another unseasonably warm day as high temperatures climb to the low-to-mid 70s ahead of a cold front which will approach the area in the afternoon. Ahead of this front a few showers are expected to form in the afternoon but will be spotty and light. As the front moves to the southeast

***UPDATE 12:34 P.M.***Fire officials said a piece of equipment in the middle of the facility caught on fire. Employees tried a fire extinguisher on the cord dryer inside an oven, but called crews after it failed.***ORIGINAL STORY***Crews responded to the scene of a commercial fire on Monday in Columbia.Firefighters were called around noon to the

***UPDATE: MONDAY, 1:55 P.M.***The University of Missouri football team announced David Yost has resigned his position as an assistant coach, after spending the past 12 seasons on Gary Pinkel’s staff. In a press release statement, Yost cited personal reasons for his decision, which is effective immediately.Yost had many titles on the Tiger staff: Assistant Head

Leaders from Lincoln University and Linn State Technical College announced Monday morning an agreement to buy the current Jefferson City High School campus if taxpayers allow the district to go ahead with a new construction plan.The agreement sells JCHS and the Simonsen Ninth Grade Center to Lincoln University for $8.39 million. Linn State would purchase

Two empty mobile homes were destroyed in a five acre fire on Kings Bluff Drive in Eugine around 1 p.m. on Monday.About 20 Cole County firefighters worked the scene for four hours. The windy and dry weather made it difficult to get under control.”Some of the flames were about 20 feet high. Our biggest problem

A man was seriously injured after he was hit by a car in a parking lot in Ashland Monday afternoon.Officials were still trying to determine what caused the wreck that happened just after 3:30 at the McDonald’s/Fastlane convenience store, 602 E. Broadway. Police roped off the scene and cleared it just before 5 p.m.

Highs reached into the mid 70s ahead of a cold front on Monday. The front moved through Monday evening and temperatures cooled into the mid 40s Tuesday morning. Highs on Tuesday will be near 60 degrees with clouds clearing out for the afternoon.Highs will be in the upper 50s Wednesday and Thursday with lows in

The University of Missouri football team announced David Yost has resigned his position as an assistant coach, after spending the past 12 seasons on Gary Pinkel’s staff. In a press release statement, Yost cited personal reasons for his decision, which is effective immediately.Yost had many titles on the Tiger staff: Assistant Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator,

A Mid-Missouri murder trial won’t happen for at least another year.Liz Van Note was in court Monday. Her trial was set to start next week, but the judge pushed it back to November.Van Note is still free on bond.She’s accused of killing her father, forging documents to take him off life support with the help

MARSHALL, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol says two Saline County residents have been killed in a head-on collision in a rural part of the county.According to state troopers, 60-year-old Sherry Hess of Slater and 20-year-old Jeremy Rader died after the crash shortly before 8 a.m. Monday on Missouri 240, about a mile

Columbia police are searching for two suspects in connection with an armed robbery Monday night.Police say around 11:42 p.m., a suspect attempted to rob a man in the 3000 block of Jenne Hill Drive. Cops say the victim had placed an ad on Craiglist looking for used or new electronics and that the suspect had

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – An incoming Missouri Democratic lawmaker is trying to stop “Black Friday” shopping from ruining the Thanksgiving dinners of workers.Jeff Roorda, of Barnhart, plans to file legislation that would prohibit retail stores from opening on Thanksgiving.He has dubbed it the “Thanksgiving Family Protection Act.” He says the holiday should be about families

Columbia police are connecting two recent burglary suspects to the break-in at Hollywood Theaters back in September.Early Monday, police were called out to a law alarm in the 4100 block of Paris Road at Tractor Supply.When police got there, two people were in the fenced-in area and one outside the fenced-in area of the store.

An elderly Columbia man was killed after being run over by a trailer Monday evening.According to Ashland Police Chief Anthony Consiglio, William Pingleton, 88, of Columbia was attempting to get around the trailer in the McDonald’s/FastLane parking lot on E. Broadway. The trailer, attached to a truck, knocked Pingleton down and rolled over him. Pingleton

The cause of last week’s devastating fire in Bevier is still undetermined.Thursday’s fire destroyed the historic Pear Tree restaurant and Black Diamond Museum.Missouri Division of Fire Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell says the fire will be classified as “undetermined” because of the extent of damage. O’Connell says since the roof collapsed, it is not out of

The Jefferson City Police Department SWAT team and MUSTANG Drug Task Force officers arrested three people while serving a search warrant Tuesday.Just before 9 a.m., the officers searched a home in the 1300 block of E. High Street and found a small quantity of heroin and items used for the packaging and distribution of drugs.Three

***UPDATE TUESDAY 8:20 P.M.***Morgan County Sheriff Jim Petty confirms 71-year-old Mae Wells and 82-year-old Wayne Wells were murdered in their Ivy Bend home. The Sheriff added that Wayne Well was wheelchair-bound.The bodies of the victims were removed from the home around 8 p.m. and will be transported to Jefferson City for an autopsy on Wednesday.At

University of Missouri football player Levi Copelin pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second degree trespassing.Copelin had been charged with possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana in October after being arrested in an MU parking lot behind Faurot Field. Copelin was arrested along with Dorial Green-Beckham and Torey Boozer.Copelin must pay a

Boone County commissioners unanimously approved a cooperative agreement Tuesday morning between the county and Columbia Public Schools.The agreement is for construction projects near Battle High School, which the Columbia School Board agreed to in November.With the passage of the agreement, the county is now the official owner of Battle Avenue and the various road improvements