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City Gets Proposals for Center

Jefferson City announced it has received three proposals for a new conference center.Thursday was the deadline for developers and hoteliers to submit their proposals to the city. City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus and the city council will likely discuss options for reviewing the plans at the council’s next meeting on February 4th.The city plans to spend

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Power Plant May be Shut Down

***UPDATE 10:00 P.M.*** The Chamois power plant that brings millions of dollars to the economy and employs many people will likely shut down. Plant officials explained the issues they face to approximately 150 people at a community meeting Thursday night at the Chamois high school. In order to come into compliance with new rules from

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1/31: Bitterly Cold Overnight

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into Mid-Missouri today with falling temperatures and increasing northwesterly winds. Temperatures will continue to fall overnight to the single digits in the early morning hours of Friday. Northwesterly winds willgradually diminish overnight to 5-10 mph by morning. Wind chill readings will fall as low as 6 below zero

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Columbia Family to Appear on TV

A Columbia family will appear on national television after losing their son and brother to the war in Afghanistan.Sherry Wyatt told ABC 17 News Thursday that the family will talk to Anderson Cooper on his nationally-syndicated show, Anderson Live. Army Specialist Sterling Wyatt was killed by an improvised explosive device in July 2012.At his funeral

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Mobile Meth Labs on the Rise

Undercover drug detectives with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department say it is getting harder to crack down on meth labs because the labs are more mobile than ever before.Despite the challenge, detectives are still getting their hands on the traveling meth labs. In fact, Missouri leads the country in meth busts.For the past five years,

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Mid-MO School Safety Questioned

The district uses ALICE training, standing for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Escape. Students at Lange Middle School even put together a video to teach other students what to do if a shooter is in the building.”The ALICE training was very eye-opening in a very different way of thinking about things,” said Lempke. “Kids throwing things

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2/1: Cold Start to February

We’ll have the coldest morning yet this season Friday as temperatures start off in the single digits with wind chills as low as 8 below zero. Temperatures will only touch near 30 in the afternoon as clouds increase. Winds will be light during the afternoon, shifting to the southwest. Friday night won’t be as cold

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Crews Respond to Lab Fire

***UPDATE FRIDAY 7:37 P.M.***Fire crews say old experiments may have caused the fire at Lafferre Hall. The fire started in a trash can inside a locked classroom. Firefighters also responded to Lafferre Hall in 2011 for a chemical spill scare, and another fire in 2009***ORIGINAL STORY***Columbia fire crews responded to reports of a structure fire

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Child abuse suspect caught

***UPDATE TUESDAY 6:00 A.M.*** Columbia police officers arrested Devin Benke Monday night, but didn’t give details about how they found him. He was booked into the Boone County jail and was still there as of Tuesday morning. ***ORIGINAL STORY*** A Jefferson City man charged with child abuse in on the run from police Sunday night.

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MU announces major gift

Cottrell and Kay Fox donated over $5 million to MU’s College of Veterinary Medicine Monday. The Fox’s gift supports a companion animal program called “perpetual pet care,” which provides comfortable homes to pets whose owners can no longer take care of them or have passed away. Donations will also fund studies in comparative oncology on

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