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2-Year-Old Found Unresponsive

A 2-year-old died at a Mid-Missouri hospital after he was found unresponsive Thursday night.Police were called to the Fulton home at 832 Center St. around 7:45 p.m., because the toddler was not breathing. Officers found the lifeless child and started chest compressions until the ambulance got there.The boy was taken to Callaway Community Hospital, where

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Drug Take Back This Weekend

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

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Student Charged in Sex Crime

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

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Bond Latest to Endorse Akin

*** 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.

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Plans for Jefferson City Schools

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

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Shooting Reported in SW Columbia

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

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Power Packed Pintos

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

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D-nied

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

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Woman Guilty of Killing Infant

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

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MU Police Look for Robber

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

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Hickman Heroes

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:

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City Council to Decide Rezoning

***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

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Man Jailed After Stabbing

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

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Ragtag Cinema Needs Money

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

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Shooting Near Strip Club

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

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Man Sentenced for Cattle Theft

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

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