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The 2017 Missouri Seat Belt Usage Survey final report shows that Missouri’s overall seat belt usage is up to 84 percent. MODOT said this is a 2.6 percent increase from 81.4 percent in 2016. Observers recorded data from 560 sites within the 28 Missouri counties on over 115,000 vehicle occupants. “With over 90 percent of

UPDATE 11:51 am: MODOT crews said both eastbound lanes now open but delays are still likely, due to a 6-mile backup. UPDATE 11:20 am: Emergency crews said the crash happened when a tractor-trailer hit a mini van, causing the van to hit another tractor trailer. Firefighters said one man in the van had to be

Cole County deputies responded to the call of a neighbor in the area of the 6700 block of Loesch Road Monday afternoon. The deputies were investigating a reported burglary, the suspects of which were described by the neighbor as “a white male and white female in the area.” Deputies say they stopped a vehicle carrying

TUESDAY: What a difference 24 hours can make across Mid-Missouri. Temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s this afternoon and will continue to fall through the day. It’s the coolest we’ve been in some time and we can thank a cold front for the crisp, fall, and stormy weather. Through the afternoon hours we’ll

The 20-year old victim from Saturday’s shooting on Rolling Rock Drive has died. The incident happened on Saturday when officers responded to the 1500 block of Rolling Rock Drive at 11:51 p.m. for reports of a man with gunshot wounds. They found a 20-year-old with a life-threatening gunshot wound. when he was admitted to a

UPDATE: 10:30 a.m.: The Missouri Democratic Party released this statement in response to Hawley’s announcement: “Two months ago, Josh Hawley filed paperwork to run for United States Senate — and then lied to Missourians about it while he raised money behind closed doors with millionaires, DC special interests, and Republican leaders in Washington. It’s clear

The supervisor of the Boys & Girls Club of Columbia released a statement Tuesday, addressing the damage to the building caused by gunfire from over the weekend. “A dispute outside the Rukus Bar & Grill led to a shooting in the street near the Main Club site,” said Supervisor Valorie Livingston. “The incident occurred after

TUESDAY: Temperatures will fall as scattered showers track to the northeast throught the morning commute. Patchy fog is possible this morning. High temperatures will only reach the upper 50s in areas west of HWY 63 to the low 70s farther east. The afternoon holds a continued chance for scattered non-severe storms, with the bulk of

At Monday night’s school board meeting, the Broadway Hotel owner and city representative presented to the Columbia School Board about the desire for expanding the hotel with the use of a TIF (tax increment financing). At a prior finance committee meeting, the committee discussed how the Broadway TIF could impact them financially. The committee was

Residents across the street from the new middle school in South Columbia are raising some concerns before construction of the school begins. It’s been a little more than a week since the district officially bought the land. At Monday night’s school board meeting, several contracts were introduced that would look at some stormwater and road

A Hallsville man was arrested Monday afternoon after he was accused of breaking into a home in north of Columbia. Chase R. Wyatt, 31, is expected in Boone County court Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. According to deputies, Wyatt broke into a home in the 13000 block of Highway YY around 3:25 p.m. Monday. The

At least two bullet holes are visible on the side of the Boys & Girls Club of Columbia building. One window was broken through, and just below another bullet passed through the wall of the building. The second bullet caused damage to a backboard of a basketball hoop inside the building. The shooting happened on

Columbia police arrested Darren Carter and Deandre Winters who are both accused of tampering with physical evidence related to police finding a shooting victim on Rolling Rock Drive. Police said during their investigation they learned the scene had been tampered with by Carter and Winters. Detectives said they are continuing to investigate the circumstances leading

JT’s Cutz barbershop in central Columbia has been targeted by a vandalism suspect twice in the past month. On Saturday, the suspect struck again but this time, security camera footage caught a clear picture of the man. “Somebody’s gonna know him,” said owner Maurice Strickland. He said that he has no idea who the man

Americans had to witness and try to understand another mass shooting in our country this week. Most people can understand how terrible these events are to the victims, survivors and their families, but what effect does all this violence have on us as human beings? Psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Harry from MU Health Care is discussing

Like a pesky mosquito that you just can’t get rid of on those summer nights, the heat in Mid-Missouri continues to come and go. The last time Mid-Missouri saw temperatures in the 30s was April 23, and for temperatures at or below freezing you have to travel back to March 16. We’ve gone quite some

TONIGHT: A cold front will slowly move to the southeast across Mid-Missouri at the same time an area of low pressure tracks to our south. Showers and t-storms will increase from the west after 10 PM, becoming more widespread after midnight as they track to the east. No severe weather is expected. Lows will drop

The Missouri Department of Agriculture said it is still receiving a high volume of complaints over dicamba from farmers who say the chemical is ruining their crops. Dicamba is a chemical designed to kill broadleaf weeds but it can drift into crops that are not dicamba-resistant. The Missouri Department of Agriculture received more than 310

Strict abortion laws will face the scrutiny of the Missouri Supreme Court after a state appeals court ruled in favor of a Satanic Temple adherent who challenged the law on religious grounds. Last week, the Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Mary Doe, an anonymous member of the Satanic

A judge ruled last month that the state of Missouri owes $26.3 million to more than 3,000 blind people who were underpaid by the Department of Social Services’ blind pension fund. The fund was established in the 1920s to provide a social safety net for the blind. About 3,000 Missourians are paid more than $700