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The Cole County Health Department Wednesday launched a new campaign trying to spread breastfeeding awareness. Officials have made life sized stand-up posters of local women breastfeeding and will be putting these cut-outs in businesses throughout town. Brittney Schaben and her 7-month-old son Elijah will soon have their poster all over Jefferson City. Schaben and four

A Pettis County man was sentenced to 5 years in prison Wednesday for molesting a 7-year-old girl. 59-year-old Larry Sisco of Sweet Springs was convicted of first degree child molestation in September. Prosecutors said the incident happened in Pettis County in July 2013. Sisco will be held in the Missouri Department of Corrections and will

Two people were arrested and charged Monday after multiple agencies searched a home in the 100 block of Osage Ave. The Camden County Street Crimes Unit, SWAT team, Lake Area Narcotics Group, and Camdenton Police found 2 ounces of methamphetamine, packaging material, and a stolen gun from an Osage Beach burglary. 41-year-old Jeffrey Milligan was

Ryan Gill served in the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Haiti. Coming back to his home state in 2012, though, turned out to be a challenge. “It’s one of the most daunting tasks,” Gill, the president of Mizzou Student Veterans Association said, “and it’s surprising to some, to think that these individuals who have

Cold temperatures continue to dominate this week as afternoon temperatures only reach the lower to middle 30s, and lows in the upper teens and 20s. Wind chills will be very cold, in the upper single digits and lower teens each morning. Arctic high pressure remains over the Midwest through the end of the week, with

As temperatures plummeted nearly 30 degrees overnight and winter temperatures are expected to stick around, homeless shelters across mid-Missouri are starting to fill up. Some were already full Tuesday night, including the Harbor House in Columbia. “If the temperature is 45 degrees at four o’ clock in the in the afternoon, that is when we

ABC 17 News confirmed Sharon Miller, 51, from Mokane, was killed in a one-car crash just southeast of Fulton Tuesday afternoon. Troopers believe Miller went off the side of the road and over-corrected. Her SUV overturned before Miller was thrown from the vehicle. The wreck happened around 12:19 p.m. on Route O near County Road

A spokesman at the Department of Revenue confirmed to ABC 17 that tax liens on Victoria’s Bridal have been filed. The most recent filing was last Friday and the first was in July 2014. Revenue filed a tax lien on Victoria’s Bridal for nearly $16,000 on Friday. One lien was filed at the end of

Four people were arrested after Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies searched a Fulton home looking for a wanted man. Deputies searched a home in the 400 block of Christopher Lane early Monday morning trying to find 20-year-old Quentin Johnson who was wanted for 6 charges. Johnson was wanted for failure to appear, driving on a revoked

One Mid-Missouri woman says her 21-year-old son is dead after inhaling a compressed air duster can. Jerrad “J.B.” Bassett died in a hospital just north of St. Louis this past June. His mother, who lives in Howard County, says the autopsy report came back and the cause of death was a chemical found in air

Temperatures are dropping in Mid-Missouri, which for many means utility bills are on the rise. In Columbia, it is not too late to sign up for heating assistance for those who are in need. The application period for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, has opened. It is available through March. This year

Governor Nixon held a news conference in Weldon Spring Tuesday afternoon to outline law enforcement and security plans ahead of a grand jury decision in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown was allegedly shot on August 9 by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Brown’s parents told CNN if there is no indictment in

Black Friday is just around the corner and sales are expected to be increasingly high this year. With many stores opening up with deals on Thanksgiving Day, many are wondering when is the right time to start. “It is chaos. It is people wall-to-wall”, said Judy Blair, owner of Blair’s Landing. For local shop owners

Jefferson City school officials wrapped up a tour of the newly remodeled West Elementary Monday night. The school is the first to receive major security upgrades as the district is trying to revamp every building following several shooting incidents around the country. The new secure buzz-in system will basically allow visitors to step into a

For the time in nearly 40 years, Columbia Public Schools will have a new bus company. The board of education voted Monday night to change from First Student to Student Transportation of America for school buses. The decision was a big one because it is a more than 50 million dollar contract over the next

Monday night Columbia school board members are meeting to vote and discuss some big issues. On the agenda is a vote on a school bus contract worth more than $50 million. There will also be discussion about plans to allow the safety and security director and his assistant to carry guns in schools. For the

The Jefferson City Public Schools long-range planning committee made its official recommendation to the school board Monday night, saying two high schools should be in the city’s future. The board’s recommendation was respectful and agreeable, as they’ve actually known what the recommendation would be since last month when a public meeting was held at Lewis

The owner of the Columbia Party Bus said he is working with the Missouri Attorney General’s office to make sure customers who were treated unfairly are refunded. ABC 17 News reported two weeks ago that multiple people claimed to have paid for a party bus service only to have the bus no show. The story

Construction began Monday on a new elementary school in southwest Columbia. Columbia Public Schools held the groundbreaking for the new school at the corner of Scott and Route KK. The 650 student school will be the city’s 21st elementary school. It will help ease the large number of students at other schools in that part

Detective Tom O’Sullivan at the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said they typically see a spike in crime right before the holiday season starts, so the 7 businesses that have been targets of robberies recently is quite normal for this time of year. “Many times those robberies are committed by the same person and you’ll get