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The Jefferson City School Board held a special work session Monday to discuss possible ballot measures to fund a second high school. The board has until January to approve putting any measures on the April 2017 ballot. Currently, the board is considering a $130 million bond issue and an operating tax levy. About $90 million

Law enforcement in Mid-Missouri says it’s imperative to have a plan in place in the event of an active shooter or threat. In light of the attack on the Ohio State University campus, ABC 17 News spoke with Major Brian Weimer with the University of Missouri Police Department and Sergeant Scott White with the Missouri

Officers arrested Samuel L. Moss Jr. on Nov. 25 in the 4400 block of Stevendave Drive for two outstanding warrants for his arrest. The first warrant was for a parole violation with a bond of $50,000. The second felony warrant was for unlawful use of weapons and armed criminal action with a bond of $10,000.

ABC 17 News has obtained official court documents saying that the family of James Carter II has filed a wrongful death petition against Vanessa Beatty on Nov. 23. Both Carter and Beatty were pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on vehicle collision on Oct. 29. Two of the plaintiffs are the surviving children of

Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Michael J. Gilley announced Monday that David W. Smith is sentenced to 19 years of incarceration in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Camden County Circuit Judge Kenneth Hayden. Smith pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and to abandonment of a corpse. Smith admitted to shooting and killing Shawn Spencer in April

Lincoln University in Jefferson City is facing possible layoffs. As ABC 17 News reported last week, Governor Jay Nixon says he will withhold one million dollars in matching land-grant state funding due to Missouri revenue growth concerns. This also comes at a time when enrollment is down and only a quarter of LU students will

This Thursday, December 1, marks the start of the coldest 90 days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s known to many as Meteorological Winter and is the period where snow falls across a good portion of North America. Here in Mid-Missouri, our average high temperature drops from the mid 40s to the upper

UPDATE 11/28: Leonard has officially been charged with leaving the scene of a vehicle accident and driving under the influence. Leonard’s blood alcohol content was 0.263 the night of Oct. 30, which is when the accident occurred. The damages from the accident are estimated to be over $10,000. ORIGINAL STORY: Officers were dispatched to University

TONIGHT: There is a slight shower chance until 7 PM then clouds will clear overnight with low temperatures in the low 40s. Winds will come in from the south-southeast up to 10 mph overnight. TUESDAY: It will still as high temperatures reach near 60 degrees under partly cloudy skies. South winds at 5-10 mph will

UPDATE: Ten people were killed on Missouri roads during the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. According to the report, there were 400 traffic crashes across the state, 124 of them resulting in injuries. Troopers arrested 103 people for driving while intoxicated and made 100 drug busts over the weekend. No fatal

Attorney General Chris Koster announced Monday that Macon County Circuit Court Judge Rick Tucker sentenced Melinda S. Tillitt, 39, of Shelbina, to prison for 90 years. Tillett received consecutive terms of 15 years each for five counts of statutory sodomy and one count of child molestation. Since at least 2007, Tillitt had sexually abused two

An accident at the MFA Exchange in Centralia Sunday afternoon was heard throughout various areas of the city. According to the Centralia Police Department, two engineers were setting rail cars at the MFA Exchange when a car was knocked completely off the tracks. The exact cause is unclear, but a photograph provided to ABC17 shows

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon are unseasonably warm thanks to be on the warm side of a cold front. This frontal boundary is providing some much needed rainfall to Mid-Missouri, with the heaviest falling near the I-44 corridor. Wave one of rain came through this morning and wave two is expected to sweep through in the

UPDATE (11/27): Lynn Brewer III was arrested Saturday on suspicion of distributing, manufacturing, possessing a controlled substance, tampering with evidence and armed criminal action. A sergeant at the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said Brewer went to the home in the 500 block of Waldo Court to sell a tablet in exchange for drugs early Saturday.

TODAY: Morning temperatures will be mild due to thick cloud cover. We’ll be in the low 50s for the morning commute with a slight thunderstorm chance. The chance for scattered rain and possible thunderstorms will carry out all day Monday due to the passing of the cold front. The best chance for the second wave

UPDATE 11:19 a.m.: According to Columbia Police, officers were dispatched to shots fired at 912 W. Business Loop, Club Vogue, at 1:44 a.m. They located multiple shell casings on Eighth Street. Officers also located several cars hit by gunfire. There are no reports of anyone injured. Approximately 15 minutes later at 2 a.m., officers were

A woman stabbed herself to death after stabbing two children, who were hospitalized in serious condition, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies were called to a home in 25300 block of Highway W Sunday afternoon for reports of multiple people being stabbed. Deputies arrived at the address and found a woman in the front

SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) – Three people, including a 2-year-old Texas boy, have died in a wrong-way crash in eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred early Sunday in Franklin County when a car traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 struck the left front corner of a minivan. The

Columbia Police Officers were called to the Break Time gas station at the corner of Paris Road and Vandiver Drive Sunday afternoon for reports of an armed robbery. The victim told police he was approached by a black male in his 20s outside of the gas station. The victim said the man demanded his money

TONIGHT: A warm front that passed mid-Mo Sunday afternoon brought the first wave of rain throughout the day time hours. Due to the passing of that warm front, along with thick cloud coverage, temperatures will remain in the lower 50s during the evening hours. Also expect windy conditions into tonight with winds around 13-16 mph