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Columbia School Board members met Wednesday afternoon for a public hearing to discuss the upcoming school year budget. In April, voters approved a 65-cent tax levy and $30 million dollar bond issue. The tax levy is expected to generate about $14.6 million. CPS officials said all of that new money isn’t needed for the 2016-2017

COLUMBIA, Mo-MU Health is searching for experienced nurses and they are offering incentives to current employees to help find them. The demand for nurses has skyrocketed the past few years. Hospitals are seeing a rise in patients because of the easier access to health care and higher life spans. From 2009 to 2015, the need

ABC 17 News confirmed one person was hurt after a car flipped on Highway 63 just north of Jefferson City. At least eight units responded around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday in the southbound lanes about seven miles from the Missouri River Bridge. Troopers at the scene told ABC 17 News there were no passengers in the

Three people are dead after a head-on crash in Miller County Wednesday. It happened on Highway 54 around 10:30 a.m. near Eldon. The highway patrol said Evelyn Degraffenreid of Eldon was driving the wrong way, traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes, and crashed into another car with Lorene and Bazel Pauley from Osage Beach inside.

Governor Jay Nixon has announced three appointments to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Those appointed include Jon Sundvold from Columbia, Thomas Voss from Eureka, and Mary Nelson from St. Louis. Sundvold is well-known among the Mizzou community after playing basketball for the Tigers from 1979 to 1983. Sundvold was elected to the university’s

Testimony continued Wednesdayin Dr. Annette Digby’s civil suit against Lincoln University. The former vice president of academic affairs claims she was forced to resign in 2011 because she is white.Digby is seeking $175,000 per year for 5 years, including a 10% annual raise. She is also seeking attorneys fees and compensation for the humiliation she

ABC 17 News confirmed charges were filed Wednesday in the death of a mid-Missouri teen in late May. Travis Clark, 22, is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree involuntary manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon. Robert Ashbaugh, 18, died from a single gunshot wound around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, May 28. At the time, the Highway

ABC 17 News learned no one was hurt after a car snapped a utility pole in half, closing a road in east Columbia near Broadway and Highway 63 on Wednesday. At least six units responded around 11:40 a.m. at St. Charles Road, near the doctors’ offices on Keene Street. Emergency crews at the scene told

The Columbia Police Department is short-staffed by fifty officers, according to Chief Ken Burton. He gave the assessment at a meeting with members of the news media Wednesday morning. During the meeting, Burton said his officers are overworked, in part because the city of Columbia has grown, but the department hasn’t grown with it. According

A Versailles, Mo., woman pleaded guilty yesterday to a fraud scheme in which she stole nearly $400,000 from her employer. Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Abbie Martin Stemper, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. Stemper worked at Smith

The University of Missouri reported record-high summer enrollment numbers Tuesday, despite an expected decline in fall enrollment. Summer session opened over the weekend, and the school is reporting a 2.2% increase from 13,396 students last year to 13,697 this year. Interim Vice Provost for enrollment management Kim Humphrey said, “We’re very pleased to see that

Columbia police were searching for a suspect early Wednesday after a clerk says he was robbed at gunpoint while on the job in north Columbia. It happened just before 2:00 Wednesday morning at the Eagle Stop on Providence. The store clerk told our ABC 17 News crew he was cleaning outside when the suspect came

UPDATE 6:23am:MoDOT’s traffic camera shows the crash is now cleared. ORIGINAL STORY: Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash on I-70 near the Missouri River Bridge in Rocheport Wednesday morning. It happened around 5:15 Wednesday morning on Westbound I-70, just east of the Missouri River Bridge. At least three units responded to the

A man wanted on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon was arrested in Moberly Tuesday. The Moberly Police Department says it found Ricky Allen Junior at a residence hiding in a hide-a-bed sofa. During a search, officers reportedly discovered he had been lying on 2 grams of methamphetamine, packaging materials, money, marijuana and

Much warmer and more humid air will move in behind a warm front which is expected to lift to the northeast through Mid-Missouri Wednesday night into Thursday morning. There is a chance a few t-storms could develop in Iowa Wednesday night and track to the southeast just ahead of the warm front, affecting areas east

The family of a man who killed himself in the Callaway County Jail want to take the deputies, and the doctor who saw him before his suicide, to court. A wrongful death lawsuit filed in Boone County names the county, its sheriff’s office, 23 individual employees at the office, MU Health and Dr. Tahir Rahman

Campus officers confirmed a man shot himself Tuesday afternoon at the University of Missouri. The victim, Michael Stout, is a vendor who was demonstrating how to use a smoothie machine. Police believe he was showing his friend a gun in his vehicle when it accidentally went off, hitting Stout in his left leg. Officials say

Governor Nixon spoke in Jonesburg Tuesday morning for the ribbon cutting ceremony for CertainTeed Roofing’s new manufacturing and distribution center. The ceremony took place at 11:30 a.m. and commemorated the completion of the company’s new facility. According to Amy Stevens, public relations manager for CertainTeed, the roofing plant already has 88 new employees working full

Jefferson City may soon get a new major roundabout near Highway 54. A bill was proposed to the city council Monday night to put in a roundabout at the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and Jefferson Street. The roundabout is aimed to ease congestion at the intersection. According to Jefferson City Public Works, traffic is known

Jefferson City Police continue to monitor an increasing number of thefts from unlocked cars. The agency said more than 75 such thefts have been reported since the beginning of April. Capt. Doug Shoemaker said two firearms were taken Monday night out of unlocked vehicles. According to police, there are a few steps to take to