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By 5 p.m. Wednesday, drivers in Columbia will get their first access to a new double lane roundabout. The west end of the Business Loop is reopening near I-70 Drive and Creasy Springs at Cosmo Park. It was closed for over a month, but MoDot is reporting all of the major bridge work on the

American College Testing (ACT) has recognized Randolph County as a “Certified Work Ready Community.” This national designation is given to municipalities whose education institutions place a high priority on workforce readiness. By participating in the Certified Work Ready Communities initiative, Randolph County is: Helping workers understand what skills are required by employers, and how to

The cause of a fire on Monday morning at 407 4th Avenue could have been due to possible lightning. Storms on Monday morning were producing some cloud to ground lightning. Positive lightning makes up less than 5% of all strikes. However, despite a significantly lower rate of occurrence, positive lightning is particularly dangerous for several

UPDATE 7/26:The crash happened when the two cars were trying to merge. The two vehicles sustained minor damage. The two people who were taken into an ambulance had only minor injuries but were complaining of their necks and backs hurting. The scene is cleared. Emergency workers and fire crews responded Tuesday morning to a traffic

UPDATE 7/26:Crews are expected to start repairing the road buckle on Tuesday. The repairs are set to last until August 3rd. The section of the road is completely blocked off. Crews have shut down Red Bay Creek Road in the Mill Creek Manor subdivision after a road buckle formed Saturday afternoon. Residents in the southwest

Governor Nixon is trying to dismiss a lawsuit against him by the state’s public defender’s office. ABC 17 News first reported on the lawsuit earlier this month over $3.5 million of withheld funds from the office for the 2017 fiscal year. Nixon’s attorney filed a motion to disqualify members of the public defender’s office from

As candidates for Missouri’s governor release their final full disclosure before the August primary, a historic political donation comes from a murky source. ABC 17 News reported last week when the Washington D.C-based group SEALs for Truth donated $1.975 million to Navy SEAL Eric Greitens’ campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The July 18 contribution

The Cole County Fair opens its gates on Monday. Authorities are expecting big crowds through the week and said they will be out in full force to ensure safety and security. Law enforcement will have several people patrolling the carnival area and parking lot. Authorities will be running operations out of a mobile emergency center

Local businesses in Columbia are teaming up with the Columbia Police Department in an effort to learn how to survive an active shooter scenario. This comes after the massacre at a nightclub in Orlando, and recently a shooting at a teen event at a nightclub in Florida. Local businesses reached out to the Columbia Police

Shakespeare’s Pizza will soon return to its original location in downtown Columbia. ABC 17 News checked withmanager Kurt Mirtsching who confirms he plans to have the restaurant return to 225 South Ninth Street in early August. This comes after the iconic pizza place had to temporarily relocate while developers build anew six-story building at the

Community leaders and officials in Boone County are taking a deeper a look at disproportionate minority contact, which occurs when there is a disproportionate number of minority youth who are referred to the juvenile justice system. In 2014, the relative rate index for Boone County was 6.3, meaning black youth were 6.3 times more likely

Each day during the Democratic National Convention, ABC News will host a liveblog, where you can follow the events of the day. The blog will start at 6 a.m. each day, and will wrap up around midnight each day as well. Be sure to watch ABC 17 News for live local coverage as well, with

Throughout the Democratic National Convention this week, we are offering ABC News’ live stream of each day’s events. The live stream will begin at 6 a.m. Central Time each day, and will go through the end of the convention session each nightMondaythroughThursday. This stream will have raw feeds of convention-related events, special reports, event breakdowns

UPDATE 07/25/16 6:55 a.m. – Firefighters on the scene confirmed to ABC 17 the house was condemned, under construction and no one was inside at the time of the fire. Southbound Providence Road was closed while crews worked to put the fire out, but is now reopen. Right now some crews are leaving, while some

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department was called to a domestic dispute in the 4100 block of East Snowy Hills Lane Saturday afternoon. A sergeant said Cody Reeder, 23, was in an argument with a family member when he pulled out a gun and threatened them with it. Authorities said no shots were fired and no

An incoming high school senior from the Kansas City area will be one of the youngest delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Seventeen-year-old Rachel Gonzalez will be attending the convention that starts Monday in Philadelphia as a Missouri delegate for likely presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Missouri Democratic Party guidelines say delegates must be at least

Final preparations are underway for the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Organizers spent Sunday checking audio for speakers and performers, as well as testing different lightning. The eve of the DNC already saw the first protests of the event. Philadelphia Police tweeted about demonstrations in the downtown area, nearly 4 miles north of Wells Fargo

A Boonville man was taken to the hospital after crashing his car in Boone County early Sunday morning. The crash happened on Highway 40 near Rocheport Gravel Road around 5:15 a.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the driver, Patrick McCasland, drove off the right side of the road and hit a tree. He was

A bicyclist died after being rear-ended by a car Friday night in Pettis County. It happened just after 7 p.m. on Route HH east of Olive Branch Road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 26-year-old driver rear-ended the 51-year-old bicyclist, causing him to be thrown off his bike before landing in a ditch.

Missouri is the only state remaining in the country without a drug monitoring program. Despite the program being a bipartisan issue, there are still some opponents to the issue. A drug monitoring program would essentially allow medical professionals to be able to tell if people were “shopping” around for painkiller prescriptions. Last week, U.S. Senator