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ABC 17 News reached out to Jefferson City school officials after we were alerted to a closed-door school board meeting Friday afternoon. The meeting was apparently scheduled last week knowing there could be two new board members elected by the voters. We sat down with new board members Pam Murray and Michael Couty, and asked

An Audrain County city has a brand new outdoor warning siren just in time for severe weather season. The siren officially went live in Martinsburg last week, which is near Mexico. The old siren was first installed 35 years ago. The technology eventually stopped working 5 years ago. The new alert system covers just under

An Oklahoma man convicted of a 2013 Columbia murder was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday. A jury in February convicted Casey Lewis of first degree murder in the murder-for-hire killing of Brian Daniels in south Columbia. Friday was the two year anniversary of Daniels’ death. Friday, Lewis’ lawyer argued for a new

More than 100 jobs are coming to the Capital City later this summer. The Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce and Sam’s Club is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony at its Hiring and Membership Center Tuesday. The company plans to hire 170 new employees for the center that is slated to open late this summer at

A pedestrian is recovering Friday after being hit in Columbia Friday morning. The accident happened at Broadway and Waugh Street. ABC 17 News is still looking to find out the condition of the pedestrian. This comes during the Columbia Police Department’s pedestrian and bicycle safety campaign. The campaign was started after two pedestrian accidents in

Work is moving forward on a multi-million dollar administration building in Randolph County. Officials broke ground on the more than $6 million dollar building that will be funded through a voter approved 1/4 cent sales tax. County offices have been split up between Moberly and Huntstville since a fire in the county courthouse in 1955.

A Missouri music lover gave $10 million to the University of Missouri to help fund a state-of-the-art student music building on the MU campus. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield from Westphalia donated the money for the building project. It’s the largest amount ever given to the MU Fine Arts Department. Right now, the School of Music

ABC 17 News first reported last week almost 70 prisoners were being treated for scabies at a women’s prison in Audrain County. Last week, ABC 17 confirmed three inmates tested positive for the contagious skin mite at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia. On Friday, officials at the Missouri Department of

A Columbia man was arrested late Thursday for drug trafficking among other charges. Boone County deputies searched a home at 1721 Aspen Circle in Columbia, along with a rental storage unit and vehicle. Investigators obtained search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in Boone Co. 10 ounces of meth, a small

A Fulton man was arrested Thursday after police found drugs in his home. Police searched a home at 410 E 10th Street where they found drug paraphernalia and a bag of marijuana. 28-year-old Corelle Clark was arrested for possession of marijuana and 2 counts of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at

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Storms moving through Mid-Missouri are causing damage in some areas. A mobile home was crushed by a tree in Centralia after a storm producing damaging winds moved through northern Boone Co. Centralia Police Chief Dudgeon tells ABC 17 News a tree landed on the mobile home at South Allen and Alco. Police also tell us

Placing girders for a new overpass will require full intermittent closures of Highway 50/63 near the Chestnut Street bridge Mondaynight in Jefferson City. Each closure should last about 15 minutes. Law enforcement officers will be on site to provide advance warning for drivers. In addition, traffic will be reduced to one lane on Highway 50/63

A cold front quickly moved through mid-Missouri Thursday afternoon igniting storms as it moved into warm, moist air. A few storms become severe producing large hail and strong winds. A strengthening storm near I-70 west of Boonville headed northeast into northern Boone County becoming more intense as it approached Centralia. Strong winds from the storm

A man received five years probation, after hitting a Mid-Missouri police chief with his car. Jerry Wilkerson pleaded guilty on Thursday. The judge also gave him 30 days in jail. Police officers first arrested Wilkerson in January of 2014. Wilkerson is a landlord in Auxvasse, but he turned off water for one of his tenants,

Two people are dead and one truck driver is facing possible charges after a chain reaction crash near Lake of the Ozarks. The accident happened on Highway 54 at around 3:00 p.m. Wednesday near Route W. Troopers say a semi hit another car, which caused a chain reaction crash involving eight vehicles. Robin Dinwiddie, 50,

A Mid-Missouri man is facing several charges after a high speed chase and crash involving stolen vehicles near Columbia. Columbia police arrested Joshua Skouby, 24, from Auxvasse Thursday morning. Police responded to a car wreck on Business Loop 70 East and Old Highway 63 just before 7:00 a.m. Police said Skouby was driving a stolen

Captain John Wheeler with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department said St. Martins officials came to them asking for help. They said about 6 months ago they started seeing a need for a leash law in the area. The leash law mirrors Russelville’s and was made official this morning, as Cole County Commissioners thought it was

Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler stopped by a Columbia elementary school for a firsthand look at federally regulated school lunches. Hartzler represents Boone County, and shared a school lunch with the Jefferson Middle School student council before meeting with CPS officials. She also highlighted the “Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act.” Under current rules, schools are

A major vote is on the horizon for new boundary lines with Columbia Public Schools on Monday. ABC 17 talked with School Board Vice President James Whitt on ABC 17 News at 9:00 a.m. Whitt said leaders had a few questions for the committee during their last work session. The changes should remove trailers, but