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Hundreds of Jefferson City residents lined up outside The Linc on Lafayette Street Thursday morning as the local chapter of the American Red Cross, along with dozens of other agencies and organizations, opened the first of three Multi-Agency Resource Centers. It comes more than a week after a series of tornadoes slammed mid-Missouri, hitting Eldon

We Build The Wall Inc., the group building a privately funded border barrier on private land, is holding a news conference at 11:00 a.m. The group has nearly completed a mile long barrier on land owned by the American Eagle Brick Company. Earlier this week, the City of Sunland Park issued a stop work order,

The Garden of Eden levee in Chariton County breached in multiple areas on Thursday morning, causing the area of Dean Lake to evacuate. The levee breached in sections one and two along the Grand River in west Chariton Count, according to Chariton County emergency officials. Voluntary evacuation has begun in the area. This comes after

Two students accused of having weapons were taken into custody Thursday morning at Mexico High School. According to the Mexico Public Safety Department, the two summer school students and their parents got into a fight in the parking lot outside the high school Wednesday morning. No one was hurt. Police said staff members learned while

More than 30 Jefferson City and Eldon residents stayed in Red Cross shelters Tuesday night and many more are still in need of supplemental nutrition after their homes were damaged or destroyed nearly a week before. Abigail Anderson, executive director of the central Missouri chapter of the American Red Cross, said the organization is making

One person is dead after a vehicle went into a creek southeast of Columbia. First responders were called to the crash on New Haven Road between Rolling Hills and Olivet roads at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said one person was killed when a vehicle went

THURSDAY: The day starts off dry, with some of us waking up to some sunshine. It will be cooler, with temperatures only making it to the middle 70s . Isolated showers with a few rumbles of thunder are not out of the question in the late afternoon as this system finally exits the area for

Howard County authorities are warning people in the Petersburg area to “take measures to evacuate” because of flooding. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page a message from the county’s emergency management office Wednesday saying people in southern Howard County should leave their homes because of flooding. The sheriff’s office in the

UPDATE: Fire officials say a body was found in the burned out home around 2 p.m. Columbia Police identified the body as that of Brian Keeney, 59. ORIGINAL: A “significant explosion” was part of a fire that destroyed a home in east-central Columbia on Wednesday, though it wasn’t clear whether the explosion caused the blaze,

BOSTON (AP) – Carl Gunnarsson scored on a delayed penalty 3:51 into overtime, Jordan Binnington made 21 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night to tie the Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece. Robert Bortuzzo and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored in St. Louis’ first Cup finals victory

Gov. Mike Parson attacked Planned Parenthood in a news conference Wednesday after the organization said this week that it could lose its last abortion license in Missouri. Playback of a live video stream of the event is available in the player below. Planned Parenthood’s facility in St. Louis is Missouri’s only abortion clinic, and it

Columbia police say they arrested a man after they found 51 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle. An officer pulled over Darrell Alan Cartee, 56, for crossing the double yellow line Wednesday on Blue Ridge Road in north Columbia, according to a Columbia Police Department spokesman. A K-9 unit alerted officers to narcotics in the

Interim City Manager John Glascock focused on employee engagement and pay as well as tax revenue during the State of the City address at city hall Wednesday. This was Glascock’s first State of the City address since he took over the position in November. Former City Manager Mike Matthes resigned in November, and Glascock took

Nearly 70 percent of Missouri voters approved medical marijuana in November. The Show-Me State became one of 33 that has legalized medical marijuana, but the plant is still illegal in every form on the federal level. That puts states with marijuana allowances at odds with the U.S. government and it complicates the medical treatment for

TONIGHT: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue before midnight, and some could be strong near I-44 and the Lake of the Ozarks with isolated gusty winds and hail. We dry out overnight, with lows near 60. THURSDAY: The day starts off dry, but isolated showers and a few storms are possible in the late afternoon.

A now-suspended employee of Jefferson City Public Schools transferred student files containing medical information and student identification numbers to a personal email account, the district said in a news release Wednesday. The district said it recently determined the employee transferred the files into a personal Gmail account, which is a violation of district policy. The

About 30 Boone Electric Cooperative employees joined forces with residents of Rocheport on Wednesday, utility spokeswoman Meredith Hoenes said. The Missouri River was in major flood stage Wednesday up the river from Rocheport at Glasgow and downriver at Jefferson City. The forecast called for the river to rise to about 3 feet above major flood

A woman who reported being kidnapped and sexually assaulted on the University of Missouri campus this month signed a statement admitting what she reported had not happened. MU released the statement as part of a heavily redacted incident report Tuesday in response to an open records request from ABC 17 News. “As my memory has

More than 30 partnering agencies and organizations will be opening multi-agency resource centers starting Thursday. The Red Cross announced in a press conference Wednesday that the joint resource centers were aimed at allowing the nearly 1,800 Cole and Miller county residents who were affected by the series of tornadoes and major floods, a place to

Flooding has forced the closure of more than 300 roads throughout Missouri. The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the closures include a 67-mile stretch of Interstate 29, from just north of St. Joseph to the Iowa border. Other major highways closed because of flooding include U.S. 54 at Louisiana, Missouri, and U.S. 36