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A review of a Columbia Police Department officer’s social media activity is aimed at determining whether the opinions he expressed online might have affected the way he conducted his job. The Columbia Citizens Police Review Board recommended Wednesday that the interim city manager have the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigate Lt. Brian Tate’s social media

Cities and counties throughout Mid-Missouri are preparing for an winter storm expected to start Friday. About 2 to 7 inches of snow is expected over the weekend, according to the latest forecasts. A winter storm watch has been issued for much of central and southeast Missouri from Friday afternoon into Sunday. Jefferson City Public Works

A man was arrested on warrants for domestic assault after he barricaded himself Thursday in a home near Jefferson City, the Cole County Sheriff’s Department said. Kent Marsh was arrested Thursday morning in the 5000 block of Woodhaven Drive near Gateway Drive in the Apache Flats area. A woman told deputies that Marsh assaulted her

A Jefferson City teenager has been certified as an adult in the fatal shooting of a corrections officer. Jahuan D. Whirley, 16, was charged Thursday in Cole County with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon in the

Prosecutors are now charging a man with helping to conceal a mother who was hiding from authorities with her son in a crawl space. Court documents say Woodrow Ziegler, 41, covered a hidden crawlspace from investigators by nailing a piece of paneling over the crawlspace’s entryway. Investigators say Ziegler also hung a decorative rug on

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT CHARITON, SALINE AND BENTON COUNTIES. THE WARNING GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY FOR CHARITON, SALINE AND BENTON IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM SATURDAY. TONIGHT: Thick clouds build in

A man suffered minor injuries in a crash Thursday south of Hallsville. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers at the scene said the man drove his vehicle into the back of a sedan on Route B at Kemper Road as the sedan slowed to make a left turn. The sedan driver was not injured, and the

A fourth person was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with a Jefferson City armed robbery that happened at the beginning of December. Latrell D. Batts, 20, was allegedly in a car with Cortez Burton, 18, Andrew Dixson, 27, and Jamel Sutton, 20. The men were driving in the 1600 block of E. Elm

A man accused of shooting his neighbor in Morgan County last month was arrested this week in Arkansas. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said it alerted authorities Tuesday in White County, Arkansas, that Revious Hamilton might be their area. White County authorities identified Hamilton on surveillance video at a business there and a person who

One person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Columbia in December. Antwane L. Grant, 24, of Columbia was taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter. Tavious Grant, 22, was pronounced dead at the hospital on Dec. 19, while undergoing emergency surgery after he was shot at a

The Missouri Clean Water Commission voted to uphold a permit for a concentrated animal feeding operation in Cooper County on Wednesday. The commission voted 4-1 to uphold the permit that will allow operation of Tipton East, a 7,404-hog operation slated to be built on Renshaw Drive near the Moniteau County line. The farm, owned by

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT MACON, CHARITON, SALINE, PEHLPS, AND BENTON COUNTIES. THIS GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. No matter where you are at you WILL see winter weather impacts within the days ahead. THURSDAY: High level clouds are slowly streaming

Missouri Republicans are hoping to make the process of passing initiative petitions, such as the recently passed medical marijuana and ethics reform efforts, more difficult. Several bills filed by GOP Representatives and Senators would raise the threshold of votes necessary to pass constitutional amendments brought forth through the petition process, or require more of petitioners

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT MACON, CHARITON, SALINE, PEHLPS, AND BENTON COUNTIES. THIS GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. No matter where you are at you WILL see winter weather impacts within the days ahead. THURSDAY: We’ll stay in the upper 30s

The Columbia Citizens Police Review Board voted Wednesday night to recommend that the interim city manager have the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigate a police officer’s social media use. “I don’t like that the Columbia Police Department is policing them own selves [sic],” said board member Cornellia Williams. Lieutenant Brian Tate was placed on paid

Some mid-Missouri homebuyers may have to put their closings on hold due to the government shutdown. The Department of Agriculture is currently unable to process rural development loans and a local realtor said this is forcing people to wait to close on their home. “Closings scheduled during the shutdown, they won’t happen, so that will

Columbia Public Schools is holding three community open houses to talk about proposed attendance area changes. “”So the open houses are really another opportunity for our community, our parents and even employees who want to come and look at the maps and provide us some feedback, be able to ask some questions,” said Michelle Baumstark

Officials with the Columbia Public School district said parking, drop-off and pickup information is given every year to parents, students and staff for each school building. However, the parent pickup/drop-off map for Battle High School doesn’t show where emergency vehicles can or cannot park. Parents told ABC 17 News that they often see school resource

UPDATE: U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., released a video on YouTube with comments he made Wednesday on the Senate floor about border security. ORIGINAL: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler stood Wednesday with President Donald Trump after Trump’s national prime time address on the need for funding to build a wall on the southern border. On @POTUS‘s

TONIGHT: Some passing clouds lead to partly cloudy skies as temperatures fall into the upper teens by morning. It’ll feel more like the lower teens as you head out the doors Thursday morning, thanks to a light breeze out of the north up to 8 mph. THURSDAY: We’ll stay in the upper 30s again for