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President Trump’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year could affect programs for lower-income Jefferson City residents. ABC 17 News has reported that the executive budget released last month would cut more than $6 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That would eliminate the Community Development Block Grant Program across the country.

A Columbia man convicted of child porn crimes was sentenced in Boone County court Tuesday. Cody Woll will spend the next five years in prison after pleading guilty. He was arrested in December after investigators served a search warrant and found several videos and images on his computer of sex crimes involving children.

UPDATE: Route 54 is now back open. Sergeant Scott White with the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms they were investigating a suspicious device. The device was determined to be a consumer electronic device. ORIGINAL: There is a police emergency that will close down eastbound and westbound Route 54 between Route 242 and Route W in

UPDATE, 2:00 p.m.: Columbia police were called to the 1700 block of Oxford Drive at 10:55 Tuesday morning for a report of a trespassing with a gun. About 20 minutes after the call came in, Russell Boulevard School was notified of the incidents and officers closed the roadway at College Park and Stadium. Police said

The Boone County Commission agreed to participate in a revenue guarantee agreement with United Airlines, which will begin to provide air service to Denver and Chicago starting Aug. 1. The commission will contribute $50,000 to the $600,000 guarantee. Cole County also approved $50,000 and Jefferson City is providing $100,000. The University of Missouri is shelling

Tammy Ferry, an employee of Jefferson City Public Schools, has filed a lawsuit against JCPS as of Monday. ABC 17 News first reported about the planned filing in March. Ferry claims to be the victim of sex and age discrimination. Less than a year ago, a jury ruled in favor of a similar lawsuit filed

The Boone County Commission is now set to decide the fate of the third Chapter 100 tax proposal in six months. American Outdoor Brands, known for making Smith & Wesson guns, is asking for a 50 percent tax break to build a new distribution center off Route Z in Columbia. The taxing entities of Boone

A variety of infections are making mid-Missouri sick this week. The doctors from Broadway Urgent Care say they are seeing mostly sinus infections in their patients this week. They also say there is a nasty cough going around. Dr. Tara Flynn, from Mizzou Quick Care and Urgent Care, says she is also seeing infectious illnesses.

TONIGHT: Skies will remain clear with low temperatures dropping into the mid 40s with a light breeze from the south under 6 mph. WEDNESDAY: After a cool morning, temperatures will rise into the lower 70s in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies with a southerly breeze up to 12 mph. EXTENDED: We’ll have more clouds

Some public agencies in mid-Missouri spending to bring United Airlines to Columbia are standing behind their investment. Videos of a man being dragged off a Untied flight Sunday, leaving him bloodied, circulated social media. The airline overbooked a flight from Chicago to Louisville, and asked people to voluntarily give up their seats in exchange for

Columbia police officers are surveying the area where a fatal crash took place on April 1. A traffic stop ended in a fatal crash on Ash and Garth, killing the passenger in Jeremiah Lynne’s car, 19-year-old Skyler Littleton. Littleton was transferred to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead. She was four months pregnant,

TUESDAY: By the afternoon hours we will see clear skies in mid-Missouri. With a high pressure system building in the area, Tuesday will feel less humid as dry air pumps in. Temperatures will be slightly cooler than yesterday, but will be near the average, in the mid 60s. TONIGHT: It looks quiet overnight with light

TODAY: Morning clouds will keep temperatures 10-15 degrees cooler today. Look for increasing afternoon sun with temperatures in the mid 60s for the highs. TONIGHT: It looks to be mostly clear, dropping to the mid 40s overnight with winds becoming southerly by midnight. WEDNESDAY: It starts off cool again tomorrow, while southerly winds and more

TUESDAY: We’ll have a cooler morning with temperatures in the mid to low 40s for the morning commute with broken clouds. Clouds will erode from west to east this morning through 11AM leaving sunshine again the afternoon. It will feel less humid as dry air continues to work it’s way in today with temperatures staying

San Bernardino police confirmed one child and two adults died after a murder-suicide at an elementary school Monday morning. In Missouri, ABC 17 News asked school leaders how their districts were responding to the deadly California shooting and if any security changes were being made. “It’s a good reminder for us across the district that

The Jefferson City School Board has approved a contract to renovate the current high school along with the Nichols Career Center, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and Simonsen 9th Grade Center The board unanimously approved the renovation project which is set to begin in May, costing around $134,800 to renovate. The renovations at the current high

UPDATE, 9:15 p.m.: Callaway County prosecutor Chris Wilson confirms he has received the reports from Knight’s office. Wilson tells ABC 17 News he has not made a decision on the case yet, but hopes to complete his review by the end of the month. ORIGINAL: The Boone County prosecutor has asked a neighboring prosecutor to

We have clear skies to view the first full moon of the spring season which will be technically at full phase (when the moon is on the exact opposite side of the Earth as the sun) at 1:08 AM Tuesday, April 11. This full moon of April is called the Pink Moon because it is

An Amber Alert for a missing 12-year-old ended with a 22-year-old arrested and accused of sex crimes on Sunday. Apple Briscoe allegedly ran away from home at about 1:00 a.m. Sunday and asked 22-year-old William Dela Cruz to pick her up. The two had met months before on an online video game called Onigiri and

A pit bull mix was shot Monday morning by a woman whose son was bitten by the dog, Boone County deputies said. Boone County deputies responded just before 9 a.m. to a report of person getting bitten by a dog and someone shooting the dog in the 6000 block of Murray Lane. Deputies said Shawna