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Columbia City Council approved four agreements with American Airlines.The agreements include a revenue guarantee if the airline comes up short one month. It’s a deal that promises the airline $3 million over two years. The city is guaranteeing about $1.8 million of that. The revenue will be calculated on a monthly basis.City leaders said they

***UPDATE 4 P.M.***Officials say the truck driver is at University Hospital with injuries to his hand.Roadway crews expect to reinstall the light pole Monday night.***ORIGINAL STORY***Emergency crews are working an extrication accident in Columbia Monday afternoon.According to dispatchers, a semi-trailer truck hit a light pole near the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and East Pointe Driver.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) – President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, “Every time you’ve offered an opinion you’ve been wrong.” The Republican coolly responded, “Attacking me is not an agenda” for dealing with a dangerous world.Romney took the offensive, too. When Obama said

Missouri junior PG Phil Pressey was the choice of the media for SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, Monday, with six votes. Florida senior Kenny Boynton — who led the league in scoring last season — finished second with five votes. Pressey’s backcourt partner, senior Michael Dixon, Jr., also received a vote for Player

A Columbia man is behind bars Monday after he allegedly used a shotgun to assault relatives.According to police, 20-year-old Timothy Burkhardt displayed a shotgun in a threatening manner toward his mother and another man inside a home in the 2800 block of South Providence Road Sunday evening.Burkhart allegedly fired two rounds from the shotgun. Once

The City of Columbia issued a violation order to the construction company building the Brookside apartments on College Avenue.Last week, residents told ABC 17 News they had filed complaints against the complex because construction crews were making too much noise late at night.Brookside representatives said it was not an issue, but the city confirmed crews

***UPDATE 3:20 P.M.***The judge says Bruce Cole is ineligible for a public defender because Cole’s current income is too high, however, the court still appointed him one.Attorney Raymond Legg told the court it would cost Cole about $50,000 to retain a lawyer. Because Cole does not have the money readily available, the court did appoint

The suspect in a Columbia shooting last year is now facing more charges for allegedly assaulting an officer on Sunday.Police say Lamont Boone, 19, of Columbia was a patient at a local hospital. Cops say Boone began throwing things and threatening to spit or throw urine on hospital staff.When Boone refused to cooperate with staff

Showers and t-storms developed in southwest Missouri late Monday night and pushed through Mid-Missouri Tuesday morning. Sedalia received nearly three inches of rain, while areas farther east picked up between .25″ to 1″ of rain.The rain was caused by a combination of an upper-air disturbance and warm, moist air pushing into the region. For these

Click on the link to see video from Monday’s Media Day. Mizzou plays Kentucky at Faurot Field on Saturday at 11:00 am in its annual Homecoming game. Hear from head coach Gary Pinkel, wide receiver T.J. Moe, left tackle Elvis Fisher, and defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson.

Some Jefferson City parents are angry after an elementary student brought a pellet gun to school.According to Jefferson City Public Schools, the incident happened Friday at Pioneer Trail Elementary, just one day after the same fifth grade student made threats to other students.However, parents did not hear about it from administration officials until a letter

Police in Jefferson City are investigating an armed robbery, looking for two suspects.Monday afternoon Officers were called out to the Budget Inn at 1309 Jefferson Street regarding a robbery.The victim was a 23-year-old man from Tennessee. He told police the suspects displayed a handgun and took money from him.The suspects are only described at a

Jefferson City police are investigating a shots fired incident Monday night.Police were called to the intersection of Washington Street and West Ashley Street around 11:30 p.m. after numerous 911 calls were made regarding shots fired in the area.Cops say they had responded to the same area earlier for a large group of people making loud

***UPDATE WEDNESDAY 7 P.M.***Jefferson City police arrested 35-year-old Ryan Blackburn for trying to steal catalytic converters from cars at Corwin Honda.***UPDATE WEDNESDAY 8:12 A.M.***Jefferson City police say they’ve arrested the second suspect overnight. They have yet to release the suspect’s name.***ORIGINAL STORY TUESDAY***Jefferson City police arrested a Holts Summit man after he was found allegedly

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Apple revealed a smaller, $329 version of its hit iPad tablet computer, with a screen that’s about two-thirds the size of the full-size model.Apple starts taking orders for the new model on Friday Oct. 26 and will ship Nov. 2, said marketing chief Phil Schiller at an event in San

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Hunter Pence hit a bizarre, two-run double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and the San Francisco Giants won their record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, beating the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 in Game 7 of the NL championship series Monday night.Marco Scutaro matched

***UPDATE 8:50 P.M.***Despite the boil advisory, Jefferson City Public Schools will be back in session and state office buildings will reopen.When asked about possible upgrades to the nearly century-old water system, Missouri American Water says the company has spent nearly $12 million on upgrades in 2011 and has plans for steady upgrades over the next

COLUMBIA (AP) – The Missouri athletics department is tightening employee use of school-issued credit cards after an audit found a series of improper purchases, including bills for more than $7,600 from a Las Vegas strip club.Department spokesman Chad Moller said Tuesday that director of video operations Michael Schumacher had repaid $7,605.50 for two credit charges

***UPDATE WEDNESDAY 5 P.M.***Officers arrested 18-year-old Ladane Smith and 17-year-old Martinez Jackson for the incident that locked down Jefferson Junior High School on Tuesday.Smith was arrested for first degree trespass and unlawful use of a weapon with a bond of $5,000. Jackson was arrested for first degree trespass and third degree assault with a $5,000

Parts of the key leadership at the Columbia Police Department are changing after Chief Ken Burton promoted Captain Dianne Bernhard to deputy chief and Sergeant Jill Schlude to captain.A report released earlier this year showed that the police department had a “toxic” environment and was plagued by distrust among officers.Both Columbia’s city manager and police