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A new restaurant opened in downtown Columbia this week, bringing a Mexican flare to the streets of Columbia. Paleteria El Tajin was given the green light to open after the Boone County/Columbia Public Health Department gave them an operating permit Aug. 1. “There is nothing like this here in Columbia,” co-founder Yoselin Herrera said. “We’re

More students are transferring to the University of Missouri from community colleges than in past years, MU officials said Wednesday. The university in a news release said about 1,190 students have transferred to MU from other institutions, which is about a 16 percent increase from last fall. According to the release, about 30,000 students in

A private company’s data breach might have led to the release of some School of the Osage student information, administrators warned parents and patrons on the district website this week. Pearson AIMSweb, a contractor used by schools “to provide support and educational services to individual students,” told school leaders that some data stored on its

Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday directed lawmakers to undo a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling on vehicle sales taxes during a special legislative session next month, a move one Democrat called “unnecessary.” The Republican governor scheduled the special session to begin Sept. 9, the same week as a scheduled short session for lawmakers to consider

An insurance company is asking a judge to determine who has the legal claim of a $150,000 life insurance policy after the insured person died in December when his wife allegedly poisoned him and set their house on fire. American Family Life Insurance filed the complaint in federal court on Wednesday to determine who has

Tony St. Romaine, who retired in 2016 from the deputy city manager position in Columbia, has been hired as the interim city administrator in Ashland. The city of Ashland said in a news release Wednesday that Ashland’s board of alderman appointed St. Romaine to be the part-time city administrator — a position that has been

WEDNESDAY: Rain moves in early and will be off and on throughout the day. LIVE PLAYBACK of Wednesday morning weather conditions can be viewed in the player below. Heavy rain at times could cause some localized flooding problems if storms set up overhead of a particular spot. We’ll be getting warm in spots where we

Fulton Police Department said it arrested a man for allegedly resisting arrest and unlawfully possessing a firearm Wednesday. Authorities responded to reports of a fight involving several people with guns at the McDonald’s on South Business 54 in Fulton shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Charles Braxton, 43, was at the scene. Officers said he fled

A Lebanon man died after he fell while fishing on the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River. Benny Wilson, 62, was fishing from an elevated location when he slipped and fell into about 10 feet of water and drowned. The Laclede County coroner pronounced Wilson dead at the scene. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded

Police at the scene say they arrested at least one person after a domestic incident causing minor injuries in northern Columbia Tuesday night. Multiple Columbia police vehicles responded to the area of Holly Avenue and Parker Street near the Kittyhawk Apartment complex. A CPD officer said a knife was involved in the incident, but no

A former Columbia resident who police say admitted to killing his wife in 2006 was booked into the Boone County Jail Tuesday. Boone County prosecutors charged Keith Comfort with second-degree murder this month after he allegedly told police in Wisconsin that he killed his wife, who has been considered missing for more than a decade.

The Maries County sheriff said Tuesday that his department is interrogating suspects in a fire that led to injuries for six volunteer firefighters. Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman said the investigation is going to continue thorugh the week, and he hoped to submit information to prosecutors for charges to be filed soon. “They could be

The Centralia Police Department reimplemented the Neighborhood Watch Program. The department held its first meeting about the program Tuesday to tell residents what it is and how they can help. Officers said residents’ participation can help prevent or even solve crimes. Officer Logan Feger helped restart the program in Centralia. He said one of the

Prosecutors charged two men with burglary and theft after they allegedly took items from a safe during a house party. Jefferson City police were sent to the 200 block of Eastwood Drive on Aug. 11 for an incident that happened sometime between Aug. 8 and Aug 9, according to court documents. Police say while the

Major League Soccer announced Tuesday that St. Louis has secured an expansion team. A playback of the live stream by FOX 2 in St. Louis of the announcement is in the player below.

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and muggy, lows in the low to mid-70s. WEDNESDAY: Warm early with highs in the upper 80s and a heat index in the low 90s. Storms increase toward late afternoon into the evening. EXTENDED: Depending where Wednesday’s cold front stalls, we could see more storms on Thursday, especially south of I-70. High

People trying to submit medical marijuana applications are facing obstacles when in comes to finding a doctor who will sign off on their license applications. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that it has already approved 6,500 patients and caregivers for medical marijuana. But large medical care providers in Mid-Missouri are

The ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Tuesday. Temperatures look to top out in the low 90s with a heat index between 100-105. UPDATE ON STORMS: We’re currently tracking storms moving out of Iowa and into northeastern portions of Missouri. The bulk of the damaging wind threat looks like

The jury was selected for the trial of a Columbia man accused of arson and a murder conspiracy Tuesday. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam was charged with first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, but his trial this week is only on the arson charge. The judge selected 12 jurors and six alternates that

A state prison inmate who escaped from a work detail at the Missouri State Fair was found along a roadside Monday with a head injury, according to the state Department of Corrections. Shannon D. Watts, 34, walked away from a work-release program late Sunday, just after the fair wrapped up. Pettis County dispatchers reported Monday