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Senate and House leadership left more questions than answers their meeting with Lt. Gov. Mike Parson Wednesday morning. House Speaker Todd Richardson, Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard and Senate Majority Leader Mike Kehoe met with Parson for a few hours to discuss what comes next for the lieutenant governor. “Our focus is on a

Bills passed in the regular session have been signed by the House Speaker and Senate President Pro Tem and delivered to the governor’s office. ABC 17 is trying to determine if out-going Governor Greitens will sign or veto the bills, or if that will fall under the pen of incoming governor Mike Parson. Governor Greitens

Charges were filed Monday about a fight over a chair just on Bumper Hill Road off Highway 54 just southwest of Camdenton. Adam Holloway, 43, was charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor for an alleged dispute with two other men. They claim they both confronted Holloway on Friday for taking a chair that was

The Columbia Police Officer’s Association still does not know how much the city of Columbia could reimburse them for attorney fee’s after a lengthy and continuing battle. C.P.O.A’s Executive Director Dale Roberts said the attorney fees for both counts are close to $40,000. “The total amount for attorney fees to date is $37,234.75,” said Roberts

TONIGHT: It’ll be a warm and humid night across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are expected to fall into the upper 60s and lower 70s under mostly clear skies. While quiet conditions are expected through most of the night, an MCS that is expected to develop in Kansas will track into Mid-Missouri after 4 AM. Storms initially

THIS AFTERNOON: We’re tracking partly cloudy skies through the rest of this afternoon, the influence of Alberto will continue to keep us breezy and hold temperatures in the mid to upper 80s for most of us. Winds will continue out of the west around 10-13 mph, gusting to 20 at times. We’ll see winds slowly

A Columbia mother accused of locking her two-year-old child in a basement filled with feces has been sentenced to six years in prison. Denecia Hatton was sentenced this afternoon for three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of possession of a controlled substance. The mother of four was sentenced to

A day after Gov. Eric Greitens announced his resignation, effective Friday at 5 p.m., lawmakers are scheduled to return to the state Capitol. According to the house website, lawmakers are coming back at 1 p.m. for “bill singing.” When the regular legislative session ended, lawmakers truly agreed and passed 149 bills. ABC 17 News is

WEDNESDAY: Mid-Missouri could see a stray shower through the morning commute, but a mostly dry day is in store. We will see mostly sunny skies and another warm, humid day as temperatures climb into upper 80s and close to 90. Isolated storms are possible in the afternoon but most areas will stay dry. TONIGHT: We’ll

The Missouri State Highway Patrol updated its report on a deadly boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks to no longer identify a driver. The original report indicated Hayden Frazier, 22, was driving the boat on May 19. Frazier was arrested and briefly detained after the crash, but was later released. The report now

Lt. Gov. Mike Parson will replace Eric Greitens as governor of Missouri on Friday, but it’s not clear who will take Parson’s spot, or how that could be decided. “We haven’t even crossed that yet,” Parson said Tuesday when asked how his replacement will be selected. According to his office, Parson was on his farm

A driver was on the run Tuesday night after an attempted traffic stop in Boone County. Deputies said law enforcement attempted a traffic stop, but the driver failed to pull over. The driver later parked the vehicle and fled on foot in the area of Vawter School Road and Old Mill Creek Road. A K9

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said Tuesday afternoon that she has met with Gov. Greitens’ defense team over the past several days and said they have “reached a fair and just resolution of the pending charges.” A special prosecutor from Jackson County was investigating whether to charge Greitens again with invasion of privacy. That

Al Watkins, the attorney for the ex-husband of Gov. Eric Greitens’ mistress, released a statement Tuesday night following the announcement of Greitens’ resignation. Watkins statement said, “My client moved on with his life a long time ago. He sought only to protect his family, including his former spouse. A man of influence who aspired for

UPDATE: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, who will succeed Governor Greitens on Friday, has spoken out. He said the governor “has put the best interests of our state and all Missourians at the forefront where they belong.” He said he is ready to take on the job with “honor and integrity.” Here is the full statement:

Watch the Governor’s statement live by clicking here. In a statement released by Parker Briden, Gov. Greitens is set to make a statement at 4:15 p.m. at the Governor’s Office. The statement comes right after a former advisor of the Governor’s campaign, Michael Hafner, testified in front of the Special Investigative Meeting on Oversight, and

TONIGHT: We’ll only drop to the upper 60s overnight under partly to mostly cloudy skies. There is a slight chance of rain toward daybreak and into early Wednesday morning as weakening storms from the west move through. WEDNESDAY: After a spot shower or storm chance in the early morning, we’ll have partly cloudy skies and

One man was charged on Tuesday after deputies claim he assaulted a woman inside a Callaway County hotel. Employees made a report on Monday, Memorial Day, after hearing someone scream for help in the second-floor hallway at the Quality Inn. The victim says Eric Huddleston bit her ear. The sheriff’s department reports surveillance video shows

A Cole County judge ordered two groups to turn over documents in a case involving Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday morning. Lawyers for A New Missouri, Inc. and Greitens for Missouri argued last week that both organizations shouldn’t have to present documents to a Special House Investigative Committee looking into allegations of criminal misconduct against

To watch the Special Investigative Committee meeting live, click here. The second week of the Special Session investigating Governor Greitens began today at 10 a.m. questioning a former advisor of the Governor’s campaign, Michael Hafner. It is the second time the committee called Hafner to the chair to testify. Representative Jay Barnes questioned Hafner for