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A scammer impersonating a Columbia police officer is calling residents and demanding money, the department said. According to a Facebook post, CPD said the scammer is telling people they need to send money in order to get a warrant resolved. Boone County deputies warned of the same scam last week, where a person posing as

TONIGHT: Clouds will gradually clear through the night, with temperatures expected to plummet by morning. Overnight lows will bottom out in the lower 20s, with light southeasterly winds keeping wind chills in the upper 10s. SUNDAY: Despite the cold start to the morning, warming winds out of the southwest will bring the return to mild

A Columbia City Council member praised the interim city manager’s conduct after the announcement Friday that police chief Ken Burton will resign. Columbia Police Department chief Burton turned in his resignation Friday, a little more than a week after he went on paid leave. The resignation is effective at 5 p.m. Thursday, the city of

Cierra Porter is back. After retiring from basketball, the Mizzou women’s basketball team announced Saturday that Cierra Porter will return to the team. She will be active for Sunday’s game against Arkansas State. Porter previously had to medically retire from the team in June due to injury complications with her knees. “We are obviously very

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s New Year’s counting period started 6 p.m. Friday. During the counting period, troopers record how many traffic crashes they respond to, as well as how many drivers they arrest for getting behind the wheel intoxicated. During the 2018 New Year’s holiday counting period last year statewide, troopers responded to 845

SATURDAY: Clouds will be gradually decreasing as we move throughout the afternoon. However, the return of sunshine doesn’t point to a warm up as temperatures remain in the low 30s for afternoon highs. With high pressure settling in, winds will play less of a role, with wind chills only a few degrees cooler. TONIGHT: Overnight

Year after year, a Columbia woman’s hobby is bringing holiday cheer to people in need. Cynthia Murray began knitting and sending hats to the Oglala Lakota Nation in Martin, South Dakota when her mother became debilitated with ALS four years ago. She said her brother told her that his church, the Church Of God Holiness

The lawyer for a Howard County deputy accused of humiliating a Subway employee contends claims of a seizure may have been made up. ABC 17 News reported on the incident Thursday after the employee, Neda Smith, said she had a seizure when Deputy Bradley Young took a picture of her and later posted it on

As University of Missouri Health Care continues its efforts to buy the St. Mary’s hospitals in Jefferson City and Mexico, many critics of the deal are calling on Missouri lawmakers to halt the acquisition. State Sen. Caleb Rowden, who represents the district that houses MU Health’s Columbia headquarters, said in an interview Friday that there

A teenager has been arrested and charged in a high-speed police chase that started in Moniteau County and ended in a crash in Jefferson City. Ariyan T. Akins, 17, of Jefferson City, has been charged with felony resisting arrest by fleeing. She was being held Friday in the Moniteau County Jail on a $25,000 bond.

Authorities have arrested a man suspected of driving a getaway car after a Sedalia bank robbery. The Sedalia Democrat reports that David A. Graves, 52, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony stealing. He is suspected of waiting outside the Central Bank in Sedalia on Wednesday while another man went inside and demanded that a

Columbia’s only roller rink is being sold. The owner said Friday in a news release that he is selling the rink, which was built in 1938, to Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity. Willie Trent has been trying to sell the property as a roller rink for several years unsuccessfully, the Trent family said in the

TONIGHT: Skies will remain partly cloudy tonight as temperatures continue to drop through the night. Overnight lows by morning will drop into the upper teens with wind chills in the lower teens. Winds will be out of the northwest 6-10 mph. SATURDAY: Although we’ll see some sunshine mixed with clouds, it will stay cold with

Planned Parenthood is asking a federal court to suspend a state regulation that the organization says is preventing it from getting a license to perform local abortions. Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains filed the renewed motion for a preliminary injunction in its case against the state of Missouri late last week. The clinic’s

State Sen. Caleb Rowden is ready to take on a bigger role in Missouri politics in 2019. The Columbia Republican will be the Senate’s majority leader when the session begins Jan. 9, with several major issues looming large. Among them is transportation funding after the rejection of an increase in the gas sales tax. During

No one was hurt when a fire started in the kitchen of a Columbia apartment building Friday. A Columbia Fire Department official said firefighters were called early Friday afternoon to 1609 Windsor St. after neighbors smelled smoke. Firefighters found the fire in the kitchen of one of the apartments and were able to stop it

A Jefferson City woman charged in the death of a 4-year-old boy is seeking a change of venue. Quatavia Givens’ public defender on Sunday filed a motion seeking the change in the case involving the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray, according to online court records. Police have said Givens was Gray’s caregiver. The boy’s body

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office and lawyers for a man condemned to die for a Columbia triple killing have asked for a stay in his case pending the resolution of another death-row challenge. Attorneys for Ernest Lee Johnson and Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office filed the joint motion in federal court last week. In the

A Subway restaurant employee says she is humiliated and is considering legal action after a Howard County sheriff’s deputy posted a photo of her on Facebook making light of her condition after she had a seizure. Laurie Roth, general manager at the Fayette restaurant, took a screen grab of the post on Bradley Young’s Facebook

The Mizzou Tigers are headed to Memphis to play in the Liberty Bowl on Monday against Oklahoma State. Kickoff is at 2:45 PM. If you’re heading down to spend time in Memphis to ring in the New Year and cheer on the Tigers you may need to grab the umbrella or poncho! Meteorologist Brigit Mahoney