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UPDATE 2:14 p.m.: A Shelby County judge was unconvinced Thursday that charges be dropped against mid-Missouri attorney Shayne Healea but does believe the Columbia Police Department should face certain consequences for violating state law in recording a conversation between Healea and his attorney that should have been in a secure place. A “special master” judge

The University of Missouri Board of Curators is meeting in Columbia. The meeting began at 10 a.m. Thursday morning with a call to order followed by an executive session. After the executive session, the curators met for a public session that included a budget update from University of Missouri System’s Chief Audit Executive Ryan Rapp.

A man has been arrested after a standoff at Columbia Square Apartments on Wednesday night. Rockus Roland was incarcerated in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Dec. 3, 2008 for “120-day treatment pursuant of the law.” He was released with probation on Mar. 24, 2009, but returned after getting his probation revoked. He was paroled

TONIGHT: Winds will gradually shift to the south overnight, allowing for a warming trend. Overnight low near 30 will occur at midnight, with warming temperatures to the mid to upper 30s by sunrise. Winds will remain out of the southeast increasing to 15 mpy by morning. FRIDAY: It’ll start off cool Friday with early morning

A two-story home located on West Highway 28 caught fire on before 10:00 a.m. Thursday. ABC 17 News reached out to Gasconade County dispatch and confirmed that the case is under investigation. There are only a few walls left standing from the building. The rest of the house was completely burned. A man and a

A Jefferson City man will serve his sentence on supervised release for his part in a mid-Missouri synthetic drug case. Billie Bruce received his three-year sentence Thursday in federal court. He pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance in September, after he was caught selling synthetic cannabinoids at S&J Tobacco in Callaway County two

UPDATE: One person was killed in a crash early Thursday morning on I-70 in Montgomery County. It happened at 3:10 am at the 180 mile marker. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report, 39-year-old Darren Liggett was driving when his vehicle traveled off the left side of the road. It says Liggett over

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ pick for health department director has been embroiled in controversy over well water safety in his home state. Greitens announced Thursday he’s tapped North Carolina’s former public health director Dr. Randall Williams for the job in Missouri. Veteran North Carolina toxicologist Ken Rudo has accused Williams of acting unethically by saying

COLUMBIA- The UM Board of Curators approved the architect for Memorial Stadium’s south end zone project by a 5-1 vote on Thursday. Populous Inc. out of Kansas City will be the designer for the project. The cost of the architect will be $4.31 million and will be paid with private gifts, according to the meeting’s

UPDATE 11:42 a.m.: The power has been restored, and we will continue to update this story with any new information. ORIGINAL STORY: More than 1,000 Columbia Water and Light customers were without power Thursday morning. According to the outage map, there is currently one outage affecting 1,269 customers in south Columbia. At one point, the

TODAY: An unseasonably cold afternoon is expected for Mid-Missouri through the remainder of the day. Some low to mid level clouds are building in ahead of a very weak shortwave. This is allowing cold air advection to still take place this afternoon. Highs will struggle to climb to freezing this afternoon, with wind chill values

UPDATE 8:23am: A spokesperson for the Boone County Fire Department estimates the damage to be around $10,000. UPDATE 4:23am: Several emergency units are on the scene of a structure fire in central Boone County. Our ABC 17 News crews say they do not see any flames or smoke coming from the home, but say firefighters

The Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety is discussing Senate Bill 314, establishing the narcotics control act. The act would require the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish and maintain a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of all schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances in the state of

TODAY: It will be a cold morning with a north/northwest wind of 5-10 mph. A wind chill of 2-10 is possible for the morning commute, with lowest being north of I-70. By 8AM, wind chills look to reach the mid teens, followed by afternoon wind chills in the mid 20s. Mid level clouds this morning

Clouds increasing in the morning on Saturday as a warm front lifts. Light, isolated showers look possible mainly from HWY 50 and north where a trace to a few hundredths of an inch of rain is possible from about 9AM through 3PM in the afternoon. The chance is low, but there is a slight chance

TODAY: AM Wind Chill: 5-12 through 9AM, then wind chills in the mid teens. Partly sunny afternoon with highs in the mid 30s. TONIGHT: Not as Cold, Partly Cloudy; 30. FRIDAY: Cold morning then mostly sunny and warm; 61.

UPDATE, 11:57 p.m.: Police confirmed the standoff was over and one person was taken into custody. ORIGINAL: Multiple police officers were on the scene at Columbia Square Apartments for a standoff Wednesday night. Public Information Officer Latisha Stroer with the Columbia Police Department said street crime detectives were looking for a wanted man in the

The Montieau County Prosecutor will appear in court Thursday afternoon on the defendant’s side of the bench. Shayne Healea faces five charges after he reportedly drove his truck into Addison’s Restaurant in downtown Columbia in October 2014. Four people were hurt in the crash. In November, Healea filed to have the case dismissed. The parties

University of Missouri is still seeking a private developer to help operate and build a child care facility where the former University Village once stood. In 2014 the University say they reached out to many private developers but still haven’t heard back from anyone to this date. University Spokesman Christian Basi told ABC 17 News

A former instructor at the University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute was named State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) director Wednesday. Governor Eric Greitens appointed Ernie Rhodes as SEMA director and Tim Bean as state fire marshal at the St. Louis Fire Academy. Right now, Rhodes is the fire chief for the West County