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Job Description: The successful candidate’s duties will include gathering information, writing, shooting, cultivating sources and editing stories from around Mid-Missouri for newscasts, station’s website and other digital platforms. Duties will also include anchoring the 5pm daily newscast, which includes anchoring, writing, copyediting and otherwise assisting the producer of the newscast. Qualifications: Applicants must have the

The Columbia Public School District announced Monday it received a check for $20,000 from a multinational manufacturing company. 3M donated the money to the district’s STEM program. STEM stands for science, engineering, technology and math. The $20,000 will be used for the district’s steam bus. The bus has different robotics and tools for STEM projects

Several schools in different states went on lockdown Monday morning due to a viral social media threat. Schools in Florida, Michigan., and Kansas City had heightened security after a screen shot of a text message was passed around social media that read, “Rhs shootout!!!! Don’t come to school tomorrow Monday January 25th, 2016!” Raytown High

Significant budget cuts are expected for the next school year in Hallsville. The Board of Education met last Wednesday, where no motion was made to finalize a 60 cent levy increase for the April 5 ballot. The ballot issue will therefore not make the Boone Co. deadline for Monday, meaning large cuts will have to

Missouri lawmakers met at the Capitol Monday to go over Governor Nixon’s budget recommendations. Senator Kurt Schaefer led the Senate Appropriations Committee starting at 12:30. In Nixon’s proposal, the budget includes $5 million to expand the Thompson Center for Autism. He also wants to invest $131 million in additional state and federal funding for the

There is a public hearing on Monday in Jefferson City that is focused on school bullies. A committee in the Missouri House will discuss the bill, which adds new requirements for schools’ anti-bullying policies. Under the proposed legislation, school counselors have to educate students who are bullied about techniques designed to overcome the effects of

A man is recovering after an early morning car crash in California, Mo. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said slick road conditions caused Christopher Winters, 31, to slide off Flag Spring Road around 12:15 Sunday morning. Winters hit a tree before coming to a stop on the roadway. He was transported to Capital Region Hospital

A man is still recovering in the hospital after a crash in Mexico, Mo. late Saturday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Payton Smith, 21, of Mexico, drove off the left side of the road on Highway 15 around 11:45 p.m. Smith’s car hit a fence and then flipped over. He was flown

The Columbia Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident that happened in north Columbia Sunday afternoon. The call came in around 2:30 p.m. that multiple gunshots were heard in the area near Bodie Drive. Responding officers and a Boone County sheriff deputy found multiple shell casings in the 5300 block of Currituck Lane. No

A Harrisburg man has bonded out of jail after being arrested for reportedly threatening people with a gun. Boone County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 100 block of Sexton Street in Harrisburg around 4:15 Sunday afternoon for a traffic complaint. Preliminary investigations revealed Jacob Andrews, 33, of Harrisburg, confronted a group of people to

The remaining snow continues to melt after warmer days across Mid-Missouri. The Cooper County Fire Protection District said residents should still be cautious of icy conditions. “Things are going to thaw out throughout the day and then in the evening time it’s going to get a little bit cooler,” said Captain Joey Simmons. “So that

Four people are behind bars Sunday after stealing from multiple stores across Mid-Missouri. Wentzville plice arrested Darian Knox, 17, Brittany O’Gorman, 23, Diara Parker, 23, and Shannon Parks, 18. The four were caught stealing from the Ross Dress for Less and Kohl’s stores in Wentzville, according to the Wentzville Police Department. The four were reportedly

A blizzard on the east coast cancels thousands of flights, including dozens in Missouri. At last check Sunday night, nearly 40 flights were affected at the Kansas City International Airport. Seventeen departures were canceled as well as 15 arrivals. A handful of flights were also delayed. At Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, at least 15 departing

After a day of dry weather across Mid-Missouri, rain chances will return to the forecast starting late Sunday night and early Monday morning as a low pressure system currently exiting the southeastern Rockies slides eastward into the Midwest. There is a chance for light drizzle to begin as early as 3AM for the western third

A 21 year-old is in serious condition after a crash in Audrain county. It happened around 11:45 Saturday night on County Road 355. Missouri State Highway Patrol says Payton Smith ran off the left side of the road, hit a fence, and rolled his 2003 Chevy Silverado. Smith was flown to University Hospital for his

Three people are recovering after a two-car crash in Miller County Saturday. Around 2:15 a.m., the driver of a pickup lost control on an icy road and hit a semi truck, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Two men in the pickup, Brandon Chapman, 26, and Austin Chittenden, 23, were taken to University Hospital

Columbia police are currently investigating a report of shots fired near MU campus. An alert was sent out just after 12:30 Saturday morning notifying students and anyone in the area to “take precautions” but it didn’t say where it happened. ABC17 News talked with some students and staff on campus Saturday to find out what

A Fulton man is behind bars after reportedly sexually assaulting a child and having drugs Saturday. Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a child sexual assault in the 6000 block of Laurlake Drive near Fulton, just before 3:00 a.m. Deputies determined Justin Gordon, 21, made sexual contact with a child younger than

An upper level trough currently stationed over the far western United States will begin shifting eastward towards the Midwest Sunday night into Monday, bringing a chance for precipitation along with it. Patchy drizzle is expected to begin moving into the Mid-Missouri region early Monday morning after 3AM and continue to spread eastward into late Monday