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The Better Business Bureau released a new investigative study that showed the number of fake check scams is on the rise, even though the actual use of checks decreased. Michelle Gleba, BBB Columbia Regional Director, explained the findings of the report on Wednesday. The report showed that the amount of fake regular checks, cashier’s checks

Attorneys for the Hallsville R-IV School District responded to the wrongful death lawsuit that targets the district, the Hallsville Middle School assistant principal, the former middle school principal and the superintendent of the district. The response was filed Friday and stated that 13-year-old Rylie Wagner “was not bullied by any District student or employee.” Wagner’s

ABC 17 News is taking an in-depth look at what’s next for Shayne Healea after the now former Moniteau County prosecutor pleaded guilty Tuesday to four misdemeanor charges. Healea was driving drunk when he drove into Addison’s restaurant in 2014, injuring four people. He resigned and will not run for reelection as part of a

The City of Columbia appointed an interim finance director Wednesday to hold the office until it begins a nationwide search later this month. Former City Controller Janet Frazier will hold the position until the replacement for the former director, Michele Nix, is found. Nix announced her resignation last month in order to take on a

THIS AFTERNOON: We’re tracking a slow moving cold front in western Missouri bringing rainfall to Kansas City along the I-49 corridor as of 11am. This front will ease it’s way off to the east this afternoon, affecting our western counties by 2-3pm, making it’s way closer to the HWY 63 corridor by the evening rush.

Mexico public safety officers tried to pull over a car in the 800 block of W Breckenridge Tuesday night. As officers approached the vehicle, they say the driver, 27-year-old Dana Ware Jr., sped away from the stop. Ware drove about three blocks before police say he stopped the car and fled on foot. “Additional officers,

Parking at Columbia Regional Airport (COU) will remain free after the city council voted down a proposed increase Tuesday night. In a 5 to 2 vote, the council rejected a measure that would have imposed a $3 per day parking fee at the airport. Council members Betsy Peters and Ian Thomas supported the parking fee.

TODAY: It’s a fairly quiet morning across Mid-Missouri, with building clouds from the west. A cold front to our northwest will slowly track into the region today, bringing cooler conditions and scattered storms chances. With the upper level ridge breaking down that has been responsible for our hot weather, we’ll see slightly cooler conditions today.

The Columbia City Council once more rejected a $4 million sewer extension west of town. Council members, in the sixth hour of their meeting that started Tuesday night and extended into Wednesday morning, voted 4-3 against extending sewer along the Henderson Branch, and connecting it to two commercial properties in the Midway area. Council members

A Moniteau County elected official pleaded guilty Tuesday to four misdemeanor charges in connection with an October 2014 crash into a building that left four people injured. Moniteau County prosecutor Shayne Healea entered the plea in a Shelby County courtroom on a change of venue to three counts of Class 1 misdemeanor assault in third

UPDATE: The city council voted 7-2 in favor of creating the School Street Historic District. ORIGINAL: Jefferson City officials have not received confirmation that homeowners in a local historic district have the ability to avoid a FEMA rule that blocks significant home improvement projects. The Jefferson City council will consider the application for the School

Employees with the city of Columbia could get greater pay raises in next year’s budget. The Columbia City Council adopted several different measures to raise pay for city workers, setting the new minimum wage for workers to $15 an hour and giving a 45-cent an hour raise to every employee. The council also accepted plans

Five people died in traffic crashes over the Labor Day holiday weekend across Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol on Tuesday reported numbers from the holiday counting period, which started at 6 p.m. Friday and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday. Eleven people were killed on the roads during the 2017 Labor Day weekend. The patrol

BJC HealthCare will no longer run Boone Hospital Center after Dec. 31, 2020. The Boone Hospital Board of Trustees said in a news release Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with BJC leaders to end BJC’s management of the hospital. The trustees have been reviewing options for hospital management since last October. BJC had

Two Columbia men pleaded guilty Tuesday to being part of a prostitution ring. Barry Manthe, 65, and Ronald Clark, 67, pleaded guilty in separate appearances to charges of using the internet to promote a racketeering enterprise, in this case a prostitution business that operated out of a Columbia residence, the U.S. attorney’s office said in

A Missouri appeals court has ruled a state gas tax increase question intended for the November ballot cannot undergo a court review until after the election. Opponents of the measure, which would increase the state’s gas tax by 10 cents per gallon over four years, appealed a Cole County circuit judge’s dismissal of the case

TONIGHT: Lingering showers and storms are expected through the night, as a cold front slowly tracks into Missouri with the best chance in our northwestern counties. Under partly cloudy skies, we’ll see temperatures bottom out near 70. WEDNESDAY: Changes in our weather pattern start Wednesday as a frontal boundary from northern Missouri slowly moves south.

ABC 17 would like to apologize for inconveniencing viewers of the “Bachelor in Paradise” on Monday night. A technical problem caused our sister station FOX 22’s signal to air over the “Bachelor” from about 9:45 p.m. to 9:55 p.m. We are in the process of pinpointing the problem and working to ensure it doesn’t happen

(AP) — An Indiana woman whose husband and three children drowned when a duck boat sank in a Missouri lake has filed a federal lawsuit requesting an end to the manufacture and operation of the amphibious vehicles in the U.S. and elsewhere until they are redesigned for safety. Tia Coleman, of Indianapolis, filed the lawsuit

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers confiscated cocaine, one pound of psychedelic mushrooms and 12 pounds of marijuana after a crash in Cooper County on Monday. A pickup truck overturned on Interstate 70 at mile marker 94.8. There were no injuries in the crash, according to the MSHP. Yesterday, troopers worked a crash where a pickup