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Moberly Area Community College could be the next home of manufacturing in Columbia. “I just think that the opportunities are limitless,” said Jo Fey, dean of the school’s workforce development and technical education program. The school applied for a state grant to expand its mechatronics program hosted at its Columbia campus on Business Loop 70.

Nearly 160 crashes on Interstate 70 through Mid-Missouri, part of Troop F, over the past year are blamed on drivers following too closely, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Over the last five years, there have been 840 crashes with seven fatalities, 193 injuries and 640 incidents of property damage handled by Troop F

The Columbia Public Schools District is one step closer to annexing Rock Bridge Elementary School into the city. The school lies just on the outskirts, at the intersection of South Route K and South Highway 163. Members of the public attended a public information meeting at City Hall to get more information from Crockett Engineers

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Jeremiah Tilmon scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Missouri to a 71-56 victory over Xavier on Tuesday night. Foul trouble has been a recurring theme for Tilmon, a 6-foot-10 sophomore forward, but he avoided silly fouls while playing solid defense against the Musketeers. Mark Smith and

The University of Missouri football team added another transfer quarterback on Tuesday night. Former TCU standout Shawn Robinson has signed to play for the Tigers. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MizzouFootball/status/1075187841179750401″,”author_name”:”Mizzou Football”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MizzouFootball”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Texas ➡️ &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheZou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#TheZou&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;Welcome QB Shawn Robinson &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MIZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#MIZ&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShowMe19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#ShowMe19&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/4qTJ3zqtTt”&#gt;https://t.co/4qTJ3zqtTt&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MizzouFootball/status/1075187841179750401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;December 19, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} Robinson, a

ABB announced Monday that it is selling its Power Grids business to Japan-based Hitachi. It is unclear how the transaction will impact the ABB facility just outside Jefferson City, which employs close to 1,000 people. The ABB building, which sits near Highways 54 and 94, employs 800 people, said Randy Allen, CEO of the Jefferson

The Holts Summit Police Department will continue servicing New Bloomfield in 2019. The New Bloomfield Board of Aldermen approved the $35,000 contract at its meeting Tuesday night, with one alderman voting against. According to the cooperative agreement, Holts Summit officers will be assigned to patrol and respond in Holts Summit and New Bloomfield on a

Fourteen people graduated from the 13th Circuit’s drug court program in Boone County on Tuesday afternoon. A ceremony was held at the Boone County Courthouse. It also marked the 20th anniversary of the drug court program. Since the program started, more than 1,000 people have graduated from it. Treatment courts are treatment-based alternatives to prisons,

An organic dairy plant northeast of Columbia is closing in on operational status. Aurora Organic Dairy told ABC 17 News on Tuesday that workers are in the process of testing and running product through the facility’s equipment. According to plant manager Doug Geshell, employees at the facility on Route B and Waco Road have processed

The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed an invasive tree-killing pest has been found in several new counties. Officials said the presence of Emerald Ash Borer, or EAB, has been recently detected in Caldwell, Gasconade, Harrison, Hickory, Webster and Wright Counties. Since the insect was first discovered in Missouri in 2008, it has spread to a

Cole County Emergency Medical Services officials will purchase two new ambulances after getting approval from the Cole County Commission on Tuesday. EMS director Matt Lindewirth said some of the agency’s ambulances have too many miles and constantly need maintenance. Cole County EMS has 12 ambulances in its fleet and the two new ones will replace

A man is charged in Callaway County after deputies recovered a stolen camper trailer this week. Samuel Smiley, 54, of Columbia was arrested around 2:40 p.m. Monday following a search of a home in the 1700 block of County Road 340 near Millersburg. Smiley was also wanted in Boone County on a felony count of

A judge heard arguments Tuesday in the city of Columbia’s efforts to condemn land for a fitness trail extension near the southeast edge of the University of Missouri campus. However, a ruling is not expected for several weeks. The city council in February approved a $2.8 million trail connecting east Columbia to central Columbia, called

UPDATE 6:30 P.M.: Power was restored to all customers in the Jefferson City area, according to the Ameren outage map. UPDATE 6 P.M.: About 800 customers remained without power in the Jefferson City area. ORIGINAL: More than 1,500 customers were without power in north Jefferson City on Tuesday afternoon. According to Ameren Missouri, the outage

The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory Tuesday morning warning parents about the dangers of young people using e-cigarettes. One in five high school students, and one in 20 middle school students use e-cigarettes, according to the advisory. Although traditional tobacco cigarette use remains low, the surgeon general said the use of JUUL e-cigarettes is

TONIGHT: It will be noticeably warmer tonight, as increasing clouds will keep temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s. It’ll feel colder though, as winds out of the south up to 11 mph will keep wind chill values near the freezing mark. WEDNESDAY: A jacket will be needed for the first part of the

A Fortuna man pleaded guilty to murder Friday in the killing of a baby. Matthew Hamm pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse in Moniteau County. In his plea Hamm admitted to seriously injuring the baby called “O.H.” in court documents, causing his death on May 5, 2017 by hitting him in

The Jefferson City Police Department is reassigning officers from patrol and shifting their focus strictly to solving recent homicides in Jefferson City. “It’s not that they have been taken off patrol, because they are still patrolling, they are just patrolling specific areas based on possible information from investigators,” JCPD Lt. David Williams said The department

A former employee of an Eldon drug company admitted in federal court Tuesday to embezzling nearly $150,000. Katherine E. Cebuhar, 41, of Olean, waived her right to a grand jury before pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud in federal court. Cebuhar was an office manager for Eldon Drug Company, a pharmacy, from April

A former Lincoln University student pleaded guilty to her role in a meth conspiracy in federal court on Tuesday. Bria Royale Lanier-Richie, 24, of St. Louis, took part in a 2017 drug conspiracy that would have been used to distribute methamphetamine that was sent through the mail by a co-conspirator in California, the U.S. Western