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***UPDATE TUESDAY 4:45 P.M.***Morgan County Sheriff Jim Petty is expected to brief the media on the latest developments in the murder case on Thursday. Ronald Blowers, 25, of Stover was charged Wednesday for resisting arrest and creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death. Blowers is being held on $1 million dollars bond. Authorities

Columbia/Boone County emergency officials missed the monthly test of the emergency alert system on Wednesday.The test, which is scheduled to occur on the first Wednesday of the month at 12 p.m., did not happen as scheduled.The Office of Emergency Management released a statement at 1:38 p.m. that stated, “Due to an administrative oversight, the monthly

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler has been appointed to the House Budget Committee beginning in January.The committee is responsible for developing the annual budget that determines the levels of spending in the fiscal year. The committee also sets the levels of revenue, deficit or surplus, and public debt expected to happen each year.”In the short time she

Boonville police are investigating a shooting that happened Saturday night.According to officers, a victim reported being shot in the arm by two people around 11:15 p.m. The victim was reportedly outside of his home in the 1200 block of Evergreen Circle at the time of the shooting.The victim is currently being treated in Columbia, however

Missouri’s prolonged drought is affecting this year’s crop of Christmas trees. Tree farm owners say they do have some concerns after the extremely dry conditions.One local farmer says he grows three different types of trees, but this year, he is only able to sell two of those types after the drought destroyed the third.Boone County

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon has been meeting with Missouri troops who are deployed to Kuwait and Afghanistan and said their service for the state and nation is “inspiring.”The most recent visit is Nixon’s third Department of Defense trip to the war zone since he took office in 2009. The Democratic governor said

Just days after a Columbia teenager’s tragic death, friends and family remembered the girl at a vigil Wednesday night.18-year-old Anna Alioto, a Rock Bridge High School graduate, drowned on Friday after a soccer workout at Northern Michigan University.A group of family and friends gathered at Rock Bridge Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil in her

A cold front will move into the region, bringing chances for scattered showers as early as Thursday night. Slightly better chances for showers will move in Friday morning into the afternoon. Some areas may not receive any rain, while other areas may pick up a tenth or two of rainfall.Rain will move out Friday night

***UPDATE 3 P.M.***Police are calling Wednesday night’s fatal shooting a justified shooting. Just before 1 a.m., Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies were called to reports of a shooting in Auxvasse.When deputies arrived, they found 28-year-old Benjamin Harris with a single gunshot wound. Authorities say the shooter actually called deputies and they do not believe charges will

***UPDATE THURSDAY 6 P.M.***Morgan County Sheriff’s officials say no murder charges have been filed in the case yet because investigators continue to get new names of possible suspects.Sheriff Jim Petty told ABC 17 News his department is checking all leads in the case and the investigation is changing hour-by-hour.However, Ronald Blowers continues to be held

***UPDATE 4:25 P.M.***A former Columbia police officer who lost his job over shoving a prisoner tried to get his case dropped on Thursday.Rob Sanders and his lawyer attempted to get his case dismissed. They are basing their argument on the special prosecutor asking to be removed from the case.Prosecutor Mike Fusselman is requesting to recuse

The Missouri Department of Transportation is set to perform work on Interstate 70 in Boonville on Friday.Crews advise that the work on westbound I-70 near Boonville will close one lane to traffic.Construction is scheduled for nighttime hours to lessen the impact on traffic.

The power has been restored to Fulton after a circuit problem at the Fulton State Hospital.Electricity was cut to more than 700 people on Tuesday. Some residents were in the dark for more than five hours.On Thursday, officials say a bad underground circuit caused the outage and that the hospital had fixed the damaged wire.

A Benton County man is behind bars for the death of his live-in girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter.Rafael Alejo Rodriguez, 27, of Cole Camp has been charged with second degree murder and child abuse for the death of Mia Aguilar.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, on Saturday, December 1st, the Benton County Sheriff’s Department notified the

A jury has convicted a man of two bank robberies in Columbia earlier this year.U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Don Ledford says Eddie Prince Roberts, 39, was found guilty of robbing the Boone County National Bank at 203 East Walnut on April 23rd and the Landmark Bank at 109 East Nifong on May 8th.Prosecutors say Roberts

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A long-sought proposal to extend University of Missouri worker benefits to same-sex domestic partners has been expanded to include committed couples of the opposite sex, as well as other unrelated dependent couples, such as roommates.University curators meeting in St. Louis on Thursday were briefed on the proposal but didn’t discuss the

Missouri’s Freshman Kicker Andrew Baggett was selected by coaches for the 2012 Freshman All-SEC Special Team. Baggett was one of four active freshmen kickers in the SEC this past season. Baggett went 14 of 20 in field goal range.Breaking down the rest of the team, SEC Champion Alabama, Florida and Texas A&M all had four

A Jefferson City man charged with killing two and injuring three in a boat crash appeared in a Gasconade County courtroom on Thursday.Christopher Winkler, 34, is accused of killing two people and injuring three others over the 2011 Labor Day weekend when his boat struck two anchored vessels at the Bonnots Mill river access in

It’s the season for holiday parties and in some cases, that means holiday drinking. Deputies say despite repeated warnings, drinking and driving continues to be an issue. Boone County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Brian Lear says most drivers do not understand what a designated driver is. They say most people believe the designated driver is the

***UPDATE FRIDAY 7 A.M.***Missouri State Highway Patrol says Charles D. Streeter, 44, of Springfield, Oregon was the man struck and killed on Highway 40 Thursday night.***UPDATE THURSDAY 8:40 P.M.***Missouri State Highway Patrol says an SUV driven by a 17-year-old was traveling east on Highway 40 when the vehicle struck the pedestrian.The pedestrian, a 44-year-old white