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Hundreds of University of Missouri graduate students rallied on campus in front of the columns demanding change Monday. Earlier this month, the university took away health care from graduate students a day before it was set to go into effect. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin reversed the university decision last Friday restoring health care. But Wednesday

A Columbia Kia dealership will soon have new owners. Head Motor Company is selling its Kia location at 710 Business Loop 70 West. Four partners plan to rename it “Kia of Columbia.” But Head Motor Company’s second dealership down the road at 400 Business Loop 70 West still plans to sell used cars, and it

WDBJ reporter, Alison Parker, and photographer, Adam Ward, are two out of five journalists in the past 15 years who have been murdered while on the job. Their suspected killer was fired a couple of years ago from WDBJ. “So, often these people that commit to violence, they feel like it’s hopeless, they don’t have

Crews on Highway 50 in Jefferson City are preparing for changes at the Lafayette interchange. The westbound on ramps are nearly complete, and starting Thursday, westbound traffic will start driving through Lafayette St. while the westbound ramps are repaired. MoDOT is changing the lane size from 12 feet to 11 fet, making the road more

Two men from the Lake of the Ozarks area were arrested and charged after investigators found numerous drugs in a storage unit following a search warrant. Camden County deputies and members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group searched a storage business in the 200 block on Carol Road in Lake Ozark Tuesday night. Deputies

We have been enjoying dry and mild weather the past few days but some changes are on the way as we head into the weekend. An upper level disturbance will move in from the west, bringing a chance of rain as early as Friday morning with a spot shower possible north of I-70. Most areas

MoDOT crews are preparing to set up barriers for a major I-70 bridge replacement project in Columbia. The work is scheduled to begin Wednesday night. The driving lane on westbound I-70 will close from 9:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. Thursday. The highway will close Thursday night at the same time. Crews will also close one

A Lake Area man was arrested over the weekend for an assault that happened earlier this month. 33-year-old James Dean Turner of Lake Ozark allegedly assaulted a man in the 100block of Sweet William Road. Witnesses said the victim was trying to break up a fight between Turner and his girlfriend. When deputies arrived, Turner

According to WDBJ, the man accused of killing a reporter and photographer for the Virginia TV station Wednesday morning has shot himself after encountering law enforcement. The Associated Press confirmed Wednesday afternoon the shooter has died at an area hospital. WDBJ’s Alison Parker and Adam Ward were at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake

A Cole County man was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after he was trampled by a cow. The accident happened in a corral near Centertown at around 11:00 in the 10000 block of Mud Creek Road. The man was life-flighted to University Hospital in Columbia. Cole County EMS, Regional West firefighters, and Cole Co.

Ameren Missouri has unveiled its dry cask storage facility at the Mid-Missouri nuclear plant in Callaway County southeast of Fulton. ABC 17 News (along with other local media) was extended a rare invitation inside the maximum security nuclear facility so we could show you how it works. And although it’s never been used in our

More DWI offenders are wearing ankle bracelets, and now the Boone County court is asking for more funding to help pay for them. As part of a bond condition, an offender with more than three DWI charges must wear an ankle monitor called A TAD. The monitor measures the alcohol content in sweat and sends

Local scores for August 25, 2015. Check out volleyball highlights in the video player. Softball North Callaway 8South Callaway 5 Battle 2Helias 6 Fatima 2Southern Boone 0 Hallsville 6Macon 2 Russellville 17Harrisburg 14 Hickman 7Boonville 4 VOLLEYBALL Fatima 25 25Chamois 5 11 Rock Bridge 16 17Jefferson City 25 25 Centralia 21 21Fulton 25 25 Soccer

On Tuesday, the Fulton City Council voted to raise the salary of starting firefighters to $9.50 an hour, $10 an hour after six months on the department. This comes after the council voted against a contract that would have given firefighters a 9% raise earlier this month. Residents rallied outside city hall ahead of the

A thin layer of smoke is moving into Mid-Missouri from wildfires burning in the northwestern states. The upper level winds are coming in from the northwest, carrying the thin smoke plume toward the southeast high up in the atmosphere. The smoke plume is forecast to spread to the south and east through Wednesday which will

A Mid-Missouri organization is still working to raise funds for a new veterans housing complex and shelter in Columbia. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, (R)-MO, spoke at the future veterans Welcome Home site Tuesday on the importance of the project to local veterans’ health. The Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia has seen about 800

Dent County authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man. Billy Smith was reported missing after he was last seen at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles Monday morning. Smith is described as a 5’10” white man with blue eyes who weighs about 315 lbs. Smith is the brother of Missouri congressman

A woman is facing charges in Cole and Callaway counties after authorities say she led them on a high-speed chase through three counties on Tuesday morning. According to a press release from JCPD, the chase started around 1:30 a.m. in Jefferson City when 31-year-old Danna Peters failed to stop for Jefferson City police after they

Highway 54 in Holts Summit was temporarily closed Tuesday afternoon after a wrong-way crash. Holts Summit Police told ABC 17 News a person was driving the wrong way on Highway 54 near Center Street when they struck a Holts Summit Police Department cruiser. Police said they had gotten a tip about the wrong-way driver and

A Columbia man is in jail this afternoon, accused of beating a man with an aluminum pipe. It happened Monday just before 11 p.m. near the 2600 block of Quail Drive. Columbia police say a male victim saw Larry Williams fighting with a female and went to intervene. Police say Williams started throwing rocks at