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More than 640 bridges in the state need some major repairs or even need to be replaced. The Missouri Department of Transportation recently finished the latest bridge inspections. MoDOT added another 50 bridges to the list this week that need critical condition. “A lot of it is just age and deterioration,” MoDOT State Bridge Engineer

September is National Hunger Action Month and The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri is participating in a big way. Tuesday, The Food Bank along with Columbia’s Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors unveiled a 16 foot, 212 pound orange spoon that will sit near the entrance of the building for the entire month. Hulett Heating

More than a dozen new jobs are coming to Moberly after officials announced the expansion of Lakeview Energy. The company plans to expand its bio fuels operations to Moberly, bringing 19 new full time jobs with hiring to begin immediately. The company bought the assets of the former Producer’s Choice Soy Energy facility and about

A 20-year-old Emergency Medical Technician is charged with stealing prescription pills from Isle of Capri Casino Hotel in Boonville. According to court documents, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers investigated a report of 11 hydrocodone pills stolen from a lost medication locker at Isle of Capri. Documents said the locker is accessible only to security supervisors

A Randolph County fast food restaurant is now closed due to a fire. The Sonic off North Morley in Moberly caught fire early Tuesday morning at around 2:30. Investigators traced the cause back to a possible short in an electrical cord. Insurance adjusters were on scene Tuesday, and the restaurant needs to be inspected before

A Missouri man sentenced to serve life in prison without parole for marijuana is now released from prison. In May, Gov. Jay Nixon granted Mizanskey a commutation of his sentence. A Missouri Board of Probation and Parole at the Jefferson City Corrections Center held his first hearing on Aug. 6. Four days later, Mizanskey and

Cole County is asking some property owners to address some health concerns after neighbors complained about a house on Scruggs Station Rd. in Jefferson City. Untrimmed grass, weeds, garbage, and loose tires were among the complaints. The health department considered the property a hazard. A spokesman for the health department briefed the Cole County Commission

An Osage County woman pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday for having meth and an illegal gun. 39-year-old Sangria Mueller told investigators she had meth and intended to sell it in Osage County in February 2014. Mueller also said she had a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. Mueller has three prior felony convictions for drugs, and a

ABC 17 News has learned Tuesday the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the state geologist are investigating the source of a water leak in Iberia. A viewer told ABC 17 News there has been a water leak in her front yard at 315 Walnut St. in Iberia for 8 years and it is coming

The Columbia Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect who apparently vandalized and stole from Robinson’s Cleaners. The suspect went into the location at 3601 Buttonwood Drive last Friday and was captured on surveillance cameras prying open the coin collectors on washing machines. The suspect took the money from each

Lawyers for both sides of a man’s murder trial argued several different aspects of the upcoming case in Boone County. Circuit Judge Jodie Asel considered 35 motions in limine during 32-year-old Cody Baker’s pre-trial hearing. Authorities believe Baker killed Finley Steele, Baker’s girlfriend’s 8-month-old daughter, in February 2014. The girl’s mother, 25-year-old Anna Steele, called

A motorcyclist has been taken to a Columbia hospital after a crash Monday evening on Highway 63, near Grindstone Parkway. Joint Communications says part of the highway, which was closed, has since reopened. The crash happened just after 8:30 Monday night. It happened in the northbound lanes of Highway 63, just south of the Grindstone

It started Thursday night when some students received an MU Alert text message saying there was an active threat near campus. But the text had no information about the threat and no location. The location was added a short time later, and the location was changed shortly after the first location was released. ABC 17

September usually starts off with warm temperatures with the average 30 year high on the first of the month at 84. We will lose an hour and 12 minutes of daylight this month with sunset by the 30th at 6:53 p.m. Temperatures cool quite a bit by the end of the month with an average

Residents of a west Columbia neighborhood say someone’s snooping through their trash –possibly digging for identities. “It’s pretty disconcerting that we would have someone rummaging through our trash and looking for identity information,” said Edie Hickman a Bellwood resident. The Bellwood neighborhood association put out a Facebook post last week that said multiple people in

A three-car crash on I-70 eastbound in Columbia caused delays Monday afternoon. The crash happened near the Rangeline exit, or mile marker 127. Several other crashes were reported across Columbia, including one that caused backups at I-70 and Stadium, and at Chapel Hill and Chapel Plaza Court.

Business Loop Community Improvement District board members decided to postpone a proposed half-cent sales tax election during a public meeting Monday. Board members were surprised to learn a single registered voter was living within the CID’s boundary lines. Jen Henderson, a 23-year-old University of Missouri student, lives on Business 70 West. She would be the

A Jefferson City woman is charged with 2 counts child abuse after officers saw her throwing a 5-year-old girl to the ground by her hair. Neighbors called police when they heard children and parents yelling. The caller told police that it sounded like a belt was being used. Court documents said 24-year-old Dmitria Price was

The Mexico Public Safety Department responded to a report of shots fired early Monday morning. Around 12:45 a.m., officers went to the 1500 block of North Clark. Passengers in a brown car shot at least nine times at a person in a white SUV,Mexico Public Safety Department said. Bullets damaged a house, a parked car

Eldon Police have confirmed a school bus accident in Eldon Monday afternoon. Highway Patrol told ABC 17 News the crash happened around 301 E. 4th Street near the Hardee’s restaurant at the intersection with Business Highway 54. The school bus was stopped to drop off students when it was rear-ended by a pick-up truck. Corporal