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Current Cole County 19th Circuit Judge Pat Joyce retained her seat in the race against Brian Stumpe, despite a large amount of outside spending in the powerful judgeship. Joyce has been a judge in Cole County since 1994. Joyce led the race with 12,062 votes to Stumpe’s 10,719. According to the Associated Press, The Washington-based

Missouri voters have rejected a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would have linked teacher evaluations to student performance and limited tenure protections. Tuesday’s defeat of Amendment 3 came after education groups led a lopsided fight against the measure and the main sponsor group, Teach Great, stopped campaigning when polling showed lack of public

Missouri voters have approved a state constitutional amendment limiting some of the governor’s budget-cutting powers. Amendment 10 on Tuesday’s ballot allows the Legislature to override a governor’s decision to freeze or slow spending on items in the state budget. The amendment also takes away governors’ powers to assume new revenues from policy proposals when making

Columbia voters rejected Proposition 2 during Tuesday’s election. The proposition would have raised fees that construction companies pay to build new homes and businesses. The city had planned to collect the money for new roads. The proposition would have hiked the charge for new development from 50 cents per square foot to $1 per square

Columbia Proposition 1 failed after Tuesday’s election in Boone County. The proposition would have increased property taxes by six cents every year for five years, a total raise of 30 cents. That would have brought the property tax in Columbia to 71 cents per every $100 of assessed value. The extra funds would have went

In Cole County, polling stations are seeing even more of a voter turnout than expected. County Clerk Marvin Register estimated about 34% percent of voters would turn out Tuesday in Cole County, but said he’s seen more people at the polls than expected. “Oh I think there are some real close races there, I really

ABC 17 News will carry live streaming network election coverage from ABC News starting at 6:00 p.m. on the homepage of abc17news.com. We’ll have live election results online and on air on FOX 22 KQFX and ABC 17 KMIZ through the night as the polls come to a close at 7:00 p.m. You can also

Columbia police have arrested three people in the robbery of Casey’s General Store on Clark Lane. 29-year-old Tyrel Lemley, 25-year-old Kristina Whitmarsh, and 24-year-old Laith Meeker were arrested for robbery in the first degree. Meeker was also arrested for armed criminal action and resisting arrest. The call came out just before 11 p.m. Monday. Police

Three people were arrested last Thursday and Friday on multiple charges after the Jefferson City Police SWAT team and MUSTANG Drug Task Force searched two homes. On Thursday, police searched a home in the 300 block of Buchanan Street. Detectives found crack cocaine, digital scales, packaging materials, ammunition, and a 9mm handgun. On Friday, the

Two people were arrested for drugs in Camden County Tuesday after the Camden County Street Crimes Unit and Lake Area Narcotics Group conducted a search warrant. Investigators searched a home in the 200 block of Bear Ridge Road. 28-year-old Koaleen Jones was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and 2 counts of endangering the

A California man accused of killing his son-in-law appeared in Moniteau County court today. Donald Bateman is facing first degree murder and armed criminal action charges after the September 3rd killing. Bateman and his son-in-law were apparently arguing about fixing a broken water heater. His next court appearance is scheduled for January.

The latest shooting at a student housing complex happened at the Cottages Sunday morning. Police said a large party was going on when someone fired multiple shots in the parking lot. No one was hurt, but a bullet went through a nearby window and four cars were also hit. Some students who live in the

Polls around Missouri will open at 6 a.m. for Election Day. They will stay open until 7 p.m., at which point ballot counting will begin. In addition to local issues and races for state and national offices, there are four constitutional amendments on the ballot. We will have full election coverage tonight on ABC 17

Ameren Missouri is taking on a multimillion-dollar project at its nuclear power plant near Fulton. The energy company is spending around $150 million to replace the head that fits on the nuclear reactor. Callaway Energy Center usually puts out enough energy to power around 700,000 households each year, but since mid-October the nuclear power plant

The Columbia City Council Monday night unanimously approved the addition of a fuel station in the Gerbes parking lot at the Broadway Shopping Center. The new station will have ten pumps for gasoline and a charging station for electric cars. Gerbes will build the fueling station in the southern part of the parking lot, near

Some parents of students at West Elementary School in Jefferson City say they’re concerned about safety. They say drivers in the area speed and run stop signs at the West Main Street and Dix Road intersection. “Pretty much every day is a life or death situation,” said Jessica King, a concerned parent. “I try to

A house north of Columbia was damage by a fire early Monday. Firefighters were called to the scene in the 1600 block of Prathersville road shortly before 3 a.m. Part of the home’s front and roof were damaged by the fire, and the damage is estimated at $50,000. The hardest hit were the kitchen and

Two people were released from the hospital after suffering a heroin overdose at a large motocross event in Osage County over the weekend. Taylor Cundiff, 23, and Quentin Tinsley, 22 are charged with class B felony distribution of a controlled substance. Nakia Lewis, 28, and Christopher Mitchell, 23, have been charged with possession of a

It still unclear Monday night when a Columbia man will go before a judge after he was accused of stabbing his wife Friday. 88-year-old Donald Rowland’s daughter found him and his wife, Betty, on Friday in their home off Woodrail Terrace near the Country Club of Missouri in south Columbia. Rowland is charged with first

A woman was arrested Saturday night after apparently trying to kidnap her kids. Court documents show Megan Keller threatened to shoot her ex-husband and children Saturday night around 8 at Bob Evan’s on Clark Lane. As Keller’s ex tried to call 911, Keller put an automatic pistol to his head and said she was going