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It took two minutes for mayor Bob McDavid to open and close the city council’s special session Wednesday afternoon. He called it an “administrative action,” necessary to put three apartment complex proposals up for public discussion. “We can’t, by the rules that we live by, vote on something until it’s been in the public domain

A petition circulating for just days has more than 500 signatures – all trying to get the University of Missouri to move what some parents call a dangerous daycare. The Student Parent Center at University Village has been a cause for concern since the walkway collapse at an apartment there killed Lt. Bruce Britt. Parents

A Howard County volunteer firefighter was sent to University Hospital Tuesday night following a house fire at 922 County Road 448 near New Franklin. Volunteer firefighter Ryan Benedict was taken by ambulance for possible lung collapse and smoke inhalation. He was later released. The Howard County Fire Protection District said crews from New Franklin and

Parents of children at the Student Parent Center daycare at University Village aren’t waiting for the university to find solutions to the endangered daycare. Instead, they’ve formed a petition to get the daycare moved to a new, safer location and ensure it stays open. Several parents told ABC 17 News they keep sending emails and

The future of the Westminster College student newspaper is in doubt after the Student Government Association’s preliminary budget recommended cutting the paper’s funding. The government association’s recommendation to cut the paper’s $8,000 budget was part of move to reduce budgets across the campus in Fulton. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports it is unlikely the newspaper

A fire left moderate damage to a commercial building north of Columbia Wednesday morning. Crews went around 7:30 a.m. to the 1400 block of County Road 1570 in Randolph County near Highway 24, about 15 minutes east of Moberly. Investigators think the blaze started in the stovepipe of a wood heater. The flames were contained

A man convicted of burning down a Jefferson City sporting goods store may get a new trial. Kurt Steidley was found guilty by a jury in January of setting Everharts Outdoor on fire in 2011. He was set to be sentenced Wednesday, but instead his attorney Shane Farrow asked for a retrial stating there as

In 2012, there were 29,560 DWI offenses statewide. In 2013, the numbers dropped to 25,594. And so far in 2014, there have been 2,428 DWI arrests. While the numbers are down, some say the consequences for repeat DWI offenders need to be harsher. “There have been instances where there have been two or three time

Target is back in the spotlight again. This time for a swimsuit ad “gone wrong” — an ad that some say is sending a dangerous messages to teens and women. This ad popped up online on Monday showing a woman with badly photo shopped legs to create a thigh gap. The thigh gap is one

Missouri guard Jabari Brown was named to the All-SEC’s First Team while fellow classmate Jordan Clarkson was named Second Team All-SEC. Brown, who is averaging 19.7 points per game, had 17 games with 20 points or more this season. That is the most in team history since Kareem Rush in 2001. Brown’s selection gives Mizzou

A bridge more than 80-years-old east of Columbia still needs repairs Tuseday, after we first identified the issues almost three years ago. The bridge is on Rustic Road near the Southeast city limits, and it’s the only way to cross the north fork of the Grindstone Creek. When ABC 17 first learned about this bridge

Ryan Ferguson’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner filed a civil suit against several investigators involved in the 2001 murder of sports editor Kent Heitholt. It was filed Monday, on the tenth anniversary of Ferguson’s arrest. The suit named the city of Columbia, Boone County, former Boone County prosecutor Kevin Crane, former Columbia Police Chief Randy Boehm, and

A police car was involved in a non-injury crash late Tuesday afternoon on I-70 near the Rangeline exit in Columbia. Multiple vehicles were damaged in the accident, which briefly shutdown both lanes of the highway. It is not clear what caused the wreck.

Allergy experts say allergy season could hit us any time now. These recent warm temperatures are allowing trees to begin the pollen production process. “We’ve had a very cold winter. When winter is especially cold, the trees get really excited to pollinate at the first sign of spring,” said Dr. Mark Vandewalker of Allergy and

Two people were injured early Tuesday following a serious car crash in Jefferson City. Police say Natalie Deekan, 19, was a driving a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 truck. It hit the back of a semi just after 6 a.m. The tractor trailer was stopped along the exit ramp to Highway 54 at Ellis Boulevard. Deeken and

Two drivers died in a head-on collision that happened in Columbia early Tuesday. According to the Columbia Police Department, shortly before 12:30 a.m. the driver of an SUV was going south in the northbound lanes of Highway 63 just north of the Vandiver Drive overpass. The SUV then hit another vehicle head-on. The accident closed

A Missouri basketball player will not make the trip to the SEC basketball tournament in Atlanta this week. On Monday, Missouri head coach Frank Haith announced Criswell would not make the trip, saying he has to “take care of some things back here in Columbia.” Senior forward Tony Criswell had a court date on March

Fire crews said warmer temperatures and windy conditions are a recipe for a brush fire. Crews have responded to more than a dozen brush fires since Friday. “Conditions today…very low humidity, warmer temperatures and high winds,” said John Metz with the Columbia Fire Department. “These conditions are very conducive to rapid fire spread.” Metz said

Battle girls basketball has already made history in just its first year. The Spartans beat Notre Dame (St. Louis) on Friday, 55-51, for its the school’s first district title. “It is nice to get our name out there for once,” junior guard Cheyanna Weaver said. “Instead of Hickman and Rock Bridge, now it’s Battle. And

A medical examiner says a preliminary autopsy shows a toddler apparently drowned in a Mid-Missouri home where her father was also found dead. Camden County authorities found the bodies of 2-year-old Sadie Marie Burns and 40-year-old Robert William Burns in their Camdenton home Friday. Deputy medical examiner Ron Yoder released the autopsy report on Sadie