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While the budget for the upcoming fiscal year is not yet finalized, there is at least one certainty: Funding for higher education will be cut — it’s just a matter of how much. Missouri lawmakers have approved a spending plan that cuts core funding for public colleges and universities by more than six percent. UM

The Missouri House passed a $27 billion state budget Thursday the day before the congressional deadline. The budget for the fiscal year starting in July is now in review in the state Senate and will then move on to Gov. Eric Greitens. In the current proposal, public universities and colleges across the state would take

A new report finds that the rate of sexual assaults on the University of Missouri campus is “too high for its population size.” Vice Chancellor Garnett Stokes, now interim chancellor, established the University of Missouri’s Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Task Force in the fall of 2015. Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Task Force Report

UPDATE: Lucas has been found guilty on all four counts, including double murder and armed criminal action. ORIGINAL STORY: A 12-person jury is deciding the fate of a man accused of murdering two men in September 2015. Darious Lucas is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action for

Nelson Barnes said his cell mate confessed to the crime in 2015. It wasn’t the crime the man found himself most recently accused of that October, a drug case that sent him to the Fulton Diagnostic and Reception Center. Barnes, serving a sentence for receiving stolen property, said Darious Ashton Lucas told him about a

Jefferson City Police were called to a home in the 600 block of Belmont Street for a possible intruder. When officers arrived at the home, the suspect had fled the area, and the residents claimed that a masked man entered the home and sexually assaulted the victim, identified as a 17 year old girl. The

TONIGHT: Clouds will move through during the evening then clear with overnight lows dropping into the mid to upper 40s. Northerly winds will diminish to near 10 mph after midnight. FRIDAY: It will be sunny, windy and warmer with high temperatures reaching the upper 60s. Northerly winds at 10-18 mph will gust to 30 mph

After one of the wettest 8 day stretches in over 5 years, Mid-Missouri is finally going to get a break in the rain department. Typically the first week of May sparks an increase in severe weather, but this year we’ll see a quiet weather pattern that will take us through most of next week. .

A vehicle has crashed on I-70 near mile marker 131. The right westbound lane is completely blocked, and ABC 17 News has confirmed that two adults and one child were taken to the hospital. We are working to confirm more details.

A Roseville, Calif. woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to her role in a conspiracy to distribute more than $6.6 million of synthetic cannabinoids (K2) at Callaway County, Mo., businesses. Sheila Marie Nawaz, 40, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud from Dec. 18, 2012, to July 16,

The Columbia Police Department released results Thursday of a sobriety checkpoint on Broadway near West Blvd on Saturday. The checkpoint lasted just over an hour because of inclement weather. During the sobriety checkpoint officers arrested 3 people for driving while intoxicated and conducted field sobriety testing on 21 people. 118 vehicles were checked in total.

A vehicle crashed on New Haven Road on Thursday morning. According to Boone County Deputies, the vehicle went off of the road and into a ditch. There was only one woman in the car, and she was checked by medics at the scene. The woman was not taken to the hospital by the medics. New

TODAY: This afternoon will finally start a dry spell that will carry us through the rest of the week. Outside of a few showers east of Hwy 63, today will be mostly sunny and breezy. Winds through the day will be out of the north, gusting up to 35 mph. Despite the sunshine, it will

Some of the larger rivers crested this morning and will continue to lower through the day, some however are still rising including the Osage River at St. Thomas. A Minor Flood Stage is expected along the Osage River this afternoon with a level 3′ above flood stage. The Missouri River at Jefferson City is cresting

The Columbia Police Department was called to the 1500 block of Tupelo Place on Sunday because of a domestic assault between two people in a relationship. After investigating, the police found out that the victim heard a knock at the door and when she answered it, Eric Lawhorn pushed the door open and ran inside.

TODAY: Breezy and cool with winds gusting to 35 mph in the afternoon. Rain will taper off east of HWY 54 through 10AM with temperatures in the upper 50s. Clouds will break in the afternoon giving way to some sun this evening. TONIGHT: Clouds will be clearing with sustained winds from the north tonight near

TODAY: It will be dry for the morning commute for those near HWY 65, while along US 63 rain looks to still be ongoing through 6AM. Rain will slowly push off to the east today where additional rain amounts of 1″ to 2″ is possible east of HWY 54 through 1PM today. It will be

A downtown Columbia donut shop said Wednesday that it was closing its location due to declining sales. Strange Donuts announced on Facebook the store at the corner of Broadway and Hitt Street will immediately close. “It’s been a lot of fun, but there has been a correlation between the student population decline and our sales.

Discussions on a proposed west Columbia road extension will continue in late May. On Wednesday, the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization, or CATSO, discussed the potential expansion from Dublin Avenue to Scott Boulevard as part of its long-range transportation plan. Multiple residents wrote letters to the group to voice concerns over traffic hazards for children,

Columbia’s Planned Parenthood could soon be providing abortions again. On Tuesday, a federal judge’s ruling to lift abortion restrictions went into effect. The ruling means Planned Parenthood just needs licensing from the state to resume abortion services at the Columbia facility on Providence Road. It’s something President and CEO Laura McQuade of Planned Parenthood Great