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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ pick for health department director has been embroiled in controversy over well water safety in his home state. Greitens announced Thursday he’s tapped North Carolina’s former public health director Dr. Randall Williams for the job in Missouri. Veteran North Carolina toxicologist Ken Rudo has accused Williams of acting unethically by saying

COLUMBIA- The UM Board of Curators approved the architect for Memorial Stadium’s south end zone project by a 5-1 vote on Thursday. Populous Inc. out of Kansas City will be the designer for the project. The cost of the architect will be $4.31 million and will be paid with private gifts, according to the meeting’s

UPDATE 11:42 a.m.: The power has been restored, and we will continue to update this story with any new information. ORIGINAL STORY: More than 1,000 Columbia Water and Light customers were without power Thursday morning. According to the outage map, there is currently one outage affecting 1,269 customers in south Columbia. At one point, the

TODAY: An unseasonably cold afternoon is expected for Mid-Missouri through the remainder of the day. Some low to mid level clouds are building in ahead of a very weak shortwave. This is allowing cold air advection to still take place this afternoon. Highs will struggle to climb to freezing this afternoon, with wind chill values

UPDATE 8:23am: A spokesperson for the Boone County Fire Department estimates the damage to be around $10,000. UPDATE 4:23am: Several emergency units are on the scene of a structure fire in central Boone County. Our ABC 17 News crews say they do not see any flames or smoke coming from the home, but say firefighters

The Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety is discussing Senate Bill 314, establishing the narcotics control act. The act would require the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish and maintain a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of all schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances in the state of

TODAY: It will be a cold morning with a north/northwest wind of 5-10 mph. A wind chill of 2-10 is possible for the morning commute, with lowest being north of I-70. By 8AM, wind chills look to reach the mid teens, followed by afternoon wind chills in the mid 20s. Mid level clouds this morning

Clouds increasing in the morning on Saturday as a warm front lifts. Light, isolated showers look possible mainly from HWY 50 and north where a trace to a few hundredths of an inch of rain is possible from about 9AM through 3PM in the afternoon. The chance is low, but there is a slight chance

TODAY: AM Wind Chill: 5-12 through 9AM, then wind chills in the mid teens. Partly sunny afternoon with highs in the mid 30s. TONIGHT: Not as Cold, Partly Cloudy; 30. FRIDAY: Cold morning then mostly sunny and warm; 61.

UPDATE, 11:57 p.m.: Police confirmed the standoff was over and one person was taken into custody. ORIGINAL: Multiple police officers were on the scene at Columbia Square Apartments for a standoff Wednesday night. Public Information Officer Latisha Stroer with the Columbia Police Department said street crime detectives were looking for a wanted man in the

The Montieau County Prosecutor will appear in court Thursday afternoon on the defendant’s side of the bench. Shayne Healea faces five charges after he reportedly drove his truck into Addison’s Restaurant in downtown Columbia in October 2014. Four people were hurt in the crash. In November, Healea filed to have the case dismissed. The parties

University of Missouri is still seeking a private developer to help operate and build a child care facility where the former University Village once stood. In 2014 the University say they reached out to many private developers but still haven’t heard back from anyone to this date. University Spokesman Christian Basi told ABC 17 News

A former instructor at the University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute was named State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) director Wednesday. Governor Eric Greitens appointed Ernie Rhodes as SEMA director and Tim Bean as state fire marshal at the St. Louis Fire Academy. Right now, Rhodes is the fire chief for the West County

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines this week for adults on influenza, hepatitis B and HPV vaccines. This comes as Mid-Missouri is in the middle of peak flu season with nearly 200 confirmed cases of the flu in Cole County through Jan. 28 and 570 cases in Boone County through Feb.

The Water and Light Advisory Board of Columbia Water and Light mentioned that they will respond to an email from Integrated Resource Management, Inc. that said the aquifer from where Columbia obtains their drinking water is unsafe. Robert Bowcock, with Integrated Resource Management, Inc., said in the email that Columbia Drinking Water Consumers have reported

In just five days, the Columbia Board of Education will meet for a final vote on redrawing middle school boundary lines for the 2017-2018 school year. The redistricting would move more than 100 students from Gentry Middle School in south Columbia to Jefferson Middle School near downtown in an effort to alleviate overcrowding at Gentry.

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed after a firefighter died in a walkway collapse at a University of Missouri-run apartment complex. Residents had called 911 after hearing and seeing cracks in the walls and foundation of the buildings. Lt. Bruce Britt was working on behalf of the Columbia Fire Department to evacuate

The City of Columbia has taken another step on the road to joining Saint Louis County’s prescription drug monitoring program. The city council will have a first reading of the ordinance during their February 20 meeting. The second reading and vote will happen at their March 6 meeting. Because the council has a busy agenda

United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia man and a Harrisburg man were sentenced in federal court today. Troy Chance Lewis, 31, of Columbia, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison without parole for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Sean Anthony Blumenshine, 34, of Harrisburg, was

TONIGHT: Skies will clear and low temperatures will drop into the upper teens. A northerly breeze will bring wind chills down to 5-10 degrees by daybreak. THURSDAY: We’ll have more sunshine but some mid and high level clouds will pass through during the day. Temperatures stay in the low to mid 30s with north winds