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***UPDATE 12:55 P.M.***Jefferson City Fire Department spokesman Jason Turner estimates damages to be around $90,000. The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental, but investigators are not ruling out a faulty furnace.***UPDATE 6:06 A.M.***Firefighters have clarified that an elderly couple in the home got out after the fire started. Neither person was hurt,

TOKYO (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 7.43 million vehicles in the U.S., Japan, Europe and elsewhere around the world for a faulty power-window switch – the latest, massive quality woes for Japan’s top automaker.The recall announced Wednesday affects more than a dozen models produced from 2005 through 2010. The power-window switch on the

A computer scam is making its way around Missouri, trying to con people out of money.The Boone County Sheriff’s Cyber Crimes Task Force says a screen will appear on the victim’s computer telling them it’s been locked by the FBI, because of illegal downloads.The computer will lock up and try to con people into paying

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Some families who lost their homes in the Joplin tornado have been given a seven-month extension to stay in government housing, but it will no longer be free.The Federal Emergency Management Agency has granted a request to keep its temporary housing units in Joplin until June 9, 2013. The trailers had

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who they believe is behind the Bank Star One robbery in New Bloomfield on Saturday.Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Gary Leland Coleman, 49, of Jefferson City. He is wanted on a $30,000 bond for a charge of second-degree robbery.Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane

The Cardinals-Nationals game is only being broadcast Wednesday on the MLB Network. Below are a list of channels on local cable providers.CenturyLink PrismColumbia/Jeff City634 and 1634 (HD) Charter Communications204 and 804 (HD) DIRECTV213 and 213,214 (HD) DISH Network152 and 152,9434 (HD) FAVE 219 Time Warner Cable 276 and 470 (HD)Mediacom and MU Televison do not

A U.S. Postal Service vehicle and the mail it was carrying was lost after it caught fire on Tuesday.The USPS says the rural carrier vehicle and its contents were destroyed along Rural Route 1 in Smithton. Only 30 of the 420 deliveries were completed before the fire.Most packages were destroyed, along with medicines and prescriptions.

Wednesday was the last day for Missouri residents to register for November’s general election.Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren said her office has processed about 13,000 new voter registrations so far this year. However, she says in 2008, the office processed nearly 21,000 new voters.”So we’re significantly lower than we were four years ago,” said Noren.Noren

An Eldon man was killed in an accident Wednesday afternoon in Miller County.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 49-year-old Steven Cline was traveling southbound on Missouri Highway 17 just south of Route F when he crossed the center line.Cline’s vehicle struck a car driven by Elliott Rush, 27, of Brumley head on. Cline was

Jefferson City officials unveiled new sidewalks Wednesday on Missouri Boulevard, one of the city’s busiest roads.The new sidewalks will make it safer for residents waiting for buses and those walking along the road.Local business owners say they are glad the construction is over, but it was worth the wait.”I think it’s going to help business

A new report from the Energy Department shows natural gas customers will seen an increase in price of 15 percent this winter, while heating oil will rise by 19 percent and propane by 13 percent.Right now, the price for oil is topping $91 per barrel. That price forecast has consumers looking for ways to be

Columbia Public Schools is reevaluating its start times and bus systems for next school year.The district plans to change both by next fall to accommodate new schools and to cut costs, as well as to keep up with how quickly the city is growing.CPS currently has 17,000 students in its schools. Officials say changing the

***UPDATE THURSDAY 9:40 A.M.***Columbia police confirm CPD officers, along with the FBI and St. Louis Police Department, arrested Hilary Bernard Miller in the 2900 block of Miami St. in St. Louis just before 9 a.m. Wednesday.According to officers, Miller allowed law enforcement to search his home. During the search, police found evidence connected to the

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich is raising concerns about how the public defender system tracks its caseloads.Schweich said Wednesday the public defender system’s methods would tend to overstate the workload. Among the concerns raised in the audit is that the public defender’s system uses national caseload standards from 1973 without tracking staff

WASHINGTON (AP) – Chris Carpenter was every bit the postseason ace he’s been in the past for the St. Louis Cardinals.Taking the mound for only the fourth time in 2012, missing a rib after surgery to cure numbness on his right side, the 37-year-old Carpenter pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning, rookie Pete Kozma

***UPDATE 7:08 P.M.***25-year-old Kyle Hargrett was spotted near College and the Business Loop, and police say he smelled like alcohol.Hargrett was arrested on DWI and five other charges. He bonded out hours later.***ORIGINAL STORY***Columbia police arrested a man after fleeing a traffic stop and crashing into a bar on Business Loop 70 East.An officer tried

Boone County Fire officials say a Centralia home was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning.When crews responded to the abandon home in the 23000 block of Swartz Road it was fully engulfed.No injuries were reported, and the cause is unknown.

The weather around Mid-Missouri will be quiet Thursday and Friday with clouds and highs in the mid 60s. A warm front will lift northward Friday night, bringing humid, more unstable air to the region. Highs will reach the low 80s Saturday with breezy southwest winds gusting to 30 mph at times. A cold front will

***UPDATE 2:56 P.M.***CAMDENTON, Mo. — A Jefferson City man has been convicted of two counts of second-degree murder for causing an accident that killed two people in August 2011.A Camden County jury also found Damien Bryan, 41, guilty of driving under the influence. Donald Edwards, 58, of Russellville and Joan Hamilton, 75, of Lenexa, Kansas

***UPDATE 6:14 P.M. FRIDAY***Columbia city leaders tell ABC 17 News the goal is in eight years to have 40-percent of all Mid-Missouri fliers go through Columbia Regional Airport. They say with the additions of Chicago and Dallas, along with the flights to Atlanta, they will now have flights going to three of the fours largest