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Jill Hartleip-Wren said it’s taken time, money and help to get to where her business is right now. Hartleip-Wren started a business with her family and a friend to secure one of the state’s first medical marijuana dispensary licenses. The company, JMMJ LLC, wants to set up the dispensary in the 1300 block of Grand

A multistate medical marijuana company looks to open a cultivation facility in Jefferson City. Columbia Care has 63 facilities across the country in operation or developing and one-million sales to patients, according to the company’s website. The Jefferson City Planning and Zoning Commission said it received a zoning letter request from Columbia Care with the

The University of Missouri and Columbia Public Works received the green light at the city council meeting Monday night to form a one-year pilot program. The program will be a way to regulate the operation and use of scooters and other small vehicles. It is not clear exactly what that regulation will look like because

UPDATE: Power was restored to Hudson, Rollins and Gillett residence halls around 9 p.m. Tuesday after an outage affected 20 buildings on campus. According to a tweet from MU Residential Life, crews were working on the transformer around 8 p.m., and, at the time, repairs were expected to take about three hours. Power was restored

Officials with the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is leading a campaign to discourage young people from using e-cigarettes and similar products. Federal health officials are warning users to stop using the devices after hundreds of patients were diagnosed with lung illnesses related to vaping. Over the weekend a California man

Police in Camdenton say they arrested an 18-year-old woman for allegedly selling drugs at a high school football game. According to court documents, police were called to Lake Pride Football Stadium at 662 Laker Pride Road. According to the documents, a school resource officer detained Julia Miller of Lebanon for allegedly selling narcotics at the

Hickman is the first Columbia high school to have a room dedicated to playing video games. Gamers competed Tuesday against Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Peter Stiepleman and Columbia Public Schools Foundation President-elect Abe Bahadori as part of a foundation grant to create the district’s first e-sports room. CPSF gave the high school $8,500 toward the

A month meant to raise awareness and resources for the fight against childhood cancer has drawn a warning from the Better Business Bureau about charity scams. The BBB is warning potential donors to research charities to make sure they are secure and reputable. The organization says to research a charity’s website, look at its mission

The Columbia Housing Authority will authorize the submission of an application for state funding Tuesday. “This is pretty perfunctory,” said Phil Steinhaus, Columbia Housing Authority CEO. “It’s just something we have to do as part of the application process.” CHA is applying for 9 percent low-income housing tax credits to help fund an $8.6 million

Power has been restored to two downtown Columbia intersections after a crash made them dark Tuesday. Columbia Public Works said intermittent outages were possible on Tenth Street at Broadway and at Walnut Street, the public works department said. The outages began Tuesday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into an electric service meter, the department said.

Several pedestrians walking along Clark Lane said they feel “unsafe” Tuesday, the day after a teenager was hit and killed while walking along the road. Battle High School student Claudine Nibigira, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene Monday night after a vehicle hit her while she was walking in the 3600 Block of Clark

A teen was killed Monday night after a car hit them while they were walking in the 3600 Block of Clark Lane. Claudine Nibigira, 17, of Columbia, was pronounced dead on-scene, the Columbia Police Department said. Lt. Robert Fox said Nibigira was walking on the road when she was hit by a car traveling eastbound.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy, lows in the low 70s. WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, highs in the low 90s. Heat index in the upper 90s. EXTENDED: Oppressive heat continues this week until Friday with an upper level ridge holding strong over the Midwest. A deep trough of low pressure approaches by the

Camdenton police say they found a southwest Missouri man dead Monday in an SUV at Walmart. Police were called to the store at about 5:20 p.m. after a Walmart employee found a man later identified as James E. Warner, 45, of Joplin, in the rear cargo area of an SUV, the Camdenton Police Department said

Adults who are interested in earning their high school diploma in Mid-Missouri will soon have a place to do so. Mike Reynolds, the Columbia Excel Center director said, “What better caveat to have a mom or a dad coming back to get their diploma and if their children are at a school somewhere here in

A St. Louis police officer is suing the city and the police department, claiming he was violently beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that Luther Hall’s lawsuit mirrors allegations made by federal prosecutors in the December indictment of four police officers. One officer pleaded guilty earlier

Watch playback of a live video stream of a news conference with Missouri football coach Barry Odom in the player below.

UPDATE 2:15 a.m.: Police are now investigating another call for shots fired in central Columbia. Columbia Police were called to the area of 5th St. and Park Ave. for shots fired around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday. ABC 17 crews on the scene heard what sounded like gunshots while they were at a scene on Forest

The Missouri State Highway Patrol was assisting Osage and Gasconade County agencies with a death investigation of a man and child Tuesday morning. #GasconadeCounty Update: 37 year-old male & 4 year-old male child found deceased near Valentine Ford Road, west of Route A. Investigation to continue. Preliminary info: https://t.co/VsujWgkPPd pic.twitter.com/o8WUxm0qgm — MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF)

The amount of water flowing down the lower Missouri River this year is approaching the record set during the historic 2011 flood, and another round of flooding is expected this week after unusually heavy rains upstream, federal officials said. Heavy rains dumped more than four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and