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A Columbia City Council member who is accused of misusing his office is set to go to jury trial next month, according to online court records. Fourth Ward Councilman Ian Thomas requested a jury trial on Monday, and his trial was approved on Tuesday. Thomas is expected to have a pre-trial conference on Oct. 17

Jefferson City leaders will continue discussions Thursday morning on the future of the Jefferson City Memorial Airport after severe flooding damage. Jefferson City’s Public Works’ Operations Director Britt Smith said he will give an update on the terminals and lighting at the Public Works & Planning Committee meeting Thursday morning. “It could be a long

Chuck and Katie Graham have a son in seventh grade with mobility impairments. “He has a hypermobility joint disorder, so he has a lot of pain from walking and has to wear plastic orthodic ankle braces,” said Chuck Graham. He said his son’s condition makes it incredibly painful to walk up and down stairs, which

The Missouri Governor’s Office spent about $200,000 in attorney fees for a lawsuit centered around the use of an ephemeral messaging app, Confide. The report by State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office stated that the money was spent during Eric Greitens’ final stretch in office. He resigned in June 2018. Attorney Mark Pedroli with the Sunshine

No health code violations were reported at three Fulton School District buildings in recent food service inspections. The most recent inspections conducted by the City of Fulton found zero violations at Bartley School, Fulton High School and Bush School. About 1,200 students eat a lunch prepared in a Fulton School District cafeteria each day.McIntyre School

Columbia police said Wednesday that an exploratory dig at the city landfill yielded some clues to help investigators in their investigation of an alleged 2006 murder, but more work is needed. The Columbia Police Department began searching a 14-acre section of the landfill Monday in an effort to pinpoint where trash was being buried when

Marshall Public Schools dismissed students at 1 p.m. Wednesday and will dismiss at 12:30 p.m. Thursday because of the heat, according to the school district’s transportation director. The school district said a heating and HVAC unit needs repairs, and it is unclear when it will be fixed.

A turkey vulture did not survive after taking out power to several University of Missouri campus buildings Wednesday. Power was off to 28 buildings and three parking garages for about an hour starting at 6:47 a.m. after a turkey vulture landed on an electric pole and its wing hit a connector, MU spokesman Christian Basi

The annual veto session kicked off Wednesday afternoon in Jefferson City, but no action was taken. Rep. Chuck Basye, R-Rocheport told ABC17 News that House Democrats motioned to override two of Gov. Mike Parson’s vetoes, but the overrides did not go to a vote. Among the bills Parson vetoed during the regular session was one

UPDATE: Fayette police said Wednesday afternoon that a missing 26-year-old woman has been found in Jefferson City. Police put out an appeal for public help finding Brenn Groseclose late Tuesday. Other details were not immediately available. ORIGINAL:The Fayette Police Department said it was looking for a missing woman Monday night. Brenn R. Groseclose, 26, of

The EF3 tornado that pounded Jefferson City in the early-morning hours of May 23 left dozens of businesses and residences damaged. Some, including three food establishments, were forced to shut down entirely. The Burger King location on Christy Drive, the Ellis Boulevard location of the Sonic Drive-In franchise and the kitchen of the Capital Bowl

Columbia police will perform an exploratory search of the city landfill in the case of a Columbia woman missing since 2006. Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Jeremiah Hunter said at a news conference Friday that investigators will try to determine the area of the landfill where trash was being dumped in August 2006 in their

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm, 72. THURSDAY: Hot and humid with highs near 90 and the heat index in the upper 90s. A cold front arrives by late afternoon, triggering thunderstorms by evening. EXTENDED: Showers and thunderstorms move west to east on Thursday evening, bringing 1-1.5″ of rain to the western half of the area,

A Holts Summit man pleaded guilty to child molestation on Monday in a case that was filed earlier this year. Austin T. Hoyt had sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl four times beginning as early as 2017, according to court documents. Hoyt was originally charged with two counts of child molestation, two counts of statutory

Missouri lawmakers are backing a bill to ensure that people can continue trading in multiple vehicles to get tax breaks on new cars. The House on Wednesday voted 126-21 to pass the measure and send it to the Senate. It would allow multiple vehicle trade-ins to be subtracted from the price of a new car,

A Missouri audit report shows that taxpayers spent more than $200,000 to defend former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of a self-deleting text message app. A 2017 lawsuit alleged Greitens’ office used the app Confide to subvert Missouri’s open records laws. The case was dismissed in July. Greitens resigned last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct

University of Missouri officials recognized Patriot Day and remembered the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001 with a wreath-laying ceremony Wednesday morning. LIVE PLAYBACK of the ceremony can be viewed in the player below. The bell in Switzler Hall rang 18 times to honor the 18th anniversary of Sept. 11. The ceremony began on the

Members of a Missouri House committee said Tuesday that a bill placing stricter limits on in-home day care providers is problematic for families but nothing can be done about it until at least January. House Bill 397 limits the number of children both licensed and unlicensed day care providers can care for. It went into

Columbia Public Schools will take public comment on a collective bargaining agreement with teachers reached under a judge’s order. Work on the agreement began after a Boone County judge ordered Columbia Public Schools and an educators union back to the negotiating table after talks fell apart in April. “It really started with some change in