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The Columbia school board is scheduled to meet and discuss mental initiatives in the district. They’ll highlight the work of the newly formed Boone County Schools Mental Health Coalition. A report will be presented to the board on their findings. The report says between 12 and 20 percent of American students have a diagnosable mental

The Jefferson City Fire Department was dispatched to a strong gas odor inside the Trinity Lutheran School at 7:15 Monday morning. When the first fire units arrived staff and children from the school had been evacuated to a safe area away from the school. Firefighters checked for the source of the leak and determined the

Highway 50 in Jefferson City reopened Monday after closing on Friday night, while MoDOT demolished the overpasses at Chestnut and Jackson streets. ABC 17 News was in Cole County Friday to check out the detour route in Wardsville and Taos just outside Jefferson City. We asked MoDOT and law enforcement if they were prepared for

Saturday, two Columbia men are behind bars after police find meth and other drugs. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department, East Central Drug Task Force and the Missouri State Highway Patrol served a drug-related search warrant at 8154 Highway UU #B west of Columbia. Police found methamphetamine, marijuana, digital scales, drug packaging material and other drug

Boone County health officials said they have seen a substantial rise in Shigella infections, with more than 20 cases in just the past two weeks, which is almost five times the average over the last years. Shigella is an intestinal disease that usually shows up in young children. “It’s transmitted — feces to mouth. It

A Moberly woman is behind bars for possessing meth and marijuana. Friday, Moberly police pulled over Samantha Larson, 22, in the 800 block of Myra Street for a traffic stop. Police found meth, marijuana and an open container of alcohol in the car. Larson is being held in the Randolph County Justice Center on a

A single-car accident early Monday morning sent one person to the hospital. At around 12:30 a.m. someone called to report the accident on Highway 50 at the tri-level. When officers arrived, they found the driver trapped inside his car. Firefighters freed the driver, Lucio Cabrales, from the car, and he immediately was taken by ambulance

Two suspects are on the run after assaulting and robbing a man on Alpine Drive in Columbia. The call came out as a robbery with a gun just before 10 p.m. Saturday. Police said two armed black men with bandanas covering their faces came in the apartment and demanded money. Police told ABC 17 News

Fulton police said a man died Sunday night when he crashed his all-terrain vehicle in an alley. In a news release, the police department said they found Nicholas Davison, 34, at 6:27 p.m. lying next to a four-wheeler in the alley between the 800 blocks State and Vine Streets, next to Veterans Park. Davison fell

Temperatures Sunday night will be colder than the past few evenings as colder air settles in behind a cold front. Overnight lows will fall into the lower 30s with mostly cloudy skies. Monday will start mostly cloudy, but as the day progresses clouds will decrease. Temperatures will reach into the low 40s, but a northerly

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps boys and girls high school basketball from Saturday Feb 7th

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Danuel House scored 20 points and Jalen Jones added 16 to lead Texas A&M past Missouri 83-61 on Saturday. The Aggies (16-6, 7-3) remained in second place in the Southeastern Conference after winning their seventh game in eight tries. The team lost 69-59 Wednesday at Mississippi. Texas A&M shot 33 of

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps the Missouri, IUPUI tennis match February 7th

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps the Missouri softball black and gold scrimmage Saturday afternoon

The average high temperature in Columbia for February 7th is 41 degrees. Columbia was 28 degrees warmer than this with a high temperature of 69. This high temperature was only 1 degree shy of Columbia’s record high for this day of 70 degrees, which was set in 2009. The record high for St. Louis on

Saturday, many members of the community are coming together to celebrate Black History Month in Columbia. The event put on by Peoples’ Visioning, the City of Columbia, Parks and Recreation and more, is to educate residents about black history and bring the community closer together. Michael Floore, the Police Chief of East St. Louis, will

Friday, a big construction project at a school in north Columbia is on hold after the company paid to do the work has gone out of business. JC Industries was working on a kitchen expansion at Lange Middle School when the company went out of business, according to officials. Columbia Public Schools said the work

One Mid-Missouri county has a new resource to keep you safe. The Camden County Sheriff’s Department has just launched a website and app called SafeTown. The web-based platform allows interaction between the public and the sheriff’s office. Users will be able to view current inmates, report traffic accidents, suspicious activity, and other information. You can

Southwesterly winds will continue to usher in warmer air through Saturday. As the warmer winds move over areas with snow still on the ground, areas of fog will develop late Friday night through early Saturday morning mainly north of HWY 24. Temperatures will start off in the 30s Saturday morning and quickly rise into 50s

An 18-year-old Columbia man arrested for a 2013 robbery is back behind bars. Dyran Hill was taken into custody Thursday for stealing from the Walmart on Grindstone. Hill just appeared in court Friday on the new charges. Hill was also arrested in August 2013 when a school resource officer recognized Hill from the bank surveillance