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Tuesday night, Jefferson City school board candidates faced off in a forum at Lincoln University. The town hall-style meeting gave the candidates a chance to speak directly to public. Many questions were directed toward East Elementary and the overcrowding issues the school is facing. The issue of adding another high school was also a major

Jefferson City Police are warning drivers about overnight car break-ins. The new warning comes after another rash of break-ins confirmed by officers who took reports of people going through vehicles over the weekend. Police said people should always lock their cars, especially at night.

The Superintendent of Jefferson City Public Schools said there are about 115 homeless students in the school system. However, the director of an organization in Jefferson City that helps at risk youth said that number is more like 135. Regardless of the difference in numbers, there are still more than 100 students that don’t have

Two central Missouri women have pleaded guilty to their roles in a Nigerian fraud scheme in which thousands of victims across the country were tricked into cashing up to $3 million in counterfeit money orders and cashier’s checks. 54-year-old Lisa Kaye Barwick-Majeski and 41-year-old Cheryl Barber of St. Robert pleaded guilty to the conspiracy on

Work is scheduled to start this week in Howard County on two specific bridges. The Adams Fork bridge on Route E west of Route 5 in Fayette will be replaced, and the Moniteau Creek bridge on Route A north of Route CC will get a new deck. APAC-Missouri will complete the work. Crews will set

MoDOT has approved contracts to repair one and replace two bridges in Boone County. Lehman construction was awarded a contract to replace the deck on the Rocky Fork bridge on Route E north of Columbia. That contract amounted to $595,992. Don Schneiders Excavating was awarded a contract to replace the Route OO bridge over Hinkson

A Mid-Missouri man was killed after a head-on collision near the Lake of the Ozarks. Troopers said 34-year-old William Maylee of Iberia was killed on Highway 42. The crash happened at Hawkins Cemetery Road, about 20 minutes east of Osage Beach. Investigators said Maylee crossed the center line and died at the scene. The other

A former Jefferson City bank teller pleaded not guilty Monday to stealing thousands of dollars from Hawthorn bank. 28-year-old Katherine Brown wasindictedlast month for embezzling $410,000 from Hawthorn Bank. Brown allegedly took the money between December 2012 and September 2014. Brown apparently took the money from the bank vault for her personal use. The case

The University of Missouri welcomed a new athletic director Tuesday afternoon after making the official announcement Monday morning. Mack Rhoades will take over for current AD Mike Alden; coming to Missouri from the University of Houston. Rhoades took the time to thank Chancellor Bowen Loftin, who said money was not an issue in the hire.

A Moberly man was arrested Monday on multiple drug charges after police got reports of someone illegally dumping. Police went to the 200 block South Morely St. following that report. Officers found items used to make a meth lab. They later searched a house nearby and found marijuana and meth inside. They arrested a 45-year-old

Several streets are shut down Tuesday in Jefferson City while crews complete sewer work the next couple of days. Crews closed parts of East Elm and Lafayette around 7:00 Tuesday morning. The sewer work is expected to last until 5:00 Friday night. The construction is part of a large, two-year project improving a stretch of

The Whiskey Wild Saloon in Columbia is open again, but not to the public just yet. It’s now being run by Chad Martin, who was running Whiskey Wild before CoMo Entertainment owner Ben Bradley took over. Whiskey Wild Saloon closed its doors months ago under Bradley, who was accused of not paying some of his

The City of Columbia could offer the Columbia Public School district a 60% discount on its stormwater bill, if the district begins teaching students about the issue in school. City Manager Mike Matthes spoke at Monday night’s Columbia Board of Education meeting about Proposition 2, a proposal on the city’s April 7 ballot. If approved,

Imagine calling 911 in an emergency and your call isn’t picked up right away. Numbers ABC 17 News obtained from Columbia/Boone County Joint Communications show that is a reality for some callers. Joe Piper with Joint Communications said as of right now, the 911 call center isn’t meeting the goals set for answering emergency calls.

A shooting has the Columbia Senior Activity Center making some changes to how it does business. Administrators called an emergency board meeting Monday morning to talk about how to move forward after the weekend shooting in the center’s parking lot. The senior center on the Business Loop is back to its normal routine after weekend

Mack Rhoades will be the new athletic director at the University of Missouri, the school announced Monday morning. Rhoades will be introduced at a 2 p.m. news conference on Tuesday at the MU Student Center. Rhoades spent the last six years as the University of Houston athletic director. Prior to working in Texas, he was

With higher temperatures and breezy conditions this week, Boone County crews are warning about outside cover fires. There were three outside fires on Sunday in Mid-Missouri, including one in Ashland that started as a controlled burn, but quickly got out of hand. The Boone County Fire Protection District said this can happen when wind speeds

A southern storm system will send light rain north into Mid-Missouri reaching I-44 by 9 PM and spreading north to the Lake of the Ozarks by 11 PM. The light rain will track to the northeast riding near HWY 54 through early morning Tuesday and shifting east and out of the area by 9 AM.

A man accused of driving his truck into a Columbia restaurant in October appeared in Boone Co. court Monday. Moniteau Co. Prosecutor Shayne Healea allegedly crashed his truck through a window at Addison’s on Cherry Street, injuring four people. Court documents said Healea was under the influence of alcohol when the crash happened. Healea’s attorney

A Cooper County man facing numerous charges for sex crimes appeared in court Monday. Raymond Stevens faces 16 counts of statutory sodomy and two counts of attempted sodomy. Boonville Police said Stevens committed sex crimes with several victims over the past decade.