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The Jefferson City School Board is tackling two big issues at Monday night’s meeting. Board members will vote on whether to increase teaching staff salaries by 1.8%. That could include a similar raise to other classifications of teachers. The board will also talk about contracts for removing asbestos from eight schools in the district. The

Columbia police shutdown Ballenger Lane in north Columbia Sunday just after 10 p.m. following reports of shots fired. A police officer was seen taking photos of the awning of Arena Liquor from the rooftop of the business. Officers on the scene told ABC 17 News they recovered one shell casing on Ballenger Lane. The road

Mack Rhoades is set to become Mizzou’s next athletic director, according to several national reports. Rhoades would replace Mike Alden, who is stepping down in August. Rhoades is the current athletic director at the University of Houston. CBS Sports reports Rhoades will be introduced as the new Mizzou athletic director in a news conference set

Sunday was all about fourth place for Mikey England. For a wrestler accustomed to winning, it was strange to be satisfied with a fourth place finish in the MAC tournament. However, for the 165 pound redshirt senior, it was his chance to secure a bid for the NCAA National Championships. After losing on day of

Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies confirmed to ABC 17 News Sunday night that a shot had fired inside of an apartment on Demaret Drive. The call came out around 9:45 p.m. Multiple callers reported hearing gunshots. Deputies on the scene told ABC 17 News no injuries were reported. They also said some witnesses were not being

Temperatures will be slightly cooler Monday than they were on Sunday, with highs to start the work week in the upper 50s. Monday evening an area of low pressure to the south will bring increasing clouds and a slight chance of light showers near I-44 overnight. Highs will jump back into the low 60s on

A mid-Missouri pilot died in a helicopter crash Friday night near a St. Louis hospital. St. Louis Fire Department Captain Garon Mosby told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 52-year-old Ronald Rector died when his helicopter crashed just west of St. Louis University Hospital Friday night. Rector, from Osage County, flew a helicopter for ARCH Air Medical

Web Extra: Missouri wrestling coach Brian Smith and wrestler Zach Synon talk about day one of the 2015 MAC Championship.

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps the MU wrestling team in the quarterfinals for the 2015 MAC Championships.

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps Tolton boys and Southern Boone girls basketball in district play plus other final scores.

By Sunday morning a cold front will have moved into northern Missouri. The front will stall in Mid-Missouri through the day Sunday. Temperatures will still be able to warm up nicely though Sunday with highs in the upper 50s to near 60. Mid-Missouri will stay dry, with only a few more clouds moving in to

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Craig Sword had a game-high 15 points to lead Mississippi State to a 52-43 victory over Missouri in both team’s regular-season finale. It was the Bulldogs’ largest margin of victory in an SEC game this season. The Bulldogs (13-18, 6-12 Southeastern) also got nine points each from Gavin Ware and Demetrius

Two people are recovering from gunshot wounds following an early morning shooting in central Columbia. Just after 3 a.m. Saturday, Columbia police were called to the Columbia Senior Center on the Business Loop after reports of shots fired by multiple shooters. According to the Columbia Senior Activity Center, about 300 people were at the center

Three people were detained by Columbia police Friday night following a disturbance. It happened at Heather Ridge Apartments on West Broadway. Columbia police say the disturbance was over the custody of a child and the situation is under control. The child remains in the custody of her mother.

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps the Missouri gymnastic, baseball home opener, wheelchair basketball NIWBT and previews Missouri wrestling and the MAC Championship.

ABC 17 News looked into how often small planes have to be maintained after the plane actor Harrison Ford was flying crashed Thursday night. We talked to a pilot who survived his own crash landing in Mid-Missouri. “You get out, count your blessings, and move on.” Captain Kirk Powell has been flying planes for more

One lane of traffic was open early Friday night on Highway 63 after an accident in Columbia. The southbound lane was moving very slowly through Columbia after the crash between a pickup truck and a semi. The semi was in the ditch on the side of the road in between the Stadium Boulevard and Grindstone

A murder case in Randolph Co. moved forward Friday. Jeffery Nichols is one of two suspects charged in a 2013 Easter Sunday crime spree that left a 92-year-old woman dead. Nichols and another man admitted to killing Carmalita Kaser with a machete-like knife they stole from Walmart. Investigators said the two men stole at least

A mistrial was declared on Friday for a Columbia woman accused of a double shooting during last year’s Super Bowl. The defense claimed they did not receive a police recording with one of the witnesses until 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Boone County assistant prosecutor, Tracy Gonzalez, told ABC 17 News she requested all of the evidence

ABC 17 News has confirmed two people are dead after an early morning house fire in Mexico, Mo., about 45 minutes northeast of Columbia. Mexico police said the fire happened around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the 1500 block of North Washington. The victims were identified as Alex Waage, 20, of Mexico, and Jessica Cravens, 27,