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A St. Louis-area woman will serve a 10-year prison sentence for her role in an Audrain County death. Judge Wesley Dalton sentenced Arline Diedrich of St. Ann on a charge of second-degree drug trafficking on Aug. 24. Diedrich, who pleaded guilty in June, will receive credit toward that sentence for the year she’s spent in

Cheryl Howard touts the history of the Nora Stewart Early Learning Center with picture collages of the day care’s alumni. Members of the facility’s board of directors shared stories of their time as children there, at one point called the Negro Nursery School, the first place to serve African-American children in Columbia back in 1933.

UPDATE: The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously agreed to recommend the approval of the proposed facility. Laura Peckham, CEO of Landmark Hospitals of Columbia, said the site would serve as an expansion of the current facility at 603 Old 63 in Columbia. The current building holds two hospitals, one specializing in rehabilitation and the other

A Boone County judge ruled Wednesday that the University of Missouri’s prohibition of guns on campus does not conflict with state statute, but that claims the rule violates the state constitution deserve further scrutiny. Circuit Judge Jeff Harris rejected the university’s argument that the case should be dismissed “without engaging in strict scrutiny or another

A Jefferson City Police Department official credited public help in catching a Westphalia man accused of stealing construction equipment from two work sites and having illegal animal pelts. Osage County deputies arrested Drew G. Buersmeyer, 34 of Westphalia, Missouri, on Tuesday after search his residence. He is being held without bond in the Cole County

(AP) Eight family members who survived a duck boat sinking in Missouri have filed a federal lawsuit against the owner and operators of the tourist attraction. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Kansas City on behalf of Ronita McKinley and her daughter, Tiffany Collins, both of Carlsbad, New Mexico; another daughter, Tomlyn McDonald, of Midland,

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY*** TONIGHT: Expect scattered showers and storms to stick around through the night under overcast skies, with lows bottoming out in the upper 60s. Some could produce locally heavy rain. We’ll see winds out of the northeast up to 10 mph. FRIDAY: Scattered showers and t-storms Friday will

A woman accused of animal abuse after a video surfaced of a dog being beaten with a rope has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Leishi Tang pleaded guilty last week to a single count of misdemeanor animal abuse, according to online court records. She was originally charged with two misdemeanor counts of animal abuse and

THIS AFTERNOON: As we progress through this afternoon, we’re continuing to track thunderstorm development along and south of I-70. Some pockets of heavier downpours are possible. This activity will be fairly scattered over the next several hours. This will last into the evening. Temperatures holding steady in the upper 70s & low 80s. TONIGHT: Expect

The city commission dedicated to advising the council on parking resources announced Wednesday that a company has been selected to provide consult during the commission’s efforts to improve parking downtown. The consultant is currently working with the city’s finance director to come up with a five-year deal. After the deal is finalized, the consultant’s name

For multiple days now, the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has been keeping you up to date on the latest when it comes to Gordon and how it will affect us. After making landfall as a tropical storm just to the west of the Alabama/Mississippi border, Gordon weakened significantly to a tropical depression. As of

A plan to give electric line workers for the city of Columbia a 15 percent raise will head back to staff for more information. Columbia city manager Mike Matthes offered to crunch the numbers further on raises for journeyman line workers in next year’s budget. The city’s finance department estimates that it will cost $456,301

TODAY: A line of showers and storms continues to slowly track through Mid-Missouri on the back of a cold front. This line of storms, while not severe, is bringing the threat for heavy rain. Stay cautious as you head out on the roadways this morning. We’ll see the storms slowly taper off as we head

A Texas driver who crashed a tractor-trailer over the weekend did not have a commercial drivers’ license, or CDL, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Juan Gonzalez, 44, was arrested Monday after troopers said he went off the right side of the road and flipped a 2017 Freightliner, totaling the vehicle. According to a

The Networks of Mid-Missouri will broadcast a slate of three Columbia Public Schools football games this month starting this Friday when the Battle Spartans host the Rock Bridge Bruins. Friday’s game is scheduled to kick-off at 7 p.m. and will air on MY zou TV (17.3). The broadcast is possible through a unique partnership between

Spartan Light Metal Products broke ground on its new die cast manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri, on Wednesday. The new facility will be 135,000 square feet and is planned to create 100 new manufacturing jobs in the area over the next five years. The multi-million dollar facility will operate a separate plant from Spartan Light

The City Council rejected the $4 million Henderson Sewer expansion west of town, leaving MidwayUSA owner and CEO, Larry Potterfield, frustrated with the City of Columbia’s decision. But Potterfield said he might run for mayor in order to get things done. Tuesday night, the City Council cast a 4-3 vote against extending the sewer line

Fayette High School is getting $10,000 worth of new athletic gear. On Wednesday, the school learned it was a winner of Riddell’s ’18 in 18′ Smarter Football program. Two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Peyton Manning sent the team a congratulatory message. {“version”:”1.0″,”html”:”n&#lt;iframe width=” 480″ height=”270″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/7y43vdP0F0Q?feature=oembed” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”&#gt;&#lt;/iframe&#gt;n”,”author_url”:”https://www.youtube.com/user/RiddellSports”,”thumbnail_height”:360,”provider_url”:”https://www.youtube.com/”,”type”:”video”,”title”:”Smarter Football: Congratulations – Fayette High School”,”author_name”:”RiddellSports”,”url”:”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y43vdP0F0Q”,”width”:480,”provider_name”:”YouTube”,”height”:270,”thumbnail_url”:”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7y43vdP0F0Q/hqdefault.jpg”,”thumbnail_width”:480} According

The board that oversees Boone Hospital Center hopes to have a decision in six months on who will manage the hospital after its current lease with BJC HealthCare ends. Boone Hospital Board of Trustees general counsel Tom Schneider said the trustees have been working on this next step for years and are within “field goal

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall late Tuesday night near the Alabama-Mississippi border and has been downgraded to a tropical depression. However, Gordon might still brings heavy rain and thunderstorms to mid-Missouri through the weekend. Rainfall of 4 to 8 inches over the northern half of Missouri is possible, according to the National Weather Service. Those