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The Lincoln University Board of Curators voted 5-0 Wednesday to modify how the administration can define “financial exigency,” a term that describes the college’s lack of ability to fulfill the requirements of an employee contract. Under the new rules, the university president, Dr. Kevin Rome, can declare exigency on any particular department rather than the

ABC 17 News has confirmed that shots were fired on Nelwood Drive on Thursday. Nelwood Drive is located just off Quail Drive in northeast Columbia. Evidence and witness testimony indicates that two youths had guns and were shooting them at random. When police arrived, both of them had disappeared from the area. Nothing was hit,

Three schools in north Columbia were on modified lockdown around the same time as the Nelwood Drive shots fired. A man carrying a BB gun was stopped by police while he was walking by Northland and Blue Ridge Road. The man was not arrested because he wasn’t threatening anyone. The staff at Derby Ridge Elementary,

UPDATE 4:56 p.m.: According to a MSHP press release, Bateman’s autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a single contact gunshot wound in the head. Based upon this autopsy and investigation, the wound was likely self-inflicted. UPDATE 8:11am: The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Thursday morning that the man killed in an officer-involved shooting

***Dense Fog Advisory from 7 PM Thursday – 8 AM Friday**** TONIGHT: Overcast skies will once again be a factor for the evening hours, with southerly winds under 7 mph keeping temperatures from falling too far. Dense fog will develop through the evening, with a low in the low to mid 40s possible by morning.

The fate of so-called “right to work” legislation now rests in the hands of the Missouri Senate. In a 100-59 vote on Thursday, the House passed right to work legislation sponsored by Rep. Holly Rehder. The combined legislation consists of Rehder’s bill, HB 91, as well as house bills 42, 131, 265 and 314. All

On Thursday, the Boys and Girls Club of Columbia began demolition on ground designated for their new addition. The new addition will become a gym, stage, recording studio and a culinary kitchen. It will be a 14,000 square ft. expansion, which will be doubling the size of their youth development center. Both employees and kids

Jefferson City police say they have a woman in custody after a chase overnight that started in Jefferson City and ended in Callaway County. Police tell ABC 17 News that an officer saw a woman driving a vehicle around midnight who they knew to have a felony warrant for a probation violation. The officer apparently

UPDATE 7:06 a.m: Firefighters have cleared the scene. They say it originated in a car in the garage, the fire did reach the attic and did spread throughout the house. There is smoke and water damage done to the inside of the house. There was one dog who lived inside the residence but was able

Columbia police have arrested the man they say robbed the First State Community Bank Wednesday morning. According to the report, 51 year-old Carl Lavell Wade took a cab to the bank just before noon Wednesday, entered the bank, handed a teller a note demanding cash and implied he had a weapon. Wade then left the

A Columbia man woke up in the Boone County Jail Thursday morning, after he was arrested for robbery. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, 51 year old Carl Wade was arrested around 5 pm Wednesday afternoon. This comes just a day after a robbery was reported in Columbia at the First State Community Bank.

A low pressure system looks to track across southern Missouri on Sunday. Rain will increase in the morning for those near the Lake of the Ozarks. There is a slight chance this rain will reach I-70 during the day. The chance is low at this time for areas near HWY 24 and north to pick

A Montgomery County woman is dead after over-correcting twice and hitting a tree in a crash. It happened just before 2:00 Wednesday afternoon on Route B at Wild Wind Road, which is four miles west of Montgomery City. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Nicole Hensley failed to negotiate a

TODAY: Rain and some thunder is lifting north this morning and will continue for the morning commute for those east of US 63 ending through 11AM. The greatest chance for rain and fog is this morning. There is a chance for drizzle in the afternoon. Areas north of I-70 could see a few additional showers

An organic dairy producer, seeking land and a potential tax break in Columbia, settled a lawsuit in Missouri over “deceptive advertising” several years ago. Boulder, Colo.-based Aurora Organic Dairy paid $7.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit in Missouri’s federal Eastern District Court in 2012. Two St. Louis women filed the suit in 2007,

Thursday marks one week that KMIZ and KQFX have been dark on DIRECTV’s system. As a result local DIRECTV subscribers have lost access to the stations’ programming with DIRECTV. Contract negotiations between KMIZ and KQFX’s parent company and DIRECTV have continued, but remain stalled. DIRECTV marks up the price it pays for local broadcast signals

A Columbia woman is set to appear in Boone County Court after prosecutors charged her with one felony count of child endangerment. The Columbia Police Department says it arrested Terhas Kidane, 28, around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 26 in the parking lot at the Walmart on West Broadway. According to a probable cause statement obtained

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F investigated its eighth fatal crash of the year on Wednesday. The crash happened around 1:40 p.m. on Route B at Wild Wind Road, just 4 miles outside of Montgomery City. Troopers said the driver, Nichole Hensley, 31, failed to negotiate a curve on the road and lost control

After a year of reorganization, Cole County EMS has made several changes and has more in store for later this month. Starting Jan. 31, the department plans to move to an internationally standard approach to handling emergencies, starting with answering 911 calls. Dispatchers will be able to give callers step-by-step instructions on how to handle

UPDATE: Columbia Police say they responded to First State Community Bank for reports of a robbery just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. They say one suspect has been detained for questioning. According to police, a male suspect entered the bank and demanded money from one of the employees. Police say he retrieved an “undisclosed amount of