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No one was injured Friday after an SUV went through the front of a Columbia business. Emergency crews responded to Frameworks on Old Highway 63 near the Business Loop around 11 a.m. The driver was a 73 year-old woman from Rocheport who accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake. Police are not issuing a

High school football returns to mid-Missouri Friday evening with jamboree events spread throughout the state. Battle High School is debuting its new school and new facilities by hosting a four-team scrimmage Friday evening. The Hickman Kewpies and Rock Bridge Bruins and will be guests of the Spartans. Hickman is coming off a 9-2 season that

On Thursday MoDOT tried to explain its plans for future road construction in Ashland. A j-turn will be built just south of Peterson Lane. MoDOT said j-turns are the answer to the safety problem at the intersections off Highway 63. Vehicles speed down Highway 63. Just south of Ashland at Liberty Lane, one car pulls

Aspen Heights, the plagued student housing neighborhood located off of Highway 63 and Grindstone Parkway, is once again having problems. In July, more than 500 students were told that they were not going to be able to move in on time and had to wait until Aug. 17. Around 80 students are still waiting until

The Columbia Public School District released scores from the latest round of MAP testing Friday morning. Missouri school districts are in the process of moving from MAP tests to the Common Core test. That change won’t happen for two more years. In the meantime, the federal government wants testing done despite the motion toward the

The way Missouri handles Conceal Carry permits will change next week. A new law going into effect no longer has permit information being given to the Department of Revenue. The change comes after thousands of files were shared with the federal government earlier this year. Each county sheriff will now hold the files on permit

The Columbia Board of Education met Thursday morning to talk about a controversial bill and ended up passing a resolution to back Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of an income tax cut bill. The governor has campaigned around the state saying if lawmakers override his veto of House Bill 253, the state would lose about $800

Lincoln University announced Thursday it will waive application fees to the school for displaced RR Donnelley workers. On Aug. 1, the company announced it would close its Jefferson City facility, leaving around 500 employees without jobs. University president Dr. Kevin Rome says the school will waive the $20 fee to apply for the fall 2013

A Randolph County man will spend the next 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of a toddler. Joseph Laswell, 23, of Clark had a pre-trial conference Thursday afternoon and during the conference, he accepted a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and abuse of a child. He was sentenced

The City of Jefferson Public Works and Planning Committee agreed to forward Capital Mall’s expansion plans to the city council for a vote. The mall is working with the city to create a community improvement district on mall property. The plans include 11 tracts that would house new businesses on the grounds. Mall officials say

Thousands of people will converge on the Lake of the Ozarks this weekend for the annual shootout boat race. Already, records crowds are expected at the lake after a street parade in Laurie Wednesday night brought thousands of people to the small town. Around 80 speed boats were displayed during that event. Officials aren’t sure

Two people are in jail after the Columbia Police Department’s SWAT team served a drug search warrant Thursday morning. Just after 9 a.m., police searched an apartment in the 2300 block of Hendrix Drive. Police arrested 36-year-old Antwane L. Grant and 34-year-old Lamanda D. Grant after finding marijuana, ecstasy, drug paraphernalia, a large amount of

Columbia police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred near the University of Missouri campus. Around 4:20 a.m. Tuesday, city police were called to University Hospital for a possible assault. An 18-year-old woman told officers she felt she had been drugged while drinking and may have been assaulted. The woman was not able to give

Columbia police are investigating after a woman woke up to a strange man in her apartment. It happened Thursday morning around 3 a.m. Police were called out to a report of a burglary in the 1200 block of E. Walnut Street. Investigators say the victim was asleep in her apartment when a man rolled over

Road crews are preparing to close down a major road in Columbia. Worley Street just east of Stadium Boulevard will be closed Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for stormwater drainage installation. The work is part of the ongoing Stadium Boulevard improvements. Crews tell us the work is slow, but progress

A dangerous highway intersection is plaguing a small Mid-Missouri town with constant accidents. Wednesday night, Missouri Department of Transportation officials offered a solution. MoDOT says their proposal will reduce the number of accidents on Highway 63 near Clark, which is about 30 minutes north of Columbia. More than 40 accidents — two deadly — have

Law enforcement are responding to a shooting at Douglass Park in Columbia. Around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, dispatchers began receiving reports of several shots fired in the park. According to scanner traffic, numerous people were running from the park. Columbia police confirmed to ABC 17 News that 7 to 10 shots were fired. A crew at

A suspect was arrested on Tuesday for statutory sodomy involving a 7 year-old girl. Steven Bowen lives at 4250 Wyatt Lane and is accused of having sexual intercourse with the victim May 1. Police got a call first reporting the alleged child abuse July 19 in the 2900 block of Leeway Drive.

One person was hurt after a serious car crash in Columbia Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews think the driver lost control in the 2500 block of Rock Quarry Road just before 1 p.m. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance. The northbound lane of Rock Quarry Road was also closed for about

The courtroom was heated Wednesday as the man accused of pulling the trigger in the downtown shooting on Tenth Street and Broadway appeared before a judge. The hearing was supposed to be a bond reduction hearing, but Eric Cravens’ lawyer, Jennifer Bukowsky, brought evidence that she says will prove his innocence. The evidence included dozens