The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new agreement with the school district to provide school resource officers. Four police officers will serve as school resource officers in three of the city’s public high schools and one to work in up to two middle schools. The city and school district will split the salaries of
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The Boone County Prosecutor’s office is handling the most murder cases it’s seen in more than 20 years. On Monday, prosecutors changed the charge for Cameron White, the man suspected of shooting and killing 13-year-old Dajion Harris, from involuntary manslaughter to second-degree murder. The change made the case the 29th pending murder case in the
Continue ReadingA 19-year-old man is now charged with murder in the shooting death of a 13-year-old in Columbia. Prosecutors on Monday charged Cameron White, 19, of Columbia, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting. Boone County prosecutors originally charged White with involuntary manslaughter, but assistant prosecutor Sam Buffaloe told ABC 17 News new
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A Jefferson City school board member said he won’t seek reelection in 2020. Steve Bruce has served on the JC school board since 2014. He was up for election next year, after winning a reelection campaign in 2017. Bruce said he’s stepping down from the school board to spend more time with his family. The
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The Jefferson City Council will hold a public hearing about medical marijuana testing and transportation facility zoning regulations at Monday evening’s council meeting. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved zoning regulations for testing and treatment facilities in C-2 zoning districts as a permitted use in September. Medical marijuana facilities cannot be within 1,000 feet of
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Two men were charged in Saline County after they allegedly led authorities on a chase early Saturday morning. A Saline County Sheriff’s Department incident report shows deputies were contacted by state troopers to assist in a chase westbound on Interstate 70 just after midnight Saturday. Reports show Phillip Boyd, 18, and Wyatt Duncan, 19, were
Continue ReadingThe Columbia City Council will vote on rezoning and re-plating a section of the Columbia Mall property that is set to become a second Dillard’s location Monday night. City Councilman Mike Trapp said the city must rezone and re-plat the property on the corner of Stadium and Bernadette so the space can become a new
Continue ReadingTHIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny skies with gusty winds. Temperatures hold in the middle 50s. TONIGHT: With mostly clear skies overhead, temperatures tumble into the low 40s . EXTENDED: We stay settled into Tuesday, but will be a few degree cooler in the afternoon with highs only managing the upper 50s. It still looks breezy through
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Sheriff’s Department says scammers are using the department’s phone number in an effort to get money from people. A man called the department and said scammers are using the department’s main number — 875-1111 — making it look like it is really the Sheriff’s Department calling. “Then they’re identifying themselves as an
Continue ReadingA Cole County man was taken to a hospital after a rollover crash in northeastern Jefferson City Monday morning. Jefferson City police said Tracy Hubbard, 62, of Centertown, was involved in a crash at the 800 block of Highway 179 before 10 a.m. A police incident report showed Hubbard was heading southbound on Highway 179
Continue ReadingNo injuries were reported after firefighters were called to battle a blaze on a Columbia apartment balcony. Emergency crews were called to the Broadway Apartments complex at the 2300 block of West Broadway around 4 p.m. Firefighters said they received reports of fire and smoke on the third floor of one of the buildings. Columbia
Continue ReadingBoone County deputies took two people into custody, suspected of stealing a truck. Columbia police said Boone County deputies pulled over a truck on Hogan Drive in North Columbia after a check showed it had been stolen. Deputies were assisted by Columbia police officers at the scene Monday afternoon. Watch ABC 17 News at 6
Continue ReadingAt least one person was taken into custody after he led police on a multi-county chase on Sunday night. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office tried to pull over a truck at about 11:15 p.m. Sunday after Jeffrey Barlow ,the driver of the truck, allegedly went out of his lane, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol
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UPDATE 6:11 A.M.: Boone Electric Coop’s power outage map shows all power has been restored to the affected customers. According to a nationwide power outage map, there aren’t any power outages in Boone County. ORIGINAL: More than 50 customers are without power in Boone County Monday morning after an overnight storm rolled through mid-Missouri. According
Continue ReadingLincoln University apologized and promised refunds to ticket holders unable to get through the door at a Homecoming concert Saturday. The university released a statement Monday saying “we were unable to safely process those coming into the building when the crowd became unruly.” Lincoln police along with officers from Jefferson City, the Cole County Sheriff’s
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Columbia police arrested one person after the shooting death of a minor, the department said in a news release Sunday. Just before midnight Saturday, emergency crews were called to the 4400 block of Rice Road for reports of a shooting. Officers found a 13-year-old male with a gunshot wound. The minor was taken to a
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Jefferson City police are investigating after a shooting early Sunday morning. In a news release, the Jefferson City Police Department said it got several 911 calls around 3 a.m. Sunday about a shooting in the 700 block of Madison Street. On the scene, officers reportedly found a large group of people. Officers learned a 21-year-old
Continue Reading(CNN) — Ser asexual en una cultura donde el sexo impregna casi todo puede ser un desafío. Muchas personas tienen dificultades para entender cómo alguien no podría estar interesado en el sexo. ¿Están reprimidos? ¿Tienen miedo a la intimidad? ¿Acaso no han conocido a la persona adecuada todavía? Pero como cualquier persona asexual te diría,
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A woman has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison without parole for her role in a skimming operation at several southwest Missouri banks. Loredana Baceanu, 31, was sentenced Friday for possessing counterfeit and unauthorized access devices. She also was ordered to pay more than $35,000 in restitution. Baceanu was arrested in October 2018
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