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Late Monday afternoon, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed another case of Cyclospora. ABC 17 News has been following developments since mid-June. At that time, local officials said not to worry even though three surrounding states had experienced cases. Four people have now gotten sick due to the parasite. The latest case

Missouri State Fair officials issued an apology Sunday after a performance in the rodeo Saturday night caused an uproar. A clown wearing a President Barack Obama mask appeared at a rodeo and the announcer asked spectators if they wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull.” According to a post on the liberal blog

A pavilion on the Country Club of Missouri’s golf course caught fire early Monday. Firefighters were called to the scene on Willowcreek Lane shortly after 3 a.m. They found a pavilion near the course’s 14th tee box on fire. It took less than five minutes to put out the flames in the open-air pavilion with

Law enforcement throughout Missouri are actively searching for a man who escaped from a detention center overnight. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Brian James Adkison escaped from the Caldwell County Detention Center around midnight Saturday. Authorities say he escaped barefoot and was only wearing white boxer shorts. “He was able to escape from

Authorities believe they found have the remains of an elderly woman who went missing last month near Warsaw. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Missouri Region C Technical Rescue Team say they recovered the remains of 72-year-old Hellen Cook. The body was found near a lake where personal items belonging to her

The body of a missing mother swept away in flash flooding Tuesday was recovered by search crews Friday. Boone County fire crews and Missouri Task Force 1 said the body of 23-year-old Jessica Lee was recovered by local firefighters late Friday near Waynesville just a few yards from the Roubidoux River Bridge. “We were up

Police have located a missing Missouri teen and the man suspected of kidnapping her Thursday. According to affiliate KMBC-TV, police in Kansas City, Kan. said they found Bailey Ann Summers and Elijah Pike. The Missouri Highway Patrol and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office had issued an endangered person advisory for the 15-year-old girl on Thursday.

Nearly a fourth of Missouri’s minors have used alcohol in the last 30 days, according to a recent study. That study also shows 70 percent of kids said it was easy to get alcohol. One group in Missouri wants the police to do something about those statistics. The Substance Abuse Advisory Commission proposed having a

Emergency workers rushed to the scene of a head-on crash on Highway 40 near Rocheport right before noon on Friday. Missouri Highway Patrol officials say Jonathan Peck and Troyveia Thomas were the two male drivers taken to Universitsy Hospital in Columbia. The drivers were pinned behind their dashboards. University Hospital confirms Peck is in serious

Record high flood levels on the Gasconade River in Osage County has many cleaning up Friday. The river crested at 34.4 feet. That’s nearly a foot higher than the previous highest level. Osage County residents said even though in the past day water levels have gone down a few feet, if it keeps raining in

Below is the full list of road closures in Mid-Missouri, as reported from the Missouri Department of Transportation Central District. For a map of all roads, check out the Road Conditions map. (List as of Friday 4 p.m.) Gasconade County: Route 50 over the Gasconade River at Mount SterlingRoute F between Route J and the

Law enforcement officials confirm three people were killed in an accident in Cole County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 58-year-old Wanda Coons, 44-year-old William Coons and 12-year-old Shadrach Rowden all died in the crash. All three were from Meta. William Coons was the driver of the car. Sheriff Greg White told ABC 17

Columbia police have arrested a suspect in the Aug. 2 robbery at the Landmark Bank on Garth Avenue. Dyran Hill, 18, was arrested at a parole and probation office on Vandiver Drive in Columbia. A school resource officer identified Hill as the suspect from a surveillance photograph taken at the bank. Hill was arrested on

According to the National Weather Service, at the Rollins Ferry Access, the Gasconade River reached its highest level in history Thursday. The river peaked at 34.39 feet. The Rollins Ferry Access is just south of Linn, Mo., where some residents are now displaced. One resident told ABC 17 News he can’t get to work because

For the first time since Monday, the Missouri Tiger football team practiced outdoors Thursday morning. Injury update: Starting wide receiver Marcus Lucas (hamstring) shed his red jersey for a red pullover. Fellow wideout Jaleel Clark was also wearing a red pullover due to a bruised knee. Three players were in red jerseys: CB John Gibson

The Missouri State Fair in Sedalia is the only fair in the nation to have its own fully- operating volunteer fire department, which is only open 11 days out of the year. “The biggest draw is just the family atmosphere. You come down and you make 75-80 new friends just within the fair itself,” said

There are questions about whether Columbia can keep up with its rapid growth. Developments like Aspen Heights, The Domain, and another Brookeside apartment complex are dotting the landscape right now, and there are only four city inspectors to keep up with all the work. Columbia city planner Steve MacIntyre says that as long as building

Flooding and rains have caused some emergency crews to make sure they’re caught up on water rescues. The Jefferson City Fire Department spent Thursday training at a local pool. Officials tell ABC 17 News they need to keep their skills sharp for situations like floods. Firefighters said they’ve had to make several more water rescues

The small town of Bagnell is recovering after the town was flooded Wednesday. The Osage River flooded the town after Ameren opened 11 of the 12 floodgates at Bagnell Dam. The opening of the floodgates caused 40,000 cubic feet of water to flow out per second. Road quickly became flooded, trapping some residents. Bagnell Mayor

After cancelling a trip to flooded sections of Mid-Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon toured the flood-damaged areas Thursday. Nixon met with emergency responders and local and state officials to discuss the flash flooding in the region and continuing response efforts. “We are still in this thing,” said Nixon. “We are watching weather patterns to see where