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Boone County deputies arrested Harrison Stretz, 24, on Monday after he responded to a post made by an undercover decoy pretending to be a 14-year-old girl. Deputies said during conversations with Stretz, he asked the decoy if they could meet up to engage in sex. Arrangements were made and on Monday the suspect showed up

UPDATE 4/24 (8:32 am) : A spokesperson for the Miller County Sheriffs Office said that anyone who is wanting to make a donation to the Shoemate family can do so by going to the Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks and asking to put money into the “Casey Shoemate Memorial Fund” ORIGINAL STORY: Funeral

A man is recovering from serious injuries after he almost drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Monday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol boating incident report. The report said Charles Dowell, 61, of Versailles, tripped on a seat and fell over the starboard side, or left side, of the boat near the

Columbia Water and Light crews will be installing a new water main along Stewart Road Tuesday morning, causing three blocks of Stewart Road to be closed, according to a press release. The release said work will start at 5 a.m. Tuesday and the road should be back open after 5 a.m. Wednesday. During the closure,

TUESDAY: We’ll have a mostly sunny skies through the day with mild high temperatures reaching the lower 70s. It will be gorgeous to get out and about this afternoon with just a slight northerly breeze at 6-10 mph. TONIGHT: Clouds will gradually increase overnight as temperatures fall into the upper 40s with a light wind

Less than a month away from the end of the regular session, legislators in the Missouri Capitol have a limited number of reasonable objectives. For many, the budget and articles of impeachment for Missouri’s governor remain top of mind. “Other legislation is probably going to be slow-moving,” House Minority Whip Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) said

A state lawmaker’s effort to fight child abuse and keep children out of foster care is one step closer to becoming a law. Senate bill 672 would allow parents to temporarily relinquish custody of their children without the state considering it an abandonment. Parents in crisis could give power of attorney to agencies to care

UPDATE 3 pm: The special committee has ended their meeting after about half an hour. Committee Chair Jay Barnes referred to Magic-8 Ball when reporters asked if the committee would release another report this week. “Chance is decent,” he said. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/SaraABC17/status/988511789800308736″,”author_name”:”Sara Maslar-Donar”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/SaraABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;House committee investigating Gov. Greitens met for about half an hour

UPDATE 2:34 p.m. : There is a bullet hole in the front window of the house on 1109 Eastland Circle. According to dispatch, this is the address of the house where shots were fired early Sunday morning. Neighbors tell ABC 17 they were too scared to speak on camera, but they say the house is

A woman is being charged with child abduction after she was was accused of kidnapping her child in 2013. According to the probable cause statement, Jerran Wilson took custody of her child in December of 2013 and never returned him to his father. Months before, the father was granted full legal custody over the child

A judge is scheduled to hold a hearing on a request from attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens to disqualify St. Louis prosecutors from a felony case involving the governor’s use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign. A felony charged was filed on Friday that accused Greitens of disclosing the donor list

Camden County deputies arrested Shane Wall on Friday after officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Thousand Acres Road for reports of a disturbance. The victim said he and Wall were making moonshine when Wall became mad. Wall was accused of grabbing the victim by his head and squeezing it. According to the probable

TONIGHT: Clouds will gradually clear from west to east overnight as temperatures fall into the mid to upper 40s west near HWY 65 to the lower 50s east of HWY 63. Winds will diminish to 5-8 mph from the north. TUESDAY: We’ll have a partly cloudy to mostly sunny sky during the afternoon but clouds

Boone County deputies arrested Tracey Martin on Saturday after officers recognized a truck that had led officers on a chase just days before. According to the probable cause statement, the truck was driving erratically and kept changing lanes. Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle. The truck stopped and a man got out before the

After two cars crashed on Vawter School Road Monday morning, ABC 17 News looked into how often crashes occurred with the year on the road. Online traffic reports showed there have been at least 22 crashes on Vawter School/Nifong Boulevard from Scott Boulevard to Bethel Street since April 2017. Those numbers doubled from the year

THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy conditions will continue to hold strong throughout the remainder of the day, especially if you are east of highway 63, we’ll also see a few gusty winds as yesterday’s storm system continues to track eastbound. Temperatures will rise into the mid to upper-60s and then fall after sunset. TONIGHT: A spot

Columbia police arrested Sincere Hall-Osbourne on Friday after school resource officers at Battle High School got reports of a stolen or missing wallet. School staff told officers that the wallet was picked up by a student, which could be seen on surveillance footage. The suspect was identified as Osbourne and officers found the wallet in

Columbia police arrested Jared Bush early Saturday morning after officers heard a noise that sounded like a vehicle crash near the area of Walnut and Short Street. Minutes later, officers were flagged down and were told the suspect’s car had just left the scene. Police found Bush and detected a strong odor of intoxicants coming

A spokesperson for Columbia Public Works announced on Monday their plans to improve the city. The plans consist of improvements to intersections, speed reduction on neighborhood streets, filling in sidewalk gaps, building a new trail section and adding a signalized crosswalk. “We approach improvement projects through a Vision Zero lens. It’s really a ‘Complete Streets’

TODAY: Spotty showers continue to fall across Mid-Missouri, with temperatures on the cool side this morning. We’ll continue to see any lingering showers track off to the east through the day, with cloudy skies remaining. Despite the clouds, highs will climb into the mid to upper 60s with breezy winds out of the northeast. Winds