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Rep. Vicky Hartzler and other state representatives introduced a legislation on Wednesday to expand the eligible grant funding for victims of sex trafficking. The legislation would help victims have a safe place to heal, recover and restart their lives. The Housing for Survivors of Sex Trafficking expands the Transitional Housing Assistance Grant to include sex

Governor Eric Greitens’s deputy chief of staff, Caleb Jones, is leaving to become vice president of The Association of Electric Cooperatives. The Association of Electric Cooperatives represents 47 electric cooperatives. Greitens said he is grateful for Jones’s service and is sorry to see him go. Jones had previously stepped down from his Columbia-area seat in

UPDATE 10:36: The crash has been cleared. The Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 crews the crash was a head-on collision between two vehicles. The female driver of one vehicle was taken to the hospital, the male driver of the other vehicle had no injuries. Authorities are still working to figure out the cause of

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon are on the cooler side, with highs struggling to climb out of the lower 70s. Overcast skies have been with us for most of the day, with scattered showers tracking through Mid-Missouri. With the humid atmosphere and scattered showers, fog is beginning to develop across the region, with visibility below 5

UPDATE: 4:00 a.m.: Four people have been taken into custody after police say they led law enforcement on a multi-county car chase after a theft from the Jefferson City Dillard’s store. According to Jefferson City police, the theft was reported around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday. Witnesses gave descriptions of the suspect vehicle which was spotted by

TODAY: Temperatures will start in the mid 60s. The frontal boundary will continue to dip into mid-Mo and stall out near I-70 producing scattered showers in the morning with drying conditions into the afternoon and early evening. We could see an isolated shower or two later in the day. High temperatures will stay in the

As we head through the month of October we typically start to see drastic changes in the weather pattern. Less daylight, along with the southerly movement of the jet stream makes for cooler weather. For the start of October, the average high is 72 degrees with the average low at 50 degrees. Closing the month

The body of a Stover man was found in the Lake of the Ozarks Tuesday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the body of Jerrold Wilson, 51, was found floating in the area of Little Buffalo Cove just before 11 a.m. in Morgan County. The patrol believes Wilson drowned. This is the eleventh drowning

The city of Columbia’s utility department released new information amid criticism that it wasn’t keeping the public up-to-date on its finances. The balance sheets for March, April and May 2017 came attached to the Columbia Water and Light Advisory Board’s agenda for its Wednesday meeting. The sheets come with financial statements explaining the utility department’s

Community members from Columbia’s Southeast neighborhoods and police officered gathered at New Haven Elementary Tuesday evening to discuss community policing. Tuesday’s meeting is the first of several “Building Stronger Beats” meetings, and this one focuses on beats 70 and 80. Click here to see the map of beat areas. The Southeast community recently witnessed gun

January 22, 2015 started out as a normal day for then-University of Missouri student Amy Wasowicz. It was just after 9 a.m. on a Thursday when Wasowicz, an 18-year-old political science major, was legally crossing College Avenue at Rollins Street with friends. Wasowicz remembers turning around to speak to her friend before being hit by

An informal, open-house meeting was held Tuesday in Columbia over the installation of access-control gate arms in the city’s downtown parking garages. The City of Columbia Public Works Department hosted the meeting, which was part of the city’s routine public involvement process. At the meeting, ABC 17 News spoke with the city’s transit parking manager,

UPDATE: Both men have been charged after Monday’s arrest near Hickman High School. Jamel Tackett is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. Frank Gray also faces those charges as well as stealing a firearm and property. ORIGINAL: Two Columbia men were booked into the Boone County Jail Monday

Two Jefferson City police officers are on paid administrative leave after they shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance call early Tuesday morning, police said. According to a press release sent out by the Jefferson City Police Department, the man, John Loaiza, 40, of Jefferson City, was later pronounced dead at a local

The Harrisburg School District will offer extra support to students affected after teacher and coach Brian Simpson was killed in a deadly bus crash on Thursday. According to the district, the supports include on-site grief counselors and private areas for middle or high school students to receive counseling. Students will also be able to leave

UPDATE 5:27 p.m: Brad Fraizer with the Columbia Fire Department said it was a two vehicle crash. Fraizer said a door on one of the vehicle had to be forced open to get one occupant. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Fraizer said. ORIGINAL STORY: Columbia police responded to a

TONIGHT: A few showers or t-storms are possible with the best chance in the evening hours south of I-70. Showers will increase toward morning as a cold front slowly moves in from the north. Skies will remain cloudy with winds out of the south up to 6 mph with lows in the mid 60s. No

On Tuesday, MODOT, The University of Missouri System, Missouri Innovation Center and other organizations announced the formation of the Missouri Hyperloop Coalition. The coalition was formed to advance the building of a Hyperloop route linking Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis along the I-70 corridor. Missouri’s Hyperloop route would allow a combined 5 million residents

Shawn Cox, 43, plead guilty to assault Monday at the Callaway County Courthouse. Cox admitted that in July 2016, he fired a shotgun at two people inside a car; the two had been involved in a fight with Cox’s son. Cox took a shotgun from his home and made his way to the park as

Callaway County deputies arrested James Adams, 29, on Tuesday after they spotted a suspicious vehicle on State Road KK. Deputies said that as they approached Adams’ vehicle, he drove away at a high rate of speed before stopping on County Road 218. Deputies said during the traffic stop, they found methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.