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A Columbia man is in jail after Boone County Sheriff’s deputies say he tried to kidnap a teenager Friday afternoon. The incident happened in the 7400 block of Highway VV. Deputies say Anthony Davis, 25, assaulted a 17-year-old girl and tried to pull her into his vehicle just before 5 p.m. The girl was able

Graduate students at the University of Missouri in Columbia are moving closing to unionizing. Organizers of a non-university-affiliated student group called the Forum on Graduate Rights voted to affiliate the prospective union with the Missouri National Education Association and the National Education Association. The students have been demanding better pay, a long-term insurance solution and

Governor Jay Nixon says he has commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards. Edwards will now spend life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Kimberly Cantrell. This is a statement issues by Governor Nixon today: “After a thorough review of the facts surrounding the murder of Kimberly Cantrell, I am

The exact cause of a crash remains unclear, after a man drove off the side of Highway 63 Friday afternoon south of Columbia near Ashland. Troopers and police responded, along withSouthern Boone County firefighters and emergency crews. The highway patrol says a 31-one year-old Columbia man was the only person in the car. Hewent off

The weather pattern is stagnant right now keeping us dry through the weekend with cooler than average temperatures. Expect cool nights with lows in the 40s with temperatures reaching into the 60s during the day as a northerly breeze picks up in the afternoon. The Tigers will have good weather as they take on the

ABC 17 News confirmed a semi-truck driver might have cut off a van with disabled people inside, before leaving the scene of the rollover crash near the connector in Columbia. It happened just before 2 p.m. Friday on Highway 63 near I-70 at the connector. ABC 17 News heard traffic was backed up as far

As Hurricane Joaquin rumbles on in the central Bahamas, it has been downgraded from a category 4 to a category 3 hurricane with 125 mile per hour winds. NASA is keeping a close eye on the hurricane with the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission. Tonight on “This Week,” NASA scientist Dr. George Huffman tells us about

School officials at campuses across Mid-Missouri believe the size of the student body doesn’t matter when it comes to being ready for an emergency situation. “We just want to be prepared,” said Cliff Jarvis, Executive Director of Plant and Facilities at Columbia College. “Protecting the students and campus safety is our number one goal.” Columbia

In a ruling by Cole County Judge Jon Beetem Thursday night, the Missouri Department of Public Safety’s decision to revoke Osage County Sheriff Michael Dixon’s peace officer license is reversed. The 28-page ruling from Judge Beetem says Sheriff Dixon did not receive a fair trial. The judge cited several irregularities including DPS’s releasing a statement

ABC 17 News has confirmed the driver of a tractor trailer is now charged with involuntary manslaughter, after the semi-truck passed warning signs, hitting a line of cars that were backed up on I-70 east of Columbia, killing one woman. Court records claim Anthony West of Georgia was distracted “due to not heeding warning from

The superintendent at the Centralia R-VI school district confirmed an 8th grade student was taken away in an ambulance Friday morning after collapsing during P.E. class. Emergency crews were called around 9 a.m. Friday. They took the middle school student to a healthcare facility, but officials did not have any further details about a condition.

City leaders and community members will meet Friday morning to discuss the status of a local property. They’ll have to decide whether or not to declare 301 Sandford in Columbia is a public nuisance. Deputy City Manager Tony St. Romaine said residents are invited to share their thoughts on the property at the meeting as

Thursday afternoon Joaquin was upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. This morning, Hurricane Joaquin is drifting northwest, and is expected to begin a faster northward motion later today, followed by a turn to the northeast and forward speed tonight and Saturday. Some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the

The emergency management and 911 Center operations will now exist separately from one another in Cooper County, with the old director of both out of the picture. The county commission announced Thursday afternoon that EMA assistant director Candace Sorrell accepted the job to replace Tom White, the former director of EMA and the county’s dispatch

Former longtime Missouri state Sen. Harold Caskey has died following complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Kay Caskey said her husband died Thursday at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Kansas. He was 77. She says he was taken there earlier this week from their Butler home after choking on food and losing consciousness. Kay Caskey says

The Columbia Fire Department responds to fire Thursday night at Johnson Products off Route B. Eight units were called out just after 6:21 p.m. to reports of a fire at 5301 Route B in Columbia. Once on scene, firefighters saw smoke coming from the south side of the single-story building. Crews attacked the fire and

After a horrific shooting on a community college campus in Oregon, some students at MU told ABC 17 News they’re on edge. The University of Missouri police department said campus safety is of utmost importance and that no college campus is immune to crime. “We have a very safe campus, but we know that crimes

Authorities responded to reports of multiple gunshots in northeast Columbia, Thursday night. We’re told witnesses heard 20 to 25 gunshots earlier Thursday night, in the area of Bodie Drive and Currituck Lane. Authorities have recovered multiple shell casings. Columbia Police and Boone County Sheriff’s deputies are questioning people on the scene. Two duplexes were damaged

One person is in custody following a high speed chase in Boone County Thursday afternoon. Deputies tried to pull over 39-year-old Timothy Scott, who was driving a Jeep that had stolen license plates on I-70 eastbound around 3:00 p.m. Deputies told ABC 17 News Scott was driving up to 100 miles per hour before the

The Missouri Attorney General’s office is warning consumers to be aware of fraudulent text messages and emails they may be receiving from their phone company. While officials haven’t received any formal complaints of suspicious messages claiming to be from Verizon Wireless, they say it’s very similar to a number of other scams they’ve been dealing