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A Fulton High School student has been arrested after hacking into the school’s computer system. Police said 17-year-old, Austin Singleton, maliciously hacked into the Fulton School District’s network causing it to go down for several hours. Fulton superintendent Jacque Cowherd told ABC 17 News this hack did hurt the internal system. That means student personal

The Howard County court will continue a case against a self-proclaimed Catholic monk, accused of coercing a woman to give him thousands of dollars. Ryan St. Anne Gevelinger, who also is known as Ryan Patrich Scott, Abbott Ryan St. Anne Scott, and his birth name, Randell Stocks, said he runs the Holy Rosary Abbey, a

MU’s Robert J. Trulaske Senior College of Business is getting $6 million to permanently fund its Cornell Leadership Program. Harry Cornell, an MU alum, created the leadership program back in 2006 and hopes his gift will keep it going. “100 years from now, we’ll still celebrate the Cornell Leadership Program because of this endowment. That’s

In the next few weeks, crews will be getting a $1 million project underway to replace storm water and sewer lines in the Woodward Lake subdivision just west of Jefferson City. Several streets such as Angelia and Gary Lane will also be resurfaced. “Really the driving factor is to fix the storm water issues we’re

A Marshall police officer is recovering after a Friday afternoon crash near Marshall. The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway 240 just after 2:00 p.m. The officer was driving north on Highway 65 and was hit by a Malta Bend man who was driving south on 65 attempting to turn east

Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash on I-70 near Columbia Friday afternoon. The westbound side was down to one lane and traffic was slowed while crews cleared the scene. At least 5 cars were involved, and one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A Cole County man appeared in court on charges of rape and child pornography Friday. 36-year-old Andrew Clayton had his first court appearance Friday morning. Court documents said Clayton used the app “Kik” to contact young boys. He admitted to deputies that he requested pictures from the boys and molested a 14-year-old boy. Clayton is

A Hallsville man was arrested Thursday in Columbia for child molestation and statutory sodomy. The incident happened on Phyllis Avenue in December. Investigators said the victim was 9 years old. Court documents said the victim and suspect knew each other. Spano is currently in the Boone County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Two suspects are on the run after beating and robbing a man in Columbia. The incident happened around midnight in the 100 block of 10th Street. Officers were responding to another call when they noticed the victim lying on the sidewalk with a head injury. Police talked to a witness who tried to step in

Thursday night, 36-year-old Santios Leake of Columbia was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of child endangerment, third-degree assault and driving on a revoked license. Boone County Detective Tom O’Sullivan said around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Leake was on the 1200 block of Player Place, near north east Columbia. Leake was

Mid-Missouri investigators say a teen could face charges after hacking into his school’s computer network, briefly shutting it down. Police were called to Fulton High School around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Officers eventually traced the breach to Austin Singleton, 17, who was logged into a computer in a classroom where the issue originated. Singleton was arrested

When Michelle Casey and the staff at Central Missouri Humane Society knew what happened, the rabbit was gone. Columbia police say they arrested Nicholas Jones Wednesday night for stealing the brown and black rabbit from the shelter. Police said they found Jones at the Tiger Village Apartments shortly after on Tiger Lane in west Columbia.

Former Mizzou star Shane Ray is heading west to Denver. Ray was selected 23rd overall by the Denver Broncos, after Denver traded up to select Ray. Ray is the seventh Missouri player since 2009 to be drafted in the first round, and the first since Sheldon Richardson, who was selected by the Jets in the

May will start off with mild, dry weather with mostly sunny skies Friday and high temperatures in the low to mid 70s. A cold front moving into northwestern Missouri Friday evening will increase our clouds through Friday night, leading to a few showers or thunder storms through Saturday morning. Spotty showers and isolated t-storms are

After a month of enforcing pedestrian laws, Columbia police are turning their attention to bicyclists. Thursday night kicked off CPD’s Bicycle Safety Campaign. Officers will be out ensuring cyclists are following the rules of the road, giving warnings Thursday night and tickets after that. They’ll also be making sure drivers are following the laws, especially

Educators in today’s technology-driven classrooms are concerned less about discipline problems of the past and more about a growing problem in many school districts — sexting. “This is an epidemic and they’re doing it on any device,” said Det. Tracy Perkins, Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force. More and more teenagers around Mid-Missouri are using

A downtown Columbia parking garage will soon close for cleaning. Columbia Public Works will conduct a deep cleaning of the 8th and Cherry Street parking garage on Sunday. The Department is asking those who park there to move their vehicles by 10:00 Sunday morning. Those with a parking pass for that garage will be allowed

A proposed Mid-Missouri hospital is one step closer to being built. ABC 17 News obtained the certificate of need for the close to $40 million project in Columbia. That certificate is required in Missouri before hospitals are allowed to be built to ensure the healthcare market isn’t over-saturated. The hospital would be built off Highway

According to a new report, bad roads cost Missouri drivers $4.5 billion a year, and the average Jefferson City driver more than $1,300 a year. TRIP, a national transportation research group, looked at Missouri roads and found more than 20 percent of major local and state-maintained roads are in poor condition. The report also said

A Mid-Missouri family is without a home after a fire in Camden County Monday. The fire happened in the 200 block of Monarch Lane. The family of 5 is staying with relatives, and the American Red Cross is monitoring their recovery process. The Red Cross has given the family food, clothing, and some personal hygiene