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ABC 17s Sherree Burruss highlights high school football state semi-finals

Thousands of blind Missourians are on their last few months of full assistance from the state of Missouri. Several viewers called our newsroom Friday and said they had gotten a letter from the Department of Social Services that stated Blind Pension is getting reduced. A man name Harold (he didn’t want to share his last

Whether you’re are for police are against them, they still have a job to do. Ever since August, enforcement has increased in the Ferguson area. But what do people living there think about this? Driving through Ferguson, one of the first things you’ll notice is the difference between South Florissant Avenue where the police station

A Miller County man pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of his step niece last summer. Steven Henderson was charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action for the June 2013 killing of 13-year-old Macala Shelton. The armed criminal action charge was dropped in a plea deal. The judge waived the death penalty, but

ABC 17 News got a viewer tip this week that a man was stealing packages from people’s doorsteps. Breanna Dunnavant said she could prove it because the thief was caught on camera. Holts Summit Police Sergeant Marc Haycook is our guest for “This Week.” He says what helped authorities catch the man they say is

A Miller County man pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible sodomy of a 5-month-old baby in July, but those pleas were thrown out Friday by a judge. The case had been scheduled for final sentencing, and after hearing emotional victim evidence and arguments from both sides, the court questioned 26-year-old Michael Fisher about his

As the wait continues for the grand jury decision in Ferguson, universities in Mid Missouri are preparing. ABC 17 News checked in with University of Missouri and Lincoln University police about how they are getting ready for the verdict. MU police said they have been meeting with Columbia police and Highway Patrol about possible protests

Two women were arrested Thursday as part of an undercover investigation into prostitution. An undercover officer got in contact with Carmela Sanders and Randi Jo Bryant separately after finding their phone numbers in online advertisements. Both women went to the Courtyard hotel on Industrial Blvd. near Highway 63 and Grindstone Pkwy. Bryant was also arrested

From August till November, things in Ferguson have changed, drastically. “We’ve lost about 80% percent of our cliental here since August, since Mike Brown was killed”, says owner of Prime Time barber shop Thomas Bradley. Bradley is one of many, who have had to board up his business’ windows and doors. He says insurance agents

A Jefferson City man confessed stealing packages from Callaway and Cole counties after getting caught in the act Tuesday. The suspect was caught after one of the victims posted a video to Facebook asking for help finding whoever took a package off her porch in Lake Mykee, near Holts Summit. Holts Summit Police are still

It smelled like a campfire. “It was a smell of charred wood, basically,” Chris Cook, the pastor of Parkade Baptist Church, said. Cook found the entrance to the church’s children services burned Halloween morning, after the Columbia Fire Department put out a blaze around the wooden walls by the doors. Battalion Chief Brad Frazier said

“These people – our neighbors, our classmates, our friends – they did not come here in search of a free ride or an easy life. They came to work, and study, and serve in our military, and above all, contribute to America’s success,” President Obama said in an announcement Thursday night. In that controversial announcement,

The ride-sharing service Uber has been operating in Columbia since early October. The city has been having trouble regulating it because it doesn’t fit into the existing taxi service ordinance. City officials said they’ve drafted new regulations for ride-sharing services that will be presented to the City Council. When Uber first rolled into Columbia the

Officials in Mid-Missouri are discussing response plans after three students are shot in Florida. Exams and classes were cancelled at Florida State University Thursday after a gunman entered a library on the FSU campus early Thursday morning. There were 300-400 people inside the building at the time. Abc 17 talked to MU’s chancellor and campus

A domestic assault investigation in east Columbia revealed an explosive device in a car. Boone County Bomb Technicians were activated to safely remove the device on Tuesday at around 4:45 p.m. This happened at 1 Keene Street, the Columbia Orthopedic Group. Police say a domestic assault occurred involving a husband and a wife. When officers

Sedalia Police arrested six people in two separate drug busts Thursday. The first search warrant was at 537 East 4th Street just before 5:30 a.m. Officers forced entry into the home and arrested 4 people without incident. A K9 unit found methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription drugs, and drug paraphernalia. 25-year-old Laura Martin and 27-year-old Derek Hughes

Many people ABC 17 News talked to Thursday in Ferguson said they’ve been waiting for the grand jury to reach their decision. During the day, Ferguson appears to be peaceful, despite the boarded up windows and doors that some businesses have, as directed by their insurance agents. Things are quiet while there’s daylight, but at

Columbia Police are still looking for a man who robbed Central Bank of Missouri. It happened around 1:00 Thursday afternoon on Rangeline Street. They said the man implied he had a weapon, but the bank teller never saw one. Investigators said a white man came into the bank demanding money and left with an undisclosed

Construction is officially underway on a major Mid-Missouri highway bridge. Work began Thursday on the Highway 50 bridge in Jefferson City. Drivers will need to find an alternative route because the eastbound Highway 50 ramp to Big Horn Drive will be closed until the project is finished next month. Crews are making emergency repairs to

A Columbia man has been charged for child sex crimes. 27-year-old Dustin Fobes is charged with felony statutory sodomy after two alleged incidents with a child who is related to Fobes. The first time it happened the child was only 6 years old.