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Columbia police said Sunday they found several shell casings at the Eighth Street and North Boulevard intersection behind Club Vogue and near the Thirsty Turtle bar. Officers responded to calls for shots fired in the area just before 3 a.m. Sunday. Several shell casings were collected, but police said they’re not sure if they were

Columbia police beefed up security at the Blue Note Friday after learning a group known for excessive partying, “I’m Schmacked,” would be in town. The group is known to travel to various college campuses and record and produce videos of partying. A sergeant with the Columbia Police Department told ABC 17 News Saturday they knew

A man is recovering after the car he was driving ran into a retaining wall in Columbia. It happened around 11:30 Saturday morning. Emergency crews responded to a car crash on Business Loop 70. Deon Jones was driving a friend’s car when he crashed into a retaining wall behind the Thirsty Turtle. Officer Gamal Castile

Mizzou head coach Gary Pinkel after No. 20 Mizzou wins 38-10 over Central Florida in the third game of the season.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Maty Mauk threw four touchdown passes, two each to Jimmie Hunt and Bud Sasser, and passed for 144 yards to lead No. 20 Missouri past Central Florida 38-10 on Saturday. The Tigers (3-0) led 14-10 at halftime before pulling away from the Knights (0-2), who had won their past two games

A Jefferson City neighborhood voiced its concerns about the new St. Mary’s Hospital location in a meeting Saturday morning. At least 30 people from Yorktown Drive and Rolling Hills Drive joined three council members, a city engineer, a Jefferson City police officer and Brent VanConia, president of St. Mary’s Hospital, to discuss the problems they

Community members speak out in a series of public forums aimed at curbing violence in Columbia. The Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence hosted the series. Friday night was the third and final public forum. People gathered at the Armory Sports and Recreation Center to hear from a diverse panel, all of them familiar with

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ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim highlights the first part of week 5, Sports Zone Football Friday.

ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim highlights the second part of week 5, Sports Zone Football Friday.

In Mid-Missouri, athletics are a crowd favorite. But the black and gold means serious green for many area businesses. The University of Missouri announced Friday that Tiger athletics are a major contributor to the economic revenue in the city. University graduate students have been conducting a research study over the past five years to find

The status of a controversial downtown development in Columbia changed several times Friday. Friday morning a fence was put up and side walks blocked off around the perimeter of the Opus project on Eight and Locust streets. Around 3 p.m. Friday, Judge Kevin Crane lifted a temporary restraining order against the developer. ABC 17 News

Friday, a community is stepping up to help a local family through an unimaginable series of tragedies. Thursday around 4 p.m., firefighters were called to a house fire at 14106 Route V which is southwest of Russellville. Shirley Gilpin, one of the homeowners, said she was in the house with her nine and twelve-year-old sons

A Mid-Missouri family has lost a loved one and their home all in the same day. Anthony Gilpin, 39, was racing home Thursday afternoon after hearing about the fire on Route V near Russellville. He was in the middle of passing a car on the right shoulder along Route C when he lost control just

The expansion of a major Mid-Missouri highway opened to drivers in Osage County Friday. The $25.5 million project to make Route 50 wider extends 6.6 miles, and took two years to complete. That segment of the highway was relocated and widened from 2 to 4 lanes from the Highway 50/63 junction to County Road 604

Thousands pack their saddle bags, don their leather apparel, and head down for the weekend’s festivities. Lake Ozark resident and biker Patty Forsythe said, “we look forward to it every year, every year they’ve got great vendors and music and food and just the camaraderie of it”. Malcolm Ambrose owns Bad Apple Customs and has

Grandparents Day was recently celebrated and now is a good time for families to talk about scams that target seniors, especially to be on the lookout for what is called the “grandparent scam”. The scam preys on the love of a grandparent for their grandchildren. Typically the grandparent receives a frantic phone call from whom

A University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute trailer was damaged following gunfire and a crash in St. Louis early Friday morning. According to FOX 2 KTVI in St. Louis, a 25-year-old man was driving just after 2:00 a.m, when another car drove up and starting shooting at him. The driver ducked to avoid

Construction on a downtown Columbia student housing complex was halted the same day it was supposed to start. Opus Development was slated to break ground on a new student housing complex on Locust between 7th and 8th streets Friday. A Boone County judge issued a temporary restraining order against Opus, which was lifted late Friday

Police arrested two teenagers in connection with a shooting in a south Columbia neighborhood. According to the police report, one of the teenagers, Thomas Kim, made arrangements for a drug deal with an 18-year-old woman at Bethel Park. Kim, 17, is charged with 1st degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and