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A Columbia man was found guilty in Boone County Court Friday night in the summer 2013 shooting death of Tre’veon Marshall. A jury decided 20-year-old Nicholas Thomas fatally shot 17-year-old Tre’veon Marshall in Columbia’s McKee Street Park on July 14, 2013. Prosecutor Tracy Gonzalez told ABC 17 News it was a verdict she wasn’t surprised

There is a Microsoft tech support phone scam that is circulating inmid-Missouri. How does it work? – Scammers are using publicly available phone directories and calling individuals, telling them they are a security expert from Microsoft and they have a virus on their computer. – They then give you a few directions to try and

The state of Missouri ranks in the top ten states for most lightning strikes. The list comes two days after lightning struck a moving car in Indiana and also injured two airport workers in Florida. The increased number of thunderstorms during the spring and summer months, especially in July, is the time when most strikes

On Friday, the UM Board of Curators finished a two day meeting. UM System President Tim Wolfe referred several times to the task force put in place after the Sasha Menu Courey case made national news. Wolfe has been given a temporary executive authority with regard to sexual assaults. Wolfe said, “The curators came together

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department will run a sobriety checkpoint within the county limits at anytime this weekend until June 22. To determine if a driver is under the influence, Sgt. Brian Leer with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said Friday deputies use physical observations alongside field sobriety tests. If deputies smells alcohol or drugs

A new policy in Miller County could affect travelers heading to the Lake of the Ozarks. A new no refusal policy means that people cannot refuse a sobriety test. If a driver still says “no”, now, within minutes, an officer can get a blood search warrant, meaning a trip to the hospital to see what

A Columbia woman missing since Tuesday was found safe early Friday morning. Columbia police told ABC 17 News 20-year-old Cynthia Underwood had been located and was in good health. Underwood was reported missing after she had not been seen or heard from since Tuesday at the corner of Clinkscales and Worley Street in Columbia. She

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation reaffirming Missouri’s ban on protests near funerals. The measure enacted Friday prohibits protests within 300 feet of funeral or burial sites from one hour before they begin until one hour after they end. That already was included in a Missouri law that was upheld in court. But Missouri law

The man allegedly with Nicholas Thomas the night he killed Tre’veon Marshall testified Thursday in the Boone County trial’s second day. Joshua Murray is a co-defendant in the first-degree murder trial stemming from Marshall’s death in McKee Park July 14, 2013. He took the stand today, claiming he and Thomas went to McKee Park to

On Thursday , the University of Missouri task force on sexual assault and mental health said phase one is complete and phase two is almost complete, but there’s more work ahead. The task force was put together in February. The group was formed on the heels of accusations Mizzou didn’t do enough to address a

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department urges people in Columbia again to lock their doors and windows. The warning comes after a burglary on early Thursday morning at the 300 block of the Rockbridge Estates on Chris Drive in south Columbia. The victim told police she woke up at 3:25 a.m. to find a man with

Two people are in jail for allegedly stealing copper from a Mid-Missouri park. Stephanie and William Fowler were arrested earlier this week just east of Jefferson City. Cole County authorities say the air conditioning unit and baseball field scoreboards were stripped for wiring at Countryside Park in Taos. Two gas cans were also stolen out

Police have made an arrest in a Fulton shooting that ABC 17 confirmed on Wednesday. Officers found three shell casings Tuesday night near Ninth and Jefferson streets, after responding to the area around 7:15 p.m. After further investigating, they identified the suspect as Terrill Reynolds. Police took him into custody Thursday afternoon along with Kirsti

About 29 million people have diabetes in America, and slightly more than 8 million people have undiagnosed diabetes. To compare that number, it would equal more than the entire state of Missouri. Doctor Jason Zerrer at Providence Urgent Care said, “Typically, when you see somebody very skinny… and young… That’s type one. You know when

On Thursday, the Southeastern Conferences and Big 12 announced the formation of a women’s basketball challenge spanning at least two years to begin this fall. Two teams from each league will participate in the initial two years to help promote the 2015 SEC Women’s Basketball Championship to be played in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and

UPDATE 10:05 A.M.: Columbia College responded to ABC 17’s inquiry for more information Thursday morning. The school said it could only say Davis’ departure was a “personnel matter,” but did clarify it was not related to a legal incident. “I will say that Mike Davis served us well in the 13 years since the program

Authorities in two Lake of the Ozarks-area counties were looking for repeat gun thieves. According to a news release, a Miller County auction house was burglarized sometime overnight between June 10 and June 11. A Surveillance cameras caught a white man in a St. Louis Cardinals shirt and a blonde woman in an orange tube

“He folded up like a chair.” Those were the very first words in the opening statement made by the state. Those words were allegedly what Nick Thomas told a friend after he shot Tre’Veon Marshall in the back, describing Marshall being hit by a bullet like a folding chair breaking. The state and defense didn’t

It’s a dangerous Boone County intersection. Highway 63 and Hinton road is the site of dozens of crashes. A driver making a left from either side of Highway 63 is forced to cross four lanes of traffic. According to MODOT, there have been 53 crashes at the intersection in the last 10 years. Two of

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss talks with Hickman Athletic Director Doug Mirts on his last day before becoming the Director of programming for the Missouri Association of Secondary Education principals.