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CrimeStoppers is offering cash rewards for tips identifying and/or assisting in locating possible suspects of crimes observed on video surveillance. As a collaborative effort between local law enforcement and CrimeStoppers, agencies are providing CrimeStoppers with video surveillance and photos of possible suspects or suspect vehicles. CrimeStoppers will post the videos and photos to their website

The charges were dropped in October 2018.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced on Tuesday the issuance of civil investigative demands to three major opioid distributors. The demands require the distributors to provide documents and information relevant to the investigation into the pharmaceutical industry’s involvement in the opioid epidemic. “It has become clear that opioid distributors had opportunities to stem the tide

Pettis County deputies arrested Gary Meyer after officers received information that Meyer was traveling outside the county to pick up large amounts of methamphetamine and bring it back to Pettis for the purpose of processing and selling. According to the probable cause statement, the informant told officers the informant had heard Meyer admit to traveling

UPDATE: According to the probable cause statement, Griffith is a gang member and was hanging around a school and park. Griffith has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm. ORIGINAL STORY: Columbia police arrested Dushane Griffith on Sunday evening after officers were dispatched to a suspicious vehicle in

UPDATE: 12:20 p.m.: The University of Missouri curators have approved the placement of a statue honoring former Mizzou Basketball coach Norm Stewart. The statue is estimated to cost about $196 thousand dollars. The university has raised more than $218 thousand dollars with more than $70 thousand dollars pledged. The excess funds will be used to

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Department arrested Aramis Curtis after they were dispatched to a suspicious vehicle parked on County Road 262 early Monday morning. Deputies said they found the vehicle and made contact with Curtis. While talking with Curtis, officers detected evidence of criminal activity and detained him, deputies said. While conducting an investigation, Curtis

TODAY: It’s a chilly start to Halloween as highs are only in the mid to upper 30s. High temperatures will only reach the low to mid 40s with light westerly winds. There is a chance of late-day and evening sprinkles or brief light rain mainly along and south of I-70 with a small chance we

Missouri is appealing a ruling that the state owes $26.3 million to more than 3,000 blind people who were underpaid by the Department of Social Services’ blind pension fund. Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office filed a notice Monday that it would appeal a Cole County judge’s decision. The appeal will be the fifth in a

TUESDAY: Halloween will be off to a cool start as temperatures drop below freezing with wind chill values in the upper 20s. Clouds will move back in through the day and it will be chilly! High temperatures will only reach the low to mid 40s with light westerly winds. There is a chance of late-day

On Monday, Columbia’s tax increment financing district, or TIF commission turned down the Broadway Hotel’s application for some help. That recommendation will now go to the city council. The 8-3 vote means the commission recommends the council reject the Broadway Hotel’s bid for a TIF. The TIF would have allowed the hotel developers keep the

Dozens of Columbia residents were without power late Monday night due to a downed power line. It happened near Prathersville Road and Oakland Gravel just after 11:00 p.m. Boone Electric, the Boone County Fire Protection District and Boone County deputies were on scene and shut down the intersection. ABC 17 News called Boone Electric and

Boone County Special Needs Affordable Housing is celebrating the grand opening of its second apartment development — but this doesn’t solve the lack of housing in the county. Resident Max Lewis just moved into the new apartment homes, called Boone Point Central. It has a lot more room than his previous home and it is

On Monday, Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit challenging a second provision of Senate Bill 5. The bill requires abortion providers in Missouri have a so-called complication plan approved by the Department of Health and Senior Services. Planned Parenthood said the plan has resulted in the loss of medical abortion services in Columbia and has narrowed

A group of community leaders, school officials, families and non-profit organizations have teamed up to share a community report card on education in Boone County. The group calls themselves the Cradle to Career Alliance of Boone County, and they held a luncheon Monday at Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center. They are hoping to put

Several law enforcement agencies are cracking down on sex offender violators this Halloween. Missouri State law said sex offenders are not allowed to have Halloween decorations, answer the door for trick-or-treaters or have their porch light on. They are required to have a sign on their front door saying “No candy or treats at this

The pink and dark green lines have been removed from the Go COMO bus system, among other changes that took effect Monday. The pink line (#6), which covered a section of Southeast Columbia, has been replaced by a “Flex Route,” which is available from 7-8 a.m. and 4-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Riders will be

The Columbia Library District board members have voted against recommending tax increment financing for new development at the Broadway Hotel. The Columbia Public Schools Board of Education told its representatives on the TIF Commission to vote no on the proposal earlier this month. In a letter to the commission, CLD board president Kathleen Markie said

CrimeStoppers received an anonymous donation of $2,000 to be put towards reward money for any tips leading to an arrest in the murder of Jamar Hicks. Hicks was murdered on July 16th when at least one suspect approached a car that Hicks was inside of. The suspects opened fire on the vehicle, killing Hicks and

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office is taking multiple measures to protect its citizens from registered sex offenders in the county. The office created a new interactive map that shows the location of the sex offenders’ registered home addresses and allows you to compare your current location to the houses. The map also shows the criminal