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A federal judge has decided to let a civil lawsuit move forward against the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The suit claims the agency violated the rights of a man who died at the Lake of the Ozarks, while he was in custody, wearing handcuffs. ABC 17 News has had extensive coverage on Brandon Ellingson. He

Jefferson City police say a crash has shut down a Jefferson City road Thursday. Police tweeted about the crash just before 8:00 Thursday morning. The tweet said the crash happened in the 2300 block of St. Louis Road. A utility pole was apparently involved in the crash. ABC 17 News is working to find out

UPDATE:Authorities in Tennessee are reporting a missing girl and subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe. WATE, the ABC affiliate in Knoxville, reports the Hawkins County sheriff says Carlie Trent has been found, and a suspect is in custody. Trent, 9, was taken out of school last week by her uncle through marriage,

The Camden County Sheriff’s office confirmed a school bus was involved in an accident around 7:15 a.m. Thursday near Montreal, about 15 minutes west of Camdenton. Dr. Tim Hatfield, Camdenton R-III Superintendent, confirms there were no injuries reported on board Bus #40. Passengers in the other car were injured. Another bus picked up the students.

A new K9 dog has arrived in Jefferson City to help police with drug and suspect searches. Chopper, a German Shepherd, will work with Officer Jeremy Bowman on assignment with the Community Action Team. The pair will also work alongside Officer Paul Gash and his K9 partner Buzz. In addition to their regular duties, both

An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to assault a little more than a year after his arrest in an attempted rape investigation. Austin Zavala pleaded guilty to the charges in court Thursday. He was originally charged with attempted rape, but pleaded to a lesser charge of assault. The attack happened at the Candelwood Suites hotel

Columbia police are investigating an armed robbery and home invasion on Vandiver Drive, and say four suspects are on the loose. The robbery happened at a home on Vandiver Drive shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday. According to investigators, one person in the home answered a knock at the door, at which point the person at

UPDATE: A man is in the Boone County jail Thursday after he was arrested in connection to a chase through central Columbia Wednesday. Police said they arrested 29-year-old Denico Crawley in the1000 block of West Stewart Road Wednesday. Police say Street Crimes Detectives were driving south on Providence Road just north of Locust Street when

A Hallsville man wanted for warrants in Boone and Audrain Counties was arrested in Centralia following a chase on Tuesday. According to Centralia police, a sergeant saw Gregory Crites get into a vehicle near Columbia Street. At the time, Crites had warrants for domestic assault related to an incident involving his ex. The sergeant tried

Another cold front will sweep through on Friday night. Ahead of this front storms are likely to develop in northern Missouri and track east along this front. Areas north of HWY 36 could see storms move in from 3PM-4PM, with storms likely near I-70 from 5PM-7PM. Areas from HWY 50 and north are under a

UPDATE 5/12: ABC 17 News checked with University Hospital Thursday morning. Hospital officials said Murray remained in critical condition Thursday. ORIGINAL STORY: The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 54 near Monticello Road, just southwest of Jefferson City. Troopers were first alerted around 12:30 p.m. They told ABC 17

A man was recovering Thursday after a single vehicle crash in Jefferson City. It happened around 9:30 Wednesday night on eastbound Highway 54, west of Buffalo Road. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol said 34-year-old James Holleman traveled off the left side of the road and overturned. The report says emergency crews

In an ABC 17 News Special Report, jails are feeling the pressure of overcrowding and housing inmates with poor mental health. ABC 17’s Dan Messineo finds out what steps Boone County and parts of Missouri are taking to give mental health inmates the proper help they need in “Breaking The Cycle” Thursday on ABC 17

We are tracking another cold front which moves in Friday evening. Ahead of this front, temperatures will reach near 80 degrees with partly cloudy skies. Scattered showers and t-storms are expected to develop ahead of the front Friday afternoon in northern Missouri and move southeast into Mid-Missouri after 4 PM. These are forecast to move

Randy Boehm said he was lucky he had only one day like January 10, 2005. “Hard to believe it was 11 years ago. Feels sometimes much, much more raw and recent than that,” the former Columbia police chief said Wednesday, standing near the spot one of his officers was shot. Molly Bowden, then 26 years

U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey granted a permanent injunction Wednesday, protecting Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri’s license to perform abortions in Columbia. The state tried to strip the organization of its license for not having a doctor with hospital privileges. Planned Parenthood still can’t perform abortions until it has a doctor with those privileges.

A proposal that would require people to show a photo ID when voting moved forward Wednesday night. The Missouri Senate voted 24-8 to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow for such a law. Now it needs another House vote. If approved, it would bypass Gov. Nixon and would go right to the Missouri voters.

Missouri executed a convicted killer Wednesday night. It was the state’s first execution of the year. 66-year-old Earl Forrest died from lethal injection after 7:00 p.m. Forrest was convicted in the 2002 killing of Harriett Smith and Michael Wells in a drug dispute and Dent County Sheriff’s Deputy Joann Barnes in a subsequent shootout at

The Cole County Sheriff’s Department told ABC 17 today, that in two days alone, they have received over a dozen calls about a scam involving warrants. The suspects are identifying themselves as Deputy Gary or Greg, telling victims that they have active warrants and have to pay up or else they will go to jail.

The Columbia city council could vote on a proposed downtown freeze at its meeting next Monday. The ordinance would place an administrative delay on building permits for multi-family developments within a one mile radius in the area of Elm, Providence, Stadium and College. It was introduced at the May 2 city council meeting by Mayor