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Police have arrested 32-year-old Jermell Burnett in connection with a shooting that happened on Third Avenue last month. ABC17 News was on the scene January 31st when police said someone shot a home near third and grand. Several people were inside that home at the time, including children, but no one was hurt. ABC17 News

The Columbia Police Department responded to a hit and run call around 2:30 Sunday morning. They found a tree with minor damage in a yard of the 2600 block of Nelwood Drive in North Columbia. They later found the vehicle they believe was involved in the Gerbes parking lot on Paris Road, but police did

Traveling via roadways on Valentine’s day may become hazardous as an upper level disturbance drops southeastward into the Mid-Missouri region overnight. Light snow is expected to begin overnight and continue to spread southeastward by tomorrow morning. By about 6AM-7AM tomorrow morning, a changeover to freezing drizzle will be possible for areas to the south of

This story has been updated to provide the latest information, including an interview with the property developer, Eran Fields. To Columbia residents, it seems like one apartment complex project is barely finished before another begins. The newest proposed apartment complex from California-based developer Fields Holdings LLC would go up where Quinton’s Bar & Deli and

Firefighters responded to a house fire just east of Columbia Saturday. It happened around 5:00 p.m. in the 200 block of Sarazen Court. Firefighters found smoke coming from the front corner of the house when they arrived, according to Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp with the Boone County Fire Protection District. Crews went into the home

A two vehicle car crash caused traffic delays on I-70 just after 10:30 Saturday morning. Police on the scene told ABC 17 News that a chair fell out of a pick-up truck, causing another car to lose control and crash. Columbia police closed one lane of I-70 Westbound. The driver of the pick-up truck has

The Central Bank of Boone County says tax identity theft has been the most common form of ID theft in the last five years. The IRS says they’ve convicted nearly 2000 identity thieves in recent years. But citizens can also help prevent identity theft before it happens to them. First thing people can do is

More people reported callers to the police for trying to scam them in 2015 than the year before. Fulton police Chief Steve Myers estimated a twenty percent increase last year over 2014 in reports of scams over the phone. Chief Myers said the most common ones involve the caller painting a frantic scene – often

Columbia police officers responded to reports of trouble at the Columbia Mall Thursday night, the third incident in that area in less than a week. A sergeant told ABC 17 News they got word about a fight between two groups of juveniles outside the food court, but the juveniles were gone by the time police

A Columbia bar owner is defending his business after it was called out in a city report Friday. Councilman Ian Thomas said several downtown area residents have complained to him about excessive noise late at night from Harpo’s on South Tenth Street. Last September, Thomas asked the city manager and staff to put together a

Jefferson City Police have their hands full as drivers continue to speed through a major work zone. The speeding is happening near the Lafayette Street and Highway 50 Interchange project site. Officers said cars speeding in the 35 mph zone is causing extra danger to road workers.

“I’m very happy to be alive, and even more happy that my dog is safe.” The man that was rescued from an icy pond in south Columbia is identified as Zach Helmich. He told ABC 17 that he was just walking with his dog, Bluea around the pond. As they were playing fetch, Bluea saw

Early Thursday morning after dropping off his wife at work, David Vaughn went to the McDonalds off of Clark Lane to get something to eat. He decided to leave his engine running for fear that his dog, a miniature pinscher, would get cold. Minutes later, a man came into tell him that he saw his

The Morgan Co. R-2 School Board will move forward with replacing Trooper Anthony Piercy’s position. Members are expected to interview two people for the opening. Piercy resigned from the board last month after he was charged in December with the 2014 drowning death of Brandon Ellingson. The trooper waived his right to an arraignment Thursday

A 66-year-old man was killed following a crash in Montgomery Co. on Thursday night. The one-car crash happened on Highway 19 near Montgomery City. Troopers believe Jerry Pate lost control going around a curve just south of I-70, less than an hour east of Columbia. His truck went off the road and hit a tree.

Two Columbia men will spend the next 5 years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine. 52-year-old Robert Jennings and 31-year-old Brandon Carter were sentenced Friday. Both men pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Jennings admitted that he and another person sold crack from a shared home in 2013. Carter

Accumulating snow is possible this weekend as yet another Alberta Clipper moves into the region from the north. As of Friday afternoon, snow is forecast to move in to northeast Missouri as an initial band dips south between 8PM and 10PM Saturday night. This first band will mainly impact northeast Mid-MO, including Macon, Monroe, Audrain,

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An arctic high will settle across central Iowa tonight, bringing very cold temperatures to Mid-Missouri. Winds will be from the northwest from 8-15 in the afternoon, becoming light under 10 mph overnight. Wind chills will fall below 10 as early as 7PM tonight, dipping to 0 by 1-2AM. Wind chills will fall from -2 to

Three Ferguson-area legislators are speaking out about the government’s lawsuit against the city. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the filing of the civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, over Ferguson’s decision to reject the DOJ’s consent demands. The demands come in the form of a decree as a result of an investigation that found a pattern