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Columbia police are investigating a shooting that resulted in gunfire striking three homes on Rice Road, narrowly missing multiple residents inside. An ABC 17 News crew at the scene reported seeing at least three patrol vehicles and the crime scene unit van around 9:40 p.m. in the area of McKee Street and Rice Road. Police

Water levels are rising again along the Missouri River after recent heavy rain, although none of the flooding is expected to be severe. The National Weather Service is predicting moderate flooding in St. Joseph, Missouri, where the river is expected to crest Tuesday night at a level that will inundate a park. Minor flooding is

The Jefferson City Police Department was investigating a shots fired call on Tuesday morning in the 1400 block of Elizabeth Street. Police originally responded to the scene around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Police found a vehicle with damage consistent with shots being fired, said Lt. David Williams with JCPD. No one was hurt in the incident,

Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe announced his plans Monday to seek re-election in 2020. Kehoe spoke with us before his announcement at Memorial Park in Jefferson City in an interview you’ll only see on ABC 17 News. Kehoe said he plans to tackle several issues on the campaign trail, including tourism, infrastructure and workforce development. “When

Between 2004 and 2013, the cases of commercial sexual exploitation of children offenses, which include child pornography, increased by 54 percent, according to the US Department of Justice. The number of defendants in federal court alone nearly doubled during the same period. Is there an increase in the number of pedophile seeking victims, or have

A vehicle crashed into a trailer on Route Y near Hagans Road Tuesday morning, causing traffic delays. LIVE PLAYBACK of the scene can be viewed in the player below. BOONE CO JOINT COM: Motor Vehicle Collision RTE Y near Hagans Rd. Use caution, avoid area if possible. — Joint Communications (@BCJC911) September 24, 2019 The

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny to start with increasing clouds by afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. TONIGHT: A cold front will move in, bringing showers and storm chances back after midnight. Overnight lows in the mid to upper 60s . EXTENDED: Those rain chances look to be around into Wednesday morning. The front

The Missouri Department of Transportation is working to schedule several safety improvements for U.S. 54 south of Jefferson City. Three fatal crashes have occurred in Miller and Cole counties on Highway 54 this year, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports ABC 17 News previously reported about a head-on collision Sept. 15 that

Often you’ll hear the StormTrack Weather Team refer to high pressure in our weather broadcasts. High pressure systems move in to mid-Missouri in any weather season and tend to bring with them quiet weather and sunny skies. But, high pressure systems can bring a multitude of different temperature schemes to mid-Missouri, depending on where these

Several Hartsburg residents evacuated their homes in June during major flooding. Water poured over the levees in the area, flooded farmers’ fields, and crept towards people’s homes. Jo Hackman was one of those residents. After three months, she recently moved back into her home in Hartsburg, where she can tend to the pumpkins she grows.

The Ashland Police Department said officers are investigating vandalism at the learning garden behind Southern Boone Primary School. According to a Facebook post by investigators, someone damaged the garden between Friday and Monday morning. So far, police haven’t identified any suspects. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call 573-442-6131. Sign up for

A Columbia man was charged with second-degree murder Monday in connection with a Sept. 14 homicide near Park Avenue and Fifth Street. Michael Leon Anderson, 28, allegedly shot and killed E’quan Spain, 19, while sitting in a Dodge vehicle, according to court documents filed Monday. Police arrested Anderson Friday. Spain was sitting in the back

A Columbia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to provide supplies for a terrorist attack in Kansas City. Robert Lorenzo Hester, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of trying to supply bomb-making materials to a terrorist group in late 2016. Hester was charged in federal court in 2017. According to court documents, he

An Eldon, Missouri couple is now charged with drug trafficking after authorities served a narcotics search warrant. According to court documents, Nathanael Davis and his wife, Katie Crosswhite, were in the home off of Doyle Road on Aug. 19. Investigators said around 115 grams of meth, three unknown pills, syringes, modified spoons, 5 grams of

Prosecutors charged a Jefferson City Walmart employee last week with threatening to shoot up the store, and investigators say he has also made comments “synonymous with shooting a school” in another incident. Nicholas B. Pratte, 38, was jailed Friday without bond and charged with second-degree making a terrorist threat after police say he made a

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny to start with increasing clouds by afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: A cold front approaches the region late Tuesday night into early Wednesday, bringing the chance for scattered storms early on Wednesday. The

Columbia police have made one arrest in a spate of shootings that claimed five lives in eight days. Officers on Friday arrested Michael Leon Anderson III, 28, of Columbia, in the Sept. 14 shooting death of E’quan Spain, 19. Police said in a probable cause statement that Anderson accidentally shot Spain while they were firing

A Benton County woman faces nearly a dozen animal abuse charges. Deputies arrested Tiffany L. Woodington, 49, of Cole Camp, Missouri on Sept. 12. The Sheriff’s Office said Woodington operated the nonprofit group “All Accounted For” with her husband, Steven C. Woodington, 55, of South Padre Island, Texas. Both are accused of bringing the animals

Autopsies show a man and boy whose bodies were found last week in Gasconade County died in an apparent murder-suicide. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release Monday that Monty Jason Barton, 37, died of a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head and 4-year-old Bentlee Turner died of a gunshot wound to

A special Missouri legislative session on vehicle tax breaks cost roughly $70,000 to hold. State House and Senate cost estimates put the price tag of the short September session at a little more than $71,000. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called the special session to overlap with lawmakers’ annual meeting to review vetoed bills. That cut