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A Lake Ozark woman was arrested Sunday night after Camden Co. deputies stopped a car on Horseshoe Bend Parkway. Deputies got permission to search the car from the owner, and found meth and drug paraphernalia in 19-year-old Starr Hall’s purse. Hall was arrested at the scene and taken to the Camden Co. Adult Detention Facility.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Charges were dropped in 2016. ABC 17 News confirmed Tuesday a Columbia man is now charged with rape and sodomy. 18-year-old Arlonzo Cisneros-Ochoa was booked into the Boone County Jail on no bond. Court documents said Cisneros-Ochoa allegedly pinned a 14-year-old girl down by her wrists and raped her while she struggled to

A truck flipped over in Boone County after slipping on some ice Tuesday morning. It happened in the 3100 block of KMJ Road shortly after 11 a.m. Authorities tell ABC 17 News icy roads caused the truck to slide off, even though the driver was driving slowly. The truck was stuck and had to be

ABC 17 confirmed one man went to the hospital Tuesday morning after a truck slid off an icy road about 15 minutes north of Columbia. The Boone County Fire Protection District responded around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday near KMJ and Akeman Bridge roads, off Highway VV. Crews say the truck was going slow but still got

A Columbia man is now back in mid-Missouri after he was caught in Georgia for a robbery and shooting last October. Investigators believe Davontay Hayes pistol-whipped a 17 year-old, before shooting into the back of a house. Hayes was booked in the Boone County jail Monday afternoon after coming from Dekalb Co., Ga. Officers say

UPDATE, 9:00 p.m. 2/15/16: The Columbia City Council approved improvements to Douglass Park Monday evening. ORIGINAL STORY: Douglass Park could soon be home to a new skate spot, shelters, new playground equipment, and additional park lighting. The 6.8 acres of Douglass Park is in need of improvements since it’s been nearly almost twenty years from

The Obama Administration continues its search Monday night for someone to replace the late justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Missouri State lawmakers gathered Monday night at the Cole County Republic Central Committee’s Lincoln Day Dinner. The featured speaker was former Oklahoma U.S. Rep J.C. Watts. Watts, the former House Republican chairman, spoke

Jefferson City council members voted unanimously in favor of a proposed bill that would set better standards for pets that are housed outside. The bill, sponsored by 2nd Ward Councilman J. Rick Mihalevich, now allows animal control workers to temporarily impound dogs outside in extreme cold or hot weather conditions even if the owner isn’t

Another fast moving area of low pressure will move in from the northwest, bringing rain and snow to Mid-Missouri through Tuesday morning. Rain will begin close to 2 AM near HWY 65, spreading east through daybreak. Temperatures will stay just above freezing in most of Mid-Missouri and the roads for the morning commute will be

Police told ABC 17 News they evacuated part of Westminster College after someone found a suspicious package on campus. Officers responded just before 2:00 Monday afternoon. The MSHP bomb squad arrived to the scene shortly before 3:30 p.m. At 4:15, ABC 17 News confirmed the suspicious package was deemed safe, and authorities determined it was

No one is in custody after reports of a possible shooting in south Columbia Monday. Someone reported shots fired at around 10:00 a.m. in Rock Quarry Park, but officers at the scene told ABC 17 News they did not find any evidence of a shooting. Police also said they did not see a car or

The amount of new members on dating sites jump around the holiday season and scammers are most prevalent around Valentines Day. The FBI says the most common targets of these scams are women over 40, but everyone is at risk. While most scammers have quit asking for money, they surprisingly convince their victims to meet

The Jefferson City Council is set to meet Monday night to vote on increasing funds for construction at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport. If approved, the amendment would add nearly $40,000 to the construction budget. The current grant from MoDOT for runway and lighting improvements is at $6.2 million. The council is also set to

A new bill might soon make daylight saving time the standard across Missouri. State lawmakers are now considering doing away with the annual practice of switching your clocks back and forth. There are a few conditions that come with the proposal. This bill would make Missouri spring forward and never fall back, meaning we would

The Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee is set to meet for a public hearing at the state Capitol Monday night regarding medical marijuana. House Bill 2213, the Missouri Compassionate Care Act, centers around the licensing of medical cannabis centers and cultivation and production facilities to provide medical marijuana to qualifying patients. The bill would also

Authorities cleared the scene at Douglass High School early this afternoon after a reported gas leak. Fire crews responded to the school after someone reported smelling gas in the area around 10:00 Monday morning. Crews checked the school and did not find any leaking gas valves. Officials said they tightened the boiler caps just in

A new video featuring University of Missouri communications professor Melissa Click has emerged on the internet showing her in a confrontation with Columbia Police during last fall’s homecoming parade. During the parade on October 10, members of Concerned Student 1950 stood in front of former UM System President Tim Wolfe’s car blocking him from moving

The Columbia City Council is set to meet Monday night and has a jam-packed agenda. First, the Council will hear public comment and vote on a bill that would allow construction to start for phase two of the Douglas Park improvement project. The park project would cost about $225,000 and is funded through the 2015

ABC 17 News confirmed crews are responding to two fires in Boone County Monday afternoon. The first fire is just south of Centralia at 13080 Davenport Rd. 10 units were at that fire as of 2:15 p.m. The second fire is in southern Boone County in the 1100 block of Victoria Avenue. 10 units were

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