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A woman was arrested Tuesday night after she was caught stealing from the Wal-Mart in Fulton. Fulton woman Tori Taylor was reportedly stealing a grocery cart full of items she did not pay for at the Wal-Mart on 1701 North Business 54. Officers responded and identified Taylor, locating her in the 1000 block of Merklin

The Boone County Prosecutor’s office filed its third robbery and sexual assault case against a Jefferson City man since his arrest in late October. 19-year-old Jemell Butler faces new charges of second-degree robbery, rape, sodomy and kidnapping for an incident reported to Columbia police in early October. Butler was arrested on October 18 when CPD

We are tracking a strong area of low pressure which will move in from the southwest and track across Mid-Missouri Saturday night through Sunday. This storm system will pick up moisture and give us increasing rain chances Saturday. Rain and storms will become likely by Saturday evening and overnight. A few strong storms can’t be

Drivers on I-70 in Columbia can expect some lane changes over the next couple of weeks. Starting around 8 p.m. Tuesday night, crews shifted westbound traffic onto the new bridge over Rangeline. The same will happen with westbound traffic on the bridge over Garth Avenue on Wednesday night. Next week, eastbound traffic will be shifted

The Boone County commission approved a little more than $84,000 dollars in state funding for the cyber crimes task force on Tuesday. It’s welcome news for the task force, but the state grant still falls short of covering the department’s needs. “Our grant for this fiscal year, we were cut money for particular equipment and

Residents who live off Rollins Road in Columbia are questioning their safety after a fatal crash Friday morning. Christopher Master’s car hit the sidewalk on one side of the street, crossed two lanes of traffic and crash into a tree in a residential road. He was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the

A Mid-Missouri woman is heading to prison after a drug bust in Fulton earlier this fall. A judge sentenced Joni Wolfe for multiple crimes on Tuesday. Investigators searched the home back in October off Anthony Street. They found about 100 grams of meth and 1/2 pound of marijuana. Wolfe pleaded guilty to having illegal guns

A multiple vehicle accident is now clear after traffic was blocked on Highway 63 Tuesday night. Both lanes of Highway 63 southbound in Columbia were closed for the 3 car accident near Stadium Blvd. Traffic was being diverted onto Stadium for a short time after 6:00 p.m.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has finished its investigation into a September accident involving a Jefferson City police officer and a small child, who was struck by the officer’s vehicle on East McCarty. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Scott White tells ABC 17 News the patrol does not anticipate submitting any recommendation of charges to the

Improvements could be coming for a big box store in Jefferson City. City Council members met on the issue Tuesday night to review plans to upgrade the Menards near Highway 50 and 179. The store wants to build a 22,000 sq. ft. warehouse at the corner of its lumberyard. It also wants to enclose its

Cole County commissioners are discussing the 2016 budget this week. Sheriff Greg White is requesting about $50,000 on top of the usual budget increase for his department. White tells ABC 17 News the money is for salary increases for department employees. “We have not followed anything that goes along with longevity over the years,” said

The Jefferson City Council Tuesday night is set to discuss the proposed closing of part of Chestnut Street. ABC 17 News has been following the issue for months. The city council chose not to vote on the issue in October. The request comes from Lincoln University, who wants to turn the section of Chestnut into

A Missouri senator this week filed legislation that would ban all meals and gifts from lobbyists to legislators or their staff. Representative Sheila Solon said the bill would improve the culture at the Capitol, and help improve accountability and transparency in state government. Solon’s bill would also prohibit alcohol and the use of tobacco in

Two Tuscon, Arizona residents were arrested last week after Phelps Co. deputies apparently caught traveling on I-44 with drugs in their car. Deputies stopped the car near the 197 mile marker on eastbound I-44 on December 3. Deputies searched the car and found 73 pounds of cocaine in a hidden compartment. 23-year-old Monica Castillo and

A 40-year-old California man was arrested Sunday morning after Highway Patrol troopers pulled him over for a registration violation. Troopers stopped Michael Cox at the 104 mile marker on I-70, and smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from him. Cox told the trooper he could not search the car, but the trooper used

A Holts Summit man was arrested Monday morning for charges relating to sexual abuse between 2010 and 2012. Court documents said Holts Summit Police overheard a 9-year-old victim say she “had a baby in her belly,” and “the baby in her belly was not coming out.” Investigators talked to the victim’s grandmother, who said the

A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday after officers smelled marijuana coming from a MU residence hall dorm room. An officer went to Zachary Bannister’s room in Hudson Hall and searched his room after he gave consent. The officer found drug paraphernalia including 2 scales, marijuana, two fake IDs, and an open, unlocked safe. Bannister had

Sentencing is now set in February for a mid-Missouri mother charged for the death of her daughter, who overdosed on prescription drugs Christmas Eve. Starletta Blevins-Moore just pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Her 16-year-old was found dead last year in Maries County near Dixon, about an hour

More than 250 bills were pre-filed Tuesday, for the 2016 Missouri Legislative Session that gets underway January 6th. Republican State Representative Caleb Rowden of Columbia, pre-filed a sweeping 4-point ethics reform package. As our guest on “This Week,” Representative Rowden talks about why ethics reform is so important to him at this moment. Here’s a

About two weeks after learning the Columbia Police Department will be dissolving its Traffic Unit, ABC 17 News asked MODOT’s Highway Safety division if the change could affect future grants to the city. ABC 17 News confirmed CPD’s decision to eliminate the Traffic Unit through a leaked email. CPD is set to dissolve the Traffic