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A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing the identity of eight Jefferson City Country Club members and employees. 22-year-old Travis Sumpter started working at the country club in June. Sumpter allegedly created 8 credit card accounts under the names of members and employees. ABC 17 News obtained court documents that said Sumpter had access

Drivers in and around Jefferson City need to be aware of some traffic changes happening Thursday night. Lane changes at the Lafayette interchange will begin at 5:00 p.m. Westbound lanes of Highway 50 and 63 will open, and traffic will go down the new Lafayette off ramp. From there, drivers will cross Lafayette and go

Three people were charged in Morgan County after investigators found stolen property, explosives, and drugs in a home. Morgan County deputies, the FBI, ATF, and Camden Co. explosives detection K9 Unitsearched the home on Highway T outside Versailles on Monday. Investigators found meth, stolen property, and explosives inside. 35-year-old Jack Medley, 45-year-old Charles “Billy” Crowe,

Oscar Mayer has recalled more than 2 million pounds of turkey bacon. This comes after people are reportedly becoming sick after eating it. Kraft-Heinz, the parent company of Oscar Mayer, issued the recall Tuesday, which also covers Oscar Mayer’s Selects, uncured turkey bacon. The company said some of the products may be adulterated and could

A license plate reader system is being credited for helping law enforcement track down the suspect in a deadly Virginia shooting that left a news reporter and photographer dead and another person injured. A trooper was using the system when it flagged the car the shooter was driving. ABC 17 News looked into the License

A Cole County Judge ruled Tuesday to allow a lawsuit against a proposed hog birthing operation to continue. Judge Daniel Green dismissed motions from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Clean Water Commission and the company Callaway Farrowing to throw out the suit, filed by the group of landowners Friends of Responsible Agriculture in June.

A Cole County Circuit judge on Wednesday delayed a decision in the theft case involving former Victoria’s Bridal owner Ann Metternich. Metternich is charged in Cole County with one count of felony theft. She waived a trial by jury in March, and her bench trial began in April in Cole County. The bench trial stopped

According to The Associated Press, gun thefts are up 70 percent in Saint Louis. Police believe this may be causing the recent spike in homicides, making it the most violent year the city has ever experienced. Authorities say a lot of the stolen guns are taken from cars and then later used in various violent

A Mid-Missouri man faces felony charges after allegedly threatening a woman with a gun. Court documents said 23-year-old Brandon Abbott confronted the victim with a gun in his hand. He’s accused of shoving the woman and ripping the phone off the wall so she wouldn’t be able to call 911. Documents said he then fired

Officials at Boonville High School have confirmed seven football players have contracted a contagious skin infection, and the school is working to prevent the rash from spreading. The rash, herpes gladiatorum, is a viral skin infection that is common among athletes through skin to skin contact. The infection is said to spread through skin contact

Hundreds of University of Missouri graduate students rallied on campus in front of the columns demanding change Monday. Earlier this month, the university took away health care from graduate students a day before it was set to go into effect. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin reversed the university decision last Friday restoring health care. But Wednesday

A Columbia Kia dealership will soon have new owners. Head Motor Company is selling its Kia location at 710 Business Loop 70 West. Four partners plan to rename it “Kia of Columbia.” But Head Motor Company’s second dealership down the road at 400 Business Loop 70 West still plans to sell used cars, and it

WDBJ reporter, Alison Parker, and photographer, Adam Ward, are two out of five journalists in the past 15 years who have been murdered while on the job. Their suspected killer was fired a couple of years ago from WDBJ. “So, often these people that commit to violence, they feel like it’s hopeless, they don’t have

Crews on Highway 50 in Jefferson City are preparing for changes at the Lafayette interchange. The westbound on ramps are nearly complete, and starting Thursday, westbound traffic will start driving through Lafayette St. while the westbound ramps are repaired. MoDOT is changing the lane size from 12 feet to 11 fet, making the road more

Two men from the Lake of the Ozarks area were arrested and charged after investigators found numerous drugs in a storage unit following a search warrant. Camden County deputies and members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group searched a storage business in the 200 block on Carol Road in Lake Ozark Tuesday night. Deputies

We have been enjoying dry and mild weather the past few days but some changes are on the way as we head into the weekend. An upper level disturbance will move in from the west, bringing a chance of rain as early as Friday morning with a spot shower possible north of I-70. Most areas

MoDOT crews are preparing to set up barriers for a major I-70 bridge replacement project in Columbia. The work is scheduled to begin Wednesday night. The driving lane on westbound I-70 will close from 9:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. Thursday. The highway will close Thursday night at the same time. Crews will also close one

A Lake Area man was arrested over the weekend for an assault that happened earlier this month. 33-year-old James Dean Turner of Lake Ozark allegedly assaulted a man in the 100block of Sweet William Road. Witnesses said the victim was trying to break up a fight between Turner and his girlfriend. When deputies arrived, Turner

According to WDBJ, the man accused of killing a reporter and photographer for the Virginia TV station Wednesday morning has shot himself after encountering law enforcement. The Associated Press confirmed Wednesday afternoon the shooter has died at an area hospital. WDBJ’s Alison Parker and Adam Ward were at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake

A Cole County man was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after he was trampled by a cow. The accident happened in a corral near Centertown at around 11:00 in the 10000 block of Mud Creek Road. The man was life-flighted to University Hospital in Columbia. Cole County EMS, Regional West firefighters, and Cole Co.