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The Ashland Police Department is the latest Mid-Missouri law enforcement agency to outfit its officers with body cameras. The body cams come at the same time state lawmakers pre-file a bill to require officers across the state to wear cameras while in the line of duty, in part, as a response to the Ferguson police

Two people were hurt in a car crash that happened during a police chase Tuesday night. The chase started on Highway 28 in Maries County when a deputy made a traffic stop. The driver allegedly gave false information before driving off. The chase continued at high speed onto Interstate 44 and went west toward St.

The NAACP started day three of their “Journey for Justice” march for Michael Brown early Wednesday morning… but it wasn’t long before they ran into trouble. The more than 50 protestors were stopped by an angry crowd in Rosebud, Missouri, holding racial signs and yelling racial slurs. “No peace, no welfare checks!” Some of the

More mid-Missourians are being targeted by scammers posing as the government so the real IRS has issued a new warning. This scam, where a person calls pretending they are with the government and claims you owe taxes so you must immediately pay or be arrested, began this year. Since it started, it has grown rapidly.

Firefighters were at the scene of a house fire in Boonville Tuesday afternoon. Crews were working to contain the flames in the 1200 block of Jefferson Road. The back of the house and the garage were fully engulfed when crews arrived. Those parts of the house and the garage were destroyed along with two cars.

A Mexico man accused of killing his wife appeared in Audrain Co. court Tuesday afternoon. Ricky Harding is charged with second degree murder, armed criminal action, domestic assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Harding is accused in the shooting death of Summer Hickman in May.

While Black Friday shopping was down this year, gun sales were at an all-time high. In order to purchase a gun customers have to pass a background check. Last Friday the FBI did 175,000 background checks. That is 30,000 more than last year. ABC 17 News checked in with local gun shops to see if

Imagine sending your children to school with lunch money, only to find out that they came home hungry. One Camdenton school district parent said a lunch lady stole children’s lunch money and didn’t allow them to eat. Sources told ABC 17 the amount of money embezzled could total $250,000. “$250,000, that’s a lot of lunch

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is warning people of another phone scam in Mid-Missouri. The Sheriff’s Department says a man claiming to be a lieutenant with the “Boone County Warrants Division” called one woman and told her she failed to appear for jury duty and needed to pay a fine. The unknown caller told the

Paul Wallace, a terrorist expert at the University of Missouri said terrorist groups like ISIS are becoming more and more sophisticated with social media. The FBI issued a similar warning in October regarding the social media concerns, but Wallace said there is no real way of stopping terrorists from tapping into social media. He said

The University of Missouri is now having to come up with $25,000 after fans rushed the field Saturday after beating Arkansas to go to the SEC Championship. The field rush violates the SEC’s “access to competition” policy. The Tigers only paid a $5,000 fine after the Texas A&M game last season since it was Mizzou’s

There is a possibility of rain Wednesday night into Thursday morning as a warm front moves just to our south. As temperatures fall to near or below the freezing mark at the surface, we could see some light freezing rain or ice pellets in the very early morning hours Thursday through late morning. The atmospheric

The Columbia City Council unanimously approved Monday an ordinance that restricts employers from asking about a job applicant’s criminal history. The ordinance, known as “Ban the Box,” would allow businesses to conduct background checks once it’s made a conditional offer of employment. Supporters said by removing the box on a job application that asks if

As the tigers head to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Saturday, ABC 17 News looked into what it will cost the average fan to get to the Georgia Dome. ABC 17 News checked the MU Tiger website for tickets, but those tickets have all been bought. So ABC 17 News went to Stub Hub and

Mid-Missouri travelers will soon be flying on new and larger planes. Monday morning, Columbia Mayor Bob McDavid announced American Airlines is going to upgrade its planes at the Columbia Regional Airport. City officials said the new airplanes will allow 500 passengers a day to fly in and out of the airport, which is an increase

The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Sunday the pilot of a small plane died after a crash near the Boonville airport just after 9:00 Sunday morning. The pilot, Charles Sojka of Salina, Kan., and three passengers were on the plane when it went down shortly after taking off from the Jessie Viertel Memorial Airport in

A Boone County accountant accused in early November of raping a Mid-Missouri teen was found dead in his home by his wife Monday. Boone County Sheriff’s Detective Tom O’Sullivan told ABC 17 News the death is not being considered suspicious. 76-year-old Landers founded Landers, Weiss, and Company, now Landers and Company in 1976. Landers was

Temperatures will start warming up Tuesday and Wednesday reaching the low to mid 40s in the afternoon under partly cloudy skies. A wave of low pressure will move across Missouri Wednesday night into Thursday bringing Pacific moisture into the region at the same time temperatures drop below freezing. Light freezing rain or sleet is possible

Columbia Police dusted for fingerprints at an auto parts shops after a double shooting Sunday morning left one dead and one in the hospital. A detective on the scene told a reporter police were still collecting evidence and working the neighborhood. Authorities received a call just before 2:30 Sunday morning from the 1400 block of

Mid-Missouri has already been hit by a blast of arctic air earlier this season, which we think will occuroften this winter.Some of the factors we took into account in making the winter forecast include the autumn snow pack in Siberia, developing a weak El Nino and a blocking weather pattern. An extensive snow pack developed