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A Jefferson City attorney on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to marriage fraud. 62-year-old James Barding is a married man but had a long term affair with a Ukrainian national who came to the U.S. on a student visa. The woman formerly lived a few blocks away from where Barding and his wife lived,

Strong, non-severe thunderstorms moved through Mid-Missouri Tuesday evening, bringing damage to parts of the area, particularly near the Lake of the Ozarks. In Camdenton, several trees were downed across roads due to high winds. In Osage Beach, a structure fire was reported due to a possible lightning strike. More trees were downed in Sunrise Beach

The Missouri Sheriff’s Association voted unanimously Monday to put the phrase, “In God We Trust” on patrol cars. On Tuesday, ABC 17 News checked in with Mid-Missouri officials to see when cars here will be getting the addition. Cole County Sheriff Greg White told ABC 17 News they have already been in contact with a

Jefferson City Police are investigating after a teenager was injured in a shooting Monday night. The 16-year-old boy from Fulton was shot in the arm before midnight in the 500 block of East Elm St. Someone drove the boy to the JCPD police station, where he was then taken by ambulance to a hospital. Police

An autopsy was performed Thursday on the body of a missing man who was found in a Boone County lake. Preliminary results show the man drowned. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says there are no signs of foul play. 27-year-oldGaspar Soto-Reza was last seen swimming in the County Downes lake on Saturday. That subdivision is

Several neighborhoods in Columbia participated in National Night Out Tuesday night. It’s an annual event for communities to come together to show criminals they’re not giving up on keeping their neighborhoods safe. Pat Kelley, treasurer of Ridgeway Neighborhood Association, helped to organize her neighborhood’s event at the Downtown Optimist Park. The park sits at the

Columbia Police responded to two armed robberies Tuesday evening. Shortly before 7:30, officers were called to Midwest Petroleum on South Providence Road. About 10 minutes later, they responded to an armed robbery at the Domino’s Pizza on Green Meadows Drive. Police said the men entered the stores with handguns and demanded money. The suspects left

The campaigns against texting and driving are clear. Lieutenant Paul Reinsch makes those statements again and again. “We can’t say it enough,” he said. “It causes that person to not be concentration on the road ahead and we have to start with that to keep everyone safe.” A recent study from AT&T showed that 7

Crews for Union Pacific will remove railroad tracks Tuesday night along Highway 179 in Jefferson City. Because of the work, they’re closing 179 from Industrial to West Main St. Detours are in place and traffic should reopen by Wednesday morning.

A Lake Ozark man was arrested Tuesday morning after officers found cash, drugs, and paraphernalia in a home in Horseshoe Bend. Camden Co. Sheriff’s deputies and members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group searched a home on Wisteria Point and found $3,000 in cash, marijuana, prescription drugs, and drug paraphernalia. 45-year-old Timothy Carter was

School starts in two weeks for Columbia students. With the new year comes a few changes for students and the district. A new bus company, Student Transportation of America. will join the district this year. The company has just completed renovations to the transportation building on Clark Lane. ABC 17 News sat down with Columbia

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon into the evening as a stationary boundary works to lift northward as a warm front. Overnight, rain chances increase for Mid-Missouri as a strong upper level wave dives in from the northwest, providing support for ongoing showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday. Heavy rain is possible with these

Polls opened 6 a.m. Tuesday for several towns in Mid-Missouri, with a few key issues on the ballots. In Columbia residents are deciding whether to extend the city’s capitol improvement sales tax, worth one-fourth of one percent. Proposition 1 would ensure the tax continues for the next 10 years. It is currently due to expire

The Boone County Fire Protection District continued their search at County Downes for a 27-year-old man who was last seen swimming in the area on Saturday. The man has since been identified as Gaspar Soto-Reza of Columbia. He is originally from Mexico and has been in the United States for several years. Authorities describe him

Special prosecutor Doug Abele announced Monday morning charges will not be filed against two officers who shot and killed suspect Mark Adair in April in Columbia’s Hitt Street parking garage. Abele, the Cooper County Prosecutor, says body camera video from the MUPD officer involved in the shooting confirms all of the statements from witnesses. In

A suspect was named Tuesday following a shooting in Boone County early Monday morning. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department first got a call around 12:30 in the morning for the incident that happened on Teresa Drive just off Oakland Gravel Road. 21-year-old Jahme Cartez Taylor is charged for 1st degree domestic assault and armed criminal

A Mid-Missouri community is mourning the loss of three teenage girls who died in a car crash late Saturday night. 17-year-old Miriah McDaniel, 17-year-old Elizabeth Moses and 13-year-old Meggan Fowler were hit by a woman driving the wrong way on Highway 54. All four people were pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say no one

A man is in jail after reportedly shooting at a woman outside of a Mid-Missouri bar early Saturday morning. Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department arrested Eric Hargrove, 28. Sheriff Ronald Long said around 1:30 a.m., Hargrove tried running over his ex-girlfriend with his truck in the parking lot of Chicken Bones Barn and Grill just outside

Columbia police arrested a woman after finding packaged drugs in a hotel room near a school early Sunday morning. Officers arrested Sonia Nixon, 38, just after 2:00 a.m. Police said it happened at the Americas Best Value Inn near the Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School. Officers found evidence of drug use and drugs packaged

A car wreck in Callaway County left one person dead and injured five other people Sunday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it happened around 8:45 a.m. at Route BB and Old U.S. Highway 54. The highway patrol said a car with five passengers was hit by another vehicle as it was crossing Route BB.