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The trial for a man accused of shooting his girlfriend began Tuesday in Columbia. Alfonso Rodriguez is charged with armed criminal action, first degree assault, and resisting arrest after allegedly shooting Giesla Angel-Lopez in the neck on May 26, 2013. The shooting happened in the 5600 block of South Route K. Rodriguez allegedly shot her

Most of the severe weather we see in Mid-Missouri comes during the spring and early summer months. However, severe weather can occur at any time, and October marks the beginning of a second severe weather season of sorts. Mid-Missouri can get its fair share of storms this time of year, even tornadoes. In Mid-Missouri, the

It has been almost five months since Brandon Ellingson drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks, but for the Moreau family it feels like just yesterday. Twenty-year-old Ellingson drowned while in highway patrol custody after he was arrested for drinking while boating. He fell overboard while handcuffed and slipped out of his life vest. A

Missouri basketball head coach Kim Anderson announced guard Cameron Biedscheid is no longer part of the MU basketball team. Biedscheid (Cardinal Ritter H.S./St. Louis, Mo.) was a transfer from Notre Dame. “Cameron will no longer be a part of our basketball program as he attends to personal matters,” Anderson said in his statement. “We wish

Monday, State Representatives on the Appropriations Committee asked Department of Social Services Director Brian Kinkade along with three other members of Social Services what the “glitch” actually is. DSS has been pinning ongoing issues as a computer glitch. ABC 17 first told you about the problems with DSS about two weeks ago, when Rocheport resident

Tourism at the Lake can make or break businesses by the season, and maintaining a business is difficult even in the best of times. Some on the west end of Osage Beach are taking a new approach. They’ve created “Passport to the Parkway,” something they hope will bring visitors to the west end of town.

The numbers are in and state officials said they’re concerning. Missouri’s state auditor released survey results highlighting the financial condition of public employee pension plans. State officials said more than a dozen of Missouri’s pension plans are highly problematic. The Missouri State Auditor’s survey gauges the financial health of 89 pension plans throughout the state.

Tuesday, the University of Missouri gave six grants to help forward biomedical research projects. The Coulter Translational Partnership Program awarded about $600,000 to 11 researchers. The grants will help six different team projects including identifying tuberculosis, early breast cancer detection, engineered knee cartilage and more. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin said the grants help research become

Tuesday, Columbia police are investigating a death at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house near the University of Missouri campus. Police say officers responded to a call for an unresponsive 19-year-old male at 11:43 Monday night at 602 South College Avenue. Alpha Gamma Rho House Director Marcia Napier confirms the student was Cale Boedeker. Boedeker

Six businesses were affected by a fire in Osage Beach Tuesday afternoon. Three businesses had smoke damage, and one other had light damage. The fire started at around 2:15 in the Palisades Village business complex at 1027 Palisades Blvd. Fire officials told ABC 17 News the fire started on the roof of the complex. Crews

A Mexico woman was arrested for drugs Tuesday morning after allegedly attempting to shoplift at Family Dollar in Fulton. 40-year-old Teresa Louise Lopez is charged distribution of methamphetamine after police found several grams of the drug, scales, and packaging materials. Her bond was set at $25,000. Lopez also had two warrants out of Audrain County

After a study done for the Environmental Protection Agency declared a Columbia lake a “high” rating for hazard potential, the city’s Water & Light Department is beginning top study just how the lake was built. “Part of the problem here is that we don’t have a lot of documentation of when that lake was built,”

Two weeks have passed since University of Virginia student Hannah Graham went missing. She was last seen after a night out with friends. The main suspect in the case is in custody, but the search for Graham continues. Because of the scale of the incident, ABC 17 News looked into resources the University of Missouri

A 52-year-old Cole County man is dead after apparently contracting rabies. Family members told ABC 17 it all started about two weeks ago when John Emmerich of Eugene felt severe neck pain, began shaking, trouble swallowing, and hallucinations. Not long after that, he was admitted to University Hospital where he died last Friday. Family members

The man accused of killing a 6-year-old Callaway County boy last month appeared in Boone County court Monday. 27-year-old Scott Willet is charged with first degree murder after admitting to shooting Dayne Hathman. He’s also charged with tampering with physical evidence, receiving stolen property, and 1st degree tampering with a motor vehicle. Willet was on

Columbia Police are investigating a s shooting in the 1600 block Hanover Blvd, just north of the I-70/Hwy. 63 connector. Columbia Police told ABC 17 News there was a fight between an unknown number of people just before 1:40 p.m. Monday. Shots were fired shortly after, and a silver SUV drove away quickly from the

The man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend and leading police on a multi-day, multi-state manhunt went before a judge Monday afternoon. Brian Adkison’s trial was supposed to start next week, but his lawyer asked for a continuance. State prosecutors said the jury trial is expected to last four days. A new trial date has not

Every Monday, ABC 17 News partners withShelby’s Watchto highlight some of Mid-Missouri’s most wanted. We’re continuing to work with Mid-Missouri law enforcement to help find a wanted Columbia man. Columbia Police are still looking for 28-year-old William Alexander Hill. Hill is wanted for a parole violation and is charged with armed criminal action for his

Hundreds of pills were collected this weekend during the prescription drug take-back event sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency. A total of 499 pounds of unwanted or old medications were gathered from eight different collection sites in Boone County over the course of two days. Police had collection locations in Columbia, Ashland, Centralia, Sturgeon and

The Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence held its retreat at Columbia City Hall Saturday. The task force groups divided up to finish working on their recommendations for helping curb crime in Columbia. Saturday was one of many work sessions where members have been meeting with people in the city and coming up with ideas.