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“I assured my clients that the prosecutor was working on it and something probably would happen,” Ruday Veit,, the DeBrodie family’s attorney said. “And it has.” Fulton Police arrested five people associated with the Carl DeBrodie case. “I knew a long time ago that charges would be filed because I saw the documents,” Veit said.

5 people have been indicted in connection with the death of Carl DeBrodie, and two of them are charged with involuntary manslaughter. While some people have called for murder charges in the case, former Cole County prosecutor Bill Tackett said investigators likely didn’t find the evidence for any kind of murder charges. “You have to

Governor Mike Parson announced five members of his senior staff late Tuesday afternoon. In a press release, Parson said Marylyn Luetkemeyer will serve as Executive Assistant to the Governor. Luetkemeyer was Parson’s former Executive Assistant when he was a Senator and Lieutenant Governor. Robert Knodell was named Deputy Chief of Staff. Knodell is the former

ABC 17 crews are on the scene of an investigation in front of Mosers at the Parkade strip mall. Multiple police cars and emergency units were in the parking lot of the strip mall. ABC 17 saw one person being taken away in an ambulance. We will update this story as we confirm more information.

TONIGHT: A calm and clear night is ahead as low temperatures drop into the low to mid 60s by morning with a light southerly breeze up to 5 mph. WEDNESDAY: Sunny skies and a light southerly breeze will up to 8 mph will boost temperatures to near 90 in the afternoon. It will start to

Three people went to the hospital in Sedalia with serious to moderate injuries after a crash on Tuesday near Highway 65 and Ohio Avenue. Troopers report a 72 year-old man went through the intersection without stopping around 10:30 a.m., traveling into the path of a car driven in the opposite direction by a 68 year-old

UPDATE 3:20 P.M.: {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperB/status/1004094050214010880″,”author_name”:”MSHP Troop B”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperB”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;63 at Cairo and Veterans Rd in Marion County are both open. The incident in Marion County involved a garbage truck.&#lt;/p&#gt;— MSHP Troop B (@MSHPTrooperB) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperB/status/1004094050214010880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;June 5, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} ORIGINAL STORY: The Missouri State Highway Patrol and emergency crews are working a non-injury crash

Sean Thomas Diestel, 30, of Boone County was charged Tuesday with felony sexual contact with a student. ABC 17 previously reported Columbia Police detectives arrested Diestel on May 10 for felony sexual contact with a student following a sexual offense investigation involving a minor. The female victim was enrolled in a class taught by Diestel

Fulton Police is responding nearly a week after ABC 17 News uncovered a wrongful death lawsuit claiming Carl DeBrodie died from injuries due to forced fighting at his caregivers home. Following the arrests of five defendants in connection to the death of Carl, Fulton Police Chief Steve Myers told ABC 17 News Tuesday morning that

A second woman filed charged against a Chillicothe Correctional Center prison guard for sexually assaulting her, and the guard is still employed by the women’s prison. Lynnsey Betz was incarcerated in 2016 for non-violent offenses, and that’s when the assault allegedly began. According to the lawsuit, multiple employees within the facility knew of the assaults,

TUESDAY: It will be another comfortable, yet warm day across Mid-Missouri. Despite the low humidity, temperatures will still feel like summer as high stop out near 90 degrees. You’ll want to grab the sunglasses and sunscreen through the day, as full sunshine is expected today. TONIGHT: A calm and clear night is ahead as low

State Rep. Chuck Basye represents the 47th district in the Missouri House of Representatives, which includes parts of Boone, Randolph, Howard and Cooper counties. Basye sat down with ABC 17’s Joe McLean to talk about the tumultuous legislative session, the troubled executive office and Missouri’s new governor.

A motorcyclist is in the hospital after a crash Tuesday morning on U.S. 54 East. According to the crash report, the motorcyclist was changing lanes on the Missouri River Bridge when they ran into the rear of another vehicle in the westbound lanes. The motorcyclist was wearing a full face helmet at the time of

TUESDAY: You’ll need the sunglasses and sunscreen as we’ll see full sunshine and warmer temperatures. Highs will reach the upper 80s but the humidity will still be fairly low as dew points remain in the upper 50s. Winds will stay under 10 mph from the southwest. TONIGHT: A calm and clear night is ahead as

Rental property managers will have a chance to address crime issues they see at rental properties in a training hosted by the Columbia Police Department. The training Tuesday is the first of three the department will host. The program was developed in 1992 and takes a multifaceted approach to crime prevention, which includes a coalition

A second arrest has been made in connection with the Maple St. shooting that left one victim with a critical gunshot wound. Justice Pierce was charged with tampering with physical evidence in a felony prosecution. ABC 17 previously reported that Daiontre Betts had been identified as the shooter after officers were called to the 700

On Thursday morning, a hearing will determine if A New Missouri and Grietens for Missouri still have to turn over the documents requested. ABC 17 previously reported on what documents both organizations are expected to turn over. Greitens for Missouri will have to turn over the following documents: All documents and communications to, form, about,

The City Council gave the green light to a project aimed at reducing speeding in west Columbia at their meeting Monday night. Members of the Columbia City Council directed staff to start construction on traffic calming devices on Rollins Road between Stadium Boulevard and Sunset Drive. The city plans to build three different speed tables

UPDATE: The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved plans for construction to start on a new Fire Station #2. “To really, truly fix some of the core issues with the facility we’d have to almost start over from scratch,” said Chief Matt Schofield after the vote. Council members gave the green light for Curtiss-Manes-Schulte, Inc. to

Jefferson City police confirmed Monday evening bones found at a construction site were not human. They were called to investigate near 1209 Missouri Blvd, where the new KFC is being built. Crews were digging and found bones. The department got the call just before 4:45 p.m. A pathologist was called to the scene to confirm