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Jefferson City police released the results of the Youth Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign that happened during March 15 – 31. Officers said during the enforcement, they issued a total of 457 tickets. Most of the tickets were issued for exceeding the posted speed limit, adult seat belt violations and hazardous moving violations. Police said they

UPDATE 3 pm: Missouri State Highway Patrol said the juvenile was wanted for burglary and tampering. Officers determined he was in the Kingdom City area and when troopers found him, a chase began. Troopers said the vehicle pursuit ended when the vehicle became stuck in a ditch as it attempted to access an outer road.

Columbia police served a drug search warrant in the 2500 block of Willowbrook Road on Thursday afternoon. Officers were first alerted about a residence in the area when neighbors complained about frequent traffic coming in and out of the neighborhood. Police said three people were detained and officers are just beginning their search. Witnesses saw

Sedalia police announced that several thousand dollars-worth of Civil War artifacts have been stolen from a museum. A Pettis County Museum official told police that he tracked missing items, including a surgical kit, firearms and sword, to a Tennessee collector. The collector told police he had purchased the artifacts from a man who volunteered at

Moniteau County deputies arrested Daniel Purnell on Tuesday after officers responded to a call of a possible disturbance at a residence in Clarksburg. When deputies arrived on scene, they saw drug paraphernalia inside of the house. Officers executed a search warrant on the residence and found drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine and guns. Purnell faces possible charges

Columbia police arrested Samuel Haley on Wednesday night after officers conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle for failing to signal when merging off of I-70 onto St. Charles Road. When officers made contact with Haley, they saw a stick and a torn off baggie that appeared consistent with narcotics possession. Officers said when they

Callaway County deputies are looking for a man charged with domestic assault and kidnapping. Officers said Shane Vandelicht was charged as a result of a investigation concerning a domestic assault offense on March 31. Vandelicht is also wanted by the Missouri Department of Corrections for violating his state parole. He was recently released from state

Osage County deputies arrested Darin Tidwell after officers were dispatched to a single vehicle accident on US Highway 50 near State Route N. Tidwell told officers that several unseen motorcycle gang members were trying to kill him. Tidwell believed that the “outlaws” were following him so he was attempting to evade them by blacking out

Hallsville school officials sent out a letter to parents after there was a student threat with a hammer. Officials said all students were safe and no one was harmed. The letter states that the school was alerted immediately of the incident and the students involved, as well as their parents, have been contacted. Officials said

A man has been charged with invasion of privacy after he was accused of taking pictures of male students in the bathroom at Ellis Library. ABC 17 previously reported that Jacob Vanderlinde was arrested in March after a man reported to police that someone had taken a picture of him while he was inside a

THURSDAY: It will be a pleasant afternoon across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures climb into the low to mid 60s. Clouds are hard to come by this afternoon, so another sunny day is in the works. As a warm front lifts through the region, we’ll see windy conditions on the backside of the front. Winds will shift

Columbia police arrested Kayla Davis on Wednesday afternoon after officers were dispatched to Mid-America Harley Davidson on Freedom Drive for reports of shoplifting. Witnesses saw Davis enter a fitting room with articles of clothing and then leave the room with the same clothes, but with the sensor tag ripped off. Officers said Davis ruined the

Columbia police arrested Nickolas Kline on Wednesday night after officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop with a vehicle in the 200 block of Third Avenue. Officers said Kline, the driver, began to flee the area on foot but was eventually taken into custody. Kline faces possible charges for resisting arrest and operating a motor

THURSDAY: Following a cold start to the day, temperatures will finally warm to seasonal levels. Thursday is one of those days that you’ll want to take advantage of, as winter returns with a vengeance into Friday. It will be a windy day Thursday, with winds out of the southwest up to 15 mph and gusts

MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright didn’t mince words while discussing the university’s current state amid tough budget times and a drop in enrollment. “I recognize, although I was not here to experience it, how difficult the recent past has been on many of you,” Cartwright told MU faculty Wednesday during a presentation on campus. Cartwright began

UPDATE 7 pm: Court documents say that deputies spoke to a witness who was driving with the victim before returning to Pinehurst Lane. The witness saw Doxley park around the corner from them. Multiple shots were fired moments later and Roy was fatally injured. Court document also say there was another person with Doxley, but

On Tuesday, Boone County deputies arrested 19-year-old Demontrion Doxley on suspicion of shooting and killing 27-year-old Javonte Roy outside of a home on Pinehurst Lane. He was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Detective Tom O’Sullivan with the Sheriff’s Department said, “We haven’t established a motive at this time.

A man convicted in the 2014 shooting death of a 6-year-old wants to withdraw his guilty pleas for first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Scottie Willet, 30, pleaded guilty to the murder of Dayne Hathman back in 2016 but now his lawyer, Val Leftwich, said he was pressured into the plea and didn’t fully understand

As of Tuesday, the Boone County Fire Protection District will no longer run automatic calls for the city of Columbia. For several decades, the two fire departments have had an automatic mutual aid agreement. The closest fire station will provide automatic aid and send a unit to an emergency call first, regardless of whether it’s

Gov. Eric Greitens’ attorneys want state lawmakers to delay releasing the results of an investigation of the governor. In a letter to a Missouri House committee, the lawyers asked to wait until a May criminal trial against Greitens is over. ABC 17 got a copy of the letter which started off by saying, “Governor Greitens