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A police car was involved in a non-injury crash late Tuesday afternoon on I-70 near the Rangeline exit in Columbia. Multiple vehicles were damaged in the accident, which briefly shutdown both lanes of the highway. It is not clear what caused the wreck.

Allergy experts say allergy season could hit us any time now. These recent warm temperatures are allowing trees to begin the pollen production process. “We’ve had a very cold winter. When winter is especially cold, the trees get really excited to pollinate at the first sign of spring,” said Dr. Mark Vandewalker of Allergy and

Two people were injured early Tuesday following a serious car crash in Jefferson City. Police say Natalie Deekan, 19, was a driving a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 truck. It hit the back of a semi just after 6 a.m. The tractor trailer was stopped along the exit ramp to Highway 54 at Ellis Boulevard. Deeken and

Two drivers died in a head-on collision that happened in Columbia early Tuesday. According to the Columbia Police Department, shortly before 12:30 a.m. the driver of an SUV was going south in the northbound lanes of Highway 63 just north of the Vandiver Drive overpass. The SUV then hit another vehicle head-on. The accident closed

A Missouri basketball player will not make the trip to the SEC basketball tournament in Atlanta this week. On Monday, Missouri head coach Frank Haith announced Criswell would not make the trip, saying he has to “take care of some things back here in Columbia.” Senior forward Tony Criswell had a court date on March

Fire crews said warmer temperatures and windy conditions are a recipe for a brush fire. Crews have responded to more than a dozen brush fires since Friday. “Conditions today…very low humidity, warmer temperatures and high winds,” said John Metz with the Columbia Fire Department. “These conditions are very conducive to rapid fire spread.” Metz said

Battle girls basketball has already made history in just its first year. The Spartans beat Notre Dame (St. Louis) on Friday, 55-51, for its the school’s first district title. “It is nice to get our name out there for once,” junior guard Cheyanna Weaver said. “Instead of Hickman and Rock Bridge, now it’s Battle. And

A medical examiner says a preliminary autopsy shows a toddler apparently drowned in a Mid-Missouri home where her father was also found dead. Camden County authorities found the bodies of 2-year-old Sadie Marie Burns and 40-year-old Robert William Burns in their Camdenton home Friday. Deputy medical examiner Ron Yoder released the autopsy report on Sadie

A Centralia man now faces several child sex charges. Police arrested Travis Thurmond, 26, as he left work Friday. Detectives say Thurmond photographed and filmed multiple victims between the ages of 7 and 14 while they were undressing or completely naked. New court documents on Monday show the incidents took place between January 2011 and

In light of a reported raped near the University of Missouri campus over the weekend, ABC 17 wanted details on how many rapes happened in the last year. The state’s Uniform Crime Report online shows rape numbers have slightly increased. What’s more concerning is the amount of rapes compared to the amount of arrests. Between

Crews in Columbia and Boone County saw at least 10 outside fires just on Monday, after another busy weekend. Officials say the high winds and dry conditions quickly spread flames. One blaze off Route E north of the Columbia mall burned around three acres. The smoke was so bad, someone inside the nearby Columbia Health

ABC 17 News confirmed on Monday a judge has denied a request from a Mid-Missouri teen killer to set aside her guilty plea from 2012. The ruling for Alyssa Bustamante was signed by Cole County Judge Joyce on Thursday. Bustamante testified in court back in January that she wouldn’t have pleaded guilty to the 2009

MoDOT says its dedicating the month of March to making state roads safer for drivers. MoDOT says this month it will repair every pothole reported within 24 hours. MoDOT engineers say there are more potholes than usual this year because of the long, extremely cold winter. “Potholes are obviously something that we want to make

The Sedalia Police Department with the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jack Kaufman Saturday morning in the 300 block of E. Saline Street on a narcotics-related search warrant. After a search of the home with K9 unit, officers found methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription medications, drug paraphernalia and drug packaging supplies. Officers also found more than $1,000

A new audit says Missouri’s low-income housing program is inefficient and among the costliest in the nation. The report Monday by State Auditor Tom Schweich says Missouri awards more low-income-housing tax credits per capita than any other state. But the audit says the program is inefficient because only 42 cents of every $1 in tax

The University of Missouri Police said Sunday a female student reported to Residential Life that she had been raped over the weekend. Police said it happened either late Sunday March 8 or early morning March 9 in the 800 block of Richmond Avenue. In a news release, MUPD said University officials are working with the

All the junior starters have been playing together since fourth grade on the Father Tolton boys basketball team. Cameron Bagley is a junior team captain and one of four junior starters who are the most senior players on the team. “We are incredibly young, we haven’t had that many experiences like the other teams have

Wrestling: MAC Champions The Tigers took home their third conference time. Sunday Mizzou won their second Mid-American Conference title, posting 118.5 team points. Softball: No. 15 Mizzou 3, No. 13 Texas A&M 4 No. 15 Mizzou Softball dropped a tough, eight-inning game against No. 13 Texas A&M 4-3 Sunday at Aggie Softball Complex. Freshman P

On Sunday, a Jefferson City family said goodbye to a son and soldier. Randy Chugg’s body was found along the Missouri River near Chamois last week after he had been missing for months. Police say he jumped from the Missouri River bridge in December. Randy Chugg was in the Army. On Sunday, Chugg’s father, a

Click the video player to watch this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down. Missouri gymnastics senior Cathryn Aliceaacosta and head coach Shannon Welker join ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim in studio. Aliceaacosta and Welker talk about the upcoming match against Florida, the last home meet of the season.