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Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released a report of the Chariton County Sheriff’s Office. Galloway said the audit was initiated by the sheriffs after discovering questionable activity. Galloway found more than $26,000 was stolen over a two-year period from the department. “When public dollars are abused, my office stands ready to offer resources to assist

David Seamon, 28, a Marine Corps veteran and long-time resident of Columbia, announced on Wednesday his candidacy for Boone County presiding commissioner. Seamon is a South Carolina native and has been a resident of Columbia since 2004. Seamon does not believe his age would be a detriment, saying, “If you’re discounting someone because of their

Fulton police are asking for the public’s help in locating Ladeigh Cowans after officers said they attempted to make contact with him on Tuesday night. Police said Cowans has an active parole violation warrant with no bond. Officers said Cowans fled on foot from officers toward the 200 block of St. Louis Avenue and was

Columbia area apartment complexes are warning residents to take precautions against car break-ins after nearly 700 have been reported in the city since January. Columbia police sent a release in October that stated 655 car break-ins had been reported. That number is 207 more than the same time last year. CPD advised the first thing

WEDNESDAY: The unseasonably cool weather pattern continues today, but we will remain on the dry side. Starting the day temperatures will drop below freezing with wind chills in the 20s. With sunshine back in place for Wednesday we will see high temperatures a little warmer, in the low 50s. Winds will remain under 6 mph

Emergency crews responded to a single-car crash north of Columbia early Wednesday morning. It happened just before 2 a.m. in the 1900 block of Calvert Hill Road in Boone County. ABC 17 News crews saw a car on scene with heavy front-end damage. Boone County deputies on scene confirmed the driver was transported to the

UPDATE: Columbia voters rejected the use tax by just more than 100 votes. The rejection was one of four local use tax issues voters denied on Tuesday’s special election. Mayor Brian Treece spoke with ABC 17 News shortly after results came in. He said he felt the use tax was a reasonable request to “level

Boone County residents will not be seeing a use tax after voting it down in a special election on Tuesday. 54 percent of Boone County voters said no to the 1.75 percent use tax while 46 percent were in favor of the tax. Boone County presiding commissioner Dan Atwill told ABC 17 News commissioners will

UPDATE: Fire crews are working to determine what caused a fire in Jefferson City Tuesday night. It happened at a home in the 1100 block of Southwest Boulevard around 7:45 p.m. The Jefferson City Fire Department told ABC 17 News the house was occupied when the fire began, but everyone made it outside safely. The

Two convicted felons are facing more charges after Columbia police officers saw them touching a gun inside a gun store. Jeremy Nash and Randy Bland are charged with unlawful possession of concealed weapon, after police saw video surveillance of the two looking then holding a store gun. According to the gun store owner of Modern

In the wake of the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, personal safety is on the mind of Mid-Missourians. ABC 17 News spoke to Target Masters manager, Joe Gilbert, who said he will be offering a class this Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for those interested in gaining knowledge on how

Doctors in Mid-Missouri said they are still seeing patients with the flu. Dr. Tara Flynn at M-U Health said they are also seeing more than usual pneumonia cases in all age groups. Flynn said sometimes this can follow an illness like the flu, or it can happen as the initial illness. Pneumonia is a lung

A Boone County judge denied a man’s request for home detention on Tuesday afternoon, sending him back to jail for probation violations. Cezan “C.J.” Stock and his attorney had requested the release from jail in October. Judge Jeff Harris rejected the request, citing two probation violations earlier this year. Stock admitted that he possessed guns

This past summer, the Columbia Police Department Community Outreach Unit expanded its strategic neighborhood count from three to four. Officers Maria Phelps and Tony Parker began working in the Sylvan Lane and Quail Drive area in north Columbia in July. There are now eight officers working four neighborhoods. Three are in east Columbia and the

TONIGHT: Light rain or sprinkles are possible through early evening mainly south of I-70. Clouds will gradually clear from north to south overnight which will allow temperatures tonight to drop below freezing. With winds out of the north up to 6 mph wind chill values will drop into the mid to upper 20s by morning.

The Columbia Police Department has made changes to its application requirements, as part of its effort to fill 14 current vacancies in the force. The change is to the application’s educational requirement. Before Aug. 14, it was required that applicants have a college degree, but since then, a high school diploma will suffice. In July,

A Camden County man has been charged with rape, assault, armed criminal action and sodomy after a woman came to deputies claiming her daughter was being sexually assaulted. According to the probable cause statement, the mother told officers she had recently learned her 17-year-old daughter was being sexually assaulted by John Gregory from May 2016

Camden County deputies arrested Austin Tabor and Philip Wayne Carter after officers were dispatched to a disturbance at a residence on Lake Park. Deputies said the owner of a vehicle discovered that Tabor had unlawfully entered the car and was stealing property found within. Carter was an accomplice in the attempted theft, deputies said. Officers

We’re nearing that time of the year, where we begin to see drastic temperature swings in Mid-Missouri. As cold air to our north gradually tracks into the country, it’s origination can mean the difference between potentially record-breaking temperatures to just cooler than normal conditions. We’ve all heard the term Arctic air outbreak, it’s the term

Tom Larson, acting United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced on Tuesday that Brandon Wilkerson had pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm that he stole during a series of home burglaries. Wilkerson also pleaded guilty to being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Larson said