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A phone scam is targeting Central Bank customers in central Missouri. The bank says people across Mid-Missouri have received automated phone calls telling the customer that their debit or credit card has been locked or frozen. The caller then asks the customer to enter in their card information. Central Bank says the phone calls are

The University of Missouri is again turning to its top lawyer as a temporary campus leader, this time as acting Columbia campus chancellor while the search for Brady Deaton’s successor continues. University System President Tim Wolfe on Monday named general counsel Steve Owens as interim chancellor of the flagship campus. Owens was previously the interim

Columbia police are investigating what happened to a man whose body found along Interstate 70 Saturday afternoon. The man is being identified only as a 36-year-old Columbia man. His name was withheld Saturday night pending DNA examination. Sgt. Curtis Perkins told ABC 17 News officers got a couple of calls about a suspicious boot and

Click the video player to watch PowerMizzou publisher Gabe DeArmond speak with ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim. Gabe talks about the frustrating ending to the Missouri loss to South Carolina and how the whole team shares the blame for the 27-24 Mizzou defeat.

On Friday, he Moberly Police Department, Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and the North Missouri Drug Task Force arrested two people on Franklin Ave. Dorothy Stuart and Charles Coonce were arrested after officers found methamphetamine, scales, packaging material and cash in the home. On Saturday, the same law enforcement agencies arrested three people on Austin Street.

Police are investigating a shooting near the Columbia Mall early Sunday morning. Around 12:37 a.m., officers responded to a shots fired called near Stadium Boulevard and Bernadette Drive in west Columbia. According to reports, several people reported hearing shots and seeing cars leave the area. Just 10 minutes later, a local hospital reported two males,

Baylor climbs to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll, the best ranking for the Bears in 60 years. The top four teams in the rankings all put on impressive displays Saturday and hold their spots Sunday. No. 1 Alabama received 55 first-place votes after beating Tennessee 45-10. No. 2 Oregon got three

A Missouri State Highway Patrol helicopter crashed during a training flight Saturday. Around 1 p.m., the aircraft began experiencing engine failure. Two pilots, Michael Hargus and Jeff Noack, conducted an emergency landing approximately one mile southeast of the Jefferson City Memorial Airport. The pilots were able to set the helicopter down in an open field.

A Jefferson City woman was killed in a Sunday morning car crash in Moniteau County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Hannah Peck, 22, was traveling westbound on Route C near Route T around 3 a.m. Sunday. She failed to handle a curve and struck a pole, causing that car the catch on fire. Troopers

A Mid-Missouri man is dead following a single-car crash in Cole County Sunday morning. Joshua Ortbals, 37, of Russellville, was traveling eastbound on Jefferson Road when his car traveled off the left side of the road, struck a tree and overturned. The Highway Patrol said the car came to a rest on its wheels. Troopers

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department reports human remains have been found in a wooded area. Sheriff Ronald Long said a photographer discovered human skeletal remains just south of Dixon. Long said the remains were found in a rural, wooded area and that a search of the scene will continue through the day Sunday as authorities

Friday night the Columbia Police Department arrested Lawrence C. Lawhorn, 25, at 306 Oak St. He was arrested in connect to the Oct. 17 shooting at the Break Time convenient store on Business Loop 70 and Garth Avenue. One person was shot and suffered non-life threatening injuries. Lawhorn was arrested for armed criminal action, domestic

A University of Missouri campus alert was issued Saturday afternoon. Columbia police say a woman woke up during the night in the 1000 block of Locust Street and found a man in her bed threatening her with a knife. He then sexually assaulted her and ran from her room. Police say the suspect entered through

Connor Shaw came off the bench in the second half and threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns and Elliott Fry kicked the game-winning field goal to help No. 20 South Carolina stun No. 5 Missouri 27-24 in two overtimes Saturday night. After missing the first half with a sprained left knee, Shaw entered the

Click the video player to watch Kelly Thames and Melvin Booker reflect on their magical season in 1993-1994. The two Mizzou greats also talk about the 20th reunion at the Hearnes Center while Melvin talks about the pact he made with his son, highly-touted recruit Devin Booker.

Thousands of people are rolling into Columbia this weekend to join in the University of Missouri’s homecoming festivities. Events started Friday night and will lead up to Saturday’s game, creating busier streets, traffic jams and heightened police presence. Police are preparing for the crowds this weekend by having 5 additional officers patrolling the downtown area.

The mother of Michelle “Angie” Yarnell, a woman missing for 10 years, is speaking out and asking for hunters to be on the lookout for signs of missing people. Marianne Asher-Chapman has not stopped looking for her daughter since her disappearance in 2003, even though her daughter’s husband Michael Yarnell, admitted to accidentally killing her

A man is no longer facing murder charges in Mid-Missouri because all of the witnesses are either deceased or not talking. ABC 17 News confirmed that Randolph County prosecutors dropped the allegations against Reginald Griffin. Griffin was convicted of killing another inmate in Moberly in July 1983. However, his conviction was overturned by the Missouri

More than 60 pigs were rescued from a barn near the Lake of the Ozarks Friday. Around 10:30 a.m., people spotted flames at the barn off Sharp Road in Montreal, which is east of Camdenton. Crews from the Mid-County Fire Protection District cleared the scene around 2:30 p.m. Most of the damage was contained to

A Columbia mother was arrested Thursday night for allegedly encouraging her daughter to fight another girl. Police were called to the 1400 block of Greensboro Drive for a report of a disturbance. Officers say Myeisha Coats, 28, encouraged her 12-year-old daughter to physically fight another girl under the age of 12. Coats was arrested for