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Columbia police arrested Bradley Testerman and Reginald Reed on Thursday after a SWAT team and detectives served a search warrant in the 2500 block of Willowbrook Drive. ABC 17 previously reported that officers were first alerted about a residence in the area when neighbors complained about frequent traffic coming in and out of the neighborhood.

TODAY: Waking up will will see a mix of clouds and sun out the door in the morning as temperatures hover around freezing. By lunch-time temperatures will rise into the mid 40s with clouds holding tight through the area as we see another cold front move through. We could see a few light sprinkles by

The cold weather has been especially hard on farmers who can’t lay-down their crops until the weather warms up. ABC 17 spoke with a locally farmer today, Jim Sontag, who has been farming all his life and said it’s the coldest and longest winter he has seen. He is worried he will not be able

For the second weekend in a row, snow hit the ground in Mid-Missouri. Flurries began Sunday afternoon with the snowfall increasing later in the evening. Both Columbia and Jefferson City Public Works had crews on standby in anticipation of the winter weather. Columbia Public Works said widespread slickness was not expected on the roads, but

TONIGHT: Snow will wrap up into this evening after 10pm. It will be cold tonight as temperatures fall to 30 degrees. Winds will be light out of the south and east overnight around 8 mph; you will need the jacket as you head out the door in the morning. TOMORROW: We’ll see a mix of

The University of Missouri held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new School of Music facility at Memorial Union Sunday afternoon. The ceremony was moved inside due to weather concerns. The UM Board of Curators approved the first phase of the building project in December 2016. The new facility will be built at Hitt Street and

UPDATE(4/8): The Osage County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect as Timothy Pruitt, 28, of Chamois. Deputies said Pruitt, who appeared intoxicated, went into the Heritage Community Bank in Chamois, wrote a note to the teller and began demanding money. Deputies said the teller went to activate the alarm and Pruitt told her not to

Two teenagers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries after they crashed in Jefferson City early Saturday morning, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report said the 16-year-old female driver was heading south on Engineers Road in a 2017 Ford Mustang when she drove off the left side of the

TODAY: We’re seeing another cold start across Mid-Missouri. Clouds have hung on a little stronger than previously thought, so that will help keep us a little warmer to start out our Sunday. We’ll top out near 40 this afternoon for high temperatures as we see another chance for a rain and snow mix enter the

Missourians may soon be able to learn what the Special Investigative Committee has discovered in its investigation of alleged blackmail by Gov. Eric Greitens. In a statement on Friday, State Rep. Jay Barnes, the committee chair, and House Speaker Todd Richardson said the report will be issued the week of April 9 and will be

A blanket of snow hit Mid-Missouri over Easter Sunday weekend and MoDOT crews and Columbia Public Works are on standby should snow hit Sunday once again. Jefferson City Public Works Operation Division Director Britt Smith said crews are ready to go should snow come. “Well, we actually dodged a bullet out here on Easter Sunday

UPDATE (4/7): Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley released the following statement Saturday afternoon on Backpage.com: “This is a critical step in our efforts to end human trafficking. Backpage.com has been an enabler of human trafficking. Human trafficking is a scourge on our society. My message to traffickers is: We will find you and we will

TONIGHT: We won’t have quite a cold night in store for us as a high pressure system settles our winds down a bit. It is still going to be much colder than usual with lows dropping to the middle to upper 20s. You’ll need that jacket once again as you head out the door in

UPDATE 10 a.m.: More than 1,000 people registered to run in Molly’s Miles 5K Saturday morning, event organizers said. Runners traveled from across the state to participate in the event, including law enforcement officers. ORIGINAL: The second Annual Molly’s Miles 5K is expected to bring hundreds of runners to Columbia on Saturday morning. Molly’s Miles

ABC 17 News Investigates has confirmed a former employee of Second Chance Homes has filed a workers compensation claim. The claim was filed against Second Chance Homes and Finck & Associates, who eventually took over ownership of Second Chance Homes. In the documents, the former employee claims, “During the course and scope of my employment,

TODAY: We’re off to a cold beginning to the weekend across Mid-Missouri. Brisk north winds will be blowing through this afternoon around 10 mph which will keep us in the low 40s for highs, and feeling a little cooler than that. You will want to grab those sunglasses as you grab the coat this morning

The owner of the group home where Carl DeBrodie was living at the time he was found dead inside a storage unit has responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family. The lawsuit was filed by DeBrodie’s birth mother Carolyn Summers in January. The attorney for Second Chance Homes and owner Rachel Rowden

UPDATE: A Cole County judge will now consider whether or not to dismiss the lawsuit filed on behalf of the Sunshine Project. The governor’s attorney, Bob Thompson, argued that they produced some records that were available, but the ones that were deleted by the app could not be. Thompson said it doesn’t become a record

A Missouri appeals court denied the prosecution team’s request to avoid paying for some of a man’s defense work. The Eastern District Court of Appeals denied the writ of prohibition that the attorney general’s office asked for in the Pablo Serrano-Vitorino case. St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ordered prosecutors pay $40,000 toward mitigation research

It’s hard to believe that spring is here, when many blooms are still absent from plants. Although the growing season has started in parts of Mid-Missouri, hard freezes are still occurring which could pose some problems for those plants that have bloomed. The bitter cold through the first week of April have led to one