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Thousands more young people will be flocking to downtown bars and restaurants as the start of college classes near. Police are preparing like they do every year, but with limited resources. The Columbia Police Department told ABC 17 that it is going through its regular routine of warning college students of the dangers of drinking

The first day of Columbia public schools starts next week and school leaders are preparing to deal with one of the biggest changes from last year — bus routes. School officials tell ABC 17 News they’ve dismantled the routes used in past years and made new ones to fit the new three-tier bell schedule. School

The Jefferson City Liquor Board met Tuesday morning to hear the owners of Lush appeal the 20-day liquor license suspension that they were issued a few weeks ago. The suspension is a result of tattooing in the club without a license and tattooing subjects who may be under the influence of alcohol. The owners of

One week ago, ABC 17 News reported a major crime sweep in mid-Missouri that led to more than 40 arrests. Now many of those criminals may be back on the streets. On Aug. 1-3, Columbia police teamed up with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and other agencies on what they called a proactive effort to

Fulton police arrested a teenager early Tuesday on suspicion of stealing a truck and burglarizing a Subway restaurant. Shortly after midnight, an officer pulled over Brandon Mallicoat, 17, at a roundabout on Business 54 for not having his headlights on. During the stop, the officer saw a large sum of bundled and paper-clipped cash in

The 2013 Jefferson City Public School District tax rate is approved for the year. The school board met today and discussed the tax rate. The board unanimously agreed to a slight increase in the debt service levy. The tax will go from $3.677 to $3.6934, a $.0164 change in levy from this year to last.

Mizzou’s first practice since the Saturday scrimmage had to be moved indoors midway through the session. The weather has been nothing if not consistent through the first couple weeks of camp: mild and wet. Injury update: Starting safety Matt White (groin) was in a red bib. If he doesn’t come out of that thing soon,

Late Monday afternoon, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed another case of Cyclospora. ABC 17 News has been following developments since mid-June. At that time, local officials said not to worry even though three surrounding states had experienced cases. Four people have now gotten sick due to the parasite. The latest case

Missouri State Fair officials issued an apology Sunday after a performance in the rodeo Saturday night caused an uproar. A clown wearing a President Barack Obama mask appeared at a rodeo and the announcer asked spectators if they wanted to see “Obama run down by a bull.” According to a post on the liberal blog

A pavilion on the Country Club of Missouri’s golf course caught fire early Monday. Firefighters were called to the scene on Willowcreek Lane shortly after 3 a.m. They found a pavilion near the course’s 14th tee box on fire. It took less than five minutes to put out the flames in the open-air pavilion with

Law enforcement throughout Missouri are actively searching for a man who escaped from a detention center overnight. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 23-year-old Brian James Adkison escaped from the Caldwell County Detention Center around midnight Saturday. Authorities say he escaped barefoot and was only wearing white boxer shorts. “He was able to escape from

Authorities believe they found have the remains of an elderly woman who went missing last month near Warsaw. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Missouri Region C Technical Rescue Team say they recovered the remains of 72-year-old Hellen Cook. The body was found near a lake where personal items belonging to her

The body of a missing mother swept away in flash flooding Tuesday was recovered by search crews Friday. Boone County fire crews and Missouri Task Force 1 said the body of 23-year-old Jessica Lee was recovered by local firefighters late Friday near Waynesville just a few yards from the Roubidoux River Bridge. “We were up

Police have located a missing Missouri teen and the man suspected of kidnapping her Thursday. According to affiliate KMBC-TV, police in Kansas City, Kan. said they found Bailey Ann Summers and Elijah Pike. The Missouri Highway Patrol and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office had issued an endangered person advisory for the 15-year-old girl on Thursday.

Nearly a fourth of Missouri’s minors have used alcohol in the last 30 days, according to a recent study. That study also shows 70 percent of kids said it was easy to get alcohol. One group in Missouri wants the police to do something about those statistics. The Substance Abuse Advisory Commission proposed having a

Emergency workers rushed to the scene of a head-on crash on Highway 40 near Rocheport right before noon on Friday. Missouri Highway Patrol officials say Jonathan Peck and Troyveia Thomas were the two male drivers taken to Universitsy Hospital in Columbia. The drivers were pinned behind their dashboards. University Hospital confirms Peck is in serious

Record high flood levels on the Gasconade River in Osage County has many cleaning up Friday. The river crested at 34.4 feet. That’s nearly a foot higher than the previous highest level. Osage County residents said even though in the past day water levels have gone down a few feet, if it keeps raining in

Below is the full list of road closures in Mid-Missouri, as reported from the Missouri Department of Transportation Central District. For a map of all roads, check out the Road Conditions map. (List as of Friday 4 p.m.) Gasconade County: Route 50 over the Gasconade River at Mount SterlingRoute F between Route J and the

Law enforcement officials confirm three people were killed in an accident in Cole County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 58-year-old Wanda Coons, 44-year-old William Coons and 12-year-old Shadrach Rowden all died in the crash. All three were from Meta. William Coons was the driver of the car. Sheriff Greg White told ABC 17

Columbia police have arrested a suspect in the Aug. 2 robbery at the Landmark Bank on Garth Avenue. Dyran Hill, 18, was arrested at a parole and probation office on Vandiver Drive in Columbia. A school resource officer identified Hill as the suspect from a surveillance photograph taken at the bank. Hill was arrested on