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A Phelps County man was arrested for kidnapping after forcing a woman to stay in her home and threatening her life. A deputy with the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department was called to the 15000 block of county Road 8160 for an assault on Sunday. A woman told the deputy that Christopher Knock yelled at her

Columbia police officers were called to help the Boone County Children’s Division with a child abuse hotline in the 1300 block of Worley Street on May 3. The 16-year-old female victim was pregnant with 37-year-old Walter Hagebusch’s child. Officers found out that the girl got pregnant in Kansas City, Missouri and forwarded the report to

The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced on Wednesday the creation of the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach. The office will be headquartered in St. Louis and will be supervised by Assistant Superintendent Eric T. Olson. The office will go inteo effect on Thursday. “The Office of Community Engagement and Outreach will be an unprecedented

Correction: The original story published stated that the theft was at Courtyard Marriott in the headline. The theft occurred at Staybridge Suites Motel. Columbia police officers were called to a robbery that had already taken place at Staybridge Suites Motel at 805 Keene Street. According to reports, a man entered the motel armed with a

TODAY: Sunshine for the morning into the early afternoon, but a chance for storms develops mainly after 2PM south of I-70 and west of US 63. Another round of storms is expected by evening from 5PM-7PM near HWY 65. Southwestern mid-Missouri is under a marginal risk. The strongest storms this evening could produce damaging wind

Students and faculty at Mizzou are weighing in on the new MU chancellor, cautiously expressing their optimism now that the position is finally filled. Dr. Alexander Cartwright was formally announced last week as the next MU chancellor. He comes from the State University System of New York. He will officially start his job Aug. 1.

The University of Missouri released new policies about how the campus community and visitors can use public spaces and protest. The committee that was responsible for these policy changes, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech and the Press, met in Feb. 2016. After an extensive approval process, the policies were

TODAY: Some sunshine is expected for the beginning of Wednesday, but a chance for storms develops after 12PM in southwest Missouri. Another round of storms is expected by evening from 5PM-7PM near HWY 65. We could see wind gusts up to 50 mph and hail up to 1″ in diameter. TONIGHT: Storms will be possible

The victim of a Columbia shooting will be buried Wednesday morning. 28-year-old Cameron Caruthers was shot on Dawn Ridge Road last week. Columbia police say they were originally called out to a home invasion with a gun. When they arrived, they say they found two men inside the home. One of them was detained for

TODAY: Patchy fog is possible this morning. Some sunshine is expected for the beginning of Wednesday, but a chance for storms develops after 12PM south of I-70 and west of US 63. Another round of storms is expected by evening from 5PM-7PM near HWY 65. The strongest storms this evening could produce damaging wind gusts

A woman faces several charges in Callaway County after she’s accused of stealing several guns from a Holt’s Summit home. According to a probable cause statement obtained by ABC 17 News, Nika Mann, 35, is charged with five felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, four counts of stealing a firearm and one felony

One Boone County commissioner says it’s time to analyze growth and traffic safety on a highway south of Columbia. The commission approved two new developments Tuesday night along Route K, between Columbia and McBaine. Arrowhead Lake Estates and Toalson Estates will have 14 lots each for their own subdivisions, using more than 100 acres on

A downtown Columbia restaurant was back open for business after facing multiple violations. Taj Mahal closed last week after a gas leak led to an inspection that revealed more than 40 different food and safety violations. Nineteen of those violations were critical. On Tuesday, the Columbia/Boone County Department of Health told ABC 17 News that

A security breach at Chipotle has impacted the stores nationally, including in mid-Missouri. “The investigation identified the operation of malware designed to access payment card data from cards used on point-of-sale (POS) devices at certain Chipotle restaurants between March 24, 2017 and April 18, 2017. The malware searched for track data (which sometimes has cardholder

We’re nearing the end of Spring, with only three weeks left and a stormy pattern is still in place across the Midwest. Usually as we close on May and start June, high pressure builds into the southeast and we’ll see southerly flow and a warm and humid pattern, that has yet to arrive. The big

A Columbia man was accused of biting off part of another person’s ear late last week. Martino Wilson, 19, was charged with first-degree assault for the incident. Boone County deputies said Wilson got into a fight with another person on Friday. They both fell down a flight of stairs during the fight. After landing on

UPDATE: 9:30 P.M.: According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report, the crash happened when an SUV got a flat tire, causing it to strike the tractor trailer. The tractor trailer ran off the road, and returned to it before overturning around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday. The driver and passenger of the tractor trailer suffered

Residents in Morgan County are continuing to clean up after an EF-1 tornado came through the Lake of the Ozarks area over the Memorial Day weekend. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado hit around 2:30 Saturday afternoon and moved about 90 miles per hour. Most of the damage consisted of fallen and uprooted

Attorney General Joshua Hawley announced Tuesday that he started the appeal process of the federal district court’s judgment in the Amendment 2 case. ​”As Attorney General, I have a duty to defend the laws and constitution of the state of Missouri,” Hawley said. “The people of Missouri overwhelmingly voted to place these rules in our

Even though the population and geographic size of Columbia has exploded in the past 10 years, sales tax growth has slowed, putting essential public services like police and fire that benefit from that tax revenue in jeopardy. “[It] puts us in a really tight bind as we have more and more people that have an