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A student from Thomas Jefferson Middle School was taken to the Prenger Family Center Thursday after making a threat against other students, officials said. According to Jefferson City Public Schools, Thomas Jefferson Middle School administrators became aware of a situation involving a female eighth-grade student who was threatening the safety and security of other students.

The University of Missouri Police Department released its Annual Fire Safety and Security Report Thursday morning. The report shows a jump in the number of reported hate crimes from 2014 to 2015. It shows in 2015, police took 11 reports of hate crimes. Of those 11 reports, police say three were unfounded. They say five

TODAY: Another beautiful and cool fall afternoon is expected across Mid-Missouri. Skies will remain mostly sunny in most of Mid-Missouri through the afternoon. By the early afternoon hours, expect clouds to begin to track into areas east of Highway 63, as a low off to our west continues to wobble back and forth. High temperatures

A detective with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department says it has gotten a report of a clown sighting within the county. Detective Tom O’Sullivan says deputies responded to the area of Carter School Road and Rangeline around 10:45 Wednesday night for the incident. The detective says a security guard for Missouri Auto Auction Inc. there

On Wednesday, the Boone and Callaway County Sheriffs Department arrested Travis Crutchfield, 38, after more than a month of looking for him. The Callaway County Sheriffs department and the MUSTANG drug task force had a drug related search warrant for a house in the 2900 block of Emerald Lake Drive in Callaway County. When deputies

This morning Tropical Storm Matthew had sustained winds of 65 mph tracking westward slowly at 16 mph. In the next 24-36 hours Matthew is expected to strengthen to a hurricane status, possible impacting Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao on Friday. The Windward Islands could picked up rainfall accumulations of 4″ to 8″ by Thursday night. Rainfall

A 60-year-old is dead today after a crash in Camden County Wednesday. It happened Wednesday just after 5:00 pm on Missouri 7, just south of Ruby Lane. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows 60-year-old Kenneth Martin over corrected after failing to negotiate a turn. Troopers say Martin’s vehicle then flipped and

TODAY: It will be a cool, fall morning with low humidity and plenty of sun. Skies will remain mostly sunny in most of Mid-Missouri through the afternoon. By 3PM-5PM clouds look to increase for areas east of HWY 63. High temperatures will stay mild, reaching the lower 70s with a north wind picking up to

The church leader who spent several months in jail is suing the sheriff’s department that put him there. Ryan St. Anne Gevelinger, leader of the Holy Rosary Abbey, filed a federal lawsuit against Howard County, Deputy Russell Harrison and Sheriff Mike Neal Wednesday, claiming malicious prosecution and false arrest. Deputies arrested Gevelinger, who also goes

A woman was rescued Wednesday night after falling down a cliff at Devils Backbone on the Boone/Callaway County line. The call went out just before 7:30 p.m. for the 21-year-old who was hiking with friends when she fell down 30 feet off the side of the trail. Her friends traveled up the path to get

Gunfire erupted on a quiet street at about 8 p.m. Tuesday in Columbia. Witnesses said two groups were shooting at each other and the sparks from the bullets were flying. “It started over by the gas meters and then somebody was over there and they started shooting back,” said Kyle Bean, a resident. “[The sparks]

Traffic deaths in Missouri are up seven percent from this time last year, and drunk driving crashes make up a large portion. So far this year, 664 people have died on Missouri roadways. Wednesday, Carol Elwyn appeared in Miller County Court accused of killing Travis Davolt and Dominic Delong in a drunk driving crash on

A Columbia woman has been charged after she allegedly made up a report about being robbed. Boone County prosecutors charged Courtney Chancellor on Sept. 22 with a Class B misdemeanor of making a false report. Columbia police said Chancellor claimed she was robbed on Sept. 1 while delivering food to Wolper’s Hall on the University

Camden County officials are working to get back to normal operation after a possible security breach shut down part of their office last week. The Kansas City office of the FBI confirmed to ABC 17 News agents raided the county courthouse September 19. The phone lines and website were affected too. Wednesday, ABC 17 News

On Tuesday, a Jefferson City pizza delivery driver said he was robbed at gunpoint while delivering a pizza in the 200 block of Marshall Street. According to the official press release, the Domino’s driver said he attempted to deliver a pizza to an apartment on Marshall Street. The customer said that he had not ordered

Columbia’s residents are pitching in to make sure the trail is a safe place for everyone to enjoy. The Forum access point is where a woman was assaulted seven weeks ago in broad daylight. Needless to say, the attack was unsettling for many trail-goers. “I work really close to here, and I have a lot

Nearly three weeks after a pedestrian was hit by a CPD vehicle, ABC 17 News went out with a MoDOT traffic engineer to see if the signal light was still working properly. Laura Harrison was hit by a CPD vehicle on Wednesday September 7, after walking across the intersection at Brown Station Road and Route

We finally are seeing a taste of fall, as temperatures have felt comfortable the next few days, but that’s not the only thing that will be changing. The countdown is on for the leaves of green to change to those autumn colors we have come to know and love. Mid-Missouri is less than a month

TONIGHT: We’ll have a seasonably cool night with low temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 under mostly clear skies. Winds will come in from the north at 4-8 mph. THURSDAY: Skies will remain mostly sunny in most of Mid-Missouri but areas east of HWY 63 will see more afternoon clouds. High temperatures will

UPDATE 9/28: Major Rice with the Fulton police has confirmed that officers stopped a male Westminster student wearing a clown mask sometime overnight, near the Westminster campus. He says the department was called for a couple of sightings yesterday that also included the Williams Woods campus. The vehicle description is similar in those reports, so