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The Internal Revenue Service announced Friday afternoon that face-to-face assistance is not available at the Taxpayer Assistance Center In Jefferson City. Any taxpayers in central Missouri that are unable to resolve their tax question by visiting the IRS website and that need face-to-face help will now have to call 1-844-545-5640 to schedule an appointment in

UPDATE: One student told ABC 17 News she has moved back into Dawson Hall after spending about a week in Perry Hall while the university was said to be cleaning mold from her room. The student told us when she got back to her room in Dawson, it didn’t appear much cleaner. She said some

TONIGHT: It will stay mostly clear with temperatures staying mild in the mid 60s. Winds will be from the south at 2-5 mph. SATURDAY: We’ll start off Saturday with sunshine but skies will turn partly cloudy in the afternoon. There is an isolated storm chance west of HWY 63 Saturday mainly after 3PM, but most

Moberly Police were called to the 100 block of Jefferson Avenue around 10:15 Thursday night for reports of shots fired. According to the Moberly Police Department, there was an argument between two people involving an air rifle. Officers arrested a 23-year-old and 19-year-old man in connection to the incident. Police said property damage charges are

While Yahoo’s data breach may not include financial information, one computer science professor says it should still prompt some password changes. The San Francisco-based tech giant reported Thursday a massive theft of account information, telling its users at least 500 million accounts may have been compromised in a 2014 hack. The company blamed a “state-sponsored

It was announced Friday morning that Tribune Publishing Company, the publisher of the Columbia Daily Tribune had been sold to Gatehouse Media. The Columbia Daily Tribune announced the ownership change Friday morning on it’s website. According to the article, Gatehouse Media operates 14 daily newspapers in Missouri including the Moberly Monitor-Index, Boonville Daily News, and

TODAY: The dry, warm weather continues with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s. Winds will come out of the south at 3-6 mph. Evening high school football games will start off with warm temperatures in the low 80s, falling to the mid 70s by 10 PM. TONIGHT: It looks to stay mostly

TODAY: Patchy fog is possible in low areas this morning where the air is stagnant, due to light winds and clear skies. Widespread fog is not likely. The dry, warm weather continues with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s. Winds will come out of the south at 3-6 mph. Evening high school

Thirteen people have been injured on amusement park rides in Missouri since 2012. The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died earlier this year after he was decapitated on the Verruckt water slide in Kansas City. ABC 17 News uncovered eight amusement park investigations since 2012. A 63-page report details more than a dozen injuries

The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri celebrated its 35th year with an open house Thursday . At the event, officials spoke with ABC 17 News about its VIP Veteran Pack program. The goal is to give veterans living at or below the poverty line food and toiletries. The Food Bank said, according to

A woman was charged in Callaway County after being accused of attacking two people with a knife. The alleged assault happened at a home in Fulton on Tuesday . Cindy Brown reportedly held a knife to one of the victim’s throats. She is also accused of cutting the other victim on the chest. Brown told

On Thursday , MU Interim Chancellor Hank Foley updated alumni on what he says is progress at the university. In a note sent to alumni, Foley said MU leaders are working hard to ensure campus is a more inclusive place for all students, faculty and staff. He said the university is working hard to rebound

A mid-Missouri woman is accused of trying to sneak heroin into a substance abuse treatment center. Court documents obtained by ABC 17 News show Jessica Khan, 33, of Columbia was charged Thursday in Boone County with felony introduction of a controlled substance into a correction facility. A court date hasn’t been scheduled. Boone County deputies

Local, state and federal agencies met in Jefferson City Thursday to prepare for potential large-scale emergencies. Emergency response teams met to practice their response to the release of an unknown substance like a chemical or biological threat. The drill was put on by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services at the state public

Boone County clerk Wendy Noren warned voters Thursday about a voter mail solicitation that tells the recipient they are not registered to vote. Noren said her office has received about 50 calls about the letter so far this week along with dozens of letters sent back to the county clerk’s office with notes attached. “Every

UPDATE, 8:59 p.m.: MU Police confirm an arrest was made in connection to Tuesday’s sexual misconduct case. According to police, the arrest happened before 5:30 p.m. when an officer found James Bennett near the corner of Paquin Street and Hitt Street in a vehicle. ABC 17 News was on the scene when that vehicle was

A Huntsville teen was charged with making a terrorist threat on Thursday. Thomas Cockrell,19, was arrested on Tuesday when parents from the Westran school district started calling the Randolph County sheriff’s office. Parents said that Cockrell had told people, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that happened here?” Cockrell was referencing the drawings he had of

On Sept. 15, 2011, Charlie D. Bell disappeared and has not been seen since. “I just didn’t understand and it took me a really long time to come to terms with it, that he was gone,” said his mother, Doris Boyce. “I wished for a long, long time that he would come back.” Now on

A federal jury in Jefferson City convicted a New Haven man Thursday for attempting to entice a minor for sex. 27 year-old Jason M. Strubberg was charged following an January, 2016 investigation by the Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force. Strubberg responded to an undercover online advertisement that a deputy posted to seek out potential

September 22, 2016 at 9:21 a.m., marked the official start to fall in the northern hemisphere. Every year around September 23rd and March 20th, the Autumnal equinox and Vernal equinox occur. The equinox marks the passage of the sun across the celestial equator and our transition into a new season. The reason why this occurs