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ABC 17 News has confirmed gun shots were fired in two different Columbia neighborhoods early Sunday morning. The first incident happened just after 2 a.m. Police found shell casings at the intersection of Providence and Rain Forest Parkway. The second incident happened around 5 a.m. in the 1400 block of Greensboro Drive. Our crews were

UPDATE: 2:27 p.m.: Columbia Police have released the name of the driver who died in a early morning crash Sunday morning. Briann Rodgers, 35, was killed after his car went off the left side of the roadway crashing into a utility pole. Then crashing into a concrete sign. Columbia Police say Rodgers was not wearing

A Columbia man was arrested on suspicion of stealing, trespassing, and property damage. Harold Wayne Stewart is being held on a $27,500 bond in the Boone County Jail. According to Columbia Police, they received a call around 12:30 Sunday morning for a disturbance at Woody’s Auto Shop. Police believe Stewart was breaking into cars at

Trooper Andrew Armstrong has patrolled the roads in Callaway County for 15 years. With that 15 years experience, he said there is one part of the job he wished didn’t exist. “The absolute worst part of my job is knocking on somebody’s door and telling them their loved one has been killed in a crash,”

Around 6 p.m. Saturday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a crash on Highway 5 in Howard County. Troopers said the driver, Brock Griffith, 47, was driving eastbound on the highway when he drove off the left side of the road and overturned. Griffith was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the crash

Since its launch in 1998, the International Space Station (ISS) has been above our heads in orbit around the Earth. There it has been for over 17 years, orbiting the earth over 100,000 times. Mid-Missouri has a particularly great view of one of those orbits tomorrow morning. The ISS will begin to come into view

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Backup running back Justin Crawford rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown filling in for the injured Rushel Shell, and Skyler Howard overcame a first-half injury to lead West Virginia to a 26-11 win over Missouri on Saturday. West Virginia’s Mike Molina kicked four field goals in place of the suspended

The Columbia Fire and Police Department were called to a crash involving a motorcycle in the 700 block of Business Loop 70 East Saturday afternoon. The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. Police said Amy McGoveran, 35, was driving eastbound on the Business Loop and turned left into O’Reilly Auto Parts in front of the motorcyclist.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a crash involving a motorcycle on Highway 54 in Cole County Friday afternoon. Troopers said the driver, Joshua Horn, 19, drove off the right side of the highway, hit a guard rail and was thrown from the bike. Horn was flown to University Hospital with serious injuries. No

UPDATE: Columbia Police have arrested three men in connection to the fight on Waugh Street Friday night. Dillon Ayers, Kirk Ayers, and Michael Ayers are accused of being involved in the assault at Paquin Park. The three were arrested on suspicion of Armed Criminal Action, Assault, and Property Damage. Michael was also arrested for an

Less than an hour after the Labor Day holiday counting period began, a man was arrested for DUI in Morgan County. It happened just before 5 p.m. yesterday evening on Miller Road, 0.4 miles south of Miller Lane. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the car ran off the right side of the roadway,

According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, there were two boat crashes Friday as the holiday weekend began. The first happened in Lafayette County at 6:30 p.m. on the Missouri River. MSHP reports say two people were on the John Boat when they tried to maneuver over timber in the water. The timber impaled the boat

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Oklahoma just after 7 a.m. Saturday. This matches Oklahoma’s strongest quake on record. The first happened in November, 2011. The epicenter is believed to be near Pawnee, about 75 miles north of Oklahoma City. According to the United State Geological Survey, a handful of small quakes have hit northern

Former University of Missouri assistant communications professor Melissa Click has been hired by Gonzaga University. According to the school’s website, Click joined the faculty as a lecturer. Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga said, “Dr. Click was hired through an extensive national search process that revealed her to

On Thursday, September 1st, Jeff Mizanskey celebrated one year of freedom after serving more than two decades of a life prison sentence. Mizanskey had the dubious distinction of being the only man in Missouri serving life in prison, with no chance for parole, for non-violent marijuana offenses. During one of my first my prison interviews

Scores will be updated until all games are FINAL: Rock Bridge at Battle: 6 – 32 F Hickman at Jefferson City: 13 – 48 F Versailles at Blair Oaks: 0 – 36 F Fulton at Tolton: 29 – 22 F Louisiana at Centralia: 6 – 55 F Mexico at Marshall: 42 – 7 F Boonville

Our dry weather pattern continues through the holiday weekend but temperature and humidity will slowly climb as high pressure moves to the east. Winds will still be out of the east to southeast Saturday, keeping our humidity low with mild temperatures. After a cool morning with temperatures in the upper 50s at 7 AM, we’ll

On September 1, 2015, Jeff Mizanskey was released from prison after more than two decades of maximum security incarceration. Mizanskey was the only person in Missouri serving life in prison, with no chance for parole, for non-violent marijuana offenses. After my visits to Jefferson City Correctional Center over the last couple years, Jeff Mizanskey visits

A judge ruled the Missouri State Highway Patrol violated Missouri Sunshine laws by withholding findings from a death investigation Wednesday. This comes after Brandon Ellingson died in May 2014 while in Highway Patrol’s custody at the Lake of the Ozarks. Ellingson’s family filed a lawsuit in December 2014 after they said months of requests about

According to residents on Pin Oak Boulevard, students from Battle High School speed down their street regularly. Patrick Spencer says he’s lived on the street for almost 20 years. He told ABC 17 News that within in the last three years, when the high school opened, he’s seen drivers speeding and racing down the normally