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A portion of West McCarty Street was shut down for a wreck in Jefferson City Thursday night. One vehicle ended up on its side. ABC 17 News was told no one was hurt nor transported to a hospital, but a few people were treated on scene and released. Crews are still working to find out

The ABC 17 News team is joining forces with The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri to make sure students start school on the right track – with full bellies! August 15 – 19, Stop by your favorite Columbia or Jefferson City HyVee and donate food items for the Food Bank’s Buddy Pack program.

A newly posted video of Columbia police body camera show a scene of what one woman calls continued “harassment” by the department against her family. The group Citizens for Justice posted two videos from CPD body cameras that capture a scene from March 7, 2015 on Aztec Boulevard in northeast Columbia. In it, Sergeant Roger

The Missouri Department of Transportation wants to get more mid-Missouri teenagers to buckle up this school year. Department officials have launched the program, “It Only Takes One.” It is designed to educate high school students on safe driving habits and safety belt use. Sixty-four teenagers died last year in crashes on Missouri roadways. MODoT said

The Jefferson City Police Department said it has a backup plan if its 911 operations center has communication issues again. ABC 17 News reported Wednesday, the city’s IT department was performing a software upgrade when 911 operators noticed callers could not hear them back around 8:00 p.m. “They grabbed their cell phones, they grabbed anything

Prosecutors in Miller County have charged two people in connection to several burglaries. Deputies told ABC 17 News they arrested Cody Carson and Torie Connell on Tuesday. Carson and Connell were taken into custody after they were linked to multiple burglaries near Iberia. Both have were charged this week with three counts of felony second-degree

You might want to pack the rain poncho if you plan on watching high school football Friday evening but the chance of getting rained on is low. During the day Friday, a few spot storms could develop as temperatures climb into the upper 80s in the afternoon but these storms will be very hit and

Thursday was Caden Conatser’s first day of kindergarten at West Boulevard Elementary in Columbia, but according to his parents, he ended his day on the wrong bus home from school. “My concern was that the bus driver would stop somewhere and say ‘OK, kid this is your stop’ and he gets off the bus and

Mizzou will retain softball coach Ehren Earleywine, a source told ABC 17 News. This comes a week after MU officials confirmed Earleywine did not violate Title IX. An MU spokesperson tells ABC 17 News there is no official word as of yet from Mizzou. Earleywine’s job came into question this past May when it became

A woman charged with murder, assault and burglary in Callaway County pleaded not guilty Thursday. Jennifer Grayson and Dale L. Horton are accused of killing Horton’s mother and brother-in-law on April 26. Grayson was indicted in the April double homicide last week. She made her court appearance via video Thursday to plead not guilty. Horton

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking businesses to look at their workplace safety and health plans after five workplace deaths in a week. OSHA has begun five workplace fatality investigations in Missouri and Kansas since Aug. 10, and 45 worker fatalities since Oct. 1, 2015, in region 7 which covers Iowa, Kansas, Missouri

Centralia schools will dismiss at regular times Thursday following a midday lockdown, according to the school district. The lockdown began around noon Thursday. The district sent out a message to parents saying the lockdown is related to Wednesday’s standoff in Mexico. The suspects from that incident, as well as from a shooting in Pike County

ABC 17 News went to the scene of a rollover crash that was blocking traffic on south Providence Road near Rock Bridge State Park and Highway 163. It was first reported just after 12:20 p.m. Thursday. Over 10 units responded. ABC 17 News talked to one of the victims, who said a second car was

The website for Columbia’s bus system has new features aimed at making it more accessible to people with disabilities. The website now has screen reader components which can pair with smartphone and computer technology. The aim is to allow every COMO Connect customer to have access to map routes and schedules on a mobile device.

Crews were still working to fix an elevator in Paquin Tower Thursday afternoon. ABC 17 News first reported on the issues with elevators there on Friday. You’ll recall we told you an elevator outage means some residents in wheelchairs can’t leave the building. The Columbia Housing Authority says crews have been trying to fix the

Authorities in Mexico have arrested a man on suspicion of having drugs, including methamphetamine and prescription pills. On Wednesday evening, members of the East Central Drug Task Force carried out a search warrant at a home on Western Street. During the search, officers reported finding meth, Adderall, drug paraphernalia, and a handgun. They arrested Douglas

By the end of the week, most mid-Missouri students will be back in school and that means the school zone laws are back in effect. Many school zones in Columbia have a light that will blink on and off to remind drivers that at certain times during the day, that school zone speed of 20

A Jefferson City home sustained more than $130,000 in damage after a fire early Thursday morning. It happened around 1:00am in the 400 block of Meier Drive. Fire officials reported that a vehicle driving through the area at the time noticed the home was on fire. That’s when they alerted the people inside and called

UPDATE 08/18/16 7:37 a.m. – The 911 center for Jefferson City/Cole County is back up and running this morning. According to Jefferson City Police, the communications center began experiencing audio issues last night around 8:00 p.m. With incoming calls, callers could not hear the 911 operator, but the 911 operator was able to hear them.

Rock Quarry Road was closed while crews responded to a rollover crash Wednesday night. The call went out around 10:40 p.m. for a car that had crashed and was smoking in the 3500 block of Rock Quarry Road. Police on scene told ABC 17 News they believed just one vehicle was involved. At least one