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University of Missouri students are getting ready to move back to Columbia for the upcoming fall semester. However, students and their parents should be aware of potential scams that come along with moving. Sean Spence, Regional Director at the Mid-Missouri Better Business Bureau, said the most common scam is being overcharged for services. “They hold

The owner of a Columbia smoke shop pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to helping sell over $2 million in synthetic marijuana, often known as K2. Officials believe Kevin Bay, 47, bought and resold between 214 and 482 kilograms of plant material sprayed with chemicals meant to mimic THC, the psychoactive compound of marijuana. They

Police arrested the treasurer of a youth softball league for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the group. The Pettis County prosecutor’s office charged Daisy Hoover, 37, of Sedalia for felony theft and two counts of fraudulent use of a debit card Wednesday after she allegedly stole $34,757.68 from the Sedalia Girls Softball League.

The former St. Mary’s Hospital property will now generate thousands less in property taxes for Cole County. The vacant property is now assessed at a value less than half its initial assessed value since it was sold. According to the owners of the property, it would cost about $3.4 million for asbestos remediation in order

One person was taken to a Columbia hospital following a four-vehicle crash in eastern Jefferson City Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened at the intersection of Shamrock Road and Highway 50 shortly before 4 p.m. Police tell ABC 17 News a Ford Escort was on Moreau River Access Road, the driver waiting to turn left onto

The new Business Loop interchange is expected to open by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday . The closure began 45 days ago meaning the contractor, Emery Sapp and Sons, hit their deadline. The contractor says outside of small miscellaneous projects like landscaping, the construction is complete. The biggest change to the new interchange is the replacement of

In a closed meeting Tuesday, The Cole County Commission voted unanimously to demote the head of the EMS department. Presiding commissioner Sam Bushman cited several complaints against Mike Shirts from EMS employees as the cause of the staffing change. Bushman would not comment on the nature or content of the complaints but did say they

A Callaway County man was charged in court Tuesday in connection with a weekend shooting. Shawn Cox, 42, of Holts Summit, is charged with two counts of felony first-degree assault, felony unlawful use of a weapon, felony armed criminal action and misdemeanor drug possession. Cox was arrested at his Holts Summit home on Monday following

A Jefferson City man has been arrested in connection with an incident which prompted police to put out an endangered person advisory on Tuesday. In the advisory, police said Kelley Clark was reported missing by a family member who claimed to hear Clark being assaulted over the phone. At the time of the phone call,

Electricity is now up and running in downtown Jefferson City, after a gas leak Wednesday morning. By 12:20 p.m., Ameren Missouri confirmed the area is safe, after surrounding buildings were evacuated near Jackson and High Streets . Crews from a third-party construction contractor that is not connected with Ameren Missouri drilled into a gas main

The Columbia Fire Department and Boone County EMS responded a rollover crash on northbound Highway 63 near Broadway. According to an ABC 17 News reporter on the scene, traffic was backed up to Stadium Boulevard. About 30 minutes later, emergency crews responded to a second crash on northbound Hwy 63, this one near Stadium Boulevard.

A Columbia man died after jumping into traffic on I-70 Tuesday night. Columbia Police were called to check on the 37-year-old man around 10:36 p.m. after a caller reported seeing him lean on the guardrail over the Providence Road bridge that runs across I-70. Police started to contact the man when he jumped off the

Right before sunrise at 6AM the Doppler radar picked up on somewhat of a donut looking ring. This is called a Roost Ring. The radar beam in Kansas City picked up on thousands of birds leaving their roost this morning! Due to the curvature of earth, and the tilt of the radar beam, the radar

The Columbia Fire Department responded to a hazmat situation at 13 Westridge Drive Tuesday night. Investigators told ABC 17 News that an unknown amount of cleaning chemicals were mixed. Firefighters used fans to ventilate the house. No one was hurt in the incident. Image Credit: Google Maps

A Cole County judge ruled that two commissioners cannot take part in a vote regarding a controversial hog farm. Judge Daniel Green made the ruling Tuesday in response to a lawsuit by Friends of Responsible Agriculture more than a year ago. The group, made up of local landowners near the proposed site on County Road

Residents in Central Columbia met with city leaders to discuss issues with housing, employment and law enforcement Tuesday night. Newly-hired citizen “consultants” led the discussion at the Family Impact Center on Ash Street regarding social equity. Last month, during his State of the City address, Columbia city manager Mike Matthes focused on social equity. It’s

Of the 163 seats in the Missouri State House, more than half are already decided, before the voters make their choices in the November election. In fact, ABC 17 News checked into each race for the House and discovered nearly 100 of the 163 races are already decided before the August PRIMARY. 95 races have

It’s been about eight months since CPD eliminated it’s Traffic Unit and moved officers over to the Patrol Division. Last November 2015, ABC 17 News got an e-mail from an unnamed source quoting Deputy Chief Jill Schlude, “Patrol has already reallocated 2 officers and a sergeant to the unit… Ultimately we felt that the best

Jefferson City officials are working to reduce the decline in public use of the JeffTran bus system. Tuesday, the Public Transit Advisory Committee motioned to recommend two ways to expand the buss pass options to the public works committee and city council. If approved, JeffTran would add the option of single-ride bus passes for $1

Just one week after announcing he would not attend the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, U.S. Senate candidate and Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander made an appearance in Columbia as part of his state-wide bus tour. “I just wanted to make sure I was here to talk to voters in Missouri and that’s exactly