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Columbia police are investigating a burglary at the L.A. Nickell golf course. At around 2:40 Tuesday morning, an alarm went off at the gold clubhouse. When officers arrived, they found the front glass door of the building smashed. Police say the burglar or burglars stole some candy and change. A K9 unit was brought in

Deputies in Columbia are currently looking for the driver of a car that crashed into a tree at Snead Drive and St. Charles Road Monday night. The crash happened around 8:15 p.m. The road was briefly closed, but reopened shortly after. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said they do not have a suspect description at

The Columbia City Council first read a proposal Monday night to put a freeze on building multi-unit housing in a one-mile radius of the University of Missouri campus. If approved, the bill would establish an administrative delay on the processing of applications for a building permit for developments within the area bounded by Elm Street,

The Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson City has plans to build a new facility. Monday, a bill was introduced to the Jefferson City Council to allow the non-profit organization to build near the intersection of Lafayette and Franklin Streets. The Boys and Girls Club’s former building on East Elm Street was acquired by MoDOT

Fire alarms throughout the University of Missouri’s campus in Columbia reportedly went off unintentionally Monday evening after a power spike. MU Alert put out a tweet saying everyone is safe and officials are working on the problem as of 9:00 p.m.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo- Around 8:30 Sunday night, MODOT closed down the westbound lanes of the Missouri River Bridge and traffic is reduced to the two eastbound lanes. The 7 million dollar project began in March and will continue for four months, ending around Labor Day weekend. There has already been traffic build up over the

The Convention and Visitor’s Bureau staff will address the City Council of Columbia about the financial impact and lost business to our local economy. Including conferences that don’t consider Columbia as a destination due to the limited air service. Columbia recently lost a national convention, The National Federation of Pachyderm Club was originally considering Columbia

A mid-Missouri sex offender is facing new charges, accused of beating up a 91 year-old WWII vet, before escaping in his car. ABC 17 News confirmed through court documents filed on Monday that Driss Zarhouni was arrested in the stolen Volkswagen east of Columbia by the Cooper County’s sheriff’s department. Police say he beat up

If you are driving near the Lake of the Ozarks this Tuesday, you might run into some traffic delays. MoDOT has confirmed Business 54 over Bagnell Dam is set to close between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday. The agency is urging drivers to use alternate routes during the survey work. It will be done

Missouri Republicans’ decadelong effort to require people to show photo identification when voting has cleared a major hurtle in the state Senate. Senate Democrats let a bill and a constitutional amendment get initial approval Monday after about a month of stalling. Republicans have agreed to allow people without photo ID to cast a ballot if

UPDATE: James Fainter, accused of shooting a Randolph County deputy, was expected to arraigned Monday, May 2, but ABC 17 News confirmed he is still in the hospital. UPDATE:TheRandolph County Prosecutor has identified and charged the man accused of shooting at a deputy Monday after a chase. Prosecutor Mike Fusselman tells ABC 17 News hefiled

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office says a man declared missing after escaping law enforcement in March has been found and arrested. Deputies arrested Mathew Valentine, 37, in Benton County, a month and a half after he disappeared. In mid-March, deputies got a tip about Valentine being near the Tunnel Dam on the Big Niangua on

Boone County deputies said they found no evidence of forced entry or exit after a reported burglary Monday. It happened around 4:00 a.m. Monday morning on Rollingwood West Court. Deputies on scene told ABC 17 News the resident thought he saw a shadow and then fired off one round. There were no injuries reported. At

A Fulton man was sentenced to six years in prison for unlawful possession of a concealable firearm as a convicted felon. Chance Garriott had been on probation for the offense, but in February, was arrested with two other men for a Callaway County burglary. Garriott admitted to violating probation today and the judge revoked it.

COLUMBIA, Mo-Boone County deputies were called this morning, when a homeowner fired his gun after seeing a suspicious shadow. They searched the area just west of Midway, but didn’t find any signs of forced entry. After seeing the story, a viewer called ABC17, claiming a similar incident happened to her in Millersburg. She noticed a

A man convicted of a 2013 Columbia robbery was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday. In November, AnthonyPaine was found guilty of robbing Kaldi’s Coffee. His sentencing was delayed in February after his lawyer asked for a mental evaluation of Paine. This will be the sixth time Paine is headed to prison. The Missouri

UPDATE:Osage County Sheriff Michael Dixon has pleaded not guilty to one count of unlawful use of a weapon. Dixon entered the plea at his arraignment in Boone County on Monday afternoon. He was arrested in April after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at another person, while Dixon was reportedly drunk at a bar in Hartsburg.

May tends to be a warm and rainy month in Mid-Missouri with close to 5 inches of rain on average. The wettest May on record was back in 1943 with 13.30 inches rain that month but the driest was in 1901 with only .35 inches for the entire month. Last year we came in with

UPDATE: Billie Bruce was captured Friday, April 29. A motion has been filed with the district court to hold him in federal custody without bond until his trial. A federal grand jury in Jefferson City has indicted 13 people, including eight mid-Missouri residents, for an alleged $6.6 million K2 conspiracy in Callaway County. The 14-count

One man died Sunday morning after his car flipped several times. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 54-year-old Gary Meinhardt of Barnett flipped his car after he drifted off one side of Route W and South Marvin Road. Meinhardt, driving a 2003 Chevrolet S-10, “overcorrected” as he came back onto the highway, causing him to