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A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty in federal court to a meth distribution conspiracy. 35-year-old John Overstreet pleaded guilty to the charge contained in a February indictment. Undercover officers completed multiple drug transactions with Overstreet and searched two Capital City apartments in January. When officers arrived, they found Overstreet in the hallway. He ran into

The NAACP “Journey for Justice” march from Ferguson to Jefferson City moved into Mid-Missouri Wednesday as protesters made their way into Gasconade County. ABC 17 talked to the march leader Wednesday, who said the road through Rosebud was lined with people, some who heckled the protesters. The march is expected to reach Jefferson City by

Authorities are investigating a Wednesday morning fire at the Quaker Oats facility on Paris Road. The fire started just before 6:30 a.m. in a rice cake machine. Employees trained to handle emergencies tried to put it out themselves but were unsuccessful. Automatic sprinklers were able to put the fire out. A spokesperson for Quaker Oats

New numbers on Wednesday show residential burglaries spiked during the latest Thanksgiving break in Columbia. Police confirmed there were 28 break-ins over a 12-day period, starting on Friday, November 21, eventually ending Tuesday, December 2. Six businesses were also hit. Last year there were only 15 home burglaries and two commercial break-ins. In 2012, thieves

Wednesday will bring warmer afternoon and evening temperatures as high pressure continues to sit to our north. Clouds increase late Wednesday afternoon, and rain begins to move in from the south late Wednesday night. As temperatures drop below freezing at the surface, this precipitation will make contact with the ground as freezing rain, mainly north

Columbia police responded to multiple calls for shots fired at Garth and Sondra Avenues Tuesday night. Police on the scene told ABC 17 News they believe it started with a fight between three to five people before shots were fired. Officers found one bullet at the scene and told ABC 17 News someone may be

The Ashland Police Department is the latest Mid-Missouri law enforcement agency to outfit its officers with body cameras. The body cams come at the same time state lawmakers pre-file a bill to require officers across the state to wear cameras while in the line of duty, in part, as a response to the Ferguson police

Two people were hurt in a car crash that happened during a police chase Tuesday night. The chase started on Highway 28 in Maries County when a deputy made a traffic stop. The driver allegedly gave false information before driving off. The chase continued at high speed onto Interstate 44 and went west toward St.

The NAACP started day three of their “Journey for Justice” march for Michael Brown early Wednesday morning… but it wasn’t long before they ran into trouble. The more than 50 protestors were stopped by an angry crowd in Rosebud, Missouri, holding racial signs and yelling racial slurs. “No peace, no welfare checks!” Some of the

More mid-Missourians are being targeted by scammers posing as the government so the real IRS has issued a new warning. This scam, where a person calls pretending they are with the government and claims you owe taxes so you must immediately pay or be arrested, began this year. Since it started, it has grown rapidly.

Firefighters were at the scene of a house fire in Boonville Tuesday afternoon. Crews were working to contain the flames in the 1200 block of Jefferson Road. The back of the house and the garage were fully engulfed when crews arrived. Those parts of the house and the garage were destroyed along with two cars.

A Mexico man accused of killing his wife appeared in Audrain Co. court Tuesday afternoon. Ricky Harding is charged with second degree murder, armed criminal action, domestic assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Harding is accused in the shooting death of Summer Hickman in May.

While Black Friday shopping was down this year, gun sales were at an all-time high. In order to purchase a gun customers have to pass a background check. Last Friday the FBI did 175,000 background checks. That is 30,000 more than last year. ABC 17 News checked in with local gun shops to see if

Imagine sending your children to school with lunch money, only to find out that they came home hungry. One Camdenton school district parent said a lunch lady stole children’s lunch money and didn’t allow them to eat. Sources told ABC 17 the amount of money embezzled could total $250,000. “$250,000, that’s a lot of lunch

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is warning people of another phone scam in Mid-Missouri. The Sheriff’s Department says a man claiming to be a lieutenant with the “Boone County Warrants Division” called one woman and told her she failed to appear for jury duty and needed to pay a fine. The unknown caller told the

Paul Wallace, a terrorist expert at the University of Missouri said terrorist groups like ISIS are becoming more and more sophisticated with social media. The FBI issued a similar warning in October regarding the social media concerns, but Wallace said there is no real way of stopping terrorists from tapping into social media. He said

The University of Missouri is now having to come up with $25,000 after fans rushed the field Saturday after beating Arkansas to go to the SEC Championship. The field rush violates the SEC’s “access to competition” policy. The Tigers only paid a $5,000 fine after the Texas A&M game last season since it was Mizzou’s

There is a possibility of rain Wednesday night into Thursday morning as a warm front moves just to our south. As temperatures fall to near or below the freezing mark at the surface, we could see some light freezing rain or ice pellets in the very early morning hours Thursday through late morning. The atmospheric

The Columbia City Council unanimously approved Monday an ordinance that restricts employers from asking about a job applicant’s criminal history. The ordinance, known as “Ban the Box,” would allow businesses to conduct background checks once it’s made a conditional offer of employment. Supporters said by removing the box on a job application that asks if

As the tigers head to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Saturday, ABC 17 News looked into what it will cost the average fan to get to the Georgia Dome. ABC 17 News checked the MU Tiger website for tickets, but those tickets have all been bought. So ABC 17 News went to Stub Hub and