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Since last October, ABC 17 News has been looking into what happened to a small family cemetery in Cole County that appears to have vanished. The Dixon cemetery is named after one of the original families in the Jefferson City area, and now it appears a roundabout sits right on top of it. ABC 17

A Columbia man accused in a triple shooting last week on Forest Avenue was arrested in Wisconsin. 20-year-old Elijah Fox-Brown is accused of shooting and injuring three people on Forest Avenue on May 13. Two were shot in the leg and one shot in both the arm and leg. Dozens of law enforcement officers blocked

An unsettled weather pattern is developing for the holiday weekend. A trough of lower pressure developing on the west coast will cause the upper level winds to shift to the southwest, sending waves of low pressure into Mid-Missouri. As surface winds shift to the south Saturday, humidity and temperatures will rise with high temperatures climbing

A mother is outraged after her daughter is sent home from school with a broken arm patched up with a Band-Aid. The 7-year-old girl broke her arm during recess on a Columbia Public School playground. Her mother said the school misdiagnosed her daughter and failed to notify her of the injury. Two Mile Prairie Elementary

A local builder was arrested just hours after talking to ABC 17 News about two Mid-Missouri residents who say they are out thousands of dollars after paying for construction work. Customers say the man goes by two names: Ken Jinson and Scott Jinson. And ABC 17 News found there are lawsuits against both names. ABC

Highway Patrol troopers say one man is dead after a car crash in Maries County. It happened Tuesday night on Highway 63 at Vichy. Investigators say Keith Jones, 50, from Jefferson City crossed the center link and went off the roadway. He allegedly hit a car driven by David Connor, 79, of Holts Summit. Troopers

Two Boone County teens are facing charges after investigators say they broke into schools. Michael Eaves, 17, of Harrisburg and a 16-year-old boy were arrested by Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies on suspicion of burglarizing and stealing from the town’s elementary and middles schools. The thefts happened back February but the two teens were just picked

A man at the center of a special report ABC 17 News did on Tuesday night has now been arrested. Ken Jinson was picked up by police on Tuesday, but has already bonded out of jail. ABC 17 News investigated claims Jinson was ripping people off for construction work in Cole County. Since the story

An early Wednesday morning fire displaced two people at a Jefferson City home on Dixon Drive. Jefferson City Fire Division Chief Jason Turner told ABC 17 News the fire started shortly before 2:30 a.m., and is not suspicious. Turner also said crews could not rule out an electrical issue as a cause. There were no

Results of two DWI checkpoints in Mid-Missouri were released Wednesday. Deputies in Cole and Boone counties held the checkpoints Saturday night. Of the 12 cars pulled over in Cole Co., no one was cited for a DWI. Deputies there gave out one speed violation, 2 seat belt violations, and one uninsured driver violation. Boone County

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has new information relating to a February shooting just east of Columbia. Three people were shot on February 28 on Santa Anna Drive. The suspect, Cornelius “C.J.” Parker, was killed after exchanging gunshots with a Boone Co. sheriff’s deputy. Deborah Koontz and her brother, Donald Wilson, were pronounced dead at

Rain will move into Mid-Missouri early in the morning Wednesday, giving us a soggy morning commute. Rain will start off light but become moderate and steady from 8-11 AM as it spreads east. Temperatures will start off near 50 in the morning and will stay chilly all day with high temperatures only in the mid

The already massive air bag recall has expanded, making history in one of the largest U.S. recalls ever. After 6 deaths, millions of recalled cars, and thousands of dollars in fines, Japanese air bag maker finally admitted their air bags were defective Tuesday. Anthony Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary, said Takata still has not identified the

A new report by the state auditor is raising questions about finances for one Mid-Missouri town. The state office released its findings for Bunceton, which is about 30 minutes south of Boonville. The audit revealed errors because the work by the city clerk was not being properly reviewed. All of Bunceton’s funds are grouped into

The Columbia Housing Authority is cracking down on its teenage population. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Board of Commissioners will be looking into a monthly safety report, which shows an increase in teen residents being involved in repeated incidents. Now, those teens are being issued trespassing warnings for all CHA properties except the building they

Even after gas started to rise overnight it’s still the lowest it’s been since 2005. According to AAA more than thirty-five million American’s will be traveling for the Memorial Day weekend and nearly thirty-one million of them will be driving. The average U.S. traveler can expect to see the gasoline cost around $2.35 per gallon.

Police confirmed a man was shot on Tuesday near Sexton Road and McBaine Avenue in central Columbia. Officers said there was a large disturbance in the area at around noon. Police told ABC 17 News the shooter saw a man, the victim, threatening a woman with a shovel. Neighbors said they heard a lot of

A south Columbia woman is still in jail in Boone County after allegedly shop lifting and hitting an officer with her car. Kohls employees claimed Alaina Nickens Hill walked out of a dressing room Monday carrying some of their items. The witness said she threw her young children in the car without car seats. The

Columbia police are asking people to come forward after several storage units were broken into over the last several months. The people police are looking for are the victims. Shawn Reams was arrested last week, but his wife still lives in their home on Wagon Trail Heights, just north of Columbia. “We knew something was

A Mid-Missouri man is behind bars accused of molesting a child. Tuesday, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department arrested Clinton Woods, Sr., of Higbee shortly before noon. According to court documents, Woods molested a 7-year-old girl between June and August of 2014 at his home in Higbee. Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols said the child was