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A Miller County man was arrested last Friday after a fight over car keys. Gary Sloan and Christopher Northrip fought over car keys in a home near Brumley on June 20th. Northrip was drunk and fired a rifle inside the home. Sloan was able to take the rifle away from Northrip and ran off on

Boone County deputies were called to a home northeast of Columbia early Monday for reports of a shooting. It happened around 5 a.m. at a home in the 5300 block of Trikalla Drive in the Lake of the Woods area. Investigators say a 33-year-old was shot in the stomach by one of three masked men

Kim English is still trying to find a home in the nba, but he’s not sitting back in free agent life. The former Mizzou guard is still holding his youth summer camp. This summer, when he’s not coaching his camp, English is training in Columbia and hopes to use his opportunities with the Orlando Magic

Click the video player to watch ABC 17 Sports Director Austin Kim go one-on-one with Missouri men’s basketball coach Kim Anderson for Sunday Sit-Down. Anderson discusses his emphasis on recruiting four-year players, new assistant coach Rob Fulford and Hawaii transfer, and the 15 minutes each morning that could be critical for team chemistry.

Jefferson City Police are still searching for a missing man at the city’s Allied Waste landfill as of Sunday. In a news release, Captain Doug Shoemaker with the Jefferson City Police Department said agencies involved are not ruling anything out in the investigation. Since it’s an open investigation, police cannot reveal what exactly they’re looking

Only few residents remain at University Village, the University of Missouri-owned apartment complex in Columbia. The school will close the buildings June 30, and plans to demolish them in August. ABC 17 News spoke to one resident moving out. She says the school has made the moving out process easier. Andrea Jackson, a Mizzou graduate

A suspect is on the run after an armed robbery in a north Columbia neighborhood. Officers said just before 3 a.m. Saturday morning, a man approached a woman in the 1500 block of Greensboro Drive. He showed a gun, then struck the victim in the face with the pistol before taking off with her purse.

Thursday night former Missouri men’s basketball player Jordan Clarkson was drafted with the 46th overall pick to the Los Angeles Lakers. Clarkson transferred to Mizzou from the University of Tulsa and sat out his sophomore year. With the Tigers, Clarkson led the team with 3.4 assists and second in scoring 17.5 points per game. A

Columbia Police responded to a shots fired call Friday night before 7:00 p.m. in the 1600 block of St. Charles Road, in the same area where shots were fired early Friday morning. ABC 17 News went to the scene where police were collecting evidence at a possible shooting. No word on any injuries or how

Columbia 8th grade students got the chance to voice their concerns about crime from their points of view Friday afternoon. It’s part of their curriculum for summer school covering city government. Students picks the topics that interest them the most, from homelessness to minimum wage. Students asked a lieutenant with the Columbia Police Department several

The Columbia Fire Department will be testing fire hydrants in the area north of Highway 63 between Brown Station Road, Paris Road, and Route B on Saturday. The tests will determine if the hydrants have adequate water flow and pressure for fighting fighters. Customers may notice reduced water pressure when a hydrant is flushed near

The moving Vietnam Wall Memorial arrived to Boonville this week and will be in town through the weekend until Monday. It will be on display for 24 hours a day. The wall honors those who were killed in action during the Vietnam War. The wall lists names of veterans in chronological order by date of

Randolph County residents now have water Friday afternoon after going three days without, according State Senator Brian Munzlinger (R. Williamstown). Munzlinger told ABC 17 News he spoke to Advance Disposal’s operations manager who said Advance Disposal will be picking up a large amount of trash at the park that had accumulated for more than a

Boone County Sheriffs deputies investigated a shots fired incident early Friday morning on St. Charles Road. There were initial reports of several shots fired near the intersection of St. Charles and Remm Drive around 3:30 a.m. Investigators found evidence of multiple shots fired at the scene. A 24-year-old man reportedly heard the gunfire. Deputies later

Two people were rushed to University Hospital early Friday morning after a crash on Highway 63 near Dripping Springs Road, north of Columbia. 23-year-old Alexander Wiesner of Ashland suffered serious injuries. Mallory Embree, 22, of Sturgeon was driving northbound on Highway 63 when her car hit the towed unit of a pickup truck. Troopers said

The task force dedicated to protecting children on the Internet could soon be losing all of its funding. On Tuesday Gov. Jay Nixon said he was pulling more than $1 billion from the upcoming state budget. Some $1.5 million is being restricted from all Cyber Crimes Task Forces in Missouri. ABC 17 News talked with

Health officials say the death of a Missouri man about 40 minutes south of Osage Beach was probably caused by the West Nile virus. KYTV reports the Laclede County Health Department said the Lebanon resident was in his 60s or 70s and died June 9. The department reported the death Thursday, after the U.S. Centers

On Thursday , the Boone County Court is warning of an email scam going around mid-Missouri for the last six weeks. The Boone County Court administrators say they first saw the scam a few months ago and says it reoccurs every few years. “Apparently this is happening nationally. I received some emails from other courts

The trial of a Higbee man accused of lighting his wife and house on fire in 2013 was scheduled to start Thursday morning. Randolph County Judge Scott Hays declared a mistrial Thursday after lab results that both attorneys had not received from an agency were discussed in open court. Both attorneys, including Randolph County Prosecutor

A Sedalia couple was arrested early Wednesday morning during a drug bust that turned up more than four pound of marijuana. Richard Gilmore and Halee Kinner faced felony drug charges and child endangerment charges because five children were inside the East 10th Street home at the time. According to a news release, the marijuana was