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A Mid-Missouri woman was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for killing a toddler. Roshell Dawn Johnson, 37, pleaded guilty in April to voluntary manslaughter and child abuse. Johnson was charged in the January 2008 death of 20-month-old Ocean McCoy after shaking the child. The girl suffered serious brain injuries she sustained while in

Numerous accidents have slowed traffic on I-70 through Mid-Missouri Tuesday afternoon. One accident on I-70 eastbound near mile marker 135 and the Boone-Callaway county line had traffic at a standstill. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the accident involved two vehicles that rolled over with one van on its side. Sources told ABC 17

We are a mere 53 days away from the first College Football Saturday – and yes, that is a proper noun – of 2013. It’s about time, then, you get a primer for this upcoming season, because we all know the thirst for college football in this nation, or football of any kind, is never

Columbia police released their Fourth of July fireworks statistics. Between July 3 and 7, officers responded to 273 fireworks complaints within city limits. Officers arrested 10 people in seven separate incidents. Those arrested were released on a summons to appear in municipal court for possession and/or discharged of fireworks. According to police, during the same

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of metal from a Kingdom City company. Deputies responded to a business in the 5600 block of Old Highway 40 for a report of stolen scrap metal. According to law enforcement, a “large amount” of steel pipes were taken from the company. Deputies say the pipes

IKEA broke ground Tuesday morning on its first store in the Midwest. The popular Swedish furniture maker held a groundbreaking for a store just outside of Kansas City. The 359,000 square-foot store will be built in Merriam, Kan. off of I-35, eight miles southwest of Kansas City. The store is set to open in fall

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its DWI saturation enforcement campaign numbers from the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Over the long holiday weekend, troopers conducted increased patrols at the Lake of the Ozarks, in Cooper County and every 20 miles on I-70 in Mid-Missouri. At the Lake of the Ozarks, water patrol troopers stopped

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies recovered eight shell casings on Rocky Fork Drive, north of Columbia, after gunshots were fired into a home. Around 4 a.m. Tuesday, ABC 17 News heard scanner traffic of shots fired in the 5500 block of Rocky Fork Drive. Nothing much else was said on scanner traffic until after 7 a.m.

It’s a highly traveled road. Many take it to work every day. AndSunday night,Providence Road became the scene of the latest Columbia shooting. This incident has some long-time residents feeling disheartened and afraid. “It’s scary, because anybody could be shot just standing around, driving by,” said Columbia resident Sidney Brown. Brown said he travels Providence

Two Howard County residents suffered serious injuries in a head-on crash Monday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a pickup truck driven by Bobby G. Finn, 49, of Fayette collided with a car driven by Dillian W. McDonald, 17, of Fayette. Troopers say both drivers were driving in opposite directions in the center

Michael Yarnell pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the 2003 death of his wife, Angie Yarnell, as part of a plea agreement in 2009. He said he shoved her off of the deck of their Ivy Bend home and then lost the body in a canoe. Yarnell got out of prison Monday on conditional

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 17 fatal crashes over the Independence Day holiday weekend. Those numbers included a motorcycle crash in Columbia and a crash in St. Louis city limits, as well as on the roads under the Highway Patrol’s jurisdiction. Trooper Matt Broniec told ABC 17 News Sunday the numbers from last year

One man was arrested for unrelated incident after a crash and shots are fired on Providence Road on Sunday night. Columbia police said Monday Michael Ramey-Pennington was the passenger in one of two cars involved in the incident. He was arrested and charged for a burglary and property damage incident on Range Line Road earlier

Jefferson City leaders expect to pick a company to develop a convention center by Sept. 5. City council members met behind closed doors at City Hall on Monday evening, hearing from the two companies still in the running to be the developer for the center. The public, and reporters, were not allowed into the meeting.

Columbia police arrested six drivers over the Independence Day holiday weekend at two separate DWI checkpoints. The checkpoints happened on Clark Lane on Friday, July 5 starting at 10 p.m. Officers stopped 176 vehicles and arrested two people for driving while intoxicated. The checkpoint ended at midnight. The next night, officers set up along Providence

The suspect arrested for allegedly beating another man to death in Boonville is not getting a lower bond. A judge denied the request on Monday for Calvin Dibble. He fled Missouri after Verdayne Schacher was attacked on the job at Tiger Pawn in November 2011. Schacher died two days later. Dibble was arrested a few

Fire investigators said Sunday smoking materials were to blame for a minor house fire in Columbia. Crews responded to calls of smoke coming from the back of 3717 Wayside Drive around 1:50 p.m. Sunday. According to a fire crews at the scene, the fire was under control in about five minutes. Investigators said the home

Twenty-sevenshell casings littered the streets Wednesday after passengers from two vehicles fired at each other. On Friday, police arrested Moises Guillen at the Links apartment complexin reference to the shooting. A day earlier, 23-year-old Coty Galbreath was arrested for suspected involvement in the shooting after he was treatedfor a gunshot wound in relation to the

Approximately 6,000Columbia residents woke up to no electricity Sunday morning. As of 7:30 a.m., Columbia Water & Light crews were working on the outage in south Columbia, according to the Boone County Emergency Management. Some residents had their power back on around 10:30 a.m. and the remaining residents closer to 11:30 a.m. Connie Kacprowicz with

Jefferson City police said Monday officer Shawn Dumsday was improving and had been stabilized. The Jefferson City Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)/Police Officers Association has started a fund to assist with Dumsday’s injuries. Dumsday is a more than 15-year veteran of the department and is currently a member of the Traffic Unit. According to the