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The Shot Bar and Silverball in downtown Columbia.

Extra Mizzou home game brings fewer crowds to some businesses in Columbia

October 10, 2020 5:48 PM Zola Crowder

Local businesses in downtown Columbia saw smaller crowds this home game compared to the Alabama game on Sept. 26.

SportsZone Football Friday 2020: Week 7

October 9, 2020 5:52 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Cuba (22) at South Callaway (29) FMarshall (59) at Fulton (21) FHallsville (16) at Blair Oaks (55) FHelias (28) at Jefferson City (0) FBoonville (54) at Versailles (6) FEldon (13) at California (59) FMoberly (14) at Hannibal (13) FCentralia (24) at Bowling Green (22) FLebanon (52) at Camdenton (38) FHickman (0) at Ray-Pec (56) FRolla

Fire causes major damage to building in Fulton

October 10, 2020 5:16 AM Ben Fein

Fulton Fire and Police were called to 206 North East Eighth Street last night after reports of a residential structure fire.

Cole County Sheriff’s Dept. make arrest in statutory rape of 15-year-old

October 9, 2020 9:20 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Sheriff‘s deputies took a report of a sexual offense involving a 15-year-old female and a 37-year-old male on Oct. 1. In the probable cause statement, the victim’s mother becomes suspicious of the victim and older male’s relantionship and put spyware on the victim’s phone. In the PC statement, the

Search warrant leads to multiple arrests in Jefferson City

October 9, 2020 8:08 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A search warrant executed by the Cole County Sheriff’s Department and MUSTANG Drug Task Force leads to a multiple arrests, marijuana seizure and multiple firearm violations. According to the release, law enforcement search a residence on the 2400 block of Livingston street in Jefferson City. Court documents reveal Scott Howell and

Department of Corrections employee arrested after drug investigation

October 9, 2020 6:46 PM Karl Wehmhoener

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday, Cole County Sheriff Deputies and the MUSTANG Drug Task Force arrested an employee of the Jefferson City Correctional Center after a drug investigation. According to the release, the 39-year-old female employee of the Department of Corrections was found to be in possession of 39 grams of meth, packaged in

Mizzou staffing for football game is back on track

Mizzou staffing back on track for game day; health officials hope to see same compliance

October 9, 2020 6:30 PM Amber Tabeling

After a potential staff shortage due to a sudden change in location of the University of Missouri’s football game, officials said Mizzou is back on track, while local health department officials hope to see the same compliance taken on Saturday’s game as they did previously.

WATCH LIVE: Hurricane Delta hits Texas, Louisiana

October 9, 2020 11:46 AM ABC 17 News Team

Watch live webcams from the area affected by Hurricane Delta.

Missouri Supreme Court upholds ballot notarization law

October 9, 2020 5:10 PM Associated Press

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a new state law that requires people wanting to vote remotely this year to have their ballot notarized unless they meet certain criteria. The NAACP and the League of Women Voters had urged the court to require the state to count all mail-in and absentee ballots this year without

FRIDAY UPDATES: Randolph County reports new COVID-19 death; Boone County reports 53 new cases

October 9, 2020 9:32 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joseph Elledge pleads not guilty to three felony charges.

Court to consider reduced bond for Columbia man accused of wife’s murder

October 9, 2020 3:26 PM Zola Crowder

Joseph Elledge is in the Boone County Jail without bond on a first-degree murder charge in the disappearance of Mengqi Ji.

Grand jury indicts two after search tied to Jefferson City child death

October 9, 2020 2:21 PM ABC 17 News Team

EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been changed to clarify that the charges are based on what authorities said they found during the search. Officials have not said the charges are directly related to the child’s death. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Cole County grand jury indicted a Jefferson City couple Thursday in connection with an

Jefferson City Correctional Center employee arrested on suspicion of drug possession

October 9, 2020 3:02 PM Matt Ragsdale

Deputies say the employee had methamphetamine and synthetic marijuana, also called K2, wrapped in plastic for distribution.

Boone County CARES Act funding thus far; commission approves utility assistance program funding

October 9, 2020 1:56 PM Riane Cleveland

The Boone County Commission has awarded about $2.9 million in CARES Act funding for COVID-19 relief since the pandemic started.

Columbia teen dies in Howard County crash

October 9, 2020 6:41 AM Ben Fein

A crash on US-40 and Katy Trail killed 17 year old Trey Potter Friday morning.

Hearing scheduled for man accused of murdering missing Columbia mother

October 9, 2020 4:50 AM Ben Fein

Joseph Elledge, who was charged with murdering his wife Mengqi Ji in February, has court hearings scheduled Friday.

A stalled search: One year later, Columbia mother Mengqi Ji remains missing

October 8, 2020 2:35 PM Sydney Olsen

One year after Mengqi Ji, a Columbia mother, went missing police continue the search for her. Police announced on Tuesday Wednesday they would begin searching the Lamine River for Ji once again while removing part of the levee they built because the water level was so low.