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Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway said the state was damaged far more than it needed to be through Eric Greitens’ refusal to step down at the urging of the Missouri legislature. “There have been bipartisan calls for the governor to resign for some time now,” said Galloway. “He should have some of the integrity to

FRIDAY: It’s another summer-like day across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are climbing into the low to mid 90s this afternoon under very humid conditions. Heat indices will be the main concern, as we see our first true taste of summer, with heat indices in the mid to upper 90s. Winds will remain out of the west

Cole County Judge John Beetem issued an order Thursday for the office of Gov. Eric Greitens to hand over information on its use of the secretive messaging app Confide. The court supported the data collection as demanded by plaintiff Ben Sansone, of the Sunshine Project, earlier this week. The order requires the governor’s office hand

Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, a farmer and former soldier is set to succeed Eric Greitens as Missouri’s 57th governor. Greitens is resigning at 5 p.m. Friday after facing possible impeachment and a series of legal trouble over allegations stemming from a 2015 extramarital affair and his alleged use of a charity donor list for

FRIDAY: Any patchy fog for the morning commute will quickly lift after sunrise, as the high sun angle and hot conditions return to the region. Highs are expected to top out in the low 90s into the afternoon hours under mostly sunny skies. The recent rains and high humidity will certainly make it feel hot

The Jefferson City Police Department took one person into custody after a man was shot Thursday afternoon. Police sent a release late Thursday night that said officers took an 18-year-old man into custody for his role in the shooting. Police responded to calls for shots fired and a vehicle striking a building around 1 p.m.

A frustrated and concerned grandmother said her 5-year-old granddaughter was left alone on the sidewalk at the wrong bus location after getting out of summer school. Frank Underwood, who is the transportation, safety and security coordinator with Jefferson City Public Schools, said Cedar Hill Elementary is contracted with a bus company called First Student. The

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office wants to hire five employees and put out bids for a private lab to help process thousands of untested sexual assault evidence kits. The details are in a federal grant application the office submitted in April. ABC 17 News obtained the application through an open records request shortly after Attorney

The attorney for Carl DeDrodie’s family is speaking out about the alleged oversight that led to the untimely death of the disabled man. As ABC 17 News previously reported, new allegations released in a civil lawsuit reveal DeBrodie was forced to physically fight another resident for the “benefit and amusement of Paulo and her family”

UPDATE: The Boone County Fire Protection District confirmed the fire was caused by an electrical surge protector that shorted out due to a small water leak in the basement. The fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Red Cross is providing assistance to the person that lived there. ORIGINAL: A fire in a home just

ABC 17 News in partnership with Missourinet will air the special “Governor’s Office in Transition” Friday, June 1 at 4:30 p.m. on ABC 17, KMIZ. Throughout the commercial-free special, ABC 17’s Joey Parker and Missourinet’s Brian Hauswirth will look at what led up to Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation and what lies ahead with Lt. Gov.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department’s K-9 died Wednesday night during a training exercise. Baron, an 8 1/2-year-old German shepherd, unexpectedly collapsed while training at the department’s K-9 training facility north of Columbia. “They were rushed to University of Missouri Veterinary Hospital where they were unable to revive him,” Lt. Philip Smith of the Boone County

Lt. Gov. Mike Parson received a security briefing at the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday ahead of his transition into the governor’s office. “I appreciate the service of our leadership and personnel at the Missouri Department of Public Safety,” Parson said. “Emergency preparedness and the security of our state will always be my

The 2017 vehicle stops report, released by Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office, comes out Friday but the city of Columbia is addressing its numbers before the report comes out. The data has been released no later than June 1 every year since 2000, after citizens raised concerns about racial profiling by law enforcement. The disparity

A federal judge sentenced a Camdenton man who allegedly molested a 10-year-old child to 15 years in prison without parole for receiving child pornography over the internet. Duffy Dean Woodman, 52, pleaded guilty in October 2017. The investigation started in 2015 after the Laclede County Sheriff’s Department took a report that a child had been

According to the DeBrodie family’s attorney, Rudy Veit, he didn’t originally want to add all the information to the lawsuit but said he had no choice in order to move forward. Veit told ABC 17 the defendants’ lawyers said they needed more information on how DeBrodie died, which Veit says they already had, but refused

TONIGHT: Any spotty storms this evening will quickly come to an end with the loss of daytime heating. This will lead to clearer skies through the night, with the mild and humid conditions to continue. Areas that saw heavy rain this morning will also see the chance for some patchy fog to develop. Otherwise, it

More than a dozen defendants were named in a new civil lawsuit related to the death of Carl DeBrodie. After digging through the new allegations, ABC 17 News sought out the people named in the lawsuit to see if they were willing to shed more light on the allegations. The defendants are as follows: Second

New allegations released in a civil lawsuit reveal Carl DeBrodie was forced to physically fight another resident for the “benefit and amusement of Paulo and her family,” those events eventually causing his death. Sherry Paulo was the manager of Second Chance Homes, where Carl was living before he died. As a result of these forced

According to a probable cause statement, a man swung a “ninja style sword” at several people in the 1000 block of Madison St. on Wednesday. Allegedly, Chrystopher Wright was in an argument with the individuals and took out a ninja style sword in a threatening manner. Wright began to swing the sword around and doing