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The Boone County Sheriff’s Department reports during the Prescription Drug Take Back event over the weekend it resulted in the largest collection of unwanted and no longer needed medications since the event began in 2010. Deputies said there were seven collection sites spread throughout Boone County. These are the list of locations the event was

Columbia police say a man is on the run after attempting to rob a liquor store. Police say it happened around 11 p.m. Sunday at the Dash Liquor store in the 2100 block of Paris Road. Police say a man came into the store wearing a mask and carrying a backpack. Police say the man

A few people suffered minor injuries in a three-car collision Saturday morning, Boone County deputies said. According to online dispatch records, the crash happened just before 11 a.m. on the 600 block of Brown School Road. Deputies said none of the people involved in the crash were transported to the hospital. Deputies closed Brown School

MONDAY: For the morning commute temperatures will be warmer, but we will likely see a few light rain showers north of I-70 as a cold front dips into mid-Mo. Thanks to a breezy start to the day, wind chill values through midmorning will be near the freezing mark. Through the day, as the cold front

Starting Monday, bus riders can expect some changes to start their week. In order to balance the transit system for fiscal year 2018, the Columbia City Council voted back in September to eliminate some bus routes. City transit said in the past that if they didn’t make any cuts or raise rates, the department would

TONIGHT: It will be a fairly seasonable night across Mid-Missouri, with building clouds keeping temperatures in the lower 40s. Winds through the night will shift out of the northwest thanks to a passing cold front. This frontal passage will be a dry frontal passage, with a small chance we could see some sprinkles lingering into

A 20-year-old Tuscumbia woman was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after crashing her car and seriously injuring her passenger. Emergency responders were called to the crash on Route B just south of the Moreau River around 2:50 a.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the driver, Kendra Vaughan, went off

TODAY: Temperatures will start off below freezing and be quick to climb into the mid 50s. Sunny skies will be around for the first part of the day, with building clouds into the afternoon. Southwesterly wind will persist through the day up to 11 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies will be prominent tonight with a

A freeze warning is effective until 9 a.m. Sunday for most of mid-Missouri, with widespread frost expected, ABC 17 News Stormtrack meteorologist Caitlin Harvey said. Most people probably have not winterized their vehicles before Sunday morning, which means the warmer weather windshield wiper fluid may still be in vehicles. It is illegal to drive with

Deer could soon become much more active and mobile, including on roadways, according to the Department of Conservation. October through January marks deer rutting and mating season, and in the past that has meant more deer-involved car crashes. November has typically been the most active month in terms of collisions, according to the Department of

HARTFORD, Conn – For the first time in Barry Odom’s tenure as head coach, Mizzou won back to back games with a 52-12 victory against Connecticut. After the win, the Tigers improve to 3-5 (0-4 SEC). ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman caught up with the team after the game.Quarterback Drew Lock finished 31 for

Emergency crews responded to two cars that crashed into Columbia fast-food restaurants Saturday morning. The Columbia Fire Department was first called to the White Castle on Clark Lane around 8:30 a.m. Assistant Chief Brad Fraizer said the driver’s foot slipped off the brake, causing the car to jump the curb and hit the restaurant. Fraizer

TONIGHT: We’ll have a hard freeze tonight as temperatures drop to the freezing mark by midnight, producing a widespread frost. There is a Freeze Warning from 10 PM tonight to 9 AM Sunday morning. Low temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 20s by early Sunday morning with westerly winds under 7 mph. Wind

A 27-year-old Sedalia man is recovering from a gunshot wound after a deputy-involved shooting early Saturday in Pettis County, the county’s sheriff said. Pettis County Sheriff Kevin Bond said his office responded to a call on State Route U, south of Sedalia, shortly after 9 a.m. Bond reported that a deputy and a Missouri State

No one was injured when a car caught fire early Saturday, police said. Columbia police and firefighters went to the 900 block of College Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Saturday after receiving reports of a vehicle on fire. Police at the scene said the car caught fire after someone dropped a lit cigarette inside it. Investigators

TODAY: Skies will become mostly sunny but it will still be chilly with afternoon high temperatures staying in the mid to upper 40s. Winds will remain out of the northwest at 8-11 mph, keeping our wind chill values in the 30s throughout the better part of the day. TONIGHT: We’ll have a hard freeze tonight

While people celebrate Halloween over the weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation is warning drivers that more impaired drivers will most likely be on the roadways. “With an increased number of impaired drivers on the road and an increase in pedestrian traffic as children trick-or-treat, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration classifies Halloween as a

Traffic was moving slowly, or at a standstill, Friday night on I-70 eastbound near mile marker 127 when a freightliner crashed into a car and created a four-vehicle collision, Columbia police said. Police said that after the freightliner struck the car around 8:40 p.m., a car struck another vehicle. The second car drove off the

The four Greek councils at the University of Missouri have responded to a report compiled by consultants who assessed numerous aspects of the University’s Greek life system. Dyad Strategies’ report looked at policies and procedures relating to social events, organizational conduct and housing, among other aspects. It offered an in-depth analysis of the system and

Asking a Boone County judge for understanding in his case, a man connected to a Columbia death explains some of his story in a letter. The letter from Willie Lee-Jacari Higgins, obtained through public court records, asks Judge Kevin Crane to consider some of the circumstances Higgins said led up to him having the gun