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More drivers will be out on the roads this holiday weekend, meaning more people police presence on Missouri roads cracking down on drunk drivers. The Columbia Police Department will be out in full force this weekend making sure drivers haven’t been drinking. CPD officials say July Fourth is one of their busiest holidays, with the

Columbia police have one suspect in custody after Wednesday’s shooting in the northern section of the city. Officers say they are planning to make more arrests in the shooting that sent one man to the hospital. That victim, 23-year-old Coty Galbreath, is also charged in the shooting and has a lengthy criminal history. Galbreath is

One soldier is dead and another was taken to a hospital in serious condition following an ATV accident in Pulaski County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Timothy R. Panzar, 25, of St. Robert died in an accident on Hartford Road near Highway 28 around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Troopers say Panzar was driving the

Water Patrol troopers will be watching for drunk boaters over the 4th of July holiday. “We understand people are going to use alcohol out here; we just try to get them to have a designated driver,” says Water Patrolman Scott White. Officers will be watching for any swerving and dangerous driving of the boats. White

Police have made one arrest after a shooting in north Columbia Wednesday afternoon that injured at least one person. Coty Thomas Galbreath, 23, was arrested for armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and felon in possession of a weapon. Police also tell us Galbreath was wounded during the shooting. He was taken to

Police say they have been cracking down on illegal firework use this holiday week since fireworks are illegal within Columbia city limits. ABC 17 News rode along with police on a fireworks patrol. Officers Clint Sinclair and Chad Reynolds with the Columbia Police Department already had a list of addresses to check at the beginning

Two Columbia men were arrested Wednesday afternoon after they tried to run away from police officers. The officers in plain clothes said Rockus Roland, 23, and Denzell Smith, 22, were acting suspiciously in a parked vehicle near Garth Avenue and Benton Street. According to police, when Smith and Roland saw the officers, they tried to

Police have identified the suspect they believe was behind three convenience store armed robberies. Detectives are looking for Larry Blackwell Cole, 40. Anyone with information about where he could be is urged to call police. Police have made another arrest in the case. Boone County prosecutors charged 44-year-old John Meadows with two counts of robbery

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is conducting a preliminary investigation into allegations against Osage County Sheriff Michael Dixon. Sheriff Dixon is accused of harassing a Maries County woman. Courtney Duncan Mahaney claims Dixon stalked and harassed her. Dixon appeared in court Wednesday for the case, but sources close to the sheriff say the allegations are

Early Wednesday morning, a Boone County Sheriff’s deputy found a car wrapped around a tree, but the driver nowhere to be found. The deputy found the car around 2 a.m. in the 4700 block of Richland Road. Emergency crews searched for the driver, but no one was found at the scene. License plates lead authorities

An abandoned home on the residential street of East Morningside Drive is angering Fulton citizens. The grass is overgrown on the property and the house is not being maintained, but neighbors tell ABC 17 News that it is more than just an eyesore on the street. Neighbors say the property is home to snakes and

Three Missouri state park beaches will remain closed over the Fourth of July holiday weekend due to water quality issues. Wakonda’s Beach in La Grange, Grand Glaize Beach in Osage Beach, and the Harry S. Truman public beach in Warsaw are all closed until further notice. The water at the beaches had bacteria levels higher

The Amber Alert has been canceled for a missing toddler allegedly taken by her father. According to affiliate KTVI, St. Louis County Police say Demi Grant, 10 months old, was taken by her father, Brian Grant, 23, Wednesday morning. Police say around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Grant kicked in the child’s mother’s apartment door in the

A Columbia man remains behind bars Wednesday after he allegedly assaulted a court official. Robert S. Kowalski, 20, has been charged with assault on a law enforcement officer after he reportedly struck a court marshal in the face twice. According to the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Kowalski was being processed Monday when he allegedly

A Camden County man appeared in court Tuesday, charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child after a weekend crash. Matthew J. Richards, 34, of Camdenton was arrested Saturday night after he crashed a van into a tree on Mayfair Drive and then fled the scene. According to the Missouri State Highway

Law enforcement in Boone County are crediting license plate readers for making three arrests in recent weeks. The license plate readers, or LPRs, have helped Sheriff’s deputies find a convicted felon, a murder suspect and a stolen vehicle all within the past month. Supporters say the LPRs should not cause privacy concerns to ordinary citizens.

We’re at the halfway point of the Major League season. Small sample sizes no longer exist. The numbers in the win-loss column, the numbers on the back of the baseball card, they are no longer a trend. They are the truth. We know who is good. We know who is bad. We know who is

Missouri has made the top ten list of the best state highway systems in the nation. A highway report released Tuesday shows Missouri ranked eighth in overall highway performance and efficiency. The Show-Me State ranks first in rural interstate pavement conditions, 16th in urban interstate congestion, 18th in urban interstate pavement condition, 28th in fatality

Firework sellers say sales are up this year, but emergency crews are warning about the dangers of fireworks. This time last year, more than 5,000 people in the United States went to the emergency room because of fireworks injuries. More than half were burns to the hands and face, but those numbers were an improvement

The Ozark Shores Water Company has issued a boil advisory for customers living near the Village of Four Seasons. Residents living along Cherokee Road and tributaries northeast of the Cherokee Road and Linn Creek Road intersection are under the boil advisory. The utility company says a water main was damaged by a contractor working in