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***UPDATE SATURDAY 7:43 P.M.*** A man who talked with ABC 17 News this afternoon told us he found a shell casing while he was walking to the store along E. High St. about a block east of Olive Street.ABC 17 News contacted Jefferson City Police to recover the shell casing, which is being held as

Colder air will move over the region Sunday keeping our temperatures below average. Morning low temperatures will drop close to 20 degrees with afternoon highs only in the low-to-mid 30s with sunny skies. A northwesterly breeze near 10 mph will create wind chill readings in the teens early in the morning and in the 20s

Two men are on the run after an armed home invasion in Boone County Saturday night.Sheriffs deputies responded to a 911 hangup call from the 700 block of Demaret Drive just after 7 p.m. and learned that the home had been burglarized.According to a news release, the residents were home when two black men in

NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like there will be a hockey season after all – shortened for sure, but perhaps back in business in a week or so.The NHL and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out what was left of

Winds will shift to the south Sunday night sending mild weather into Mid-Missouri for the work week. Temperatures will stay above average through Friday with nights in the upper 20s to mid 30s and days in the 40s to low 50s. A storm system moving in from the southwest will bring rain to the region

The Missouri Tigers needed every last one of Phil Pressey’s career-high 26 points — especially in the second half when he scored 19 of those points — to help No. 12 Missouri sneak by Bucknell 66-64 on Saturday.Pressey, however, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 10.3 seconds remaining, setting off a frenzied final

Four Jefferson City men were arrested the same day after allegedly breaking into an apartment near Holts Summit and pointing a firearm at the man who lives there. According to a press release from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a home invasion around 4:00 P.M. Friday, to the Evergreen Apartment complex on

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republicans have selected a new party leader, casting out chairman David Cole.The Republican State Committee voted 34-32 to elect Ed Martin as the new state party chairman Saturday. Martin, of St. Louis, led Republicans’ coordinated campaign efforts this fall and lost a bid for attorney general in November. He also

A Linn man was arrested Friday night for having a large amount of marijuana, cash and vehicles likely bought using drug money.Sheriffs deputies searched Allen Burnett’s Highway 89 Spur home Friday and found $1400 worth of pot, almost as much cash, a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado, a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, and a 2001 Honda ATV.Burnett has

An Osage County man is arrested and charged for having drugs. On Saturday night the Sheriffs Department, assisted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group, and the Belle Police Department executed a search warrant for a home on Long Horn Lane near Bland, Missouri. Officers found several drugs including a

Only 24 hours after a man is shot while driving on Highway 63, and less than a day after scattered shootings plagued Jefferson City, bullets fly yet again in Mid-Missouri.Police are investigating two shootings that happened in Columbia early Sunday morning.Witnesses first heard shots at Rangeline Street and Lakeview Avenue around 1:45 A.M. less than

The Missouri Tigers have had a fair number of skilled shooters walk through Columbia throughout the years: Kim English, Clarence Gilbert, Anthony Peeler.The best of all, however, may just be a lady. Sophomore Morgan Eye scored 33 points Sunday hitting 11 threes in Mizzou’s 82-76 win over Auburn, setting a new school and SEC records

Mizzou point guard Phil Pressey can be all together breathtaking and frustrating in the same basketball game. Perhaps no player in the nation, though, shoulders the burden Pressey does with his role on Mizzou’s 12th-ranked team. For more on this interesting dynamic, whether Pressey has too much to do and if he’s being unfairly judged

***UPDATE 5:35 P.M.***Crews were on scene for about two hours. Captain John Metz said firefighters had to shore up the building before taking out the car, because everything could collapse.The damage is anywhere from $8,000 to $10,000 according to the owner Paul Prevo.Prevo said, “We used to have all of our infants in here, we

(AP) – An education advocacy group in a new report is critical of Missouri’s policies for its schools.The report released Monday by StudentsFirst gives Missouri an overall grade of D-minus.It says the state should require school districts to make teacher effectiveness the driving factor in decisions about pay, tenure and layoffs. In addition, it urges

Mid-Missouri educators say local schools will likely never have armed guards.Weeks after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut school safety remains a hot topic. Some schools in Florida and California brought in armed guards to help protect students, and plan to keep them for the rest of the school year.But as far

Officers will be on hand Monday night training for an active shooter inside the Columbia mall.Police are running through their emergency protocol. Things will start at 9 p.m. and last through midnight.Extra patrol cars lined up Monday evening, but authorities aren’t going inside the building until it closes.Management says it is not the first time

In a lawsuit filed toward the end of 2012, a former JeffTran bus driver claims she was fired because she had “severe morning sickness” and migraines when she was pregnant that year.Catrina Davis filed a complaint citing the Missouri Human Rights Act against the City of Jefferson and Transit Director Richard Turner on December 21.According

A Belle man remained in critical condition at University Hospital in Columbia after a grisly pursuit played out Monday afternoon. The drama played out before horrified neighbors.Joseph Thompson, Jr. and Susan Koelling both ran from a Highway Patrol trooper trying to serve a warrant, while using knives to slice their throats.MSHP troopers tell ABC 17

The deadline for proposals for a long-discussed conference center in Jefferson City is drawing closer. So far, though, no one has stepped up with a plan.Mayor Eric Struemph told ABC 17 News Monday afternoon the city hadn’t received any proposals yet, after it made public a Request for Proposals (RFP) a couple months ago.But, he