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An investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration alleges an unsolved homicide in the Old Hawthorne subdivision was tied to a drug trafficking scheme. Augustus Roberts was killed in Columbia’s Old Hawthorne subdivision on Dec. 11, 2017. ABC 17 News previously reported, police said the investigation revealed that suspects targeted the home and forced entry into

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office found and captured a man accused of shooting and killing a woman in Iona, Missouri. Authorities were able to take Travis Henderson, 45, into custody around 10 p.m. Thursday after a short standoff. Deputies got a call from Khristy M. Clark, 47, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, saying Henderson was pointing

The prosecutor in a Miller County murder case intends to seek the death penalty against one of the suspects. On Wednesday, Miller County Prosecuting Attorney R. Benjamin Winfrey filed a notice of intent to pursue the death penalty against Joseph McKenna, 26, of Chicago. McKenna was arrested in September in connection with the death of

After the Missouri Senate passed its version of HB126, also known as the “heartbeat bill,” the controversial anti-abortion legislation was referred back to the House of Representatives and now awaits a final vote. After receiving approval from the House Fiscal Review Committee, the bill could see a final vote from lawmakers in the final hours

FRIDAY: Heat and humidity continue with sunshine and highs in the upper 80s. It will be breezy again with winds gusting up to 25 mph from the southwest. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild. Temperatures only dip into the mid-60s. Southwest winds still breezy at 10-15 mph. EXTENDED: A strong storm system over the Plains will

Tracey Smith’s niece approached him last year about preparing a cultivation facility in Missouri, ahead of the November vote to legalize medical marijuana. She runs a cultivation facility and dispensary in Oklahoma and hoped Smith could get things started in Missouri. If they’re approved, she and Smith’s wife would run the business here. He’s now

Air traffic at Columbia Regional Airport dropped about 36 percent in April, showing at least some of the impact a weeklong closure of the runway had that month. United Airlines and American Airlines reported 6,857 people left COU in April, while 6,424 people got off a plane in Columbia. That accounts for a 35.6 percent

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild. Temperatures only dip into the mid-60s. Southwest winds still breezy at 10-15 mph. FRIDAY: Heat and humidity continue with sunshine and highs in the upper 80s. It will be breezy again with winds gusting up to 25 mph from the southwest. EXTENDED: A strong storm system over the Plains will

A woman who had been shot in the chest and abdomen Wednesday in Boonville was able to identify her shooter, investigators say. Cooper County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Phelps said in a news release Thursday that Derrick Young, 30, has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal

The Columbia municipal prosecutor’s office filed charges against the former Columbia chief of police Thursday. Ken Burton is being charged for driving while intoxicated and failure to stop for a red light, according to documents from the prosecutor’s office. Burton was arrested by police officers around 8:20 p.m. May 2 near McBaine Avenue and Broadway

UPDATE 7:30 P.M: The Columbia Police Department confirmed one person suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash on I-70 near Stadium Boulevard on Thursday afternoon. According to a news release, William McDowell, 86, of Vandalia, was in the merging lane from the Stadium/I-70 on-ramp and tried to use the cross-median emergency U-turn by crossing both the

A firefighter and sheriff’s deputy were nearly hit by a drunken driver while working at the scene of a crash where a woman and four children died in Miller County. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office in a Facebook post said a county deputy and a Moreau firefighter were “nearly struck by an intoxicated driver traveling

Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has passed a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Senators approved the legislation 24-10 early Thursday with just hours left before lawmakers’ Friday deadline to pass bills. It needs at least another vote of approval in the GOP-led House before it can go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who

Authorities in Benton County were searching for a suspect Thursday after he allegedly shot and killed a woman in Ionia, Missouri. The Benton County Sheriff’s Office got a call from the victim at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, saying Travis C. Henderson, 45. was pointing a shotgun at her outside her residence in Ionia. When authorities arrived,

THURSDAY: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the upper 80s. It will be breezy with gusts out of the southeast at 25 mph. With a high close to 90 we could break a record high in Columbia. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild. Lows fall into the mid 60s with southwesterly winds up to 13

The Cajun Crab House in Columbia was cited for serving clams from an “unapproved vendor.” The Boone County/Columbia Health Department inspected Cajun Crab House on May 7. Cajun Crab House co-owner Linh Nguyen said the restaurant didn’t know that getting their clams from a grocery store was not an approved vendor. Nguyen said he also

A teenager accused of murder is seeking to have his case dismissed and sent back to juvenile court. According to the motion to dismiss, the defense is arguing Jahuan Whirley, 16, didn’t receive proper counsel during the legal process and suffered “irreparable harm.” Furthermore, the motion said Whirley was too young to understand the severity

Former University of Missouri basketball star Sophie Cunningham hit a game-winning three-pointer on Wednesday night for the Mercury. Phoenix beat Seattle 87-84 thanks to Cunningham’s heroics. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1128877861153181696″,”author_name”:”Andrew Kauffman”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Former &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt; and &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/rbhsbruinbear?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@rbhsbruinbear&#lt;/a&#gt; basketball star Sophie Cunningham hits a game winner for the Mercury! &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/TUVbqCFxNC”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/TUVbqCFxNC&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Andrew Kauffman (@AndrewABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1128877861153181696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;May 16,

UPDATE: Several members of the Conservative Caucus called an impromptu news conference Wednesday evening amid stalled negotions over an extensive abortion bill – HB 126. Sen. Bob Onder, R- St. Charles County, led the conference by calling for Senate leadership to reconvene members of the chamber so they could vote on the measure. “We need

The Columbia Police Department increase enforcement of impaired driving laws during the University of Missouri’s graduation weekend. “It’s simply not worth taking the chance by driving intoxicated when it is easy to hand your keys over to a sober person or call a taxi or use a ride-hailing service to safely get you where you