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A Boone County firefighter remains in Moore, Okla. Wednesday, overseeing Federal Emergency Management Agency operations. ABC 17’s Evan Millward caught up with Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Doug Westhoff, who is also the deputy commander for FEMA. Now that everyone is accounted for, FEMA crews are in full cleanup mode in Moore, after

Documents retrieved from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources show the city of Ashland has been cited for illegal dumping. ABC 17 News first reported last week how the city dumped material from street projects, including pipes, wiring and old asphalt, into a tributary near Salinda Drive. Since last week, city crews have been rushing

A Jefferson City woman is in jail after being arrested on charges of statutory rape. According to police, officers investigated a report of a runaway juvenile Tuesday. The mother of a 15-year-old male told officers her son ran away with 37-year-old Tammy L. Robinett. She also told police Robinett had sex with her son. Officers

A Boone County man was sentenced Wednesday to prison for child porn charges. Patrick Drury, 29, will spend 25 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to two charges of child porn. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force, Drury was investigated in May 2012 for possession of

Three top Ashland city leaders are out of a job Wednesday and more could lose their jobs. On Tuesday night, the Ashland Board of Aldermen chose not to reappoint Police Chief Anthony Consiglio, City Administrator Kelly Henderson and City Attorney David Bandre. According to city statute, Consiglio and Henderson will remain in their spots until

A dump truck overturned on Providence Road Wednesday afternoon, spilling tons of rocks on the road. According to the driver, he was traveling south on Providence when the light at Mick Deaver Memorial Drive turned yellow. The driver said two vehicles in front of him made abrupt stops and when he thought he was going

A gunman is on the run in Cole County, after a man was shot in the arm just before midnight. It happened in the 1600 block of Starlite Drive just outside of Jefferson City. “Deputies were dispatched and they found that one person had been the victim of a single gunshot wound,” said Cole County

All lanes of Route 54 will be closed for one hour Wednesday night as crews fix power lines. Starting at midnight, the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Route 54 between the Osage River Bridge and the Route 242 interchange. MoDOT says Ameren Missouri electrical crews need to repair power lines that were damaged during

The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that two tornadoes briefly touched down in Mid-Missouri Monday evening. The NWS office in Kansas City said survey damage showed an EF-1 tornado tracked from Johnson County to Pettis County Monday afternoon. “As we got east of Knob Noster a mile or two, we started to see a little

One Mid-Missouri police officer is on the ground in Moore following Monday’s deadly tornado. ABC 17’s Evan Millward is in the devastated city and found widespread destruction after the EF-5 tornado touched down, but also numerous agencies aiding in the recovery effort. Joining the recovery efforts are hundreds of first responders and search and rescue

Tornadoes across the Midwest have many in Mid-Missouri asking how prepared their cities and buildings are for severe weather. Officials at the Columbia/Boone County Office of Emergency Management said they have received numerous calls in the last few days about severe weather preparedness. Emergency officials said the most important thing for residents to have is

Cole County officials have dismissed a murder charge against a man accused of a 2011 deadly shooting. Prosecutor Mark Richardson confirmed to ABC 17 News he is dismissing the murder charge against Jose Hurtado. Richardson said there is a “witness issue” in the case and that he will determine later if the charge will be

Mid-Missourians donating money to help those affected by tragedies like the Oklahoma tornadoescan fall victim to scammers. Experts say one of the most common ways to donate is through digital and online sources, and donors need to be careful where they send their money. “Any time there is a natural disaster, the scammers seem to

A New Franklin family is without a home after Monday’s storms severely damaged their house. A tree toppled onto a house on Highway 5 in New Franklin. Damage was so bad the home is unlivable. The local fire department helped the family clear the damage.

Missouri Department of Transportation crews repaired a sign truss over the I-70 and Highway 63 connector Monday. MoDOT said the structure was damaged during Monday night’s storms and strong winds. Crews had to close the right turn lanes on the connector during the repair.

After a tornado in Moore, Okla. destroyed two elementary schools, Columbia Public Schools released details about its severe-weather plans. “We do live in a tornado area of the country, so that’s certainly something we are always concerned with,” said Michelle Baumstark with Columbia Public Schools. The school district said schools conduct emergency drills once a

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A Pulaski County teenager is dead following a single-car crash Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Alexandria Harris, 19, of Laquey was traveling on Highway 28 near Dixon when the car traveled off the left side of the road and crashed into a ditch. According to a crash report, the car caught on

The Cole County Health Department has identified the illness that sickened nearly 100 students last week. The health department said norovirus is to blame for sickening students at the Cole County R-1 Elementary and Middle School. Officials determined the sickness based on the students’ symptoms, duration of sickness and test results from the Missouri State

The Columbia Police Department released results of its enhanced drunk driving enforcement campaign. The campaign, which ran from May 17-19, coincided with University of Missouri commencement weekend. Columbia officers worked overtime to focus on removing intoxicated drivers from the roads. Police set up a checkpoint on Rock Quarry Road near Capen Park and arrested seven