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The National Transportation Safety Board recommends eachstateloweritsblood alcoholcontent limit for driving. On Wednesday,local law enforcement in Columbia hope the number of crashes involving alcohol decreases. The difference between the currentBAC limitandwhat’s beingsuggested isn’tmuch. Using MoDOT’sapplication ShowMyBuzz,the difference between .05percentand .08percentis marginal. For anaverage-size woman,drinking three beers over the span of an hour and ahalf would

Eldon police and Miller County deputies were looking for a gunman considered dangerous and suicidal Tuesday night. A police news release stated only that officers had been called to reports of a man shot in the leg at 7:58 p.m. No location was given, but the release stated that officers found no victim, just a

More former Ash Street Place apartment residents have joined a lawsuit against the complex’s owners, demanding they be allowed to collect their belongings after a fire last month. The suit was filed more than one week ago and had grown to 12 plaintiffs as of Tuesday night. But Ashland attorney Matthew Uhrig told ABC 17

A woman with a gun escaped Tuesday morning after trying to hold up a Columbia restaurant. The suspect attempted to rob HoneyBaked Ham off Green Meadows Road around 11 a.m. She allegedly had a white cloth wrapped around her head and demanded cash. But officers said she escaped empty-handed in a silver car heading north

Law enforcement became involved Tuesday morning after flames broke out inside a vacant home in northeast Columbia. Crews found large piles of trash burning in the basement of a rental house on Pleasant Way off Rice Road. No one was living there and electricity was not hooked up. Smoke damage is estimated at $6,000. Police

A Moberly man was arrested Monday for child pornography following an online investigation. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force said they began an investigation last month. Detectives downloaded child porn through a file-sharing program from a computer that they believed to be in the Moberly area. A cyber crimes task force in

Two Jefferson City teens went to jail Tuesday morning after allegedly breaking into a local business. An alarm went off around 4:30 a.m. at We B Smokin & Drinkin on Missouri Boulevard. When police got there, they found one suspect leaving through the front door. Investigators think they tried getting in from the roof. Michael

A Jefferson City woman is calling on officials to improve the safety of Missouri Boulevard. She warns of thethreats topublic safety because of inadequate traffic lights, left turns lanes and unsafe entrances to businesses. Mary Schantz is reaching out to both local and state transportationdepartmentsabout what she thinksarenecessary changes. Schantz wrote a letter to the

A major development group in Mid-Missourifightsback against the plans toshutdown Columbia’s mail distribution center. Local business leaders discussed theimpactof the potential closing. Lastweek, the United States Postal Service announced in a meetingthatlocal mail could possibly be processed in St. Louis or Kansas City –amove thatPostal Serviceofficials say would help savemore than $4 million. Closing the

In its first week, Columbia’s “Pothole Posse” received over 100 reports of damaged roadways. The crew is Columbia Public Works’ solution to the potholes in Columbia after three winter storms. Columbia Public Works spokesman Steven Sapp say the program will build a better relationship between the agency and residents. “Streets with inside the city limits,

The Columbia police andfirefightershope to help people in a different way than usual this weekend. Tuesday,theyannouncedthey will host a job fair with the hope of getting people off the streets and into the work force. A number of officers and firefighters would go out on their typical calls and ask people what else they could

A bill that would give hundreds of millions of dollars for renovating and constructing buildings for the University of Missouri and other colleges across the state is now dead. The bonding bill would have dedicated $1.2-billion to Fulton State Mental Hospital, the Capitol, and state parks. It passed the House last week. But with only

Centralia police officers arrested three people for having drugs and guns in their car Monday night. The bust started as a traffic stop on Highway 22. During the stop, officers said they found 80 grams of marijuana, a loaded nine millimeter handgun and cash in the car. Those arrested include Jakarr Curtis from Mexico, Rebecca

A Columbia teenager has been sentenced to prison for assaulting and attempting to rob a Jefferson Junior High School teacher. Marquez F. Marshall will spend nine years behind bars after the court found him guilty of second-degree attempted robbery and second-degree burglary. On November 7, 2012, a female teacher was approached by Marshall in the

Boone County fire crews and medics are responding to a report of a motorized paraglider that has crashed just south of Columbia. The initial call went out around 5:20 p.m. for the 9000 block of Tomlin Hill Road. Crews told ABC 17 News at the scene that 43-year-old Oliver Limcherm took off from private property

Columbia police were searching for a man who burst into a house on Hamilton Way, near the University of Missouri campus, Sunday morning. Residents there told ABC 17 News the man was banging on neighboring doors, asking for a specific person. The suspect eventually burst into 1111 Hamilton Way and cornered a resident at gunpoint,

The murder trial of a Holts Summit teen accused of killing his grandmother has been delayed. Ryan Koebel was due in court on Wednesday, but ABC 17 News confirmed Monday the trial start has been pushed back. Callaway County prosecutor Chris Wilson told ABC 17 News he and Koebel’s defense attorney were in court Monday.

Columbia police are investigating two separate reports of shots fired Sunday night. Just before 8 p.m., officers were called to the 400 block of Oak Street for a reference of shots fired. Officers found four shell casings in the area. At the scene, officers said it was likely in an attempt to get attention. Police

Columbia police are investigating a robbery at the Motel 6 on I-70 Drive Southeast Monday morning. Officers say a man wearing a mask walked in around 4 a.m., pointed a handgun at the night clerk and demanded money. He then left the area on foot. Police searched the immediate area with a K-9 unit but

The man accused of a rape at a University of Missouri dormitory pleaded guilty in court Monday. 47-year-old Marvin Jones pleaded guilty to charges of forcible sodomy and forcible rape for a 1999 rape. On October 16, 1999, the University of Missouri Police Department investigated a rape at the Gillett Residence Hall on campus. In