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On Wednesday, the Columbia Police Department said it was considering changes to how its officers patrol trails. In August, a woman was assaulted by a man on the MKT Trail. The suspect is still on the loose. Police said they’re looking at all options to best keep people safe on the trails after that attack.

Jefferson City Public Schools officials met with parents to improve behavior issues within the district Wednesday. ABC 17 News reported behavior incidents spiked from the 2013-2014 school year to the 2014-2015 year. Those incidents were above the state average. Superintendent Larry Linthacum and members of the district’s behavior task force spoke to parents at Clarence

A Jefferson City man, 36-year-old Billie Bruce, pled guilty in Western District federal court Wednesday to distributing synthetic cannabinoids, also know as K2. Bruce was distributing at a Holts Summit business. Bruce admitted that he sold synthetic cannabinoids to an undercover law enforcement officer in July of 2015 while working at S&J Tobacco. Officers executed

The autumnal equinox occurs at 9:21 AM Thursday, marking the beginning of the fall season. However, temperatures will feel more like July as they soar into the upper 80s through Saturday. The jet stream is staying far to our north, steering waves of low pressure and storms into the Northern Plains. This is also keeping

A man is out on bond, but could faces charges after police said they found him with a stolen gun and drugs. Nickolas Tyler was arrest around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night. Police said the arrest happened nearly a month after a woman reported her home was broken into and that a gun and prescription pills

An attorney for six Columbia police officers argued that civil claims shouldn’t stick in a multi-million dollar federal lawsuit filed by Ryan Ferguson. The officers appealed Missouri district court Judge Nanette Laughrey’s decision to keep charges of conspiracy, false arrest and malicious prosecution against them in relation to Ferguson’s arrest and conviction for murder in

Over the summer, Columbia Public School tested 1,429 water samples across the district. They used a private company out of Peoria, Illinois for the testing. Out of the 1,429 samples, only 49 came back with elevated copper and/or lead levels. Two of those samples were from Douglas High School while under construction. CPS retested the

ABC 17 News has more details about a man who is now charged after he is accused of raping someone at Lincoln University. Court documents claim Winston Edwards, 26, exchanged phone numbers with the victim before meeting her at his room in Martin Hall. She says Edwards forced himself on her after giving her a

In the past week, two officer involved shootings have occurred, re-igniting tensions between law enforcement and citizens that haven’t yet healed. In Tulsa, Terence Crutcher is dead after an officer spotted him in the road with an SUV running nearby. The officer was not wearing a body camera, but claimed Crutcher had his hands up

DETROIT (AP) – Evenflo is recalling nearly 30,000 combination booster seats because children can loosen the harness without an adult’s knowledge. The recall covers certain Evolve 3-in-1 seats. Government documents say that if the harness is loose, it could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Evenflo says there have been no reports of

UPDATE 9/21: As of Tuesday, the judge for Sanders’ case has ordered to lower his bond to $25,000 per count. Sanders will be put on house arrest with a GPS monitoring device. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 17. ORIGINAL STORY: A Columbia teenager has been charged in connection with Wednesday’s deadly shooting. Court

TONIGHT: Areas south of I-70 looks to stay mostly clear. Areas north may have more mid level and high level clouds this evening and overnight. Winds will remain from the south, keeping temperatures 10 degrees above normal in the mid 60s. THURSDAY: We’ll have a warm start to fall which officially starts 9:21 AM. Temperatures

UPDATE (9/21): Osage County Prosecuting Attorney Amanda Grellner said her office has counted at least 40 misdemeanor and criminal cases that will have to be thrown out because they involved mishandled evidence under former sheriff Michael Dixon. Grellner said almost all of the cases are involving drug charges, specifically marijuana. She said they’re still going

UPDATE: The second inmate who escaped from the Pulaski County Jail early Sunday morning was arrested in Oklahoma. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Tuesday to ABC 17 News Dustin Richardson and his accomplice, Marlee Davy, were taken into custody. The couple was arrested at a McDonald’s in Atoka, OK by officers with the Oklahoma

TODAY: Another warm and muggy pattern is in the works for this afternoon. Dew points look to remain high along and north of I-70 making it feel very muggy. It looks to be a tad less humid for those closer to Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks. High temperatures will reach the upper

Columbia College has announced it will offer discounted education to all state of Missouri employees and retirees. The school will make the discounts available at all eight of its locations in the state and with its online program starting with the late fall semester, which begins October 24. The state estimates 77,000 people will be

UPDATE 9/21: ABC 17 News checked with police Wednesday who say they have not arrested Majikwon Morales. Police say they responded to a “try to locate” in the 2000 block of Newton Drive just after 5:00 Tuesday. Officers say they cleared the response with no report. It’s unclear if this response is connected to Monday’s

On Tuesday, authorities discovered meth, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, as well as numerous firearms inside a house after the Callaway County Sheriffs Department found suspected meth on a man convicted of distributing controlled substances. The Sheriffs Department stopped Donald Dillon, 50, for a traffic violation on State Road O East of Fulton. Deputies realized that Dillon

Illnesses starting in the chest hit mid-Missouri this week, including the flu. Doctors at Broadway Urgent Care said they have seen a significant uptick in bronchitis cases this week. This can cause a tight feeling in the chest as well as coughing, thickened mucus and shortness of breath. Doctor Flynn from Mizzou Quick Care and

TODAY: The warm and humid weather continues this morning. Dew points look to remain high along and north of I-70 making it feel very muggy. It looks to be a tad less humid for those closer to Jefferson City and the Lake of the Ozarks. We’ll keep an eye for patchy fog in the low