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***UPDATE 3 P.M.***The Columbia Public Works Department performed a dry run of its snows routes on Thursday in order to test all of its equipment on city roads.When it comes to snow removal, officials say safety comes first and therefore plow operators try to limit as many hazards as possible.Before plows hit the road, Public

According to court documents, University of Missouri football player Dorial Green-Beckham is no longer facing a drug charge.Green-Beckham pleaded guilty on October 16th to an amended charge of second degree trespassing. He paid a $200 fine and must also pay court costs.The wide receiver was initially charged with possession of less than 35 grams of

COLUMBIA (AP) – Smoking won’t be allowed at the University of Missouri on July 1, six months earlier than originally planned.The Missouri Students Association pushed for the earlier date, saying there was no good reason to wait for the previous Jan. 1, 2014, deadline.The ban will end an effort that began in 2009, when smoking

A convicted felon in Mexico, Mo. was arrested Wednesday night on drug charges after a search of his home.The East Central Drug Task Force searched the home of Charles F. Picton, 40, in the 100 block of Alabama Street. During the search, officers found and seized numerous packages of marijuana, a small amount of methamphetamine,

The Columbia Police Department announced a new partnership among local law enforcement agencies to prevent violence in the city.The “Columbia Ceasefire Initiative” was created in response to a rash of recent shootings in the city after police connected three groups to seven different shootings back to August.For the first time, Columbia police are admitting there

The Morgan County Prosecutor’s office has upgraded charges against a mother and her boyfriend accused of killing a child.Jamie Ann Litton, 26, of Stover and Thomas T.J. Presley, 21, of Versailles are now charged with first degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Both charges are Class A felonies.Litton and Presley had been previously

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – A Kansas City lawyer charged with killing her millionaire father by forging documents to deny him medical care no longer has control over his will.A Clay County probate court judge removed Susan Elizabeth Van Note as the personal representative of her father’s estate Thursday in Liberty. Van Note is free on

Stover’s police chief pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge.Trampus Jackson pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court. The judge sentenced Jackson to 90 days in jail, but suspended the sentence and placed Jackson on supervised probation for two years.Morgan County dispatchers confirm that Jackson will be back at his job on

***UPDATE FRIDAY, 10:45 A.M.***Boonville’s mayor is confirming the Hostess plant will close at noon today. Julie Thacher said she received a call at about 6:00 this morning that the facility would shut its doors putting about 100 people out of work. Thacher said a Hostess outlet store located near the plant will close on Monday.***UPDATE

Right now in Mid-Missouri, there are 12 nursing homes receiving the lowest possible ranking given by the federal government. Even some of the higher-rater homes are guilty of major federal violations.Just last month, ABC 17 News cameras caught a search for a man who authorities say had gone missing from Riverview Nursing Care in Mokane.

If money is the source of the problem, ABC 17 News asked if it could also be the solution.”I don’t want to build another building on MU’s campus until our seniors are taken care of,” said Dolan.However, advocates are talking about a different kind of money and a different kind of solution.”If there is abuse

Highs will be near 60 Friday through Sunday with morning lows in the mid 30s. Clouds will be hard to find Friday, Saturday and most of the day Sunday. Winds will be relatively light from the southeast. Our next weather system will move in Sunday night and Monday. Clouds will increase and showers will be

University of Missouri defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson will not play in Saturday’s final home game.According to a report from Rivals.com, Richardson has been suspended for the game against Syracuse.The report states he was suspended for disciplinary issues.ABC 17 Sports has reached out to the MU Athletic Department for comment or confirmation but have yet to

Columbia Police are on the scene of another reported shooting. Dispatchers called cops to the area of Sylvan Lane and Whitegate Drive on the city’s northeast side just after 6 p.m. and officers on the scene have confirmed that five to eight shots were fired. Authorities say they do not yet know if anyone was

***UPDATE 7:54 P.M.***Officers are not sure if a later shooting after 6 p.m. Friday is related.Five to eight were fired in northeast Columbia near Sylvan Lane and Whitegate Drive, but nothing was hit.***ORIGINAL STORY***Police are looking for the suspect who shot a teen just east of Columbia Friday morning.The call came out to 4323 Santa

Columbia police are investigating an early morning robbery at the Subway and Baskin Robbins restaurant in the 1400 block of Forum Boulevard.Police told ABC 17 News Saturday night a suspect broke into the business just after 7:30 a.m. Saturday and took money from a cash register. One employee was inside the building at the time

The streak of above average temperatures will continue through the end of the weekend. Highs will reach the low 60s during the afternoon with mostly sunny skies. Clouds will be increasing by the evening through the overnight as our next chance of rain approaches for early Monday.

***UPDATE 8:40 P.M.***KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Police say a southwest Missouri man who confessed to plotting to shoot up a screening of ‘Twilight’ and a Walmart store had been detained after threatening a store clerk three years ago.Bolivar Police Chief Steve Hamilton said Saturday that in 2009, 20-year-old Blaec Lammers followed a worker around

A Pettis County man is dead after an early Saturday morning car crash.Missouri State Highway Patrol says Curtis Harper, 55, of La Monte failed to negotiate a curve on MO Highway 127 near Easter Road around 12:30 a.m. Troopers say the car went off the left side of the road and overturned, partially ejecting Harper.Harper

(AP) – Alex Oriakhi had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Earnest Ross added 16 points and No. 14 Missouri beat Nicholls State 74-54 on Friday night.The Tigers (3-0) put to rest their tendency to start slowly – at least for one game – after senior forward Laurence Bowers promised to fix the team’s energy problems