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With a 16-year-old girl dead and talk of heroin being involved, ABC 17 asked the question of how prevalent narcotics use is among local teens. The Phoenix Health Programs in Columbia would not say it is common to see teens that are addicted to narcotics, like heroin. However, Prevention Specialist Heather Harlan did say she

ABC 17 News confirmed on Friday a 16-year-old girl was found dead at a Columbia motel. Police are investigating the case as a homicide. Morgan Myers was found unconscious at around 5:45 a.m. Thursday at Providence Suites, formerly America’sBest Value Inn, at the corner of Providence Road and Vandiver Drive near I-70. A man called

Some Mid-Missouri residents are still picking up the pieces after last night’s storm. Meta, a town about 30 miles southeast of Jefferson City, is one of the places that got hit the hardest. Kenny Kolb works for the Cole County Ambulance Service in Jefferson City, but lives on a Meta cattle farm with his son.

A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty in Gasconade County court Friday for the deaths of twoand injury of three people in a September 2011 boating accident. Winkler was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second degree assault. He pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, and the other was

A judge has dismissed the city of Columbia from a lawsuit filed by Ryan Ferguson, who was released from prison in November. The lawsuit seeks damages over Ferguson’s arrest for the 2001 murder of Kent Heitholt. Ferguson was convicted of murder in 2003, but that conviction was overturned. He is suing eleven people involved in

Reports of an armed man on the Central Methodist University campus in Fayette put the area on lockdown Thursday night. At around 11 p.m., someone called to report seeing a man in a hooded sweatshirt with a gun walking along Lucky Street west of the campus. Other students reported seeing the same person. School officials

When it’s not falling from the sky, it keeps moving on the ground. Rain water in downtown Columbia moves from drains and inlets on the street, through underground pipes and into the Flat Branch Creek. It’s that middle step that Columbia city leaders have been worried about. City Manager Mike Matthes said some pipes in

An afternoon of heavy rains, tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms has left its mark on Mid-Missouri. Multiple roads in Boone County and Cole County were still closed Thursday night due to flooding. More than three inches of rain has fallen since midnight in some parts of Mid-Missouri. The washed out roads were causing delays in

Twenty-six Columbia homes were hit by burglars last week during spring break. That number is up from 21 last year, and up 16 from five years ago. ABC 17 News found several homes in the east campus neighborhood were broken into. Three happened within a block of each other on Anthony Street. “On breaks no

Thursday afternoon, Missouri men’s basketball head coach Frank Haith hosts a post season meeting with local media.

The widow of a Columbia firefighter killed in the line of duty is suing the University of Missouri. Lt. Bruce Britt died while responding to a walkway collapse at University Village, a university-owned apartment complex in February. On Monday, his wife, Leigh Britt, filed a lawsuit in Boone County Circuit Court naming the UM Board

Missouri was in the top five states with used cars for sale online that had unfixed open recalls, according to a 2013 Carfax report. The company, founded in Columbia 30 years ago, conducted the survey last year and said Wednesday the numbers put Missouri at number three nationwide. Across the country, Carfax found 3.5 million

On Wednesday, Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel hosted an online chat talking with Tiger fans. Athletic Director Mike Alden joined coach Pinkel in the discussion on Missouri football and MU athletic teams. A question asked of Coach Pinkel was how recruiting has changed with the transition to the Southeastern Conference. “It was going to be

Spring storms will roll through mid-Missouri Thursday and are expected to hit just as schools dismiss for the day. Columbia Public Schools spokesperson Michelle Baumstark said CPS has been preparing for these types of scenarios all year long. “Every school year- we do a number of severe weather drills, everything from tornadoes to earthquakes to

Boonville officials say if the city is able to develop infrastructure on highway 87, there would be a great potential for growth. City planner, Megan McGuire, said, “The annexation of the two hundred and forty acres near and including parts of Hail Ridge Golf Course will provide a chance for sales tax, property tax, and

Fire crews in Jefferson City responded to an early morning apartment fire Wednesday. At 6:41 a.m. crews responded to the fire at a two story apartment at 505 Ellis Boulevard. The fire was located in the lower apartment and firefighters say no one was there at the time. The fire caused serious damage in the

On Wednesday, the University of Missouri System president Tim Wolfe announced the first phase has been completed in looking at sexual assault and mental health resources. All four campuses completed a detailed inventory of its current resources, policies and practices. The issue of sexual assault came to the forefront back in February after new details

After years of saving, the Cole County Commission says it’s moving forward on its million-dollar expansion of its EMS building. Wednesday, in a 2-1 vote, the commission awarded the project to Ameresco, an independent energy solutions company. Presiding Commissioner Marc Ellinger and Eastern District Commissioner Jeff Hoelscher supported Ameresco’s plan from the beginning, but Western

New traffic signals at Fairview Road and Ash Street in Columbia became operational Wednesday. Crews need to install one more sensor loop at the intersection and hope to finish that on Thursday, weather permitting. Traffic lights will stay flashing red and the intersection will continue as a four-way stop until the sensor is in place.

Mizzou baseball announced its April 2nd game against Illinois has been moved to April 23rd at 6:30 p.m. because of inclement weather. The game will still be played at Busch Stadium. The team also said tickets purchased for the original date will be honored on the rescheduled date. Missouri (13-14) dropped the previous contest against