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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri is seeing a sharp increase in the number of students seeking help this fall for anxiety. The University of Missouri’s Counseling Center director David Wallace says about 35 percent more students sought counseling in the last five weeks compared with the same timeframe last fall semester. The

About 30 volunteer firefighters managed an enormous barn blaze northeast of Columbia Friday night. The Boone County Fire Protection District said the barn, located on the 6000 block of Mexico Gravel Road, is a total loss. Battalion Chief Bruce Cutter said an engine leaving the Lake of the Woods station could see smoke rising from

A day after a shooting in central Columbia leaves a man injured, a Long John Silver’s employee who jumped in to help the gunshot victim talked to ABC 17 News about the incident. ABC 17 News reported Thursday night that CPD received a call about a gunshot victim at the Long John Silver’s on Business

The husband of the woman killed in an Interstate 70 crash this past summer is speaking out. Alvin Haile’s wife, Margaret, died when a semi slammed into the back of her vehicle while she was in traffic near Route ZZ. Alvin said he and Margaret met at a birthday party of her brothers. They were

This weekend, law enforcement will be out in full force for the Mizzou Homecoming Football Game. In light of violence on and around college campuses in recent days, ABC 17 looked into what security measures will be taken for the big game. Parking lots open at 8:00 a.m. Saturday for the 70,000 people expected to

House decorations are slated for Friday night on the Columbia MU campus between 6:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in Greek town. You can see a map of the houses here. The MU homecoming parade starts at 9:00 a.m. and will take a route through campus and downtown Columbia. There will be some parking restrictions along

MoDOT wants drivers to be aware of several road projects starting across Mid-Missouri next week. In Boone County, drivers should expect closures in the southbound lane of Rangeline St. from Vandiver to the eastbound off ramp to I-70, and the right northbound lane of Rangeline from the entrance to Boone Electric. Replacement of bridges over

Road work could slow traffic slightly in Jefferson City starting Monday. One westbound lane of the Highway 50/63 bypass in Jefferson City will be close from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday for work on the Lafayette Street Interchange project. One lane will be open at the bypass at all times. Workers will

Two people are in the Callaway County Jail Thursday after the MUSTANG Drug Task Force and Fulton Police searched a home at 906 Anthony St. Investigators found several bags of meth containing about 100 grams, 250 grams of pot, scales, ginders, glass pipes with burnt residue, and a loaded remington shotgun. Randall Haymart and Joni

Firefighters battled a fire at a northeast Columbia mobile home park early Friday morning. It happened at Tubes Wheel Ranch in the 4900 block of Brown Station Road. Columbia firefighters responded to the scene shortly after midnight Friday morning. A viewer sent us the attached video of the fire this morning that fully engulfed the

Around 8:00 Thursday night, Columbia police were called to a shooting at a fast food restaurant on Business Loop 70 West. Our crews arrived on the scene shortly after 8, and saw a person in an ambulance along with police vehicles at Long John Silver’s. Close to 8:30, our crews saw one person in handcuffs.

Operations have been shut down at a central Missouri plant that makes materials used in fracking. The Shamrock Proppant plant in Mexico shut down indefinitely Thursday in the wake of the recent downturn in oil prices and a pullback in fracking operations. Proppants are a treated sand or ceramic gravel mixture used in the fracking

Gahn McGaffie cannot help but smile. He is watching video of his 21-year-old self moving around in football pads. He is nearly disconnected from the sport he played in college. He is a certified teacher and is looking for jobs overseas. McGaffie says he wants to teach English. But this Mid-September day is an exception.

New traffic plans are in place this year for Hartsburg’s 24th Pumpkin Festival going on this weekend south of Columbia. Cars will no longer be allowed to go through town, in order to boost pedestrian safety. The Boone County sheriff’s department is sending drivers along a different route, in order to approach Hartsburg from the

Baseball fans converging on downtown St. Louis for the first-round playoffs series between the Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs can expect a greater police presence. Traffic on Friday will also be busier than normal along I-70, while the Royals face off against the Houston Astros in their second playoffs game, which starts at 2:45 p.m.

The University of Missouri Thursday night announced the largest fundraising campaign in school history. The campaign is called, “Mizzou: Our time to lead.” MU leaders unveiled the top priorities for the campaign, and the total goal of $1.3 billion for the multi-year campaign. The 8:30 p.m. event took place at Mizzou Arena, and MU Chancellor

Some of the Boone County Joint Communications’ phones are once more operable after problems with the county’s phone service provider. Boone County Joint Communications experienced a 911 outage at around 3:00 p.m. Thursday after an issue with CenturyLink. Joint Communications Director Chad Martin said technicians worked from CenturyLink’s downtown office to fix the problem, getting

A man was seriously injured in a crash on I-70 in Callaway county. Traffic was backed up in both directions on the interstate near the 148 mile marker. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report 53-year-old Thomas Anton from Oak Park, Michigan traveled off the left side of the road, struck the center

The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission tabled a vote Thursday night pertaining to access to the new East Elementary school. Residents of the Woodlands and Vineyards neighborhoods in Boone County filled the city hall chambers Thursday night to express disapproval of a current proposal. ABC 17 News reported last month residents said they’re concerned the

A cold front moves south of the area by Friday morning, ushering in cooler, drier air during the day which will lead to increasing sunshine. Temperatures will reach the upper 60s Friday afternoon but cool into the 50s during the evening. The SportZone football forecast is dry and cool with temperatures falling into the 50s