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A state lawmaker’s effort to fight child abuse and keep children out of foster care is one step closer to becoming a law. Senate bill 672 would allow parents to temporarily relinquish custody of their children without the state considering it an abandonment. Parents in crisis could give power of attorney to agencies to care

UPDATE 3 pm: The special committee has ended their meeting after about half an hour. Committee Chair Jay Barnes referred to Magic-8 Ball when reporters asked if the committee would release another report this week. “Chance is decent,” he said. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/SaraABC17/status/988511789800308736″,”author_name”:”Sara Maslar-Donar”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/SaraABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;House committee investigating Gov. Greitens met for about half an hour

UPDATE 2:34 p.m. : There is a bullet hole in the front window of the house on 1109 Eastland Circle. According to dispatch, this is the address of the house where shots were fired early Sunday morning. Neighbors tell ABC 17 they were too scared to speak on camera, but they say the house is

A woman is being charged with child abduction after she was was accused of kidnapping her child in 2013. According to the probable cause statement, Jerran Wilson took custody of her child in December of 2013 and never returned him to his father. Months before, the father was granted full legal custody over the child

A judge is scheduled to hold a hearing on a request from attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens to disqualify St. Louis prosecutors from a felony case involving the governor’s use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign. A felony charged was filed on Friday that accused Greitens of disclosing the donor list

Camden County deputies arrested Shane Wall on Friday after officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of Thousand Acres Road for reports of a disturbance. The victim said he and Wall were making moonshine when Wall became mad. Wall was accused of grabbing the victim by his head and squeezing it. According to the probable

TONIGHT: Clouds will gradually clear from west to east overnight as temperatures fall into the mid to upper 40s west near HWY 65 to the lower 50s east of HWY 63. Winds will diminish to 5-8 mph from the north. TUESDAY: We’ll have a partly cloudy to mostly sunny sky during the afternoon but clouds

Boone County deputies arrested Tracey Martin on Saturday after officers recognized a truck that had led officers on a chase just days before. According to the probable cause statement, the truck was driving erratically and kept changing lanes. Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle. The truck stopped and a man got out before the

After two cars crashed on Vawter School Road Monday morning, ABC 17 News looked into how often crashes occurred with the year on the road. Online traffic reports showed there have been at least 22 crashes on Vawter School/Nifong Boulevard from Scott Boulevard to Bethel Street since April 2017. Those numbers doubled from the year

THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy conditions will continue to hold strong throughout the remainder of the day, especially if you are east of highway 63, we’ll also see a few gusty winds as yesterday’s storm system continues to track eastbound. Temperatures will rise into the mid to upper-60s and then fall after sunset. TONIGHT: A spot

Columbia police arrested Sincere Hall-Osbourne on Friday after school resource officers at Battle High School got reports of a stolen or missing wallet. School staff told officers that the wallet was picked up by a student, which could be seen on surveillance footage. The suspect was identified as Osbourne and officers found the wallet in

Columbia police arrested Jared Bush early Saturday morning after officers heard a noise that sounded like a vehicle crash near the area of Walnut and Short Street. Minutes later, officers were flagged down and were told the suspect’s car had just left the scene. Police found Bush and detected a strong odor of intoxicants coming

A spokesperson for Columbia Public Works announced on Monday their plans to improve the city. The plans consist of improvements to intersections, speed reduction on neighborhood streets, filling in sidewalk gaps, building a new trail section and adding a signalized crosswalk. “We approach improvement projects through a Vision Zero lens. It’s really a ‘Complete Streets’

TODAY: Spotty showers continue to fall across Mid-Missouri, with temperatures on the cool side this morning. We’ll continue to see any lingering showers track off to the east through the day, with cloudy skies remaining. Despite the clouds, highs will climb into the mid to upper 60s with breezy winds out of the northeast. Winds

A deputy with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said one person was arrested after a chase in Boone County Sunday afternoon. Deputies tried to pull over Charles Tinker, 29, on I-70 Drive Northeast for an active warrant. He refused to stop and a chase began. The chase ended at a home on County Road 274

UPDATE: No one was hurt after a tractor trailer caught on fire caught on fire at the loading dock at the Aldi store on Green Meadows Road Sunday evening. Firefighters were called to the south Columbia grocery store just before 5:30 p.m. It took crews about 30 minutes to get the fire under control. Fire

(CNN) – Nashville police are asking residents to lock their doors and stay alert after a seminude gunman killed four people at an area Waffle House. “Keep your doors locked, keep your eyes open. If you see this individual — if you see a nude guy walking around this morning — call the police department

TONIGHT: Scattered rain chances will continue into the evening and overnight hours. Lows will only dip down into the upper 40s thanks to lingering cloud cover tonight. Breezy conditions will continue tonight as well as this low pressure system slides off to our southeast. MONDAY: Most of the rain that we saw on our Sunday

Travis D. McKnight of Mexico caused a crash after he fled from Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller late on Saturday, according to a statement on Facebook. Around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the statement, Oller saw McKnight driving “erratically” on North Clark Street. McKnight allegedly failed to stop upon Oller’s request and attempted to flee

A 19-year-old sustained serious injuries after crashing a four-wheeler at the Lake of the Ozarks near Sunrise Beach Saturday night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report said Brandon Schwermer, of Independence, was driving an all-terrain vehicle on Appalachian Lane around 11:15 p.m. when he missed a curve and drove off