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Columbia police are looking for a man accused of shoplifting after a large police presence caused a Columbia school to go on lockdown. CPD tweeted Tuesday night, asking the public for help to identify the suspect. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/ColumbiaPD/status/1166538495785152513″,”author_name”:”ColumbiaPD”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/ColumbiaPD”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/ColumbiaPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@ColumbiaPD&#lt;/a&#gt; is asking for help to identify this person. On 8/27/2019 CPD responded to a

The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission looked at plans for a medical marijuana dispensary in Columbia Tuesday. The commission held an informational meeting where people could review the request. On the list of pre-filed applications, a company called Agape Total Health Care of Missouri, LLC is requesting to open five medical marijuana dispensaries in Missouri,

A University of Missouri Police Department report shows friends of Erik Severson were worried about him before the MU student was found unresponsive in his dorm room. MUPD officers said other students had not heard from Severson and were concerned. An MUPD report, which ABC 17 News obtained through an open records request, said officers

Some buses were delayed up to an hour during drop-off on the first day of school for the Jefferson City School District. “We plan to do a full evaluation of our transportation process with First Student to assess the cause of these issues,” district spokeswoman Ryan Burns said. “It is not unusual to experience some

A federal lawsuit in Missouri claims an e-cigarette company targeted young people to sell its products, causing a rash of health issues. Mindy Boyd, a Clay County resident, sued JUUL Labs on Monday on behalf of her teenage daughter. The lawsuit said Boyd’s daughter began using JUUL’s vapor smoking products at 14 years old. She

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A Missouri law is limiting the number of children both licensed and unlicensed day care providers can have. Gov. Mike Parson signed Nathan’s Law on July 11 with the intent of ensuring the safety of all children in daycare. It’s inspired by the death of an infant, Nathan, who suffocated in his crib at day

Missouri officials met Tuesday to discuss flood protection systems on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in order to minimize damage from future flooding. The meeting at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building was the first of Gov. Mike Parson’s Flood Recovery Advisory Group. The advisory group is made up of agencies that represent areas

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cool with lows in the upper 50s to around 60. WEDNESDAY: Gorgeous day with mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 80s. EXTENDED: High pressure keeps us dry and comfortable through Thursday with highs 3-5 degrees below average. A cold front will approach the area on Friday, giving us a

Fleeing shoplifters at the Columbia Best Buy led to a school being locked down Tuesday. Columbia police were sent to the Best Buy off Stadium Boulevard after the store reported two shoplifters ran from the store at about 3:40 p.m., Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said. Pitts said police contacted nearby Our Lady of

A lack of cooperation from victims or witnesses often hampers investigations into violent crimes such as the shooting Monday of a man in the parking lot of a busy Columbia retail area, a Boone County detective said. Columbia police investigated two shots fired cases Monday: one on Stadium Boulevard and one on Typhoon Court. In

A car was on its roof after a crash Tuesday afternoon in Columbia. Emergency communications dispatchers sent out alerts a little before 2 p.m. about the crash at North Fairview Road and West Ash Street. The crash caused the closure of Fairview for a brief time. Other details were not immediately available. Live video playback

The Mizzou football team will play its SEC rival, Arkansas, at Arrowhead Stadium in 2020. The game is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, but it will likely be moved to Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. “We are excited to bring the Tigers back to Kansas City for the 2020 Battle Line Rivalry game against

The Miller County prosecutor has charged a man with boating while intoxicated in a June crash on the Lake of the Ozarks that killed one person. Prosecuting Attorney Ben Winfrey charged Kelly Wise, 62, of Atlantic, Iowa, on Monday with a single count of misdemeanor BWI for the crash that killed Jason Russell, 39, of

THIS AFTERNOON: Morning clouds will continue to break up over the afternoon hours. Temperatures will be slow to warm with a steady north breeze. Expect highs near 80. TONIGHT: Cool and a little breezy– temperatures fall into the upper 50s . West winds steady around 8 mph . EXTENDED: High pressure to our north settles

The Mizzou football team released its Week 1 depth chart on Tuesday afternoon. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1166366401415675904″,”author_name”:”Andrew Kauffman”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Here’s the Week 1 &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt; football depth chart &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/FJJ7qiRkKN”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/FJJ7qiRkKN&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Andrew Kauffman (@AndrewABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1166366401415675904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;August 27, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} {“url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17/status/1166366401415675904″,”author_name”:”Andrew Kauffman”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/AndrewABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Here’s the Week 1 &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Mizzou&#lt;/a&#gt; football depth chart &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/FJJ7qiRkKN”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/FJJ7qiRkKN&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Andrew Kauffman

The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of severe thunderstorms tonight. Strong thunderstorms have developed south of I-70 and continue to slowly track east tonight. Some storms will produce heavy rainfall and could lead to localized flash flooding. Strong winds may occur in some storms near I-44

Two men were charged on Monday after they allegedly had sex with a child who later became pregnant. Dereck L. Turnage and Gerald W. Walker Jr. were both charged with first-degree statutory rape of a person less than 14 years of age. Audrain County Sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the situation in May after the