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Troopers arrested Jordan Love on Friday after officers observed a car speeding on Insterstate 70 east of Stadium Boulevard. Troopers said when they made contact with Love he denied the consent to search his vehicle. Officers saw a bag of marijuana from the rear driver side cargo window and a search was performed. Troopers found

Jefferson City police arrested Robert Gibbs on Friday after officers responded to reports of domestic assault in the 700 block of Madison Street. According to the probable cause statement, Gibbs choked a female victim and told her he was going to kill her for sending him back to prison. Gibbs had previously served 120 days

University of Missouri police arrested Andrew Loetscher on Thursday after they were dispatched to Mark Twain Hall for an odor of marijuana. Police said when they knocked on a door, they could smell marijuana. Officers said during a search, they found multiple plastic bags with marijuana residue, multiple unused plastic bags and two working scales.

A Columbia man has been charged with delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a weapon after a SWAT team entered his house on Jan. 4. ABC17 previously reported that Ralawndo Damar-Kelly Akers was arrested after officers served a narcotics search warrant at his home in the 1800 block of Parkade Boulevard. Detectives

UPDATE 1/29: Anderson was charged with attempting to traffic drugs, trafficking drugs, delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to drive within the right lane of a highway. ORIGINAL STORY: According to a tweet from Troop F with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 100 pounds of marijuana were seized during

Columbia police arrested Adam Wesbury on Sunday evening after officers were dispatched to a domestic assault at Walmart in the 1200 block of Grindstone Parkway. The investigation revealed that Wesbury and a female victim were in a verbal argument outside of their vehicle when Wesbury threatened to shoot the woman if she did not get

Callaway County deputies arrested Andrew Teel, 29, on Sunday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Deputies said the warrant pertained to probation violations on the original charges of possession of a controlled substance and forgery. Officers said they followed leads to locate Teel and ended up searching a residence in the 5000 block

Columbia police arrested Aaron Osborn early Saturday morning after officers were dispatched to an assault in the area of Park Avenue and Ash Street. The female victim told officers that she was in a car with Osborn when she accused him of taking her cell phone the last time they were together. Osborn was accused

TONIGHT: Even colder conditions expected through the night, as temperatures bottom out near 18 degrees. Clear skies and light winds will allow for radiational cooling, so some locations will likely fall into the mid teens. Wind chill values through the night will be in the 8 to 14 degree range, thanks to winds out of

A Rolla man pleaded guilty to endangering a corrections employee on Friday in Callaway County. Terrance Tipton, 26 was previously accused of endangering a corrections employee, endangering an inmate, committing violence against an employee of the Department of Corrections and possessing a prohibited article in the Department of Corrections. Tipton admitted that in Dec. 2016,

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released the audit of the Village of Ferrelview on Monday. Galloway said the audit was initiated after citizens used the petition process to request an audit of the village, which is ongoing. “Residents of Ferrelview deserve accountability and transparency in all aspects of their government,” Auditor Galloway said. “Even though

A Phelps County jury found Wayne Whitmore, 34, guilty of felony tampering with a motor vehicle. Deputies said the incident happened in 2014, when Whitmore traded a Polaris ATV to a Rolla resident. Whitmore was accused of never delivering the vehicle’s title. During the trial, the ATV’s owner testified that the vehicle went missing earlier

Randolph County deputies arrested four men on Sunday after officers made a vehicle stop at the intersection of Route C and Route Z. Deputies said the truck they pulled over fit the description of a truck used in a theft in Randolph County. Officers also said the truck did not have any license plates. In

Camden County deputies announced on Monday that a missing Richland woman was found dead. ABC17 previously reported that officers were looking for Regina Harris after her boyfriend reported her missing on Dec. 27. Deputies said Harris purposely left a residence on foot on Dec. 16, leaving her child with her boyfriend. Officers said no further

TODAY: It’s a chilly morning across Mid-Missouri, as colder air continues to filter into the region. Temperatures are hovering in the mid to upper 20s, with wind chill values near 15 degrees. Skies will gradually clear through the day, with sunshine by the afternoon hours. Despite plenty of sunshine, we’ll only see highs climb into

Following one of the coldest starts to a year ever recorded, things have been thawing out across Mid-Missouri. Arctic air earlier in the month kept the average temperature near 22 degrees, a sign of just how cold the air was that kept spilling into Mid-Missouri. Since then temperatures have thawed out, with the average hovering

Mizzou softball coach Ehren Earleywine spoke out for the first time since his firing on Saturday night. He sent this lengthy message to ABC 17 News. “I have been totally blindsided by all that has happened in the past two days and as confused as everyone else as to why this has happened. First and

UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: ABC 17 News has independently confirmed that the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX is investigating Phillips. ABC 17 News received an email from an alleged victim saying “the University is proceeding with an investigation against Terrence Phillips.” The email was originally sent by an investigator in the Title IX office.

TONIGHT : We’re continuing to track this quick moving system as it moves towards Mid-Missouri. We’ll see on and off light snow falling between 10pm-3am. A lack of moisture and the speed of this system is really going to limit any accumulations to grassy surfaces, with likely only a dusting of snow. Lows will be

The driver of a semi-truck wasn’t hurt after his trailer caught fire Sunday afternoon. The truck caught on fire at the Millersburg exit off I-70 in Callaway County. Firefighters from the Boone County Fire Protection District and Millersburg Fire Department were called to to the scene around 4:40 p.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said