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As the holidays get underway, many are hitting the road in Mid-Missouri. The Missouri Highway Patrol starts their Christmas counting period Wednesday night, lasting through Sunday night. Last year during that period there were more than 200 crashes, one fatal, in Missouri. About 33% of Americans are expected to travel this year, most of them

The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in a beating. Officials said the suspect severely beat a man and left him by the side of the road just south of Boonville. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened Tuesday around midnight. Officials said a man living along Highway 5 opened

A trial is set to begin next month for a Missouri man accused of kidnapping and raping his ex-girlfriend in Columbia. Brian Adkison pleaded not guilty this week to new charges from a grand jury. His three day trial is now scheduled to start January 7. Adkison is accused of leading law enforcement on a

The son of a state representative is undergoing facial reconstruction surgery following an attack in Columbia, according to his father, Jeff Grisamore, who is from the Kansas City area. Grisamore tweeted Tuesday, “Requesting prayer for my son, Joel. He just went into facial reconstruction surgery in Columbia after attack by 2 unknown assailants.” Grisamore went

The lawyer for a woman convicted in a 2012 deadly DWI crash in Montgomery County has now filed a motion for further DNA testing following the trial. Kelli Smith, of Columbia, was convicted earlier this month in a wrong-way crash that left one man, Thomas Sullivan, dead. A major topic in the case was evidence

Columbia Police have released a suspect photo following a December 9 robbery at UMB bank on Chapel Hill Road and Forum Boulevard. They also believe this suspect is the same one from the Regions Bank robbery on Monday. Columbia Police said the suspect was a white man between 20-30 years old, about 5’8″ to 5’9″,

ABC 17 took a closer look into the suspects in a double shooting in Jefferson City Monday afternoon. We found one of the suspects, Tavion Jones, is no stranger to authorities. Jones was arrested in connection to another shooting ABC 17 reported on this past summer in Columbia. ABC 17 found pictures of Jones with

Governor Nixon directing the Missouri Department of Agriculture to look into opportunities for farmers, producers, and growers to benefit from trade with Cuba. “Cuba provides exciting prospects as an export market for the world-class goods produced by Missouri farmers,” Gov. Nixon said. “Our agricultural exports are up 14 percent this year alone and help drive

Emma Russell is 14-years-old. She loves playing piano, painting and making crafts out of duct tape. She probably gets her artistic shops from her father who is self-employed as a furniture designer. Emma also has juvenile nephronophthisis, a genetic kidney disease in children. Emma loves spending time with her family, something that has recently gotten

Authorities in Sedalia make a drug bust at an apartment in the Sedalia Housing Authority. It happened Monday, on Buckner Court. Officers found meth, prescription pills, drug packaging materials, and drug paraphernalia. There were also two small children under the age of 4 inside at the time. Crystle Wilson and Bradley Lawson were arrested on

Jefferson City Police have made six arrests in what they’re calling a drive-by shooting Monday afternoon. Jefferson City Police Captain Doug Shoemaker confirmed to ABC 17 two men were shot at around 2:40 p.m. near School Street and Lafayette Street. The police department arrested Tavion R. Jones, D’Angelo R. Harris, Rasheem M. Wallace-Jackson, all 18,

A man accused of shooting another man Thursday afternoon during a business robbery in Sedalia is now back on the streets. The gunman, Timothy Peck, initially escaped, but was eventually arrested on multiple charges including robbery, assault, stealing, and armed criminal action following a business robbery on the corner of Ohio Avenue and Main Street

University of Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel has tabbed former Mizzou player and coach Barry Odom to become his next defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, as announced Tuesday. Odom, 38, will join the team after the first of the year, as he takes over for Dave Steckel, who will leave to be head coach at

Tuesday night will start off mild, with temperatures around 40 degrees by nightfall. Clouds will continue to build into the latter part of the evening, with rain moving into Mid-Missouri counties near and west of Highway 65 before midnight. Two low pressure systems will affect the area tonight into tomorrow, as the one that brought

Coal and wood pour into a 50-foot tall machine inside Columbia’s Municipal Power Plant. It looks like a giant stove, especially since you can see the orange glow of fire through the cracks of the small doors. However, Christian Johanningmeier, the plant’s supervisor, calls it a boiler. It’s where the coal and wood burn to

Columbia, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball improved to 10-2 on the season with Monday’s 74-65 win over UT Martin. Senor Morgan Eye finished tonight’s win with 21 points, while sophomore Jordan Frericks earned her fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebound. “I’m just really proud of our players. They played with

The mild weather will stay with us Tuesday with a mostly cloudy but dry day. An upper level wave of low pressure will swing across Missouri Tuesday night and Wednesday bringing colder air and a chance of light snow. Temperatures will stay above freezing Wednesday so any snow that falls will melt on roads but

It has been nearly four years since the merger of Highway Patrol and Water Patrol. For the first time since Governor Jay Nixon signed House Bill 1868, representatives have taken an in-depth look at if the merger worked. While the hearings were called just months after Brandon Ellingson’s drowning, no one in Highway Patrol or

Fire officials in Callaway County are investigating a mobile home fire. It happened early Monday morning on county road 305 near the airport. No one was hurt. Central Callaway and Millersburg Fire Departments worked the fire. Investigators are working to determine a cause.

Police responded to a bank robbery in northeast Columbia around noon on Monday. Officers were called to the Regions Bank at 2114 Paris Road around 12:15 p.m. The suspect fled on foot in an opposite direction with an unknown amount of money. There were no customers inside at the time of the robbery, and no