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ABC 17 News has confirmed two people are dead after an early morning house fire in Mexico, Mo., about 45 minutes northeast of Columbia. Mexico police said the fire happened around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the 1500 block of North Washington. The victims were identified as Alex Waage, 20, of Mexico, and Jessica Cravens, 27,

After a chilly week temperatures jumped back into the 50s Friday afternoon. Fortunately the spring like weather will stick around through the weekend. Mostly sunny skies and a steady southwesterly wind will help temperatures warm up a few degrees again on Saturday. Highs Saturday will push into the mid-to-upper 50s. Sunday will be another warm

Columbia officials have identified an unknown substance that was leaking from a container causing traffic to be temporarily shut down Thursday. A small amount of sulphuric acid leaked out of a container in an area near the intersection of College and Walnut streets. More than 10 units responded to the spill. The acid was cleaned

A Missouri Public Service Commissioner was arrested Thursday on suspicion of drunk driving in Cole County. ABC 17 News obtained an arrest report on 60-year-old Bill Kenney through a Sunshine Law open records request out of Cole County. Kenney, of Kansas City, was arrested shortly after midnight early Thursday on Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City.

A Mid-Missouri man was arrested in Randolph County for multiple charges. Moberly Police and Randolph County deputies arrested Cawon Midgyett during a search warrant Friday in the 800 block of Franklin Street. Midgyett had 14 active warrants after failing to appear for assault, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace, stealing a car, and assaulting a police

A Columbia man was arrested Thursday after reportedly threatening to kill a woman and child last month. The report was made on February 12. 27-year-old David Noble allegedly threatening to kill her and a child while holding a knife to her throat. Noble and the woman were in a relationship. Noble was arrested for 2nd

A Columbia man was arrested Wednesday after police found drugs meth and drug paraphernalia in his home. Officers from the Columbia Police SWAT team searched a home at 2005 Riney Lane for drugs. Officers found meth and a meth smoking pipe in 62-year-old Dennis Nowlin’s bedroom. They also found a digital scale in the bathroom.

Hickman girls basketball team falls to Rock Bridge in the Class 5, District 10 finals. Cunningham, Porter thoughts after the game.

Calls made to 911 in Boone County have jumped again, for the seventh year in a row. This last year, 911 calls were up 7 percent, averaging out to roughly 226 calls per day. But calls to the administrative, or non-emergency, line were down about 8 percent, which is almost equal to the amount 911

Web Extra: Missouri men’s basketball head coach Kim Anderson talks about final regular season game against Mississippi St.

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles is taking several steps to repair trust between the Ferguson community and police department. This comes after the Department of Justice released a 100-page report earlier this week which included findings of systematic racial discrimination by the Ferguson police against African Americans. One of those steps is the creation of a

Web Extra: Missouri men’s basketball head coach Kim Anderson talks about final regular season game against Mississippi St.

A Russellville man was found guilty Wednesday of domestic assault. 34-year-old Brent Lecure was found guilty of two counts of domestic assault by a Cole County jury. Prosecutors said Lecure and his ex-wife got into a disagreement about custody in August 2014. Lecure shoved the woman to the ground and pinned her against a car

Senator John Danforth released a statement Thursday from his assistant, Martha Fitz, who was on the phone with the late Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich’s wife at the time of Schweich’s apparent suicide. According to the statement, Fitz said she got a phone call from Schweich’s chief of staff, Trish Vincent, in the auditor at around

An American flag can be seen almost anywhere you go; in front of schools, churches, and the Capitol, to name a few. On Thursday, House Bill 499 passed by a vote of 9-0 in committee and will be heard on the House floor in about a week. It would allow public school students to say

A Rocheport woman was arrested for child porn Wednesday. 47-year-old Marjorie Newell was investigated by the Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force after authorities learned she was talking with a St. Louis mother who arranged for her 14-year-old daughter to meet with Newell and a man for sex. Newell admitted to investigators she had photos

Scammers have been targeting some of the 80 million people who may have had patient information hacked during the Anthem data breach in an attempt to gather personal information. There are several things that consumers can do after any data breach to help protect themselves. Here are some tips from the Better Business Bureau: Visit

Columbia Police are investigating after a suspect threatened a cab driver with a gun Wednesday. The Nick’s Taxi Cab Company driver said he picked up the suspect at Splasher’s Laundry on Paris Road around 2:00 p.m. The suspect said he had a gun and told the driver to take him where he wanted to go.

Three people were arrested in Boonville Wednesday after authorities found them with drugs. Boonville Police, the MUSTANG Drug Task Force, Cooper County deputies, and the state Highway Patrol searched a home at 804 Lori Drive. Investigators took drug paraphernalia, marijuana, meth, and prescriptiondrugs from the home. 31-year-old Benjamin Meyers of Boonville, 46-year-old Eddie Pitts of

A Columbia man was arrested Wednesday after a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper found drugs and a gun in his car. 26-year-old Duncan Fortner was pulled over for a registration violation on State Route F in Callaway County. The trooper asked to search Fortner’s car, and found one gram of meth, 3 oxycodone pills, drug