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A Columbia man held in the Boone County jail was arrested for charges of second-degree murder and drug crimes. Jail records show police arrested 17-year-old Navarro Scott and show he was booked in jail around 8:30 p.m. Monday. CaseNet shows a warrant was issued for Scott’s arrest Monday on the charges. He’s held on a

Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a head-on crash Tuesday in central Columbia, according to police. The crash was reported around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Garth Avenue and Worley Street. According to police, a minivan was traveling south on Garth and a car was attempting to make a

UPDATE: 10:20 a.m.: Columbia police officers confirm they responded to McKee Street Park around 8 p.m. Monday. Officials said officers found a car in the area with its rear window shot out. They also found a shell casing and a magazine clip nearby. There were no reported injuries according to police. ORIGINAL STORY: Columbia police

TODAY: Clouds increase today with showers and thunderstorms increasing after 10AM for those south of I-70. There is a slight chance for rain north of I-70 after 12PM, although the chance is greater near the Ozarks. Temperatures will be cooler near 60 this afternoon with a north/northeast wind gusting up to 30 mph. TONIGHT: It

TODAY: Clouds will increase this morning with showers and some rumbles of thunder possible after 10AM south of HWY 50. Skies will remain mostly cloudy during the day with highs in the upper 50s, to low 60s. Rainfall amounts of .01″ to .20″ are expected with highest amounts closer to I-44 in the Ozarks. It

The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new set of zoning regulations, giving a massive overhaul to the city’s current rules. The 7-0 vote put in place a unified development ordinance, re-writing the zoning codes for Columbia. Those rules dictate what people can build where. The new rules rename many existing zoning codes for businesses

University of Missouri men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin’s official contract was released Monday. This comes less than a week after Mizzou confirmed Martin as the team’s nineteenth coach. The seven-year deal guarantees he will make $2.7 million his first year. Each year after that, his pay will increase $100,000. That means Martin is set to

A man was recovering from his injuries after a motorcycle crash in Fulton Monday night. Police said they responded to the crash at 6:38 p.m. near Tennyson Road and Cote Sans Dessin. Once there, they found a 59-year-old man who had been thrown from his motorcycle. The man from Mexico, Mo. was wearing a helmet

Efforts to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products have hit another roadblock in the Capital City. Monday, the Jefferson City Council was set to vote on Tobacco 21. It is a measure that would raise the legal age to buy tobacco products, including e-Cigarettes, from 18 to 21. But it would not prohibit

A typical spring weather pattern is developing through the rest of March. The upper level winds which act as steering currents for storm systems are forecast to come in from west to east. As these waves move in from the Pacific, surface storm systems will develop, bringing rain and storm chances as they pick up

UPDATE 3/20: ABC 17 News spoke with Spencer Ervin’s wife, Janay, about the Eagle Stop fight and she said Ervin fired his gun at a member of the Squad Up gang when they threatened to shoot him during the fight. “My husband is a tax paying man,” she said. “He goes to work every single

The Columbia City Council has been working on the Unified Development Code for over two years and at 7 p.m. Monday, the code is expected to be voted on and approved. The council will have at least five more proposed amendments to vote on before accepting the final UDC. Nancy Thompson, head legal counsel for

The University of Missouri welcomed Cuonzo Martin as the nineteenth men’s basketball coach of the university. Martin played for Gene Keady at Purdue, but is from the East St. Louis area. Martin told the crowd that he wants Mizzou to be his last stop as a coach and also said how excited he was to

The Columbia Police Department has released the body cam video of one of the officers on scene at a fight that happened at the Eagle Stop in Columbia. ABC 17 News also obtained this cell phone video of the incident: In the press release attached below, CPD describes why officers reacted the way that they

A Cole County man has been sentenced to 25 years on Monday in prison after molesting a girl that was seven years old. Maurice Hogan, 35, was arrested by the Jefferson City Police Department in July of 2015 after molesting a child between May and July of 2015. The jury deliberated for seven hours before

TONIGHT: The cooler air will be slow to arrive, as lows only bottom out in the mid to mid-upper 40s. Clouds will increase for a partly to mostly cloudy sky by morning with a northeasterly breeze up to 12 mph. TUESDAY: Skies will remain mostly cloudy with possible showers. The best chance of rain will

A Columbia man was arrested on Sunday in connection to drug and robbery charges. Officers were sent to the 1500 block of Tupelo Place on Sunday morning to find Anthony Munzo, who had a felony warrant out of Cooper County. Officers saw Munzo leave the home carrying a backpack when they tried to see if

TODAY: A warm afternoon is underway across Mid-Missouri.. With such a warm start to the day, we’ll see the potential for record warmth ahead of a cold front later today. Highs this afternoon will top out in the lower 80s, under partly cloudy skies. The record high is 81 set back in 1953, so there

A Missouri State Highway Patrol checkpoint in Boone County resulted in multiple arrests on Friday night. The checkpoint was in place from 11:30 p.m. on Friday until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday at Highway 163 and Mick Deaver Memorial Drive. 656 vehicles were checked during the time the checkpoint was set up. There were 19 DWI

TODAY: A mild morning is underway across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are hovering near 60 degrees. With such a warm start to the day, we’ll see the potential for record warmth ahead of a cold front later today. Highs this afternoon will top out in the lower 80s, under partly cloudy skies. The record high is