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Police confirmed on Thursday morning they are looking for two armed suspects who robbed a home overnight in south Columbia. ABC 17 News has video of the scene at the student housing complex, The Den, around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Officers say two men with guns forced their way into a home off Grindstone Plaza Drive,

A man was in jail Thursday afternoon after police arrested him for allegedly distributing drugs near a Columbia school. Columbia police say its Vice Narcotics Organized Crime Unit arrested 46-year-old Reginald Howard Tuesday while serving a search warrant in the 400 block of Park Avenue. Around 2:00 Tuesday afternoon, detectives saw Howard park in front

Authorities arrested a Fulton man Wednesday for allegedly having child pornography. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force started its investigation back in July after receiving multiple CyberTip reports from the National Center from Missing and Exploited Children. The task force, along with the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department searched a home on Cedar

An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction for a Columbia man. Domionte Cheatum was found guilty of second degree murder in 2014, after the 2013 death of Anthony Unger. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the crime. Cheatum appealed his conviction, but earlier this week the Western District Court of Appeals

ABC 17 News has confirmed Wednesday that the Child Learning and Development Center in Columbia is scheduled to close this week, displacing dozens of children. The center on Corporate Place off Vandiver is licensed to hold 99 children. A note was left on the door for employees and parents, reading: “Due to the extensive repairs

On Wednesday the Columbia Police Department’s Community Outreach Unit gave a presentation to the Citizens Police Review Board about the goals it hopes to accomplish. The presentation comes just weeks after CPD said it was dissolving its Traffic Unit to help staff the Community Outreach Unit. Since April, there have been two officers working in

A small group of Columbia residents will vote on a new sales-tax levy Thursday. The half-cent levy would affect businesses on a portion of Business Loop 70. Originally, there was thought to be only one voter in the district. But it was later found out about 15 people live within the voting boundaries to vote.

A Jefferson City woman reached out to ABC 17 News Wednesday after Ameren sent her a bill for $600 out of the blue. Ameren admitted the bill is their mistake, but they said she still has to pay up. Things are not as merry as they are bright at Denise McCorkle’s house. Amen said they

Officials are still working to bring more power to South Columbia, even though many people aren’t pleased with the plans. The city’s water and light board talked about the future transmission lines on Wednesday, which could cut through multiple neighborhoods. The transmission line project has been in the planning stages since 2007. So far, the

A storm system developing over the Southern Plains Friday will track to the northeast and move across Missouri Saturday night and Sunday, bringing up to 3 inches of rain to Mid-Missouri. Most areas will see 1.5″ to 2″ rain with pockets of 3 inches possible. Ahead of this system, southerly winds will send warm air

ABC 17 News confirmed two suspects have been arrested and charged for a shooting in central Columbia Tuesday night. Officers took Alex Perez Tunstall, 27, and Donnette Patterson, 53, into custody in connection to the shots fired near Fourth Avenue and Providence Road. Officers were first called around 6:52 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was in

The Columbia Police Officers Association announced its decision Wednesday to endorse Brian Treece as a mayoral candidate. Treece has already declared his bid for the position, but the deadline to file a bid is January. Despite the early decision, the CPOA believes its made the right choice in Treece. “I don’t know if we would

Crews were preparing to make more lane switches on U.S. Route 50/63 in Jefferson City Wednesday. On Friday, December 11th crews will divert both eastbound lanes on Route 50/63onto the newly constructed westbound lanes and across the recently built westbound Route 50/63 bridge over Lafayette Street. As part of the change, crews will close the

Officials at the Walmart Distribution Center in Moberly announced Wednesday it plans to expand its staff. The facility will add 45 new full-time positions to the base level staffing over the next few weeks. The facility also plans to add 4 new salaried positions this fall. Walmart has hired 23 full time employees in the

Firefighters were on the scene of a reported fire this morning at Johnson Products off Paris Road in Columbia. The fire was reported shortly after 4 a.m. by a passing driver, who claimed to see smoke coming from the building. When crews arrived, they found a fire near a paper hopper, though crews reported mostly

Cole County officials are working to finalize the 2016 budget. The county plans to spend about two-thirds of its more than $64 million in funds. Commissioners met Wednesday morning to discuss ongoing transportation needs, as well as employee pay raises. Monday,the Cole County sheriff asked the commission for extra funding to raise the pay of

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting two deadly car crashes in all of Missouri Thursday morning. Neither of the deaths were in mid-Missouri. The first was in Cass County and happened Wednesday shortly after 11 p.m. The second was in Lafayette County and happened Thursday morning around 2:10. At last check, the Missouri State

Traffic was backed up on I-70 eastbound Tuesday morning because of a crash. The crash happened at the Stadium exit near mile marker 124 on I-70. Westbound traffic cleared around 8:30 a.m. The crash occurred when a tractor trailer veered into another lane, pushing a car into the barrier. No one was injured. Crews were

A woman is in critical condition after a car crash in Callaway County Monday night. It happened shortly after 9 p.m. Theresa Libbert, 44, from Fulton was driving eastbound along Highway 54 one mile west of Center Street when she experienced a medical problem. She then went off the right side of the road and

Hundreds of Columbia residents were briefly without power Wednesday morning. Columbia Water and Light reported two power outages affected 159 customers. Connie Kacprowicz with Columbia Water and Light tells us the outage started at 9:48 a.m. and was restored after 24 minutes. The problem was near a library, and was caused by a transformer. Crews