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UPDATE 12:35 pm: The meeting will be held at the Downtown Optimist Club on Grand Avenue from 6 to 7:45 pm. ORIGINAL STORY: Central Columbia residents are scheduled to meet Thursday night with city leaders and police to discuss what they would like to see improve in their neighborhood. Thursday night’s meeting will be a

UPDATE 12:30 pm: Moberly police said the boy has been identified and his parents were contacted. ORIGINAL STORY: Moberly police announced they are attempting to identify and locate the parents of a 4-year-old boy. Officers said the boy was found in the 600 block of N. Morley Street. He is described as having brown hair,

Columbia police took one man into custody after a short foot chase on Cook Ave. Thursday morning. Officers responded to the area around 8 a.m. for a report of a burglary in progress. Once officers got on scene, they found out there was no such burglary. While on scene, police told ABC 17 News a

TONIGHT: A chance for showers south of I-70 exists as we head into the evening hours as a wave tracks in from the west. While dry air will remain in place, any rain we see this evening will be very light in nature and primarily confined to southern parts of the region. The light rain

The superintendent for the New Bloomfield R-III School District said the high school will be hosting a “mock crash” event where students will learn the consequences of driving drunk or distracted. The high school student council is working with local public safety agencies to set up the event. Superintendent Sarah Wilson said the goal of

Callaway County deputies arrested two wanted fugitives on Wednesday after officers were dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of East Second Street for reports of a wanted fugitive residing in the area. When deputies arrived at a residnece, they encountered Bradley Foutes, 29. Officers said when they tried to take Foutes into custody,

Audrain County deputies arrested Desiree Griggsby, 28, on Wednesday after officers executed a search warrant in the 200 block of East Franklin Street. During the search, deputies found 130 grams of marijuana, money, drug paraphernalia and multiple items used in the distribution of a controlled substance. Griggsby faces possible charges for delivery of a controlled

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Morrell will officially launch her campaign for associate judge for the 11th division. She will face Kevin O’Brien in the August 2018 Democratic Primary, and the winner of that race will challenge Republican candidate and Greitens appointee Judge Joshua Devine. “Throughout my career, I have been committed to equal justice,” Morrell

TODAY: It’s a chilly and clear start to your Thursday morning, with many locations hovering near freezing. Light winds out of the southwest are keeping making it feel more like the upper 20s across the region. While sunshine will be around through the early morning hours, clouds will quickly increase through the day, as a

The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested two teens in Pulaski County Wednesday on suspicion of child pornography crimes. Bryan Prather, 19, and Maumau Benner, 18, from St. Robert, are being held in the Pulaski County Jail as of early Thursday morning. Arrest reports show troopers arrested Prather on suspicion of four counts of possession of

A Columbia roofing company and its owner have faced numerous complaints over the last two years. ABC 17 News reported on a stealing charge filed against Scott Treffert, owner of Signature Roofing, LLC last week. A judge issued a warrant for Treffert’s arrest on Sunday. It’s not the first time a customer has reported being

MU Health plans to build two new primary care clinics in Columbia, one on the south side of town and the other on the northeast side near Battle High School. CEO Jonathan Curtwright provided an update on the plans at Wednesday’s Board of Curators’ health affairs meeting, where he also presented MU Health’s 2018-2019 strategic

Columbia police and the city’s Neighborhood Watch program are asking residents to be vigilant after a reported attempted abduction near an elementary school. Police said an 11-year-old boy was walking home from Fairview Elementary School Tuesday afternoon when a man opened the door to his car and told the boy to get in. “It’s scary

The Harrisburg R-VIII School District will dedicate its baseball field Wednesday afternoon to honor one of their teachers and coaches who was killed in a car crash on Route F in September. Brian Simpson, a history teacher and baseball coach, was driving a bus to a cross country meet when a truck driving in the

The weather through the end of the month will be typical for late-March with up and down temperatures and periodic rain chances. The 30 year average low and high temperatures climb from 36/ 58 on the 22nd to 39/ 61 on the 31st. We’ll continue to come in slightly below or above these numbers due

For the fifth consecutive year, St. Elizabeth R-IV School District has rehearsed quick evacuations as their response to intruders. Students and teachers ran out of the building, which includes classrooms for all grades from pre-K to 12, to nearby safe zones. After the run, school buses came around to pick up everyone to return to

Officials are investigating a bar where a fight broke over the weekend. ABC 17 previously reported that one person had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital after a fight at F & J Sports Bar and Grill. ABC 17 spoke with neighbors in the area who said they are concerned about the bar’s atmosphere

The Austin bomber suspect, Mark Anthony Conditt, died early this morning, after blowing himself up in his vehicle after officers closed in on him. ABC 17 spoke with a Law Enforcement Training Institute (LETI) instructor today on the mind of a mass bomber or suspect like this. LETI Instructor, Adam Duncan told us, “there’s an

Update, 6:30 pm: Parents said Wednesday that Fairview Elementary staff asked parents picking up children from school to physically walk up to the building to get them for the rest of the week. Columbia Public Schools officials also discourage any child from walking home from school activities and clubs because there’s usually no one around

A man has been charged with domestic assault, stealing and property damage after he was accused of threatening a woman and breaking her phone. The woman told officers that Jason Yeakle began to argue with her over the phone. Yeakle was accused of going to the motel where the victim was staying and threatening to