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After what seemed like a never-ending winter, Mother Nature has finally awarded us with more springlike weather. However, the comes with a cause as many plants and flowers are beginning to bloom and releasing pollen into the air. While this is a yearly thing, the timing of the pollen release is what many experts are

One year ago Tuesday, law enforcement officers in Fulton found Carl DeBrodie’s body at a Fulton storage unit, encased in cement. ABC 17 Investigates will look into what has changed since DeBrodie’s death in a special airing on Thursday. ABC 17 News has put together a timeline of events, beginning with DeBrodie’s reported disappearance from

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is holding a Prescription Drug Take Back event in Boone County on April 27 and April 28. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is partnering up with the Youth Community Coalition and law enforcement agencies in Boone County including Ashland, Columbia, Centralia, Hallsville, the University of Missouri and VA Hospital Police

A judge will consider whether or not to remove the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office from the new charge facing Governor Eric Greitens. Both sides met in court Tuesday afternoon to discuss the issue with Judge Rex Burlison. Greitens’ defense team said Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office was trying to salvage poor work done on

TONIGHT: Clouds will gradually increase overnight as temperatures fall near 50 degrees, with a light wind out of the north. We will remain dry through the night. WEDNESDAY: Skies will be mostly cloudy Wednesday and it will be cooler with highs in the lower 60s and a chance of light showers. The best chance of

Attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens want the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office off the new criminal case against him. James Bennett, one of the lawyers representing Greitens in his various cases, filed the motion in the felony computer tampering case on Monday afternoon. He claims the documented mistakes made by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office

Funeral arrangements have been made for the four brothers killed in a house fire in the Lake Ozark area on Thursday. Visitation has been scheduled for April 27th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the funeral will immediately follow. Both events will be held at Christ The King Lutheran Church in the 1700 block

TUESDAY: It’s a gorgeous afternoon across Mid-Missouri, with temperatures sitting in the mid to upper 60s under mostly sunny skies. With the drier air in place we’ll see highs climb into the mid 70s today. A fairly nice breeze will be with us this afternoon out of the northeast up to 15 mph. Locations that

A man has been sentenced for his involvement in the death of Damien Davis. ABC 17 previously reported that Higgins pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and unlawful possession of a firearm in the July shooting. On Monday, Higgins was sentenced to four years in the Department of Corrections for unlawful possession of a firearm

Columbia police arrested Antony Dennis after officers were dispatched to Campus Bar and Grill in the 300 block of Ninth Street for reports of a physical disturbance. Police said Dennis was told to leave the business several times by staff, but he refused by pushing back at a staff member. Security was eventually able to

Boone County deputies arrested Harrison Stretz, 24, on Monday after he responded to a post made by an undercover decoy pretending to be a 14-year-old girl. Deputies said during conversations with Stretz, he asked the decoy if they could meet up to engage in sex. Arrangements were made and on Monday the suspect showed up

UPDATE 4/24 (8:32 am) : A spokesperson for the Miller County Sheriffs Office said that anyone who is wanting to make a donation to the Shoemate family can do so by going to the Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks and asking to put money into the “Casey Shoemate Memorial Fund” ORIGINAL STORY: Funeral

A man is recovering from serious injuries after he almost drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Monday afternoon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol boating incident report. The report said Charles Dowell, 61, of Versailles, tripped on a seat and fell over the starboard side, or left side, of the boat near the

Columbia Water and Light crews will be installing a new water main along Stewart Road Tuesday morning, causing three blocks of Stewart Road to be closed, according to a press release. The release said work will start at 5 a.m. Tuesday and the road should be back open after 5 a.m. Wednesday. During the closure,

TUESDAY: We’ll have a mostly sunny skies through the day with mild high temperatures reaching the lower 70s. It will be gorgeous to get out and about this afternoon with just a slight northerly breeze at 6-10 mph. TONIGHT: Clouds will gradually increase overnight as temperatures fall into the upper 40s with a light wind

Less than a month away from the end of the regular session, legislators in the Missouri Capitol have a limited number of reasonable objectives. For many, the budget and articles of impeachment for Missouri’s governor remain top of mind. “Other legislation is probably going to be slow-moving,” House Minority Whip Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) said

A state lawmaker’s effort to fight child abuse and keep children out of foster care is one step closer to becoming a law. Senate bill 672 would allow parents to temporarily relinquish custody of their children without the state considering it an abandonment. Parents in crisis could give power of attorney to agencies to care

UPDATE 3 pm: The special committee has ended their meeting after about half an hour. Committee Chair Jay Barnes referred to Magic-8 Ball when reporters asked if the committee would release another report this week. “Chance is decent,” he said. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/SaraABC17/status/988511789800308736″,”author_name”:”Sara Maslar-Donar”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/SaraABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;House committee investigating Gov. Greitens met for about half an hour

UPDATE 2:34 p.m. : There is a bullet hole in the front window of the house on 1109 Eastland Circle. According to dispatch, this is the address of the house where shots were fired early Sunday morning. Neighbors tell ABC 17 they were too scared to speak on camera, but they say the house is

A woman is being charged with child abduction after she was was accused of kidnapping her child in 2013. According to the probable cause statement, Jerran Wilson took custody of her child in December of 2013 and never returned him to his father. Months before, the father was granted full legal custody over the child