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ABC 17 News is digging in to the drug problem in rural Mid-Missouri after 10 people are arrested in connection to drugs in Moniteau County. “Meth use has always been high, especially in rural counties…it’s spiked again and now it’s as high as it’s ever been,” Sheriff Tony Wheatley told ABC 17 News. In fact,

J.C. Penney announced Friday it plans to close 130 to 140 stores as well as two distribution centers by May. The Company is also implementing a voluntary early retirement program (VERP) incentive forapproximately 6,000 eligible employees. The closure may affect two store locations in mid-Missouri, one at the Columbia Mall and another at the Capital

Columbia police were called to a burglary at La Quinta Inn Friday afternoon. It happened just after 3:40 on I-70 Drive Southwest. An ABC 17 News crew on scene saw police dogs searching for someone, but police have not released information on who they were looking for. ABC 17 News will continue to monitor this

The Jefferson City Fire Department is exploring other potential locations for one of its stations which is falling into disrepair. ABC 17 News has reported that the department is looking to make major renovations to or rebuild Station 2, which is currently located on East McCarty Street. Right now, the department is working withe Architects

On Thursday, a Columbia man was charged after being accused of holding a knife to another man’s throat. The crime allegedly happened in the afternoon in the 1000 block of E. Broadway. The victim said Cody McCracken walked up behind him and put the knife to his throat. He went on to say McCracken told

A pavement repair and resurfacing project will begin on Feb. 27 for multiple lanes of I-70 in Boone County. Contractors working for the Missouri Department of Transportation will repair and resurface 30 miles of eastbound and westbound I-70 between the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport and St. Charles Road in east Columbia. Guardrail improvements are

A Columbia man is in custody, accused of trying to help ISIS plan a terror attack in Missouri. Although the suspect is innocent until proven guilty, cases such as this raise the question of how a U.S. citizen could possibly become a terrorist. Dr. Tahir Rahman is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University

A judge will need more time to rule on some restrictions surrounding the trial over a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper’s death. Judge Ted House took two motions under advisement Friday afternoon in 21-year-old Serghei Comerzan’s murder trial. The three-day trial is set to start April 10, with 110 potential jurors to appear in court

TONIGHT: Snow flurries or a light snow shower are possible until midnight with no accumulation. Low temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 20s with wind chills as low as 12 by morning. Northwesterly winds of 15-20 mph will gust to 25 mph overnight. SATURDAY: Saturday morning looks frigid with wind chill in the

New developers have their eye on the International Shoe Company factory building in the 1100 block of East Capitol Avenue. The Vecino Group, a Springfield-based company outlined its proposal Friday for transforming the 100-plus-year-old building into an 80-unit apartment complex. The company said that the project is estimated to cost more than $13 million to

The Columbia Fire Department is adequately staffed based on its current response model, according to Assistant Fire Chief Brad Fraizer. The comments come after the International Association of Firefighters claimed that the department needed 95 additional firefighters. That number would bring the number of firefighters per truck from three to four at six of Columbia’s

The MUSTANG Drug Task Force indicted twenty one people on charges related to the illegal sales of drugs after over a year of investigating. 12 people are in custody, 2 of them are already in the Department of Corrections, and 7 are still at large. The ages of the people indicted by a grand jury

Members of the MUSTANG Drug Task Force and the Jefferson City Police Department made a narcotic and firearms search at 5607 Ravenwood Drive, Apartment A, in Cole County, the residence of Jordan Reece Stokes. At the residence, authorities found multiple guns including one that was stolen, 4.39 grams of methamphetamine, a mason jar filled with

It’s been over a week since Mid-Missouri last saw temperatures fall below freezing. Just this month, we’ve only seen our thermometer fall below freezing nine times. It’s a testament to just how warm this month is, despite the cooler weather we’re seeing to close out the end of February. Thanks to several consecutive days of

A Columbia man pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges Friday in federal court in Kansas City. Robert Hester Jr. was indicted Thursday for his role in making preparations to launch a terrorist attack with people whom he believed were members of ISIS. They were undercover law enforcement agents. Hester appeared in court Friday for the

ABC 17 News has confirmed that one person was taken to a local hospital after a two-car crash on Buttonwood and Nifong. Both vehicles had front-end damage, and the scene has been cleared. The extent of the individual’s injuries is unknown, as well as the cause of the crash. ABC 17 News is working to

Reported flu cases have dropped after a steady rise of the flu. This comes after Boone County’s Public Health and Human Services Department released their flu numbers from the end of January. 203 cases reported the week of Feb. 12 – Feb.18, 2017 268 cases reported the week of Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, 2017

Winter returns this weekend as wind chills fall to the teens Friday night and Saturday morning. On Sunday a mix of rain and snow returns in the afternoon. Late morning there is a chance the mix will develop in southwest Mid-Missouri near Benton and Morgan counties by 10AM. The mix looks to move into Columbia

TODAY: Some rain overnight near HWY 24 brought estimated rain totals of 1″. Temperatures are falling this afternoon, thanks to the passage of a cold front. As the frontal passage continues to track through Mid-Missouri, we’ll see wind speeds on the windy side through the rest of the day. Winds will be sustained out of

TODAY: Mostly cloudy with temperatures falling to the low 40s in the afternoon. A wind chill of 35-40 is likely in the afternoon falling to 32 by 6PM. Light rain and snow starts near HWY 24 by 3PM and near I-70 by 5PM. No accumulation is expected for most locations, while areas north of HWY