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The City Council is scheduled to vote on a resolution for a bulletproof vest partnership grant Monday night. The Jefferson City Police Department is also waiting for updated dash camera’s for patrol cars. Council members could vote to authorize the grant to get new bulletproof vests. The purpose of the grant is to provide extra

A strong southerly flow will continue to bring in warmer air for the coming week, pushing highs into the low 80s throughout the work week. This flow will also bring in more moisture from the gulf, which will help to increase the chance for showers and thunderstorms through the week. A few spotty showers or

Police are investigating after a mid-Missouri prosecutor was targeted in a drive-by shooting, according to the prosecutor himself. Moniteau County Prosecutor Shayne Healea told ABC 17 News he had only been home for about 15 minutes Friday night when someone opened fire at his house in California. Several residents on the street said they heard

A strong southerly wind will bring in even warmer air to end the weekend with highs Sunday reaching the low 80s under partly cloudy skies. The dry weather for Sunday will be brief though, as rain chances will increase again by early Monday morning. A few spotty showers or a stray thunderstorm can be expected

Gov. Jay Nixon’s youngest son was arrested early Friday morning for driving while intoxicated. Columbia Police Department arrest records say Willson Nixon, 24, was arrested near Second Street and East Broadway just after midnight Friday morning. The arrest report said he was stopped for a red light violation. Officers said they smelled an odor and

Saturday, a man is in the hospital after a motorcycle accident north of Columbia. First responders were called to Finger Lake State Park motocross track shortly after 2:00 p.m. The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Friends of the man injured said he was going over a jump, landed wrong and hit a

Saturday, a benefit for a Columbia woman who was paralyzed waist down in a sledding accident raised thousands of dollars. In February, Kathleen Oglesby, 20, hit a tree sledding down a hill in southwest Columbia near the Country Club of Missouri on La Rail Drive. Oglesby broke five ribs, shattered several vertebrae, fractured her wrist,

A Macon woman with Alzheimer’s disease who was reported missing was reunited with her family Saturday. A woman named Janice, described as a white woman with gray hair and glasses, wandered away from downtown Macon at around 3:30 Friday afternoon. Macon emergency crews found the woman around 10 a.m. Saturday in a building in the

The latest candidate for the Governor of Missouri talked about why he joined the race in Jefferson City Friday. Senator Mike Parson announced he’s running Thursday night in his hometown of Bolivar in southwest Missouri. Parson said he made the decision after this year’s tragic death of another running mate, Tom Schweich. “I think Missouri

A Fulton High School student has been arrested after hacking into the school’s computer system. Police said 17-year-old, Austin Singleton, maliciously hacked into the Fulton School District’s network causing it to go down for several hours. Fulton superintendent Jacque Cowherd told ABC 17 News this hack did hurt the internal system. That means student personal

The Howard County court will continue a case against a self-proclaimed Catholic monk, accused of coercing a woman to give him thousands of dollars. Ryan St. Anne Gevelinger, who also is known as Ryan Patrich Scott, Abbott Ryan St. Anne Scott, and his birth name, Randell Stocks, said he runs the Holy Rosary Abbey, a

MU’s Robert J. Trulaske Senior College of Business is getting $6 million to permanently fund its Cornell Leadership Program. Harry Cornell, an MU alum, created the leadership program back in 2006 and hopes his gift will keep it going. “100 years from now, we’ll still celebrate the Cornell Leadership Program because of this endowment. That’s

In the next few weeks, crews will be getting a $1 million project underway to replace storm water and sewer lines in the Woodward Lake subdivision just west of Jefferson City. Several streets such as Angelia and Gary Lane will also be resurfaced. “Really the driving factor is to fix the storm water issues we’re

A Marshall police officer is recovering after a Friday afternoon crash near Marshall. The crash happened at the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway 240 just after 2:00 p.m. The officer was driving north on Highway 65 and was hit by a Malta Bend man who was driving south on 65 attempting to turn east

Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash on I-70 near Columbia Friday afternoon. The westbound side was down to one lane and traffic was slowed while crews cleared the scene. At least 5 cars were involved, and one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A Cole County man appeared in court on charges of rape and child pornography Friday. 36-year-old Andrew Clayton had his first court appearance Friday morning. Court documents said Clayton used the app “Kik” to contact young boys. He admitted to deputies that he requested pictures from the boys and molested a 14-year-old boy. Clayton is

A Hallsville man was arrested Thursday in Columbia for child molestation and statutory sodomy. The incident happened on Phyllis Avenue in December. Investigators said the victim was 9 years old. Court documents said the victim and suspect knew each other. Spano is currently in the Boone County Jail on $100,000 bond.

Two suspects are on the run after beating and robbing a man in Columbia. The incident happened around midnight in the 100 block of 10th Street. Officers were responding to another call when they noticed the victim lying on the sidewalk with a head injury. Police talked to a witness who tried to step in

Thursday night, 36-year-old Santios Leake of Columbia was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of child endangerment, third-degree assault and driving on a revoked license. Boone County Detective Tom O’Sullivan said around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Leake was on the 1200 block of Player Place, near north east Columbia. Leake was

Mid-Missouri investigators say a teen could face charges after hacking into his school’s computer network, briefly shutting it down. Police were called to Fulton High School around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Officers eventually traced the breach to Austin Singleton, 17, who was logged into a computer in a classroom where the issue originated. Singleton was arrested