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The Columbia Police Department is looking at ways to reduce crime and build public trust. The police department presented a report to members of the Columbia City Council Monday on 21st Century Policing within the department. In 2014, Pres. Obama commissioned a task force to look at 21st Century Policing. Six members of CPD took

The Columbia City Council approved an extension to a city ordinance that requires Greek organizations to have sprinkler systems installed in their houses. Council members unanimously voted in favor of the three-year extension at Monday’s meeting. University of Missouri fraternity and sorority houses now have until June 1, 2019 to be in compliance with the

A Columbia woman accused of child abuse and neglect is now sentenced to 5 years probation. A judge announced Anna Steele’s sentence on Monday. She was charged in connection to her infant daughter’s death back in 2014, and pleaded guilty to neglect and child abuse in November. Steele was originally charged with second degree murder

A Mexico man was killed Monday morning after colliding with a tractor on Highway 54 in Callaway County. The crash happened shortly before 10:30 just east of Callaway County Road 147. 42-year-old Edward Estes was driving an SUV eastbound on Highway 54 and rear-ended a tractor that was traveling slower, also heading east. Estes was

No one has been arrested so far after a New Year’s Eve shots fired incident outside a Columbia strip club. A man fired shots into the ground to break up a large fight in the south parking lot of Club Vogue. It involved four to six people on Friday at around 2:30 a.m. Police said

A new law went into effect Jan 1, imposing stricter rules for unemployment benefits in Missouri. The law bases the amount of time one can receive the social service on the current unemployment rate. The maximum duration of those benefits is now 13 weeks, down from 20 weeks before the law went into effect. Missouri

A final man is now going to prison for 10 years after robbing a bank north of Columbia in 2014. The final suspect, Jeremy Burnett, was eventually caught back in mid-April. Police claim three men held-up Bank Midwest in Moberly August 22, 2014. One of them, Clarence Williams, was found in a cornfield after a

A Missouri lawmaker Monday filed a bill to reverse the 2011 Water Patrol Merger with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. State Representative Diane Franklin of Camdenton said House Bill 1960 would remove the Water Patrol Division from the Highway Patrol and establish it under the Department of Public Safety. Franklin said the bill would allow

A Missouri lawmaker has filed legislation that would make an appellate court to be responsible for cases involving law enforcement-related shooting deaths. Representative Brandon Ellington wants the appellate court to determine if there is enough evidence for an indictment. Ellington referred back to the cases of Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, which saw grand juries

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt toured the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri last Friday. The Republican Senator agreed to visit with us for “This Week.” I start this conversation by asking him what he thinks is needed to help Missourians recover from the recent flooding. This is a transcript of the interview that aired

A Lake Ozark woman was arrested on New Year’s Eve after officers stopped her at the intersection of Briarwood Road and Bittersweet Road. 17-year-old Mikayla Young allowed Camden County deputies to search her car, where they found meth and drug paraphernalia. Both Young and the male passenger said the drugs did not belong to either

More than 100 Missouri Republican House members and 18 members of the Senate Majority Caucus signed a letter sent to the MU Board of Curators calling for the firing of Assistant Professor Melissa Click. Click was seen on video intimidating student journalists and attempting to keep members of the media away from protesters on the

Four people from Louisiana were arrested on New Year’s Eve after authorities found evidence of a drug trafficking operation in Osage Beach. Camden County deputies and members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group pulled over a car in the 5900 block of Osage Beach Parkway as part of an ongoing drug investigation. Investigators found

Jefferson City Police are investigating a burglary that apparently happened overnight at the McDonald’s on Missouri Boulevard. Capatain Doug Shoemaker with JCPD said the burglary most likely happened between midnight at 4 a.m. Shoemaker said an unknown amount of cash was taken from a safe and there was damage inside the restaurant. McDonald’s management is

A former Glasgow city employee was sentenced on Monday to five years probation for felony stealing charges. Julie Strodtman, 39, pleaded guilty in November. The judge sentenced Strodtman to four years in prison, but suspended the sentence and placed her on five years probation. She will also have to perform 120 hours of community service.

A judge sentenced a Columbia man to 10 years in prison Monday in connection to a bank robbery. 22-year-old Jeremy Burnett appeared in court Monday in St. Louis for sentencing. The robbery happened on August 22, 2014 at the Bank Midwest in Randolph County. According to court records, Burnett has been convicted on a dozen

The Columbia City Council will hold its first meeting of the New Year tonight at 7 p.m. There are three main items on the agenda, including two votes as well as the swearing-in of Steven Sapp as Columbia’s Director of Community Relations.ABC17 News crews will be attending the meeting. The City Council will vote on

The American Red Cross is focusing its efforts on helping flooding victims in Missouri and Illinois. Sunday, the organization ran shelters in Arnold and Cape Girardeau as well as in two Illinois cities. So far, nearly 600 people have stayed in the shelters overnight. The Red Cross has also given out nearly 18,000 meals and

Fireworks that weren’t properly discarded caused an early morning fire in south Columbia Friday, according to the Columbia Fire Department. The call for the fire went out at around 12:22 Friday morning at a home at 5621 Abercorn Drive, just north of where Scott Blvd. meets Route KK. Eleven units from the county and city

A mid level disturbance from the Pacific will bring a shot at some light winter weather midweek Wednesday morning. Temperatures Wednesday morning will be cold, 25-30F. Any rain light light drizzle at this time, will have the potential to freeze on surfaces. Otherwise, no accumulation is expected. The ground is cold, so we’ll need to