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A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to a conspiracy to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine. Mario Alberto De La Cruz, 43, admitted that he participated in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Columbia and other locations from Aug. 2 to Nov. 10 of 2015. According to the official

Missouri’s attorney general is suing a computer hardware company after it settled a federal dispute over security flaws in its products. The petition claims Lenovo, Inc. misled users of its laptops in 2014 about software pre-loaded onto the machines. The software, called VisualDiscovery and created by Superfish, would work as a proxy between the computer

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says CrimeStoppers is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect(s) responsible for breaking an elementary school. Deputies say they responded to Two Mile Prairie Elementary School on North Route Z in late August. There, they found four classroom trailers burglarized and discovered electrical copper wiring

A man from Springfield, Missouri was charged with forceable sodomy, second degree statutory rape, second degree statutory sodomy and age misrepresentation with intent to solicit a minor after meeting a minor on Facebook and raping her. On March 22 of 2016, the victim reported to authorities that she met a man on Facebook who went

ABC 17 News has confirmed with the Columbia Police Department that officers were called to the Aslin Administration Building at 1818 Worley Street for a check subject. One man was taken into custody after a foot chase ended in Columbia Square Townhomes, but no further information is being made available. West Middle School went on

UPDATE 2:07 P.M.: According to Columbia Public Schools, West Middle was on a precautionary modified lockdown due to the suspicious person at Aslin Administration Building. The administration building was on lockdown since the person was in the building. The school was on lockdown for 15 minutes. ORIGINAL STORY: West Middle School was put on lockdown

UPDATE 9/5: The autopsy results on the body found in the Missouri River near Malta Bend on Monday identify the victim as male. The autopsy also revealed that the body was in the water for a long period of time, making the body difficult to identify. ORIGINAL STORY: The Saline County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Monday

An accident investigation is pending after a vehicle crash on Garth Avenue and Business Loop 70 East. On Tuesday, Columbia police officers were called to the scene of the crash. According to dispatch notes, there were two vehicles involved in the crash and one vehicle may have left the scene. ‘A woman was taken to

UPDATE 11 a.m.: The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its final numbers from the Labor Day weekend counting period. MSHP troopers investigated 317 traffic crashes starting from 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. Eight of those crashes involved fatalities. Troopers made 136 driving while intoxicated arrests and 128 on-the-road drug-related arrests. On the water,

TODAY: It will be a gorgeous Monday afternoon across the region, as highs will only climb into the mid 70s. Thanks to drier air filtering into Mid-Missouri from the north, we’ll see plentiful sunshine today with low humidity. It will be a breezy day though, with winds out of the northwest up to 13 mph

TODAY: If you aren’t a fan of summer, you don’t have to wait long as cool temperatures are in store for Monday. Thanks to a passing cold front from last night, daytime highs will be topping out in the mid 70s as winds out of the NW pump in much cooler and drier air. Winds

UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: No one was injured after an SUV crashed into an apartment building in central Columbia around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Columbia police said. The intersection of College Avenue and Walnut Street was reopened once firefighters left the scene. An officer at the scene told ABC 17 News crews that the driver was transported

Some Columbia Water and Light customers experienced a power outage around 8 a.m. Monday. According to the city’s viewer outage map, about 284 customers are without power. The majority of customers who are experiencing the outage are in West Columbia. The map also shows that some of the power outages were predicted. Water and Light

As Missourians celebrated the last holiday of the summer, many people took advantage of the nice weather, hitting the road. MoDOT told ABC 17 News they eliminated the number of active construction zones to ease traffic woes. “We restrict the amount of work zones we have active during the holiday period,” Randy Ablur with MoDOT

UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: After a single-vehicle car crash occurred in the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and I-70 Drive northwest Monday morning, Columbia police investigated and found methamphetamine inside the car. Police said the crash happened as the driver headed south on Stadium Boulevard and started to veer partially into the right turn lane. The driver

The Columbia City Council may change the rules for how utility workers get paid when sent to help after disasters. The council will vote on two different items Tuesday night related to mutual aid pay for utility crews. The first would change city ordinance regarding the rate that the city pays those workers, while the

If you’ve been keeping your eyes to the skies, you may have noticed an increase in haze on the horizon. Many in Mid-Missouri have said the sky resembles the sun on fire, but there’s a perfectly good explanation for what is going on. Wildfires have been burning in portions of the Northwest and Canada for

Public hearings on a proposed increase for parking permits and golf passes are on the schedule for the City Council meeting Tuesday. The parking garage at 8th and Ash streets and the garage at 8th & Cherry avenue could see an increase in monthly and annual parking permits. The proposal from public works would increase

The Columbia City Council will conduct a first read of the proposed agreement between the city and the Columbia Police Officers Association(CPOA) at the City Council meeting on Tuesday. The agreement outlines the relationship between the city and the union group. Notable changes will apply to city ordinances, which means that if the agreement is

This month, the Columbia City Council will need to make a decision regarding City Manager Mike Matthes’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. Some proposed suggestions have drawn questions and criticism from council members and the general public. First, the proposed budget recommends raising paratransit fees from $2 to $3 and eliminating three routes with