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UPDATE 10:15 p.m.: Police confirmed they responded to multiple reports of shots fired on Claudell Lane on Wednesday night. Lt. Robert Fox said one man was shot in the chest and was taken to the hospital. The Columbia Police Department said the injuries were non-life threatening. Police said several vehicles in the area were struck

Despite a victim who didn’t want charges filed, police say they found enough evidence through interviews and information on social media for prosecutors to charge the suspect in a Monday shooting near a Columbia retail center. The Boone County prosecutor’s office charged Dewayne Grays, 18, on Thursday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after

A Columbia man was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with a shooting that happened on Nov. 11 on Ballenger Lane. Two men were shot in the 2100 block of Ballenger Lane, and both victims were taken to the hospital to be treated after the shooting. Officers did not have suspect information at the

Two men were arrested on Wednesday after they allegedly had sex with a child who later became pregnant. Dereck L. Turnage and Gerald W. Walker Jr. were originally charged with first-degree statutory rape of a person less than 14 years of age earlier this week and were then taken into custody and booked into the

THURSDAY: High pressure is in the process of sliding off to our east this morning, which will turn our winds out of the south today. Those southerly winds will raise temperatures back into the upper 80s by this afternoon. TONIGHT: A frontal boundary will be moving toward the region overnight, sparking showers and storms to

Parents of Jefferson City Schools students have raised concerns over bus delays and overcrowding. “It’s so overcrowded there are three students per seat and kids are having to stand up and sit on the bus floor,” said Mary Anderson, a middle school parent. The district said it plans to address the overcrowding issue as soon

Members of the Columbia Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire Wednesday night. The flames reportedly spread to a structure, but were extinguished around 7:30 p.m. It happened in the 1000 block of Audubon Drive. Sign up for email news alerts by clicking here

A Boone County jury found a Columbia man accused of arson not guilty Wednesday. After an eight-day trial and nearly 12 hours of deliberation, the jury decided they could not say without a reasonable doubt that Mehrdad Fotoohighiam paid an employee $500 to set Marcia Green’s home on fire back in 2014. Green and lead

The Downtown Columbia Leadership Council met Wednesday to vote on a compromise plan for the Flat Branch Park Expansion Project. In May, the City Council approved a master plan that would eliminate half of the parking spots at a shopping center at the corner of Providence and Broadway. After the vote, several businesses voiced concerns

The Jefferson City Health Services Department performed inspections on 39 food establishments in the month of July, including three child care facilities. No violations were found at Pumpkin Patch Preschool & Childcare or Capital City Christian Church Child Care, while only one core violation was discovered at Four Leaf Clover Preschool. The report stated that

The Callaway County Commission on Friday approved the language for two sales tax increases to fund law enforcement that will appear on the November ballot. Proposition 1 will increase the countywide sales tax by a half-cent. The money raised by the increase would fund law enforcement services for the county including hiring new deputies and

TONIGHT: Mostly clear, lows in the mid-60s. THURSDAY: Nice to start, partly to mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: A southward progressing cold front will slide south across Iowa and northern Illinois during the day on Thursday, moving into northern Missouri by Thursday night. Given the amount of instability, thunderstorms

The woman involved in the 2018 criminal case against University of Missouri football player Tre Williams told police she worsened the marks on her neck after she and Williams fought earlier that night, according to records obtained by ABC 17 News. Williams, a junior defensive end for the Missouri Tigers football team, pleaded guilty in

Gov. Mike Parson held a press conference at 3 p.m. Wednesday on a statewide reorganization effort. LIVE PLAYBACK of the news conference can be viewed in the player below. The announcement included the restructuring of four state agencies. Officials from the Department of Economic Development, Department of Higher Education, Department of Natural Resources and the

Jefferson City School District Superintendent Larry Linthacum spoke with ABC 17 News on Wednesday about afternoon bus delays on the first day of school.

A Missouri judge is extending an order blocking a new Missouri law that sought to shield large farms from stringent local health rules. Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green banned enforcement of the law until he rules on a Sept. 16 court hearing. Another judge’s earlier ruling delayed the law until Thursday. The law would

University of Missouri staff have been impounding Bird scooters regularly for blocking sidewalks, according to a university spokesman. “It’s a little disappointing that we’re continuing to have these issues, and we’re not seeing them necessarily decrease,” said Christian Basi of MU. “(The scooters) can catch people by surprise. They can cause trip hazards. They can

New vehicle inspection laws and license fees went into effect Wednesday across Missouri. Senate Bill 89 exempts vehicles up to 10 years old from biennial safety inspections as long as they have fewer than 150,000 miles. The other law going into effect is an increase in processing fees at rural private license offices. According to

The Moberly Area Community College Board of Trustees approved an expansion to the Columbia campus at its meeting this week. The new area will be for the college’s mechatronics program, which will expand into a portion of the Parkade Center on Business Loop 70 in Columbia, where the campus currently is. About one half of

A circuit judge has put a hold on new regulations on large animal farm operations in Cooper County. Judge Robert Koffman on Monday granted the request for a temporary restraining order in a case brought by dozens of farmers against the Cooper County Board of Health and its members. The order blocks enforcement of regulations