Month: January 2017

TODAY: Spotty showers will continue for the rest of our Sunday morning with the bulk of the rain staying south of I-70. Our southern counties have the potential to pick up anywhere from an additional 1/10″ to 1/4″ of rain. Localized areas may receive a bit more in correspondence with embedded pockets of heavier rainfall

TONIGHT: A chance of rain showers moves into mid-Missouri from the southwest after 7 PM and continues overnight. Any rain which develops will be spotty and light. Temperatures are sticking in the 40s, with an overnight low of 41 degrees. There will be a slight northerly breeze at 5-7 mph. SUNDAY: Temperatures will drop to

News-Press & Gazette, KMIZ and KQFX’s parent company, reached a retransmission agreement with DirecTV on Saturday. This agreement means ABC 17 and Fox 22 newscasts and programming are back in the DirecTV lineup. The Networks of Mid-Missouri and News-Press & Gazette would like to thank our viewers for their support and patience during the negotiations.

Nearly 2,000 people showed up to march through downtown Columbia Saturday afternoon in support of women’s issues. The 2017 Mid-Missouri Solidarity March opened with chants Saturday afternoon followed by crowds flooding the streets of downtown Columbia and the courthouse plaza. Women, children, and men all came together to demonstrate their opposition to the agenda of

Saturday morning, Columbia City Hall held an orientation for candidates and the public to learn about how the city government works. There are two seats on council up for grabs and five people running to fill them. Ward 1 and Ward 5 have seats to fill. Ward 1 covers much of Central Columbia, while Ward

TODAY: Sunshine finally graces us across Mid-Missouri this morning and into the early afternoon. Clouds will start increasing mid to late afternoon, but still allowing our temperatures to reach the mid to lower 60s. That is roughly 20 degrees above the seasonal average for our area. A southerly breeze around 6-10 mph will encourage these

TODAY: AM Mostly Sunny Skies, Clouds Increasing by PM with a Chance for Evening Rain Showers Continuing Overnight; 62 SUNDAY: AM Rain Shower Chance Across Mid-Missouri with Best Chance for Areas Along and East of US 54, Accumulation Less Then 1/4″, Mostly Cloudy Skies; 51 MONDAY: Mostly Sunny; 46 TUESDAY: Rain Chance by Mid to

An idea for Columbia middle school redistricting leaves students on the southwest side of town at the school they are at now. ABC 17 News was there when dozens of parents pleaded with the Columbia Board of Education to reconsider the several plans that involved moving students from Gentry Middle School to Jefferson Middle School.

Missouri Republicans have had a powerful start to the veto-proof 99th General Assembly. After moving the governor’s office to the GOP column, the jobs of Democrats like State Representative Kip Kendrick have gotten a bit tougher. As our guest for “This Week,” Rep. Kendrick starts our conversation by discussing how he, as a member of

TONIGHT: Areas of dense fog will develop under mostly clear skies. Lows will be mild, only dropping into the low to mid 40s with southerly winds up to 9 mph. SATURDAY: We’ll finally see some sunshine but clouds will increase in the afternoon and evening. High temperatures will reach near 60 north of I-70 and

Although this is usually the coldest time of the year, we are getting a break from our normal winter weather. Thirty years of weather data shows average lows at 21 and highs at 39 for the 21st through 28th of January. However this weekend, temperatures will go much higher than our averages, reaching the lower

A charter bus filled with 55 women and men left Columbia Friday afternoon to participate in the Women’s March on Washington in Washington D.C. Saturday. “We’re just saying, ‘Here we are, and there are a lot of us. You will not be able to not pay attention to us,’” said Carol Tucker Rogers, who helped

Columbia Police are searching for at least two suspects after an attempted armed robbery at the Eagle Stop. The call came in shortly after 4 a.m. Friday morning. Police on scene told our ABC 17 News crews that two armed suspects attempted to rob the gas station, but ran off when they saw the security

Anyone driving downtown may have noticed that there are three new light installations stretching across three downtown roads. These three so-called light hubs can be seen outside the bus station on Tenth Street, at Flat Branch Park and outside the post office in the Sharp End neighborhood. Lighting up for the first time Wednesday night,

A bill proposed in the Missouri House would make two major changes to higher education. Sponsored by Rep. Rick Brattin, R-Harrisonville, HB 266 would prohibit public universities from awarding tenure to faculty members after Jan. 1, 2018. The bill also proposes requiring public universities to clearly display certain information about degree programs offered in all

The city of Columbia grows at about 2.5 percent annually, doubling in size about every 20 years. With the growth in population comes a decrease in available, affordable housing. “Most of the new units that we’ve seen, unless it’s been planned and designated around being affordable housing, has been in that higher end market,” Columbia

Steven O’Neill of Boone County has pled guilty to three counts sexual exploitation of a minor, one count possession of child pornography and one felony count of invasion of privacy. O’Neill will be serving 20 years in prison. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force began investigating O’Neill in August of 2016 after

While Donald J. Trump was at his inauguration, a protest took place at Traditions Plaza. Members of the Columbia community gathered to protest Trump’s presidency and his political positions. Two specific topics discussed at the protest were climate change and Muslim-Americans. The protest lasted throughout the majority of the inauguration speeches, including Trump’s.

Columbia-Jefferson City subscribers of DirecTV may not be able to watch Sunday’s NFC Championship game on FOX 22 KQFX. DirecTV shut off KQFX’s local news and network programming at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 12. The station’s parent company, News-Press and Gazette Broadcast (NPG), has been attempting to negotiate with DirecTV since Sept. 6 and

ABC 17 will be live streaming ABC network coverage for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump. Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. You can watch here.