Month: December 2017

One westbound lane of I-70 was shut down while emergency crews worked to clear a crash Sunday afternoon. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. near the West Boulevard exit. A fire official said they were still working to determine what caused the crash and the total number of cars involved. ABC 17 News crews on

UPDATE (12/10): Fire officials believe the cause of Saturday night’s fire was likely electrical in nature, according to Centralia city administrator Matt Harline. Harline said the home is a total loss and will have to be demolished because it is unsafe. UPDATE (11:05 p.m.) Boone County Battalion Chief Chuck Leake said everyone inside the home

A driver was taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after a rollover crash in the 2400 block of Parker Street. Emergency responders were called to the scene just before 3 p.m. A Columbia police officer told ABC 17 News it appeared the driver hit the curb, which caused the car to flip. The officer said

A Maries County man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Belle early Saturday morning, according to a Facebook post from the Maries County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the Belle Police Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol helped investigate a single-vehicle crash on Highway 28 near Highway 89 during the early morning hours Saturday. Matt

UPDATE 11:45 a.m.: Columbia Water and Light crews restored power to customers affected by outage. UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: At least 2,000 Columbia Water and Light customers do not have power. ORIGINAL: At least 1,300 Columbia Water and Light customers do not have power as of 10 a.m. Sunday. According to the Columbia Water and Light

TODAY: A southerly flow has taken over across the area and that means a rebound in temperatures from what we have seen over the last week. As we have been advertising, today will be that day to get out and do any outdoor activities as we will see full sunshine and temperatures warming to near

The Columbia Fire Department gave its Twitter followers an inside look at how emergency vehicles need to maneuver through rush-hour traffic. A Friday tweet shows a fire truck moving through oncoming traffic during rush hour on the I-70 connector in Columbia. The tweet reminds drivers to, “Remember to pull as far to the right as

After taking an entire season to reach eight wins last year, Mizzou reached the same total this season by Dec. 9 after a 100-77 win over Green Bay. With the victory, Mizzou improves to 8-2 (0-0 SEC). The Tigers also have won three straight games outscoring opponents by an average of 15 points per game

Mizzou football and Barry Odom agreed to a two-year extension keeping Odom as the head coach of the Tigers into 2023. “I am excited for the future of this program, as we have made positive steps over the course of the last two years,” Odom said. “I am so appreciative of my team and staff;

TONIGHT: Winds will subside through the evening, but under mostly clear skies we’ll see temperatures bottom out in the low to mid 20s across the region. Our overnight low will likely occur around midnight to 2am, as a warm front lifting north through the night will actually bring rising temperatures. Even with that said, temperatures

A 75-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a truck in a Cole County driveway early Saturday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:50 a.m. in the 7000 block of Route Y. Gary Thomas, 76, was repositioning his truck in the driveway while Carole Thomas was walking around

It’s been over a month since the announcement was made that University of Missouri Provost Garnett Stokes will be the next president of the University of New Mexico. Shortly after, Mizzou Chancellor Alexander Cartwright announced an interim provost would be named soon. During a press conference after the UM Board of Curators meeting Friday, UM

UPDATE 11:45 a.m.: Columbia fire officials said an apartment fire in south Columbia was caused by a cigarette that wasn’t properly extinguished. Officials said the original call about the fire came from a downstairs apartment whose residents saw smoke coming from their television area. When firefighters arrived they saw the smoke but determined the fire/smoke

SATURDAY: It’s a chilly start to the weekend, with temperatures in the mid to upper 20s, with wind chill values fall into the teens. Passing clouds are likely through the morning hours, as a cold front tracks through the region. This frontal boundary will reinforce the cold air that’s already in place across the region

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close a bridge on I-70 for three days, from Sunday through Wednesday. The closure is for routine maintenance on the eastbound lanes of the bridge, over Cedar Creek in Callaway County. It will close one lane each day, from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. This is expected to impact

Lawyers in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office claim Josh Hawley’s living arrangement does not violate the state’s constitution. The motion made by Dean Sauer claims a difference between a person’s “residence” and “domicile.” While Hawley and his family live in Boone County, he also owns an apartment in Jefferson City. The Missouri Constitution requires the

ABC 17 News spoke with a Missouri native who is about a mile from one California wildfire’s mandatory evacuation zone. William Bishop told ABC 17 News life is a bit stressful with all that’s going on. “Being from Missouri, it’s pretty foreign to me. It’s just kind of the anticipation and not knowing what’s going

December is following in November’s footsteps with dry weather persisting for the first week of the month. We’ve only officially picked up 6 hundredths of an inch of rain so far and there is no measurable rain or snow in sight through next week. As a result, our abnormally dry conditions and drought continue to

Columbia city leaders are giving an update on Columbia Regional Airport. It is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday at the airport. The mayor is expected to give more information about future airport plans. Last year, the city passed a hotel tax increase that would help fund construction of a new terminal. United Airlines became the

The Columbia Fire Department is reminding drivers to watch out for emergency vehicles on the road. Columbia Fire Tweeted out this video Friday of a fire truck driving through rush hour traffic at the 63/I-70 connector in east Columbia. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/939228369341812736″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;CFD responding to an emergency through the 63/I-70 connector during rush hour. Traffic