SATURDAY NIGHT: Staying clear overnight with low’s in the lower 40’s. SUNDAY: Clear skies with temperatures warming into the mid-60’s EXTENDED: We start next week off dry and mild with highs in the upper 60s. Clouds build at night ahead of our next front that will bring a slight chance of rain Monday night into
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Columbia authorities warned drivers to expect delays Saturday afternoon in the westbound lanes of I-70 after a crash near the connector. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/1183099511163494400″,”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;ACCIDENT ALERT: I-70 WB near Highway 63 Connector. Emergency crews on the scene. Traffic is backup to Lake of the Woods exit. Expect delays. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MoDOT_Central?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@MoDOT_Central&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/ColumbiaPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@ColumbiaPD&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@MSHPTrooperF&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a
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A man is facing kidnapping charges in Boonville after allegedly taking a child from an elementary school. According to court documents, Devin Maupin took a 10-year-old child Thursday from David Barton Elementary School in Boonville. The school called the child’s mother who said Maupin did not have permission to take the child. The school principal
Continue ReadingSATURDAY: Starting off cold with wind chills in the mid-20s, warming into the lower 60s. Breezy but sunny and clear. SATURDAY NIGHT: Staying clear overnight with low’s in the lower 40’s. EXTENDED: Winds remain from the southwest heading into Sunday, but it’s still a chilly start around 40 on Sunday morning. We warm into the
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Here are the scores from Week 7 of area high school football. Smith-Cotton (21) at Rock Bridge (48) FINAL North Kansas City (38) at Hickman (35) FINAL St. Mary’s (St. Louis) (44) at Tolton (6) FINAL Rockhurst (29) at Battle (0) FINAL Hannibal (31) at Moberly (17) FINAL Osage (13) at Versailles (34) FINAL Boonville
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ABC 17 News made a records request for the expenses related to the September trip to Memphis to visit the National Civil Rights Museum. The majority of the money spent on the trip went toward travel and lodging. According to the document, $3,612 went toward the hotel, Peabody Memphis. This covered a total of 25
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Watch a playback of the game in the player below There are just three weeks left in the regular season for high school football. Our SportsZone Football Friday game of the week for week seven is the matchup between Hickman and North Kansas City. You can watch the game live on KZOU over the air
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Organizers posted an update to the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival Facebook page Friday night. The post said that due to the recent rain, event-goers may likely have to park on the river roads for at least the first half of Saturday. According to the event’s website, primary parking is typically in local fields. Organizers asked attendees
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Police arrested one person after serving a search warrant in north Columbia on Friday morning. According to a news release, officers served the warrant at 2313 Parks Edge Place around 10:45 a.m. Officers arrested Henry Anthony Williams, 30, on suspicion of burglary, stealing, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance. The
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The CEO of Dow has gifted The University of Missouri $6 million. According to the school, it’s one of the first major gifts from one person for the NextGen Precision Health Institute. Jim Fitterling graduated from the engineering school in 1983, and started working for the company he now leads two weeks after. “Tackling grand
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The superintendent for the School of the Osage is retiring at the end of the month. According to the district, the board of education approved Dr. Brent Depeé’s request at Thursday night’s meeting. Depeé has served as the superintendent since 2011. “He truly believed in the Osage mission. Lots of school districts have a mission
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Three new firefighters will be joining the Columbia Fire Department to work at stations 10 and 11, which have not yet been built. This comes after Columbia residents said public safety is one of their top priorities. The Columbia City Council accepted a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which will pay for the
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold, lows in the low 30s. Patchy frost likely. SATURDAY: Starting off cold with wind chills in the mid-20s, warming into the upper 50s to low 60s. Breezy and sunny. EXTENDED: Winds remain from the southwest heading into Sunday, but it’s still a chilly start around 40 on Sunday morning. We
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to a structure fire Friday morning on Mohawk Court. LIVE PLAYBACK of the scene can be viewed in the player below. Working a residential structure fire at 1 Mohawk Avenue. Fire has been knocked down, brought under control. pic.twitter.com/cQvlsYpxJJ — Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) October 11, 2019 The fire was able to
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The Columbia Police Department is seeking public help in finding a missing 28-year-old woman. Police say Mengqi Ji Elledge was last seen at her home in the 2600 block of Eastwood Drive when she went to bed Tuesday night, according to a CPD news release. Her husband reported to police that she was gone when
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Columbia police arrested two men early Thursday after the shooting of a home and two vehicles. Police were sent to the 3300 block of Dove Drive in north Columbia at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, where they found the damage. The Columbia Police Department said in a news release that officers arrested Cameron K. Wright, 22,
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FRIDAY: We’ll start off the day with a few showers left in Mid-Missouri, but things will move out of the area later this morning before sunshine takes back over. While we’ll see sunny skies, temperatures are going to struggle to get out of the 40s and will feel even cooler than that factoring in a
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The budget discussions for Cole County agencies launched Wednesday, as commissioners met with the heads of several departments they oversee. Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman told ABC 17 News county leaders will work to evaluate spending priorities over the next 13 weeks. “We have to look at priorities and see what we really, really, really need
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UPDATE 10/11: Crews in Cole County have closed parts of two more roads due to flooding. 5500 block of Loesch Road 5900 block of Bainer Road The public works department also opened the below section of the road: 7600 block of Campbell Road ORIGINAL STORY: Sections of several Cole County roads were closed Thursday because
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NOTE: This story has been updated to identify some people in the video. Security camera footage outside the Battle High School locker room in Jackson, Missouri shows who went into the building and when. The state of the visitor’s locker room has been one of several issues both Columbia Public Schools and Jackson R-2 School
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