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SATURDAY: Showers and thunderstorms are expected on and off throughout the day. Areas west of HWY 63/North of I-70 have the best chance of storm development. Storm coverage becomes spottier for places like Columbia/Jeff City and southeast. Plan for quickly changing weather conditions throughout the day. Highs will be in the lower 80’s. SATURDAY NIGHT:

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is sending highway patrol troopers and other state workers to St. Louis, according to the Associated Press. The AP said this comes in an effort to fight the violence that has included the killings of more than a dozen children in the region so far. The Republican governor announced an action

A Florida company that will handle Missouri’s medical marijuana tracking system wants clarification from the courts on what it can charge companies. The lawsuit against the Office of Administration said state officials provided conflicting information over what Metrc can charge medical marijuana providers for tags on the product. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior

The Capitol Avenue Historic District is on the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation’s “Places in Peril” list for the second year in a row. Donna Deetz, president of the Historic City of Jefferson, said more than one-third of the buildings are abandoned and tornado damage has caused at least three buildings to be torn down.

Here are the scores from Week 4 of area high school football. Harrisonville (16) at Battle (30) FINAL SLUH (35) at Jefferson City (14) FINAL Cardinal Ritter (0) at Helias (0) Q1 – Happening Saturday, September 21. Moberly (34) at Fulton (38) FINAL Mark Twain (12) at South Callaway (20) FINAL Wright City (14) at

LIVE PLAYBACK: Watch Battle host Harrisonville in the video player below. We are almost midway through the regular season for high school football in Missouri. SportsZone Football Friday continues on with week four games. Our game of the week for this week is the matchup between the Battl Spartans and Harrisonville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m.

A crash along Providence Road in Columbia has closed at least one direction of traffic. The crash involving several cars closed the southbound lanes of travel near Sexton Road for about a half hour. An SUV could be seen off the road, crashed into a tree. Providence reopened to traffic around 7:56 p.m. Columbia police

TONIGHT: Spotty storms are possible tonight… coverage will remain low through the morning. Low near 70. SATURDAY: There’s uncertainty with the coverage of storms on Saturday, but a higher chance of storms will set up west of HWY 63/North of I-70. Storm coverage becomes spottier for places like Columbia/Jeff City and south east . Plan

A Callaway County commissioner suggested Friday that officials build higher levees along the Missouri River to protect land in mid-Missouri, possibly expanding the concept if it works. Western District Commissioner Roger Fischer made the proposal during the public comment section of a meeting of the Flood Recovery Advisory Working Group, which was appointed by Gov.

Two crashes on Interstate 70 slowed traffic through Columbia Friday afternoon. The Missouri Department of Transportation warned drivers a little after 3:30 p.m. about westbound delays being possible at mile marker 127, east of the Highway 63 connector. I-70 ALERT: Westbound delays are possible at mile marker 127, east of the Route 63 Connector in

MidwayUSA is seeking a rezoning of a plot of land between Columbia and Rocheport to expand its operations. Company owner Larry Potterfield sent a letter last month to neighboring property owners about his request to rezone 190 acres of land at the southeast corner of Route J and Highway 40 from agricultural to industrial. In

The Missouri State Highway Patrol will honor a Missouri woman and her late husband, who was killed by the suspect in four Kansas murders. The patrol announced Friday it will bestow its highest non-employee honor, the Honorary Trooper Certificate, on Julie Nordman and her husband, Randy Nordman. Randy Nordman, of New Florence, was killed in

The Cooper County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against a man after police said drugs and stolen guns were found in his home. Johnathan C. Todd, 30, of Boonville, was arrested by police around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the 1100 block of 6th Street. During their search of the home, police found dozens

A second person was arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a Sept. 3 shooting in Jefferson City. Robert T. Carter, 23, of Jefferson City was allegedly the passenger in an SUV involved in the shooting at an apartment building in the 200 block of West Atchison, according to the probable cause statement. The

A Camden County judge approved a settlement this week in a Moniteau County wrongful death case. Judge Michael Gilley approved the agreement Monday between Robert and Cynthia Ashbaugh and Travis Clark and Robert Davis in a wrongful death suit over Clark’s fatal shooting of the Ashbaughs’ son, also named Robert. A jury found Clark guilty

FRIDAY: We’ll stay sunny long enough to warm up into the upper 80s this afternoon before rain chances move in. Showers will be scattered in nature and possible any time after 3PM . TONIGHT: The hit-and-miss nature of this rain looks to continue into the overnight hours. Things will likely dwindle in coverage, but still

The University of Missouri announced a $1.5 million gift to the university Friday morning at 9 a.m. LIVE PLAYBACK of the event can be found in the player below. The gift is expected to “improve the university’s business operations,” according to a press release from the university. MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright, Vice Chancellor for Finance

Former Mizzou and Hickman star J’den Cox is on to the finals at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. He will go for a second straight Gold medal on Saturday. Cox won his first match 11-0 by technical fall. It took just one minute and 40 seconds. The three-time national champion won his second match,

Engineers from Burns and McDonnell met with residents from Englewood on Thursday to address some of their concerns with planned work on Route H. Burns and McDonnell worked with city and county employees to address concerns Englewood residents brought up at several meetings. Route H runs through Englewood. Crews have plans to relocate Route H

The Columbia Mall could get a Hilton hotel on-site by this time next year. Mall manager Rusty Strodtman told ABC 17 News that the mall filed paperwork with the city for a 107-room hotel on the north side of the mall property along Bernadette Drive. Strodtman said the hotel would be operated by Hilton, but