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Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers worked 1,048 crashes during the Labor Day counting period in 2018, but are hoping to reduce that number this year. The counting period began at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Monday. According to patrol Sgt. Scott White, in 2018 crashes during the Labor Day counting period resulted

LABOR DAY: We’re getting off to a foggy start this morning. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect for all of Mid-Missouri until 10:00 this morning, so expect impacts on the roads if you plan to do any traveling. We’ll make a return to sunshine this afternoon with temperatures pushing into the middle 80s .

The Columbia Police Officers Association updated its request on potentially forcing a state audit of the city government. “Our fear is that the citizens are still going to be hesitant to support any kind of increase in revenue for the city until they’ve received the assurance that an audit would provide that everything is accounted

The Sedalia Police Department was investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in the street late Saturday night. Police responded to a shots fired call at 11th Street and Ohio Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Sedalia Police Daprtment. When officers arrived, they found the victim, Adrian

The Columbia Police Department was investigating a death on Conley Road on Sunday morning. Police originally responded to the 400 block of Conley Road for a trespass situation just after 7 a.m. Sunday, said CPD spokesman Jeff Pitts. When officers arrived to the scene, they found an unresponsive man, and medical personnel were able to

UPDATE 9/1: The Missouri State Highway Patrol dive team surfaced the search on Sunday for the missing driver of a vehicle they found on Saturday. Search efforts are expected to resume Monday morning. Missouri River/Jeff City Update: Search units are off the water. 46 miles of river searched from 6:45 am to 8 pm. Search

UPDATE 8/31: Two people have been arrested and a child was hurt after shots were fired in northeast Columbia on Friday. In a new release, Columbia Police said a child unintentionally suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident. According to police, Latosha Hermelia Nichols, 39, and Purvis Hunt III, 42, both of Columbia, were charged with

TONIGHT: Another round of fog is possible overnight as a warm front lifts northward across mid-Missouri. Temperatures will start out in the mid 60s Monday morning. LABOR DAY: Fog will clear by 9am tomorrow, and for the first time in about 72 hours, widespread sunshine will return to the region. Temperatures will rise into the

The Columbia Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in Columbia around 4:40 p.m. Sunday. A vehicle in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Executive Center caught fire. No one was in the vehicle when it burned. Crews with the Fire Department were searching for the owner of the vehicle when ABC 17 News

Medical personnel and the Columbia Fire Department responded to Berrywood Drive and Arbor Drive around 4:15 p.m. Sunday. A woman was driving a lawn mower in the area when it overturned. Crews from the Columbia Fire Department and several ambulances were at the scene. A spokesperson from the Fire Department told ABC 17 News crews

A St. Louis County man is dead, just three days after a police officer used a stun gun to subdue him. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police are investigating the death of Willie Sample, 39, of St. Ann. Sample died at a hospital Friday. Overland police arrested Sample on Tuesday after finding him allegedly

The Missouri Department of Corrections and a university are partnering up to provide college-level classes designed to train murderers, rapists and other long-term inmates to be ministers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Corrections Director Anne Precythe is pushing for the program with Hannibal-LaGrange University to begin in December at the maximum-security Jefferson City Correctional

TODAY: Some of us will have a foggy start to our day, especially those of us south of i-70.The fog should lift as we start to feel the heat from the sun in the late morning hours, and we will remain mostly cloudy for the afternoon with our high temperatures staying in the lower 80’s.

UPDATE 5 a.m.: All power is back on in Jefferson City. UPDATE 2:15 a.m.: According to the Ameren outage map, power is now expected to be back on around 4:15 a.m. ORIGINAL: A crash knocked out power to 30 Ameren customers Friday night in Jefferson City. In a news release, Jefferson City police said a

Quarterback Sean Chambers rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, Xazavian Valladay had 118 yards rushing and a score and Wyoming upset Missouri 37-31 in a season opener on Saturday night. It was the second upset win on the day by a Mountain West Conference team against a Southeastern Conference member. Earlier Saturday, Boise State

The Mizzou football team will open up the 2019 season in Wyoming on Saturday night. The Tigers will face the Cowboys at 6:30 p.m. LIVE PLAYBACK of ABC 17’s Andrew Kauffman before the game at War Memorial Stadium can be viewed in the player below. Kelly Bryant will make his MU debut at quarterback. The

TONIGHT: A spot shower or two can’t be ruled out overnight as a weak upper-level trough tracks across northern Missouri. Some patchy fog is also possible, especially south of I-70 overnight. Lows drop into the mid 60s . SUNDAY: Clouds will be a little less abundant tomorrow, especially throughout the afternoon hours. High temperatures will

A University of Mississippi student has been indicted for capital murder in the killing of a fellow student. Brandon Theesfeld, of Fort Worth, Texas, is accused of kidnapping and killing Alexandria “Ally” Kostial, of Kirkwood, Missouri. Kostial’s body was found July 20 near a lake about 30 miles from the university campus. Theesfeld was arrested

TODAY: We will remain under cloud cover for most of our Saturday here in Mid-Missouri but our rain chances are decreasing with only a slight chance of seeing isolated showers in the afternoon today. High’s will stick in the middle to upper 70’s. SATURDAY NIGHT: Chances for rain remain slight into the overnight hours but