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It’s common knowledge that lightning can be dangerous, but what’s not well known is of the two types of lightning strikes which one is more dangerous. One Callaway County man experienced this firsthand when a tree on his property was struck and bark was blasted several feet in all directions. “It’s hard to imagine the

Residents in the City of Columbia will get another chance to provide input on the proposed Gans Creek cross country course. A public hearing is set for Thursday night at 7 p.m. It follows another public hearing last week. According to the city, the project could serve as the future home of the Mizzou men’s

Authorities arrested a sex offender for being at the City of Belle Fair. According to a post on the Maries County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, deputies and officers with the Belle Police Department arrested Scott G. Birmingham, of Bland, for being a sex offender at the Belle Park during the fair. Authorities said Birmingham was

TONIGHT: Lingering showers and storms are expected until 10 PM with the best chance south of I-70 and west of HWY 63. Any severe threat will dissipate after sunset, with temperatures bottoming out in the lower 70s through the night. Winds will be out of the southwest up to 9 mph. FRIDAY: A cold front

The Mexico Department of Public Safety responded to a tree struck by lightning Thursday morning. The department said it happened around 10:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Garfield Avenue. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, crews arrived on scene to find the strike had followed the cable lines to a nearby

The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District announced it received a new $3,000 state grant Thursday morning. According to the fire protection district, the funds come from the Missouri Department of Conservation. The grant matches the fire district’s expenses for wild-land firefighting equipment dollar for dollar. “We are very pleased to receive this support from the

THURSDAY: A strong line of thunderstorms will continue to track through Mid-Missouri as we head into the early afternoon hours. As the line tracks to the southeast it will bring the threat for damaging winds and quarter size hail. Frequent lightning is also a main threat with any storms across the region. As the storms

More funding would allow the state to improve roadways and keep drivers safe, said MODOT’s Mike Belt. “We are having more and more crashes. More and more fatalities on our roadways and the more we can do, the programs we can put out there to help keep motorists in the lanes and keep them safe,”

THURSDAY: Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely into the morning hours, mainly along and north of I-70. Any storms will gradually shift to the southeast through the day, as an associated low pressure system tracks to our north. Any storms that form through today could bring the threat for damaging winds and large hail. Despite

UPDATE: According to Boone County Assistant Prosecutor Roger Johnson, Brill claimed he was sleep deprived when he crashed into the school bus. “Mr. Brill indicated he had been working and had worked a 16 hour shift and was on his way home from that shift at the time of the crash,” said Johnson. “He also

ABC 17 News is monitoring attendance at the Boone County Fair, two years after the fair moved to Sturgeon. The fair had a relatively low turnout in 2016, its first year in Sturgeon, followed by an even smaller turnout in 2017. President Jeff Cook previously told ABC 17 News about 4,500 people came to the

The Columbia Fire Department is on pace to spend more on overtime this fiscal year than it did last year. Records obtained by ABC 17 News show that the department was the only one of the four departments that spent the most on employee OT — fire, police, utilities and Public Works — on pace

MoDOT workers barely avoided a serious crash with a semi-truck while fixing a pothole on Route 54 in Jefferson City, according to the Central MoDOT District Facebook page. The workers suffered “only minor injuries” after another MoDOT driver used his car horn to warn them of the oncoming vehicle. “Those workers may have been seriously

Tim Flanner, the volunteer coordinator for the Facebook Page Finding Jerry Kinman, said after hearing the devastating news that Jerry Kinman, a missing 74-year-old man, was found deceased that he, volunteers, the community as a whole were really shaken up. “One good thing about the family, they’re strong Christians and strong faiths so they do

The Mizzou football team met with media members and fans in Atlanta for SEC Media Days ahead of the 2018 season. Head coach Barry Odom, quarterback Drew Lock, defensive tackle Terry Beckner Jr. and linebacker Terez Hall represented Mizzou. This was Lock’s second time at SEC Media Days, and it proved to be much different

UPDATE: According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 46-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. No other injuries were reported. ORIGINAL: ABC 17 News confirms one person has moderate injuries after a T-bone crash in northeast Columbia. Troopers said one vehicle was heading south Wednesday around 2:15 p.m. when

The Jefferson City Police Department investigated a rollover crash Tuesday night that injured one person. According to a news release, the crash happened around 8:40 p.m. in the 7300 block of Algoa Road. Police said a 1999 Toyota 4 Runner veered off the right side of the road, went airborne and into the creek bed.

The State Fire Marshal has given the Boone County Fair the green light to open the carnival rides to the public Wednesday afternoon. Assistant Chief – Gale Blomenkamp of the Boone County Fire District said the inspection problems Tuesday night were so minor, he would not even call them safety issues. He said some of

UPDATE 4:12 P.M.: According to a crash report released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Cassandra L. Reed, 22, of Lebanon, lost control of her 2012 Chevrolet Equinox, crossed the center of Highway 5 and hit Dolores E. Bernard, 86, of Essexville, Michigan head-on around 8:58 a.m. Wednesday. Reed and Bernard were both pronounced dead

Mizzou football coach Barry Odom told media members during SEC Media Days that former starting safety Kaleb Prewett was no longer with the team. Prior to Prewett’s dismissal from Mizzou football, the team had suspended the Blue Springs native in January. The team would only say the suspension was based on an undisclosed team violation.