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TODAY: After a fairly comfortable start to your Thursday, with low humidity and temperatures hovering in the 60s, southerly winds through the day are bringing a return to the heat and humidity. Highs today are expected to climb into the lower 90s, with heat indices in the 94-98 degree range. Little relief expected, outside of

The State Board of Education is meeting today after two appointments were made Monday. The governor’s appointments of Carol Hallquist and Peter Herschend restored functionality to the board after it lacked enough members. The State Board of Education consists of five members: Charlies Shields — President of the Board O. Victor Lenz, Jr. — Vice

As summer draws closer, the heat and the humidity continue to ramp up here in Mid-Missouri. With many people taking vacation and enjoying the summer sun, sometimes it can be unbearable and feel quite sticky. This occurs because of the high moisture content in the atmosphere, which can be measured by a locations dew point.

Emergency crews were called to Hwy 63 near the I-70 connector to respond to a vehicle crash. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/1007232556864016384″,”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;Columbia Fire Fighters working on the scene of a rescue crash on Highway 63 south of Interstate 70 in the northbound lanes. Expect delays. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/c4eetBOCfh”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/c4eetBOCfh&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/1007232556864016384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;June 14, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

TODAY: It’s a fairly comfortable start to your Thursday, with low humidity and temperatures hovering in the 60s. While the morning is starting off pleasant, southerly winds through the day will bring a return to the heat and humidity. Highs today are expected to climb into the lower 90s, with heat indices in the 94-98

Two people were taken into custody late Wednesday night after a crash near Vandiver Drive and Highway 63 in Columbia. Police on scene told ABC 17 News an officer pulled a vehicle over in the Home Depot parking lot near the connector. After stopping, the vehicle drove off. According to police, the officer who initiated

The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning to permanently close the Business Loop 70 on-ramp to eastbound Interstate 70. MoDOT said the closure would be part of the overall improvements currently under construction at Conley Road and Business Loop 70. MoDOT area engineer Mike Schupp said the on-ramp is simply too dangerous. He said the

Wednesday the Substance Abuse Advisory Commission (SACC) met at noon with a group of departments within the city of Columbia to discuss alcohol policies, specifically drink specials. In March of this year, the Columbia City Council had requested a report on drink specials and that report went to several departments within Columbia, and those department

Jefferson City Public Schools is looking at three potential boundary options. The boundary change will take effect in the Fall of 2019. The district is holding a boundary line discussion at Lewis and Clark Middle School on June 13 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. JCPS hopes to balance capacity levels at each school. Jefferson

Four teenagers were hurt in a crash Wednesday afternoon in Cooper County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash report, the vehicle went off the left side of Old 12 Road near Tipton Drive around 3 p.m. The vehicle struck a ditch and overturned. The report indicated the sixteen-year-old driver was the only person

In just a few months, the taxing entities in Boone County will once again gather together to discuss the possibility of approving Chapter 100 bonds for a local business. In 2014, Northwest Medical Isotopes announced it would be building a facility in Columbia but years of red tape on the federal level has pushed back

Columbia Police officers were called to the 2800 block of Mexico Gravel Road at 12:03 a.m. on Wednesday morning for a burglary with a gun. The investigation revealed a 24-year-old female victim and a one-year-old juvenile were inside a home in the area when the woman heard a knock at the door. The woman answered

A fire chief says investigators found no smoke detectors in a southern Missouri mobile home where five children died last week. The Kansas City Star reports that Lebanon, Missouri, Fire Chief Sam Schneider also says the cause hasn’t been determined. The fire killed three siblings – 5-year-old Ethan, 2-year-old Maeanna and 1-year-old Benjamin Hunt. Also

The chairman of a Missouri House panel that investigated former Gov. Eric Greitens says the state shouldn’t pay more than $150,000 of legal bills submitted by attorneys who represented Greitens’ office. State Rep. Jay Barnes sent a letter to the Office of Administration urging it to reject the payments requested by the Kansas City-based Graves

The cause of a Lake Ozark house fire that claimed the lives of four brothers has been deemed undetermined. According to official documents obtained by ABC 17, “A discarded cigarette, spark from the fire pit or BBQ grill were all unable to be eliminated as a cause of the fire. This fire is therefore classified

TONIGHT: It will be a pleasant night across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures bottom out near 65 degrees. Winds will slowly begin to shift from the east to the south through the night, marking a return to the heat and humidity that will build in for the rest of the week. There is a slight chance we

A fire on Highway 22 just east of Centralia is now under control, according to Lt. Michael Orth with the Lil Dixie Fire Protection District. Orth said the call came in around 1:45 p.m. He said he believes the fire was caused by sparks from a train. The fire spread into fields leading to several

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed a motion on Tuesday to dismiss workers employed by the state from the DeBrodie wrongful death lawsuit since DeBrodie wasn’t in the state’s custody. Lawyers for Karen Digh-Allen filed a motion on Wednesday to dismiss several counts against her and the Callaway County Public Administrator’s Office. ABC 17 previously

Cole County Deputies stopped a car on US Bus 50 near Geld Street on Wednesday. According to a press release, when a second patrol car arrived on scene to help, the suspect vehicle sped off and a vehicle pursuit started. The majority of the pursuit went through the Westview Heights area. A deputy was able

ABC 17 has received the surveillance video of Nathaniel Conant taking a 30-minute joy ride through Mizzou Arena in June 2017. Nathaniel Conant pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of property damage nearly a year after driving through the arena. The University of Missouri Police Department outlined the following damage estimates in the probable cause