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For the month of August, the average amount of precipitation for Mid-Missouri is 4.36 inches. So far in August, Columbia Regional Airport has received 3.11 inches, putting us below average in rainfall. Although we still have about a week left of this month, the Climate Prediction Center predicts that we will receive a below average

A portion of Business Loop 70 East was temporarily shut down Saturday after fallen power lines block traffic. Shortly before 11:00 a.m., Columbia firefighters responded to 4 Business Loop 70 East. A box truck hit a utility pole bringing down two poles and power lines between Garth and Indiana Avenues, according to Boone County Joint

A Kansas City teen is behind bars Saturday in connection with a robbery at a Columbia apartment complex last month. Columbia police arrested Marcellus Walker, 17, just after 9:30 p.m. Friday. Officers arrested walker for a robbery in the 300 block of Tiger Lane on July 23. Abc 17 News reported last month, two men

The Missouri NAACP chapter is meeting every Saturday in August to support those participating in the Journey for Justice March. The march began on August 1 in Selma, Alabama for the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. and will end in Washington D.C. on September 16. Mary Ratliff, Missouri NAACP President, has organized the

As a cold front descends from the northwest, a line of severe storms is expected to develop along the frontal boundary. This line is expected to reach mid-Missouri after midnight tonight. As it pushes southeastward towards central Missouri, the storms should start to weaken. Having said that, our viewing area is still at risk for

Columbia city council members, mayor Bob McDavid and city manager Mike Matthes met at city hall Saturday to work on the upcoming 2016 fiscal year budget. Leaders heard from several city departments including public transportation and community development. The estimated budget allows the city to spend more than $441,000,000. The budget’s main focus would include

Week 1 of SportsZone Football Friday 2015 Jefferson City 64 at McCluer North 34 FINAL Helias 9 at Nixa 31 FINAL Blair Oaks 42 at Moberly 18 FINAL Harrisburg 6 at Tolton 54 FINAL Mexico 39 at North Callaway 6 FINAL Osage 21 at Fulton 33 FINAL California 6 at Boonville 9 FINAL Fayette 0

On Friday, more than a hundred people, including community leaders and volunteers gathered in Douglass Park to rally against recent violence in Columbia. This comes after the latest Tuesday night shooting on Park Avenue. “It’s ironic, but we had planned this a couple of weeks ago and now we’ve got some violence that just happened

Jefferson City police were out in full force Friday enforcing school zone laws. Sergeant Doug Ruediger supervises the JCPD traffic unit. He said even though officers are heavily enforcing laws today, they are still active “all year long.” “Our department take a very aggressive stance when it comes to school zone speed enforcement,” he said.

Columbia police are stepping up enforcement in school zones and on Thursday, ABC 17 News took a look at one school where speeding has been a big problem. ABC 17 News rode along with an officer in the Traffic Unit as school was letting out at New Haven Elementary school. Between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m.,

Work has now started on the new Islamic school in downtown Columbia near Fifth and Locust streets. City officials were at the ground-breaking ceremony Friday, including Mayor McDavid. The facility will include a full-time elementary, but it will also have many areas and serve several purposes, everything from a commercial gym to a free health

One person is in custody after a high-speed chase in Boone County. Detective Tom O’Sullivan with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department tells ABC 17 News the chase started near Finger Lakes State Park on Highway 63. O’Sullivan says authorities used spike strips to stop the vehicle near Rocky Fork Creek and Highway 63. He says

University of Missouri Police have put procedures in place to allow supervisors to call into communications to get MU Alert messages out quicker. The changes come after Mark Adair, a suspect who assaulted a woman in the Moser’s parking lot near the connector back in April, was shot in the Hitt Street garage. Adair was

The University of Missouri will once again cover health insurance for eligible graduate students. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced Friday afternoon that the school will defer plans to cancel health insurance coverage for grad students. University officials announced last Friday that they would no longer cover health care for graduate students enrolled at the school.

A few storms are possible early in the day Saturday as a wave of low pressure aloft passes through. These will develop as early as midnight south of I-70 and spread to the northeast into Saturday morning and out of the area by noon. No severe weather is expected with these storms. Most of Saturday

A highway patrol trooper is preparing to fight for his former job. Corporal Randy Henry says he was unfairly punished when he took a stand against the department’s handling of the Brandon Ellingson case. Brandon Ellingson was the 20-year-old man who drowned in the lake of the Ozarks while in the custody of the highway

The Missouri Department of Transportation will begin replacing three interstate 70 bridges in Columbia starting next week. On Monday, Aug. 24, crews will start replacing the bridges at Business Loop 70, Garth Avenue and Rangeline Street. The westbound lane of I-70 will shut down on Aug. 26 and 27 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.

After a century of burning coal for energy, Columbia’s Municipal Power Plant will stop the practice by October. Plant superintendent Christian Johanningmeier said the Water & Light Department made the decision after state and federal rules changing the operation of coal-burning plants. The Environmental Protection Agency’s rules on coal combustion residuals, or CCRs, begin October

One person is in custody after reportedly firing a shotgun in Cole County. Authorities tell ABC 17 News the man threatened someone with a the weapon at a mobile home park in Taos, just southeast of Jefferson City. The suspect then apparently walked into the woods and fired the shotgun, starting a brief chase. Authorities

For the start of the high school football season the weather looks great. Temperatures will start off warm at the start of the games with mostly clear skies, a mild evening and a light southerly breeze. Warm, moist air will move in from the southwest late Friday night as a wave of low pressure aloft