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Boone County officials have closed several roads due to flooding. They also warn that some lights may not be properly working due to lightning strikes. Here’s a list of the current closures: Oneal Road just North of Wilcox Hatton Chapel Road at Locust Grove Church Road Bell Road at Locust Grove Church Road Wilcox Road

Another new apartment complex will be coming to Columbia. However, this time it won’t be for students. This newest development off of I-63 and Discovery Parkway will be the largest for Trittenbach Development. Construction will not begin on the apartment and business offices until the end of this year. The work happening now is to

Due to severe weather coverage Wednesday evening, The Middle and The Goldbergs will be aired Sunday morning, October 5, at 11:00 a.m.

Officials say a semi truck kept driving after causing a wreck involvingfour other semis that closed westbound I-70 just west of Columbia for more than two hours overnight.The wreck happened around 4:15 Thursday morning between the Stadium Boulevard and Midway exits. The road opened back up at around 7:15 a.m. Twosemi trucks were off the

The Missouri Realtors president said precautions need to be put in place to ensure the safety of the state’s realtors. This comes after an Arkansas realtor disappeared while on the job. Officials later found her body buried behind a concrete mixing plant. According to the Columbia Board of Realtors, over 200 homes were sold in

During more than five hours of hearings Wednesday, a bipartisan group of state representatives discussed the effectiveness of the 2011 water patrol merger into the Highway Patrol. The meeting came five months after 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson drowned while in Highway Patrol custody at the Lake of the Ozarks. Everyone who took the stand Wednesday spoke

Severe thunderstorms plowed through Mid-Missouri Wednesday afternoon, leaving damage in the western part of the viewing area, in Cooper, Morgan, and Pettis counties. Trees and power lines were downed near the Cooper and Morgan county line just before 3:30 p.m., according to Cooper County Emergency Manager Tom White. White told ABC 17 News the Otterville

Jefferson City Police are looking into several leads after a shooting sent one man to the hospital Tuesday night. Just after 9:00, police were called for shots fired on Elizabeth Street in the central part of the city. Today we talked to the victim’s wife. She said she was also threatened by the gunmen. She

Jefferson City superintendent Brian Mitchell announces his plan to retire at the end of the year. This he says, after spending more than 25 years in the missouri education system. With recent remarks on district morale and the announcement of a law suit by a former teacher, Dr. Mitchell says his retirement has nothing to

The Jefferson City superintendent announced he is retiring at the end of the school year. Dr. Brian Mitchell first joined the district in 2009. “Along with members of the Board of Education, I am saddened by Dr. Mitchell’s personal decision to retire,” said the Jefferson City board of education president, Dr. Dennis Nickelson. The board

The trial for a man accused of shooting his girlfriend began Tuesday in Columbia. Alfonso Rodriguez is charged with armed criminal action, first degree assault, and resisting arrest after allegedly shooting Giesla Angel-Lopez in the neck on May 26, 2013. The shooting happened in the 5600 block of South Route K. Rodriguez allegedly shot her

Most of the severe weather we see in Mid-Missouri comes during the spring and early summer months. However, severe weather can occur at any time, and October marks the beginning of a second severe weather season of sorts. Mid-Missouri can get its fair share of storms this time of year, even tornadoes. In Mid-Missouri, the

It has been almost five months since Brandon Ellingson drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks, but for the Moreau family it feels like just yesterday. Twenty-year-old Ellingson drowned while in highway patrol custody after he was arrested for drinking while boating. He fell overboard while handcuffed and slipped out of his life vest. A

Missouri basketball head coach Kim Anderson announced guard Cameron Biedscheid is no longer part of the MU basketball team. Biedscheid (Cardinal Ritter H.S./St. Louis, Mo.) was a transfer from Notre Dame. “Cameron will no longer be a part of our basketball program as he attends to personal matters,” Anderson said in his statement. “We wish

Monday, State Representatives on the Appropriations Committee asked Department of Social Services Director Brian Kinkade along with three other members of Social Services what the “glitch” actually is. DSS has been pinning ongoing issues as a computer glitch. ABC 17 first told you about the problems with DSS about two weeks ago, when Rocheport resident

Tourism at the Lake can make or break businesses by the season, and maintaining a business is difficult even in the best of times. Some on the west end of Osage Beach are taking a new approach. They’ve created “Passport to the Parkway,” something they hope will bring visitors to the west end of town.

The numbers are in and state officials said they’re concerning. Missouri’s state auditor released survey results highlighting the financial condition of public employee pension plans. State officials said more than a dozen of Missouri’s pension plans are highly problematic. The Missouri State Auditor’s survey gauges the financial health of 89 pension plans throughout the state.

Tuesday, the University of Missouri gave six grants to help forward biomedical research projects. The Coulter Translational Partnership Program awarded about $600,000 to 11 researchers. The grants will help six different team projects including identifying tuberculosis, early breast cancer detection, engineered knee cartilage and more. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin said the grants help research become

Tuesday, Columbia police are investigating a death at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house near the University of Missouri campus. Police say officers responded to a call for an unresponsive 19-year-old male at 11:43 Monday night at 602 South College Avenue. Alpha Gamma Rho House Director Marcia Napier confirms the student was Cale Boedeker. Boedeker

Six businesses were affected by a fire in Osage Beach Tuesday afternoon. Three businesses had smoke damage, and one other had light damage. The fire started at around 2:15 in the Palisades Village business complex at 1027 Palisades Blvd. Fire officials told ABC 17 News the fire started on the roof of the complex. Crews