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Wednesday, Columbia city manager declared an emergency after Monday’s night storm causing hundreds in Columbia to still be without power. “It’s interesting, you don’t realize how dependent you are on electricity till you don’t have it,” said Julie Borders, a Columbia Water and Light customer living without power for two days. Tonight more than 1,400

Gary Pinkel will turn to a former Tiger to coach the offensive line. Former Mizzou offensive lineman A.J. Ricker will join Pinkel’s staff as offensive line coach, ABC 17 confirmed. The Klein, Texas native comes from Illinois, where he held the same position. Ricker spent two years on Tim Beckman’s staff, working with offensive coordinator

Columbia police are still investigating another shooting in the central city early Wednesday morning. Police were called out to the 400 block of Sanford Avenue. Investigators found multiple shell casings in the road and two unoccupied cars were hit with gunfire. ABC 17 Wednesday talked to Michael Jones, who owns property on Sanford Ave. Jones

Tom O’Sullivan with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said they have put more patrols in the Bellview and Scott Boulevard area. Several of the tenants on Bellview have fallen victim to tire slashings in the past few days. Landlords are now saying the construction in the area is causing some of the problem and said

Columbia Water and Light Wednesday night confirmed that residents in the dark could still be without power until Thursday night. About 1,300 were still without power Wednesday afternoon. Restoration work has been slow due to the large amount of debris, damage, and access issues. The Spring Valley, Lynwood and Brandon Road areas were some of

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved a list of hundreds of transportation projects Missourians said are necessary. The list includes $4.8 billion for more than 800 transportation projects. Essentially, these will fix roads and bridges that are in bad condition not just all over the state but locally, even doing projects in areas not

Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel will head down to SEC Media Days with some of his team’s most outgoing players. Quarterback Maty Mauk, center Evan Boehm and defensive end Markus Golden will go to Birmingham. The Tigers will do their interviews Wednesday, July 16. The SEC Media Days, which were expanded to four days, will

A suspect is in the Randolph County jail after allegedly damaging a Mid-Missouri post office and local Casey’s. The sheriff’s department got an alarm 2:13 a.m. Tuesday from the Casey’s in Higbee, about 15 minutes south of Moberly. Deputies found Brian Sumpter, 49, damaging things in the store using a large metal pipe. While getting

After a recent crime spike, Columbia city leaders are talking about a possible public safety tax to pay for 50 more police officers. For the first time, leaders revealed numbers they say support the need for a new property tax. With the draft proposal as it’s written, it would be a six cent increase over

At around 6:00 Tuesday morning, maintenance workers pulled into the Blair Oaks High School parking lot and heard the buzzer of the scoreboard going off in the gym. “They said they felt like they were getting to a basketball game hearing the buzzer go off like that,” said the schools Superintendent, Dr. James Jones. The

A Wardsville school sustained significant damage during Monday night’s powerful severe thunderstorms. The storms formed into a bowing line that brought damaging straight line winds to Mid-Missouri. Official wind reports from around the area ranged from 60 to 70 miles per hour, with the highest in Cole County coming in at 65MPH in Jefferson City.

Power was restored over the course of the day in Jefferson City following strong storms Monday night. Most of the work involved removing trees, especially on the west side of town near Highway 50 and Rainbow Drive. Last night when Edward Sackett stepped outside, he saw the storms moving in. “Next thing you know, the

Many Mid-Missourians are still cleaning up after Monday night’s damaging winds. Columbia Public Works announced Monday there will be no special pick up for trees and limbs this week, and removal requirements will not be relaxed as crews are continuing to clean streets for Columbia Water & Light. Public Works is asking residents to keep

Columbia police took a man into custody after he led officers on a foot chase Monday night. It started as a traffic stop at Towne Drive and Clark Lane. At one point, the driver ran off, but he was later caught. Police arrested Roy Andrews for having synthetic marijuana and a revoked driver’s license. Roy

The Los Angeles Lakers introduced former Missouri guard Jordan Clarkson as the newest member of the team on Monday. Clarkson, selected in the second round (46th overall) by Washington, was shipped to Los Angeles during June’s NBA draft. He is the first Lakers rookie from Missouri since Kareem Rush. Rush was selected by Toronto in

The Missouri Department of Insurance kicked off a new campaign Monday to keep “MO Eyes on the Road,” by convincing teens and their families not to text and drive. In the state of Missouri, teen drivers and distracted drivers lead the way in causing deadly accidents. Teens make up about 13% of those who die

Since Friday, a total of 12 cars’ tires have been slashed on Bellview off of Scott Boulevard in southwest Columbia. Some neighbors said they aren’t even staying at their homes in fear of their tires being slashed. Kayla Lucas, a resident of the area said, “I came home to my tires slashed. I thought it

Columbia Police have deemed that some of the recent shootings in Columbia have gang affiliations. The shots-fired incidents all occurred in the last two weeks. The first incident happened on June 25 on Currituck Drive where a house and a car were hit by shotgun shells. Just two days later, police responded to a shots

Columbia Police searched an apartment in the Columbia Crossing complex on Whitegate Drive Monday afternoon for drugs. Police told ABC 17 News guns and drugs were recovered, and one of those handguns was stolen. The building is located north of I-70 and east of Paris Road. Police served a drug search warrant just before 2:00

The Missouri Department of Transportation began work Monday night on the Route WW bridges in Boone County. The rehab work will be completed on the Route WW bridge over Hominy Creek and over Highway 63. The work will completely close the Route WW bridge over Hominy Creek. Drivers will be able to detour around the