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As we close in on the fall season that officially begins this Wednesday, temperatures are expected to warm to levels that are more typical of summer than autumn. According to the Climate Prediction Center’s temperature outlook for the first week of October, Mid-Missouri won’t see fall-like temperatures anytime soon. The Climate Prediction Center has stated

Authorities are still searching for a suspect who is believed to be setting fires in Cooper County Saturday afternoon. Crews were working two structure fires and a grass fire right just outside Boonville city limits Saturday. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office says they can’t confirm whether the suspect is connected to all three fires. The

Law enforcement agencies are looking for a man who robbed two businesses at gunpoint Saturday night. At 7:40 p.m. the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call for an armed robbery at the Day’s Inn in Kingdom City. Deputies say a man, whose picture was captured by the hotel’s video surveillance, walked into the

Columbia police are investigating an armed robbery at the Eagle Stop gas station on Providence Road. The call came in just before 9 p.m. Saturday. Officers were questioning people in the area and other nearby businesses. One officer later ran out of the Eagle Stop and took off in his car traveling southbound on Providence

After a cold front pushed its way through the Midwest on Friday, the showers and thunderstorms that ensued ahead of the front have been replaced by a quiet, cool weather pattern. High pressure that followed the frontal boundary is currently anchored over northern Missouri and southeast Iowa. The current location of this high pressure system

Early Saturday morning, Columbia Police received two separate reports of sexual assault. The first alleged assault happened inside the Eighth and Cherry Street Parking garage just before 2 a.m. An 18-year-old woman was walking to her car parked inside the garage when she said she was grabbed from behind by an unknown man. She reported

Rock Bridge 22 at Hickman 0 Helias 27 at Battle 28 Jefferson City 28 at Rogers (Ark.) 24 Southern Boone 26 at Blair Oaks 61 Tipton 0 at Tolton 47 Centralia 35 at South Shelby 0 Boonville 0 at Mexico 47 Marshall 35 at Fulton 53 Hallsville 0 at California 28 Osage 42 at Versailles

33-year-old Cody Marshall Baker was found guilty Friday of second degree murder of Finley Steele, his then-girlfriend’s child. The murder happened back on February 28, 2014, on Woodridge Drive in Columbia. Jeff Hilbrenner said Baker was the one who tried to save Finley Steele when he realized she stopped breathing. Anna, on the other hand,

Surface high pressure will build over Missouri this weekend giving us cool nights and mild days. It looks like great football weather for Tigers fans. Mizzou tailgaters will have cool weather in the morning with temperatures in the upper 50s at 8 AM, climbing to 65 at kickoff with a cool northerly breeze up to

Columbia residents opposed to roll carts for garbage collection are rolling out the opposition. Solid Waste Advocacy Group showed up at City Hall with 4,084 initiative petition signatures from residents who are against using the roll carts. Over the past few months, the city held town hall meetings to talk to residents about ways to

Four football players were involved in a car crash at College and University near the MU campus in Columbia Friday afternoon. Freshman Terry Beckner Jr. was driving the car involved. Teammates DeSean Blair, Keyon Dilosa and Trevon Walters were passengers in the car. All four were taken to University Hospital to be treated for non-life

The walls and part of the roof are up for the new Boone County Emergency Communication Center, which sits next to the Sheriff’s Department Annex building on County Drive. Little Dixie Construction, LLC is taking on the $12.8 million dollar project. Work officially began in February, but a wet Missouri summer has caused 41 rain

School board members took their first look inside East Elementary School since recent multimillion-dollar upgrades to the building. Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, along withlighting, electrical, a new gym floor and secure entrance way and more were included in the upgrades. “You have to have a good work environment and a good environment for

A Cooper County woman was arrested Friday after multiple agencies searched a home and found drugs and paraphernalia. Cooper Co. sheriff’s deputies, Highway Patrol troopers, Boonville Police, and members of the East Central Drug Task Force searched a home in the 900 block of Shamrock Terrace in Boonville. Investigators found meth and drug paraphernalia and

ABC 17 News has confirmed there is another delay for a Mid-Missouri rape suspect who has already faced three mistrials. A jury just convicted Brian Adkison in July for assaulting his former girlfriend back in May 2013. He was supposed to be sentenced this week, but on Friday ABC 17 News confirmed that has how

ABC 17 News has been in contact with the Internal Revenue Service after multiple calls from viewers saying they received calls from someone claiming to be from the organization. One caller told ABC 17 News the scammer said she is about to be sued by the IRS. A spokesperson from the IRS said it will

Two people were arrested Friday morning in Ashland after police issued a search warrant for a home in the 500 block of Meadow Land. The Ashland Police Department and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department found pre-packaged narcotics for distribution, drug paraphernalia, cell phones and two guns. Authorities arrested Nathan Lortie, 32, of Ashland for drug

ABC 17 News confirmed a lockdown was lifted Friday morning at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. A spokesperson for the school confirmed the alert was issued around 9:15 a.m. and then removed about an hour later. Someone was taken into custody, accused of making a specific threat against Young Hall, but further details about the

Cole County Sheriff Greg White told ABC 17 News Thursday afternoon, he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. White got the news from doctors this past Sunday. He went in for a routine check back in April which didn’t find anything. Another check on August 26th showed his PSA had gone up 1.5 points in

A boil advisory is in place in Columbia after parts of Boone County experienced a water outage Friday morning. The boil order is in effect for those that live south of Maupin Lane. It comes after a water break in Boone County Water District 9 caused the outage. Officials at Public Water Supply 9 told