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Several fights that broke out after a party on the Lincoln University campus led to the arrests of three students Sunday morning. “Due to the number of people involved in the altercations, the Lincoln University Police Department requested assistance from the Jefferson City Police Department and the Cole County Sheriff’s Department,” said LU spokesperson Misty

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect starting this evening through Thursday morning with an active weather pattern setting up again into this week. Rainfall totals could exceed 3″-5″ within the next 7 days. THIS AFTERNOON: We look to remain dry into this afternoon as cloudy cover from a departing area of rainfall has kept

A Morgan County man arrested last week on child sex crimes was set to be arraigned Tuesday. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says it started a sexual assault investigation involving a juvenile Thursday after staff at the Morgan County R-I School District in Stover reported abuse. Deputies arrested Richard Kerksiek, 30, of Stover, the sheriff’s

Police in Mexico, Missouri, have been investigating a pair of shootings since Friday afternoon. Mexico Public Safety said the first shooting happened around 3:32 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Breckenridge Street. ABC 17 News was told by police that officers investigated a report of people in two vehicles shooting at each other. Police

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect starting this evening through Thursday morning with an active weather pattern setting up again into this week. Rainfall totals could exceed 3″-5″ within the next 7 days. MONDAY: A few showers is possible for the Monday morning commute. You’ll want to have the umbrella out the door. This

A semi-truck carrying oranges crashed on I-70 eastbound near the Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport. The 35-year-old driver of the semi-truck crashed into a MoDOT truck around 9:30 Sunday night. Authorities were still cleaning up the oranges scatered on the side of I-70 at mile marker 113 Monday morning. The driver of the semi-truck was

The Missouri Department of Transportation continues repairs on the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport Monday. One eastbound lane of Interstate 70 will be closed for several days, and speed limits are reduced to 45 mph. The westbound lanes will remain open throughout the project. MoDOT said motorists should expect congestion, especially during peak driving times.

Traffic investigators are investigating a major car crash on Grindstone Parkway that sent two people to the hospital and left a car engulfed in flames. According to the Columbia Fire Department, said two firetrucks and several ambulances were dispatched to what was labeled as an injury crash. Division Chief John Metz said a person was

TONIGHT: The weather will remain quiet into this evening as temperatures slowly fall into the mid 50s. We’ll be staying dry for most of the evening. A weak disturbance is set to track through the regions after midnight which could bring rain and a few storms for the Monday morning commute. MONDAY: A few showers

The Food Network show “Restaurant: Impossible” is in Columbia this week to try to save McLanks Family Restaurant off Paris Road. Host Robert Irvine and his team arrived Sunday morning at 8 a.m. and plan to do renovations until Monday. The show is utilizing local volunteers from the Mid-Missouri area to do everything from painting

Firefighters in Gravois Mills said a boat is a total loss after it caught fire while docked at Millstone Marina off Highway O just before 10 p.m. Saturday. When the first fire units arrived, the power boat was already engulfed in flames. They were able to extinguish the flames. The 1986 Wellcraft twin-engine power boat

Boone County fire officials said one man was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries after he crashed his dirt bike on a trail near Peabody Road in Finger Lake State Park just after 2 p.m. Sunday. According to authorities, the 50-year-old was riding and crashed. His friend was able to call 911, and the

Power was restored to nearly 300 customers in Moberly on Sunday morning. According to Ameren’s outage map, the outage first started at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday and was fixed at 9 a.m. Moberly Police Department tweeted about a crash on Business 63 north of the Moberly Correctional Center. The post said one car hit an

Firefighters battled a house fire in Boonville on Saturday. It happened in the 800 block of East Morgan Street around 9 p.m. Fire crews told ABC 17 News crews on the scene that it started in a stairwell at the back of the two story house. Investigators started looking in to the cause on Sunday.

SUNDAY: You may need a light jacket this morning, as temperatures will start out in the upper 40s and low 50s for some of us, before warming back up later this morning. We’ll top out in the middle 70s under partly cloudy skies. TONIGHT: A frontal boundary to our north looks to fire some thunderstorms

Missouri Department of Transportation crews have begun work on the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport, according to MoDOT. A news release from the department said crews will be working 24 hours until the repairs are complete. It is expected to be complete Wednesday. The department said crews are replacing expansion joints, which helps the bridge

Six people have been charged in connection with a drug bust in Morgan County. On Thursday, deputies said they were looking for a felon with a warrant in the 29000 block of Proctor Road in Gravois Mills. As a result, they took Myles Keyser, 32, into custody. Upon further investigation, authorities discovered meth and other

UPDATE: MUPD has given the all clear. The university tweeted that they have identified the individual involved, and spoken with him. There is no danger to campus. ORIGINAL STORY: The University of Missouri is warning people to stay away from the area of Hitt Street and University Avenue. According to an MU Alert, there is

Firefighters in Mexico put out a blaze at King’s Daughters Home residential care on Friday morning. Emergency crews were called to the facility around 6:00 a.m. and helped staff safety evacuate residents from the building. The Audrain Ambulance District helped care for the residents while on scene. Firefighters said the cause was a bird nest

TONIGHT: After a gorgeous day Saturday, we’re going to cool things back down tonight. There will be a bit of a May chill in the air as you head out the door in the morning as many of us dip into the upper 40s. SUNDAY: Sunday presents a warmer day across Mid-Missouri. Under lots of