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Officials for the Broadway Hotel have started the process of working toward a tax increment financing (TIF) that would help fund expansion. A TIF committee met Thursday to elect board members. At that meeting, officials said plans for expansion are still in early stages. However, the hotel’s general manager said he would like to break

Columbia Police officers were called to the 300 block of Campusview Drive at 11:53 p.m. Wednesday in reference to a home invasion with a gun. The preliminary investigation revealed that three male suspects forced their way into a home and one of the suspects was armed with a firearm. The suspects demanded property from a

TONIGHT: It will be a very similar night to the past few, as skies will remain mostly clear. Temperatures will be warm, bottoming out in the mid to upper 70s with muggy conditions. Winds will be light out of the south up to 6 mph. FRIDAY: Temperatures will climb quickly under sunny skies, reaching 90

On Thursday, the Cooper County clerk was arrested on multiple theft charges. Darryl Kempf is charged with intent to defraud, receiving stolen property, and theft. The Missouri Attorney General’s office filed the charges against Kempf. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested him Thursday morning and he has since bonded out of jail. An arraignment for

UPDATE: Hanberry was found safe at a home in Richland. ORIGINAL: James Hanberry III, age 36, six feet one inch tall, 185 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, was reported missing on July 16. Hanberry is from Sunrise Beach. Hanberry was last seen on July 9 at 2:00 p.m. at his home. He was

ABC17’s Sara Maslar-Donar worked with the Columbia Fire Department today to find out what happens to your body when you’re active in this kind of extreme heat, even if it’s just for a few minutes. She walked for 10 minutes and used a stair climber for five. After walking, her heart rate jumped 50 percent.

Construction on the westbound Route 54 bridge over Middle River begins Thursday, about six miles southwest of Fulton. This is a part of the MoDOT project that plans to improve nine Callaway County bridges along U.S. Route 54. Westbound traffic will be reduced to one lane Thursday and Friday, but both lanes will be open

UPDATE 4:28 P.M.: Johnson was sentenced to 100 years in prison. Judge Jeff Harris delivered the sentence around 3:30 p.m., after more than three hours of consideration. He sentenced Johnson to 25 years on the four counts of rape and sodomy to run consecutively. He handed down a four-year sentence for attempted sexual assault to

The Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney charged Richard Tipton, 51, of Williamsburg, on Thursday with the felony offenses of first degree domestic assault, second degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, tampering with a victim and unlawful possession of a firearm. On Wednesday, deputies responded to the 5000 block of O’Keefe Ridge Road in the Kingdom of

The human body is extremely efficient at cooling off, but that can easily be jeopardized during the summer months thanks to high humidity. It’s a well-known fact that the body’s average temperature is 98.6 degrees. When our body temperature rises above that, our body recognizes that and immediately kick-starts the sweating process, but why does

UPDATE 7/20: A Columbia man was arrested after he ran from a traffic stop in northeast Columbia Wednesday night. Police said officers pulled over Anthony Johnson-Harris for dark tinted windows and for not using his turn signal near Sylvan Lane and Whitegate Drive around 6:15 p.m. According to police, Johnson-Harris stepped out of his vehicle

Heading through the month of July we have seen two heat waves already impact mid-Missouri. So far, out of the 19 days this month, 15 of them have had a daily high above the monthly high average of 87.9 degrees. The four days where we did see below average temperatures for the daily high, were

On Wednesday, officers responded to the Phelps County Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department due to a 21-year-old woman, who had been transported to the hospital by private vehicle, with a single gunshot wound to her head. The victim was immediately airlifted to the University of Missouri Medical Center. The shooting occurred on Highway 72 near

TODAY: It will be another hot and humid afternoon across Mid-Missouri. Throughout the day we will see temperatures reaching into the upper 90s with a southwesterly breeze under 10 mph. Heat indices will be in the triple digits reaching near 106 degrees in some places, with hotter conditions off to the west. TONIGHT: It will

TODAY: Another warm and muggy morning as you head out the door with temperatures in the upper 70s. Throughout the day we will see temperatures reaching into the upper 90s with a southwesterly breeze under 10 mph. Heat indices will be in the triple digits reaching near 106 degrees in some places, with hotter conditions

TODAY: Another warm and muggy morning as you head out the door with temperatures in the upper 70s. Throughout the day we will see temperatures reaching into the upper 90s with a southwesterly breeze under 10 mph. Heat indices will be in the triple digits reaching near 106 degrees in some places, with hotter temperatures

Parents want to get their kids out of the house over summer, but the local park may not be the safest place. Playground equipment can be anywhere between 100 and 150 degrees when air temperature gets to 90 degrees. Children are more at risk to burn injuries from equipment because their skin is more sensitive

The University of Missouri confirmed with ABC 17 that it will sell a non-controlling minority interest in the Fulton Medical Center. The university said it will sell its 35 percent stake in the facility to NueHealth, which has majority ownership. MU has had a stake in the center since 2014. A university spokesperson said the

Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight called several people to the stand on Wednesday to make his case for a tough sentence for Joanthony Johnson. The 28-year-old Columbia man was convicted by a jury on two counts of rape, two counts of sodomy and one count of attempted sexual abuse in April. Judge Jeff Harris will

More than 50 customers in the city of Blackwater in Cooper County were without power on Thursday night. According to utility provider Ameren Missouri, there were five outages affecting the city of about 160 people. The first outage was reported at 10:31 p.m. An Ameren spokesman tells ABC 17 News the company was able to