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One person was arrested, and police made contact with 15 people in the restricted area during the curfew hours overnight on Thursday, said Lt. David Williams with the Jefferson City Police Department. Lt. Williams said the person arrested was in the restricted area during the curfew hours of 9 p.m. Thursday night to 5 a.m.

THIS EVENING: We’re still tracking the slight chance of seeing strong to severe storms developing. The primary threats will be large hail and damaging wind gusts, but a brief tornado threat does exist. Areas northwest in the viewing area will see the best chance at one of these stronger storms. Overnight lows will fall back

Some roads in Jefferson City were closed on Friday morning due to remaining debris as well as flooding. One lane in each direction was open on Missouri Boulevard, north of Route 50 on Friday because of flooding. JEFFERSON CITY: One lane in each direction is open on Missouri Blvd north of Route 50. Several other

Some roads in Jefferson City were closed on Friday morning due to remaining debris as well as flooding. One lane in each direction was open on Missouri Boulevard, north of Route 50 on Friday because of flooding. JEFFERSON CITY: One lane in each direction is open on Missouri Blvd north of Route 50. Several other

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bills, banning the procedure on or beyond eight weeks of pregnancy. The Republican signed the bill Friday. The legislation includes an exception for medical emergencies, but not for cases of rape and incest. The ban is set to take effect Aug. 28

FRIDAY: We’ll keep mostly sunny skies into the close of the work week. Temperatures will warm up a few more degrees, topping out in the upper 80s with continued southerly winds. We pick up on isolated storm chances toward the late afternoon and evening bringing the return of the possibility of severe weather. The primary

UPDATE 9:00 P.M.: Curfew for large area of Jefferson City takes effect. UPDATE 5:37 P.M.: Jefferson City has contracted with Twehouse Excavating to provide a location to drop off plant debris after Wednesday night’s tornado. City residents can drop plant debris off at 2619 N. Shamrock Road between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Branches and

Jefferson City has contracted with Twehouse Excavating to provide a location to drop off plant debris after Wednesday night’s tornado. City residents can drop plant debris off at 2619 N. Shamrock Road between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Branches and limbs should be cut to no more than 8 feet in length. Republic Services is

The Red Cross has opened three shelters after a tornado destroyed homes in Jefferson City and Eldon, Missouri. About 74 people registered to spend the night at a shelter at Thomas Jefferson Middle School Thursday evening in Jefferson City. More than 100 people visited shelters in Eldon on Thursday at Upper Middle School and Eldon

Numerous roads remained covered with water after storms Wednesday night. Officials with MoDOT said water was on the road at the intersection of Missouri Boulevard and McCarty Street in Jefferson City around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. MoDOT also tweeted that the entrance to Heritage Highway from westbound Route 54 southwest of Jefferson City and Route

UPDATE, 9:52 p.m.: Ameren Missouri expects to restore power to all of Jefferson City “Friday into Saturday,” according to a message the company posted on its outage site on Thursday. Ameren Missouri said it hoped to restore power to some people on Thursday night. More than 1,200 customers are currently without power in Jefferson City.

Eldon’s residents were picking up the pieces of their lives Thursday morning. Limbs and homes were ripped apart across the town and the National Weather Service’s St. Louis office said a tornado hit the town Wednesday night. “You hear about destruction, but you don’t really realize it till it hits,” said Ronda Schell, who lives

A Jefferson City restaurant was evacuating Wednesday ahead of severe flooding on the Missouri River. “There’s no telling what he is going through right now,” Eric Raithel said of his brother, the owner of the restaurant. Raithel’s brother has owned Nick’s Family Restaurant for about 20 years. He was out of town when he got

The neighborhoods off of Case Street right next to Jefferson City High School were extremely damaged after tornados ripped through the area. There were multiple houses without roofs, cars were destroyed by trees and power lines dangled on the streets. Debbie Lawrence and Lolitta Ponder were home in their house on Jackson Street when the

Some homes and a business along Heritage Highway outside Jefferson City were destroyed in the tornado that ripped through parts of mid-Missouri on Wednesday night. Residents were cleaning up belongings, tree limbs and pieces of roofing from their front yards Thursday after a tornado ripped through the area packing winds of up to 160 mph.

Businesses and homes in Eldon suffered major damage in a storm that rolled through Wednesday night but only minor injuries had been reported early Thursday. About 10 public safety agencies are in the area checking on people and helping them find shelter, the Eldon Fire Department said. Two shelters have been set up for storm

Multiple utilties report customers without power Wednesday. About 369 Co-Mo Electric Cooperative customers have lost power, according to the outage map around 10:30 p.m. Boone Electric Coop reports 100 customers without power at 10:00 p.m. in Randolph and Boone counties. A viewer, Kevin McDowell, sent a picture of lightning on Norwalk Drive in Columbia. A

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close both lanes of eastbound Highway 50 from Monroe Street to Clark Avenue on Thursday afternoon. The stretch of road will be closed starting at 2 p.m. to remove debris from the Lincoln University president’s house, MoDOT said in a news release. The cleanup is expected to take about