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TONIGHT: Our weather will calm down heading into tonight. Partly cloudy skies will allow temperatures to cool back into the lower 20s. Winds will be calm tonight as high pressure settles in. FRIDAY: Slightly warmer weather is in store for us closing out the work week. Winds will turn out of the south as high

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft closed his investigation into possible election violations against Sen. Josh Hawley. The original complaint was submitted on Nov. 6 by nonprofit organization American Democracy Legal Fund. The organization accused Hawley of using public funds as Missouri’s attorney general to support his candidacy for U.S. senate. The complaint cited emails

The former Callaway County collector is set to be sentenced Monday for stealing nearly $300,000. Pamela Oestreich pleaded guilty in September, admitting to depositing taxpayer funds into her personal bank account. She claimed she had a gambling addiction. In a filing Thursday, several people wrote character reference letters for Oestreich. In one letter, Oestreich’s daughter

Bridges throughout the state of Missouri are progressively deteriorating. Twenty-two major bridges in the state are in poor condition. Video playback of the event can be streamed in the player below. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the average age of the bridges it maintains are 46 years old. Those bridges are designed to

The city of Columbia paid thousands of dollars to other cities that assisted with widespread power outages during January’s historic snowstorm. Lissie Wade, a community relations specialist with Columbia Water & Light, confirmed the city paid a total of $21,438.14 for mutual aid to four cities: City of Waynesville: $2,435.22 City of Palmyra: $3,729.84 City

The person found dead this month in a Columbia Chinese restaurant is a foreign national from Vietnam, police said Thursday. Police were sent to the restaurant on I-70 Drive S.E. after the owner said he found a dead man in his kitchen after he arrived at the restaurant the morning of Feb. 18. The body

According to a team spokesperson, Mizzou women’s basketball guard Akira Levy tore her ACL and meniscus in her right knee against Auburn. She will miss the rest of the season, and there is not timetable for her surgery. The spokesperson said the team is confident Levy will make a full recovery and be ready for

Interstate 44 was closed in Pulaski County on Thursday morning while crews work to clean up a hazardous materials spill after a tractor-trailer crash. Sgt. Mike Mitchell with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop I said two 55-gallon drums containing sodium hydrosulfide spilled in the crash west of Waynesville, which Troop I warned drivers about

The Mexico Public Safety Department was searching for people in connection with a Thursday morning shooting. Police responded to the Quantico Road area of Mexico, Missouri, just after 4 a.m. Thursday for a report of shots fired. However, when officers arrived, they found evidence of shots fired in the area of 900 Latney Street, which

THURSDAY: After this morning’s snow showers, the bulk of the wintry precip continues to move off to the east for this afternoon. A few flurries are still possible through the first part of the afternoon, but no more accumulation is expected. Slick spots may persist on the roadways through the evening as temperatures today won’t

Jefferson City Public Schools said officials notified parents Thursday morning of social media threats made by a Jefferson City High School student on Wednesday. JCPS worked with the Jefferson City Police Department and detained the student immediately after initial reports of the threats came in on Wednesday. JCPS is currently investigating the threats, and it

The highway patrol responded to 29 crashes around mid-Missouri and several school districts closed as roads became slick with ice Thursday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F sent out the number of calls it responded to from 5 to 10 a.m. on Thursday. The troop was sent to 71 calls and 29 crashes.

The owner of Sugar Creek Frozen Custard out of Chillicothe, Missouri, was accused of sexually abusing children who stayed with him during the summer of 2018. Dale M. Barker, who also owns Ann Marie’s Frozen Custard in Moberly, was watching three children during the summer at his home in Chillicothe, court documents said. During that

Boone County firefighters are continuing to battle a house fire early Thursday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District responded to a house in the 1900 block of Boothe Lane. According to crews on scene, four people lived in the house but they were not home at the time. Fire crews say when they arrived around

The city of Columbia is opening a temporary overnight warming center this weekend due to expected cold weather. The city said it plans to open the Wabash Station from 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Sunday. A list of other warming centers througought the city can be found here. In addition, the Columbia winter shelter,

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the boat owner in a deadly boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks. The crash killed twenty-four-year-old Daniel Lewis, 23-year-old Joseph Lemark and 21-year-old Hailey Hochanadel in May 2018. Hochanadel’s parent’s and Lemark’s father filed a wrongful death suit this month against the boat owner, Hayden

A crash blocked one lane of northbound Highway 63 in Boone County on Wednesday night. At least two vehicles were involved in the wreck near Bonne Femme Creek, Emergency Crews were dispatched to the scene at 10 p.m. ABC 17 News saw the Boone County Fire Protection District, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri

Jefferson City police arrested Michael Brown on Tuesday after a standoff and an armed robbery, police say. Brown, 30, of Jefferson City, is charged with robbery, assault, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm and resisting arrest for a felony. He is being held without bond at the Cole County Jail. The probable cause

The extreme winter weather this season has caused road treatment and preparation costs to skyrocket for several Missouri agencies. “Mid-Missouri has been hit pretty hard,” said MoDOT maintenance liaison Todd Miller. “We’ve had to re-prioritize replenishment orders to make sure we have plenty of salt on hand, especially for I-70 in the central part of

The Columbia Police Department was searching for the driver of a vehicle Wednesday after they allegedly ran into Columbia Laundry and fled the scene. Police and fire officials responded to the scene at Columbia Laundry on Business Loop shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Officials said a vehicle ran into the business and then fled