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A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT CHARITON, SALINE AND BENTON COUNTIES. THE WARNING GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY FOR CHARITON, SALINE AND BENTON IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM SATURDAY. TONIGHT: Thick clouds build in

A man suffered minor injuries in a crash Thursday south of Hallsville. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers at the scene said the man drove his vehicle into the back of a sedan on Route B at Kemper Road as the sedan slowed to make a left turn. The sedan driver was not injured, and the

A fourth person was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with a Jefferson City armed robbery that happened at the beginning of December. Latrell D. Batts, 20, was allegedly in a car with Cortez Burton, 18, Andrew Dixson, 27, and Jamel Sutton, 20. The men were driving in the 1600 block of E. Elm

A man accused of shooting his neighbor in Morgan County last month was arrested this week in Arkansas. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said it alerted authorities Tuesday in White County, Arkansas, that Revious Hamilton might be their area. White County authorities identified Hamilton on surveillance video at a business there and a person who

One person was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Columbia in December. Antwane L. Grant, 24, of Columbia was taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter. Tavious Grant, 22, was pronounced dead at the hospital on Dec. 19, while undergoing emergency surgery after he was shot at a

The Missouri Clean Water Commission voted to uphold a permit for a concentrated animal feeding operation in Cooper County on Wednesday. The commission voted 4-1 to uphold the permit that will allow operation of Tipton East, a 7,404-hog operation slated to be built on Renshaw Drive near the Moniteau County line. The farm, owned by

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT MACON, CHARITON, SALINE, PEHLPS, AND BENTON COUNTIES. THIS GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. No matter where you are at you WILL see winter weather impacts within the days ahead. THURSDAY: High level clouds are slowly streaming

Missouri Republicans are hoping to make the process of passing initiative petitions, such as the recently passed medical marijuana and ethics reform efforts, more difficult. Several bills filed by GOP Representatives and Senators would raise the threshold of votes necessary to pass constitutional amendments brought forth through the petition process, or require more of petitioners

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT MACON, CHARITON, SALINE, PEHLPS, AND BENTON COUNTIES. THIS GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. No matter where you are at you WILL see winter weather impacts within the days ahead. THURSDAY: We’ll stay in the upper 30s

The Columbia Citizens Police Review Board voted Wednesday night to recommend that the interim city manager have the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigate a police officer’s social media use. “I don’t like that the Columbia Police Department is policing them own selves [sic],” said board member Cornellia Williams. Lieutenant Brian Tate was placed on paid

Some mid-Missouri homebuyers may have to put their closings on hold due to the government shutdown. The Department of Agriculture is currently unable to process rural development loans and a local realtor said this is forcing people to wait to close on their home. “Closings scheduled during the shutdown, they won’t happen, so that will

Columbia Public Schools is holding three community open houses to talk about proposed attendance area changes. “”So the open houses are really another opportunity for our community, our parents and even employees who want to come and look at the maps and provide us some feedback, be able to ask some questions,” said Michelle Baumstark

Officials with the Columbia Public School district said parking, drop-off and pickup information is given every year to parents, students and staff for each school building. However, the parent pickup/drop-off map for Battle High School doesn’t show where emergency vehicles can or cannot park. Parents told ABC 17 News that they often see school resource

UPDATE: U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., released a video on YouTube with comments he made Wednesday on the Senate floor about border security. ORIGINAL: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler stood Wednesday with President Donald Trump after Trump’s national prime time address on the need for funding to build a wall on the southern border. On @POTUS‘s

TONIGHT: Some passing clouds lead to partly cloudy skies as temperatures fall into the upper teens by morning. It’ll feel more like the lower teens as you head out the doors Thursday morning, thanks to a light breeze out of the north up to 8 mph. THURSDAY: We’ll stay in the upper 30s again for

University of Missouri employees noticed 40 Bird scooters went missing after the scooters were being impounded by MU landscaping employees. The employees noticed the scooters were missing when they got back from break last week, said Sara Diedrich with the University of Missouri Police Department. MUPD believes all 40 scooters were stolen at once. MUPD

Prosecutors charged a 21-year-old Boonville woman after the woman’s mother claimed she assaulted her with a knife and stun gun. According to court documents, Rayvin Graham had been arguing with her mother about taking Graham’s infant daughter to the emergency room. Graham’s mother told police she did not to go to the hospital, and Graham

Community members are coming together to help the family of the 4-year-old killed Friday when she was hit by a Columbia police cruiser at Battle High School. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating how Gabriella Curry was struck by an SUV police cruiser outside Battle High School as she was walking on the sidewalk.

WEDNESDAY: It’s a chilly day across Mid-Missouri, as afternoon highs will only top out in the upper 30s under sunny skies. It will also be breezy, with northwesterly winds up to 20 mph and gusting as high as 25. TONIGHT: Some passing clouds lead to partly cloudy skies as temperatures fall into the mid and

Two people were arrested on Tuesday after Laclede County detectives found a missing child in their attic. Braedence Jones, 6, had been missing since August, when his mother Aubrey Ferguson allegedly took him during a scheduled visitation. Laclede County authorities got a warrant on Tuesday to search a home on Highway N, according to a