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TONIGHT: Skies will remain mostly cloudy and winds shift out of the northwest overnight. Winds will be breezy once again with sustained winds up to 18 mph and gusts up 23 mph. This will cool us down into the upper 20s with wind chill values in the upper teens by morning. FRIDAY: It will be

One Benton County man is in custody after being accused of involvement in a burglary and stealing a tractor. Authorities arrested 29-year-old Dustin Mahan on Dec. 22 after a foot chase with Benton County deputies. Before, being arrested, Mahan was seen taking items from a building. The owner showed up to find Mahan stealing property

ABC 17’s Andrew Kauffman and Tyler Murry are in Memphis, TN with the Mizzou football team as they breakdown the Tigers’ upcoming matchup in the Liberty Bowl.

State Rep. Chuck Bayse prefiled a bill Friday that would keep local districts from starting school more than 10 days before Labor Day, the first Monday in September. If that bill became law, Columbia Public Schools would have to move it’s traditional start date from the second week of August at least one week later.

CenturyLink customers around the country were affected by service outages Thursday. Media outlets across the nation reported on the outages. CenturyLink has been quiet about the cause and extent of those outages, simply saying in a tweet that its network “is experiencing a disruption affecting customer services.” The CenturyLink network is still experiencing a disruption

It’s that time of the year where the common colds are spreading like wildfire, the flu is beginning to peak, and a sneeze can be heard around every corner you walk. For years, we’ve heard people blame the cold weather for their sickness, but is that really the case? You may be surprised to find

UPDATE 4:40 P.M.: Lt. David Williams with the Jefferson City Police Department said in a news release that the chase that ended in a crash on Highway 50 started when Moniteau County deputies tried to pull a vehicle over for hazardous driving. The chase went into Cole County and then Jefferson City at high speed

Criminal charges against Osage Beach Alderman Jeff Bethurem have been dropped after he was accused of making false statements on his 2016 alderman candidacy form. The charges were dropped Friday in Camden County court. Charges were filed Nov. 21 against Bethurem alleging that he failed to disclose that he is a felon with convictions in

New trial dates have been set for three people charged in connection with the death of a disabled Fulton man. Shaina Osborne is set to go to trial Feb. 28 on a charge of making a false report about a missing person. Anthony R. Flores is set for trial March 27 on charges of involuntary

THURSDAY: It will be a windy and warm day across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures climb into the upper 50s and lower 60s. Winds will be out of the south up to 20 mph with gusts as high as 35+. This comes ahead of a strong cold front that will track through Mid-Missouri later tonight. Ahead of

UPDATE 11 A.M.: The Columbia Water and Light outage map shows no remaining power outages. All power has been restored. pic.twitter.com/8Nr0gyIDut — Columbia Water&Light (@CoMoWaterLight) December 27, 2018 Columbia Water and Light spokeswoman Lissie Wade said 702 customers were affected by the outage, which was caused by an equipment problem. The outage started at 9:32

The National Transportation Safety Board released its final analysis of a deadly 2017 plane crash in Cooper County. The report, dated November 5, 2018, concludes that impairment of the pilot, 67-year-old Charles McCutcheon, was the main contributing factor in the crash that killed him and his passenger, 49-year-old Bryan Roth, on April 24, 2017. Mechanical

THURSDAY: Widespread rain is likely to impact the early morning commute, causing slow going traffic. Allow for a little bit of extra time as you head out in the morning. Rain will decrease late in the morning, but a few showers and isolated t-storms are possible late in the afternoon as the cold front moves

A 73-year-old homeless man was attacked while he was asleep in a sleeping bag Sunday afternoon in Columbia. The attacked happened just before 2 p.m. while the victim was under the Range Line Street bridge over the Bear Creek Trail in Columbia. The probable cause statement said the man went inside Casey’s General Store on

The Sedalia Police Department is seeking help finding a person suspected of robbing the Central Bank of Sedalia. The department is asking anyone with information to call the department or contact Pettis County Crime Stoppers at 1-660-827-TIPS to remain anonymous. Tips can be sent by text to 660-287-5526. The department released no other information about

TONIGHT: Rain becomes more widespread through the night, with an isolated chance for a thunderstorm. Despite the rain and clouds, temperatures will slowly rise through the night with winds out of the southeast at 15-20 mph and gusts as high as 30. Any lightweight Christmas decorations or items you have outside may need to be

A 67-year-old Columbia sex offender has been arrested after authorities said he didn’t tell them he had a Facebook account. Donald W. Fisher, who was convicted in 2016 of four counts of child molestation, was arrested last Wednesday for a probation and parole violation. Prosecutors later charged him with failure to register as a sex

A Salem, Missouri, man was charged Saturday with drug trafficking, felony drug possession and repeat DWI after a crash in Jefferson City. Michael I. Vice, 51, was arrested after he crashed his Ford Ranger into a Dodge Challenger late Saturday on Highway50/63 eastbound, according to a Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement. Vice didn’t

Police are still looking for a suspect in a week-old deadly shooting in central Columbia. “If anyone has any information we highly encourage them to call 875-TIPS,” Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said. “You can remain totally anonymous to give us information to help us find a suspect.” Officers were sent to a shots

A Columbia man accused of having large quantities of drugs including synthetic marijuana had organized a youth basketball association, though it’s not clear how active the organization was. Tommy L. Thomas, 64, was charged last week with possession of synthetic pot, commonly known as K-2, after a Nov. 8 raid on his home. He was