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UPDATE 4:45 p.m.: LU spokeswoman Misty Young confirms power has been restored and the campus will resume normal operations on Tuesday. ORIGINAL: The Lincoln University campus will remain closed on Monday due to a power outage caused by lightning. The outage began around 11:30 Sunday night after lightning struck equipment, said an Ameren Missouri spokesman.

TONIGHT: Much less humid and very comfortable, lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny, comfortable and cooler. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: North-northwesterly upper level flow will keep temperatures cooler than average and a dry air mass will have us feeling quite comfortable the next few days.

An apartment complex in Jefferson City suffered damage after heavy rain overnight caused ceilings in some of the apartments to cave in. LIVE playback of the scene is available in the player below. Residents of the apartment building on 126 Marshall Street woke up to the damage Monday morning. The building was previously damaged by

UPDATE (SATURDAY MORNING): The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team has decided to extend the Weather Alert Day another 24 hours into Sunday. Confidence has grown enough that the speed of the cold front won’t keep us from reaching triple digit heat indices for a 5th consecutive day. The National Weather Service has extended the excessive

THIS AFTERNOON: Skies have cleared across the area after morning rainfall. Temperatures will top out in the low 80s with lots of sunshine. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies remain. We’ll cool off to near 60 degrees for an overnight low. EXTENDED: The beautiful weather makes a return Tuesday and throughout the rest of the week. We’ll

A Columbia man was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday morning after he previously pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to sell marijuana. Nader Robert Osama Yanis, the son of a Columbia coffee shop owner, was originally indicted in March 2018 after a raid at his father’s home. The federal judge

MONDAY: We’ll be tracking some lingering showers, especially further southeast toward I-44 until about 10:00 AM. Once that cooler, drier air takes over we’ll be able to enjoy the rest of the day as temperatures only top out in the low 80s . TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies remain. We’ll cool off to near 60 degrees

No one was hurt when debris from floodwaters blocked a road in Camden County Monday morning. The Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District said its crews responded to the area of Baptist Street around 6:02 a.m. Crews were able to shut off a propane line after a collapsed building damaged it. The Fire Protection District

Police officers said there are no victims as of Sunday around 3:10 a.m. after a shooting on Apple Tree Court. According to officers, they found multiple shell casings on the scene. They said many people called them after hearing several rounds of shots go off. One resident told ABC 17 News that it “sounded like

TONIGHT: Showers and thunderstorms are possible along and south of I-70 this evening. Gusty winds are possible near the Lake of the Ozarks. Temperatures bottom out in the upper 60s. MONDAY: IT’S FINALLY HERE! The cool down we have been salivating for finally arrives Monday. We’ll start the day off partly cloudy with temperatures in

No one was injured after a boat caught fire at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. According to a tweet from Troop F, the boat was having engine trouble and caught fire after the owner tried to restart it. Pics from a boat fire that occurred at the 59.3

A man is in a hospital after a motorcycle crash in Jefferson City, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Thomas Eggen, 54, was thrown from his motorcycle after a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu failed to yield for Eggen. The crash happened on Business 50 and Country Club drive, according to the report.

SUNDAY: Morning showers look to hold on this morning before fizzling toward the afternoon. Temperatures will try to recover into the upper 80s and low 90s , but lingering cloud cover may have something to say about that.TONIGHT: We’re continuing to track a front near the region this morning that will eventually drop south, trying

UPDATE 2:45 a.m.: Power is back on for more than 1,300 Columbia Water and Light customers. ORIGINAL: More than 1,000 Columbia Water and Light customers are without power Sunday morning. According to the outage map, it started just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday in central Columbia. Officials reported an electric line was down near 3rd Avenue

UPDATE 12:22 a.m.: A spokesperson with Ameren Missouri confirmed the outage is weather-related. More than 1,000 customers are currently without power in Howard and Cooper counties. According to the outage map, power is estimated to be back on sometime after 3 a.m. ORIGINAL: Ameren Missouri is reporting over 800 customers in both Howard and Cooper

The Show Me State Games continued today in Columbia while it feels like it’s over 100 degrees. Athletes from across the State gathered to compete in Olympic style games. The media coordinator for the Show Me State Games, Emily Lorenz, said they take the heat very seriously. “All this week, we’ve been emailing our participants,

TONIGHT: Sct’d storms are possible, especially along and north of I-70. Overnight lows drop to the middle 70s . SUNDAY: Morning and early afternoon temperatures, especially across portions of mid-MO south of I-70 will be hot tomorrow. A quickly approaching cold front will spark off showers and storms into the mid and late afternoon leading

UPDATE 5:20 p.m.: Officials with the Jefferson City Fire Department said strong winds caused a plane to overturn at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport on Saturday morning. The plane was moved from the area near the runway around 3:45 p.m. and the airport is now back in operation to the level it was before the

UPDATE 6:15 p.m.: The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the swimmer as Kamerion Rice, 17, of Springfield, Illinois. According to the patrol’s report, Rice was wading near the shoreline, waded out into deeper water and was unable to swim. ORIGINAL: The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed the body of a missing swimmer was recovered from

UPDATE 6:10 p.m.: City of Columbia spokesperson Steve Sapp confirmed Summer Allen has been found safe. ORIGINAL: The Columbia Police Department is asking the public for help in finding a 13-year-old who they believe ran away. According to a news release, Summer Allen left a home by herself and was last seen on Thursday around