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A few t-storms are expected to pop up Thursday afternoon through evening as a wave of low pressure moves through. Most of these storms are not expected to become severe but isolated severe storms with damaging wind and large hail can’t be ruled out. For this reason, areas along and west of HWY 63 are

Two suspects were arrested Wednesday following an afternoon burglary and subsequent evening manhunt in Boone County Tuesday. 38-year-old Torry Hudlow and 29-year-old Tonya Wilhite were arrested Wednesday at their home at 6001 Creasy Springs Road. On Wednesday, a 24-year-old victim told deputies he walked into his home on Wade School Road to find Hudlow had

Investigators took a second look at a cold case in Pulaski County Wednesday. The sheriff’s department is exhuming the body of an unknown woman. Officials say she was murdered in Dixon over 34 years ago. Her body was found in Dixon by a passerby who saw it partially submerged in a creek. The Pulaski Co.

Wednesday, Gov. Nixon and hospital administrators broke ground on the new multi-million dollar Fulton State Hospital. Gov. Nixon said the work is extremely important because it is Missouri’s only maximum security psychiatric facility. The current building is over 150 years old. Last year, lawmakers in Jefferson City agreed to move forward with construction. The groundbreaking

An autopsy has been completed on a body that was found at the Noren River Access in North Jefferson City Tuesday. The body has been identified as a black man who may have lived in Kansas City area. Missouri State Highway Patrol is working to notify the man’s next of kin. Kevin Hunter with the

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro was in Jefferson City Wednesday to talk with Capital City officials. Castro met with Jefferson City Public Housing Authority officials and Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer about housing issues in the Capital City. “I’m glad to be here in Jefferson City to get a chance to speak with

As the school year wraps up for many districts in Mid-Missouri, some law enforcement agencies are going into schools for training. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department held active shooter emergency response training Wednesday. The training is part of a two day training course happening at the Morgan Co. R-1 School.

ABC 17 News has been checking on the status of a University of Missouri daycare, and learned Wednesday there has been no progress so far. ABC 17 News first reported on the process over a year ago, when officials unveiled plans to rebuild the Student Parent Center. The facility used to be inside University Village,

A hazardous waste collection event is scheduled for this Saturday in Columbia. The University of Missouri, Boone County, City of Columbia, Midwest Recycling, ABC Tire, and Clean Harbors is hosting a tire, electronic, and household hazardous waste recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hearnes Center parking lot. That lot is just

Bridge work is scheduled to begin in Boone County on Highway 63. The barrier walls on 5 bridges along Highway 63 will be raised beginning Monday. The work will close one northbound and one southbound lane between Gans Creek and Bonne Femme Creek until next Saturday. The following week, work will begin on the barrier

A manhunt in Boone County north of Columbia has been called off and the suspect is still on the run. Multiple agencies were searching for a person in a wooded area off Creasy Springs Road Tuesday night. Police said they chased a man until he crashed the truck on North Creasy Springs Road just before

The Fulton community is mourning the loss of 92-year-old William Rogers. The World War II veteran was killed in a car crash on Highway 54 in Fulton on Memorial Day. On Tuesday, ABC 17 News talked with friends of Rogers and members of the community who said he was known around town as “Preacher Rogers”

Our unsettled weather pattern continues this week as upper level disturbances move in from the southwest. Spotty showers & t-storms will move through overnight Tuesday, ending by early Wednesday morning. The rest of the day Wednesday looks mainly dry with only a slight chance of a pop up storm late in the day. Wednesday night

A tower needed for crucial 911 communication in Boone County will likely not be ready before the start of school. In a special report last month ABC 17 News reported emergency responders need the tower by Battle High School to communicate effectively. Without the tower emergency responders can’t communication with joint communications inside the building

ABC 17 News has confirmed the fire chief in Sunrise Beach is out of the hospital after getting hurt in a car crash over Memorial Day weekend just south of Lake Ozark. Dennis Reilly, 57, was taken to Lake Regional in an ambulance Sunday night with moderate injuries. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports Adam Williams,

The fire chief of the Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District is recovering after an ATV crashed into his car while driving the wrong way. According to troopers, 27-year-old Adam Williams was charged with second degree assault because of the injuries caused to Chief Reilly along with Williams reportedly being impaired. Reilly told ABC 17 News

Boone County deputies responded to a break-in at a home north of Columbia Tuesday afternoon. Boone Co. Sheriff’s Detective Tom O’Sullivan confirmed to ABC 17 News a homeowner returned to find an armed suspect in his home at Wade School Road and Akeman Bridge Road at around 3:00 Tuesday afternoon. The victim told deputies the

Police have confirmed a small black bear was cornered Tuesday morning in south Fulton. Officers and agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation tracked the bear to the corner of Ravine and Ann streets. “When I saw it coming down the road there, it scared me because I didn’t know,” Fulton resident Della Adams said.

Drivers in Boone Co. can soon expect some delays on two Columbia roads. Starting next week, crews will begin installing speed bumps on Mills Drive near Mary Lee and along Derby Ridge Drive. They’re expecting to finish up the project by June 10. Both projects will cause some lane restrictions and minor delays. Drivers are

The trial for a Macon woman charged in a Columbia shooting was delayed after her court appearance Tuesday. 24-year-old Deshai Richardson is one of three suspects charged in a deadly home invasion on West Texas Avenue last year. A fourth suspect was killed in the incident.