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ABC 17 News has learned power issues in east Columbia caused many people’s lights to blink on and off Sunday night. Over 1,000 customers were affected; 50-100 of them completely lost electricity from 8 to 10 p.m. On Monday, Columbia Water and Light confirmed the problems were traced back to the capacity bank that regulates

Columbia police confirmed changes will be made to the department’s patrol schedules in late February, based on months of study by a consultant group. The findings presented in October showed the two-officer patrol will not work in the long term, based on the call volume. After collecting input from staff, officials announced the patrol unit’s

One woman is recovering at University Hospital after an early morning crash in Cole County Sunday. It happened on North Teal Bottom Road around 3:30 a.m. Chelsea Morris, 20, drove off the right side of the road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The car flipped, throwing Morris from the vehicle. Morris was taken

Parts of Providence Road and Worley Street in Columbia are blocked Monday morning due to a crash. Officials are saying to avoid the intersection. Two people were in a black Honda Civic, and four people were in a silver Toyota Camry. One man is being taken to the hospital to check for injuries. The people

Three people died Sunday evening after a car crash in Phelps County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A semi-truck driver, 29-year-old Hardeep Singh from Stockton, California, was allegedly driving too fast for the conditions when he lost control of his truck on I-44. He crossed the median barrier, traveling into the eastbound lanes,

A storm system that continues to move to the northeast brought a weekend of record breaking weather to Mid-Missouri. Due to the ample amounts of warm air advection associated with a surface low pressure system that grazed Missouri’s western border on Saturday, Friday night’s temperatures were abnormally warm. So warm, in fact, that they broke

A home is heavily damaged after a fire in Fulton Saturday. The Fulton Fire Department responded to the home at 1000 Chippewa Drive around 8:30 p.m. Firefighters found heavy fire and smoke behind the home as well as the house’s basement, attic and main living areas. A leaking natural gas meter was also found on

A new phone scam circulating in mid-Missouri involved a caller saying people are eligible for money from the government. ABC17 News got the call back number from a viewer and called back. The caller said because of financial difficulties, we had qualified for a $9,000 donation from the government. “Not a loan, not a mortgage,

Columbia police are investigating a possible armed robbery Saturday. Officers responded to the Subway restaurant at 2716 Paris Road just before 8:00 p.m. Columbia police on scene told ABC 17 News the victim reported the robbery around 7:15 p.m. The suspect reportedly had a gun, took cash and ran away in an unknown direction of

On Saturday, a persistent belt of warm, southerly flow brought ample amounts of moisture to the Mid-Missouri region. As a surface low pressure system centered over the panhandle of Texas pushes northeastward into Missouri Saturday night and interacts with this moisture, a widespread rainfall event is expected to ensue. Showers will start out light as

Emergency crews responded to a two-car crash in south Columbia Saturday. It happened on Buttonwood Drive and Nifong Boulevard just before 6:00 p.m. Both lanes of eastbound Nifong were temporarily blocked off. Officers were diverting traffic onto Buttonwood Drive. Crews reopened all lanes and cleared the scene around 6:30. One person was taken to the

Four teens are recovering after a crash on Route B Friday. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. in 11900 block of Route B. Traffic was backed up and both lanes were temporarily shut down. Four teens were taken to University Hospital, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Three of the teens had serious

One person is dead after a car crash in Benton County Saturday. It happened around 10:20 a.m. on Missouri 83 and U.S. 65. Lance Grant, 31, drove off the ride side of the road on a curve, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The car hit an embankment and flipped, throwing Kendra Grant, 28,

A sergeant with the Columbia Police Department confirmed a man stole a small amount of money from a woman after they agreed to meet to buy and sell video games. Police say the suspect arrived in a van with an acquaintance to the meetup spot. The victim and another passenger arrived in a car. When

Right now authorities in Eldon have one suspect in custody and are searching for a second man after a car chase that started in Lake Ozark. The Lake Ozark Police Department tells ABC 17 News officers tried making a traffic stop on a car when the driver took off. The pursuit led authorities to Eldon,

The Columbia Police Department went through federal training and expanded its unit for community policing, according to a staff update given Friday. The Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence met as part of a series of updates to its 2014 recommendations. The group was formed in 2013 to find ways to reduce violent crime, and

More than 3000 people were killed as a result of texting and driving in 2013, and hundreds of thousands injured. While it is illegal for people under the age of 21 to text and drive in Missouri, State Senator David Pearce has introduced a measure that would ban testing and driving for every driver. As

Authorities in at least five Missouri cities have now gotten reports of suspicious phone purchases at Wal-Mart stores. ABC 17 News reached out to law enforcement in Ava, Missouri and has confirmed through a news release that last Saturday a man purchased a large amount of cell phones from a Walmart there. Police said they

The Macon County Sheriff’s Office released new details from its investigation into reports of several phones being bought at Walmart. The department says after further investigation it believes the purchases were made by a cell phone trafficking ring. Officials do not believe the phones were bought to be used in criminal activity. The sheriff’s office

ABC 17 News has confirmed parts of the city of Fulton lost power on Friday, after a squirrel reportedly tripped a breaker on a local transformer. Officials told ABC 17 News about 3,000 customers were affected, but electricity was restored later that same afternoon. Crews re-routed the electricity until the issue was fixed.