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UPDATE, 11:00 p.m.: The Columbia City Council unanimously approved the lighting plan, including more than 30 new bulbs in the East Campus neighborhood. Ryan Williams with Columbia Water & Light said he hoped to measure the light output from each pole before and after the change. The results could help the department decide a broader

Polling locations will open at 6 a.m. for the 2018 April elections. In Boone County, most Columbia residents will see three items on their ballot: Boone Hospital Board of Trustees candidates, Columbia Public Schools Board of Education candidates and a Columbia Public School $30 million bond issue. Some Columbia residents will also have the City

UPDATE – 6:30 A.M.: More than 600 customers are still without power after an early morning outage. It’s about half the amount of customers that were at one point without power in the western end of Jefferson City. The Hy-Vee market near the Capital Mall told ABC 17 News it was affected by the power

TUESDAY: You’ll need both the umbrella and jacket as the weather will be changeable through the day. Dense fog and isolated rain showers are likely in the morning, but will pick up as a line of showers and t-storms move through the area as a cold front moves southeast this afternoon. Most of us will

Spring in Mid-Missouri has been hard to come by lately, as winter is hanging on as tight as it can. Thanks to several blasts of cold air, the month of March closed with temperatures below seasonal values. That trend is continuing into the month of April, with bitter cold and snow. In the perfect April

TONIGHT: A developing storm system to our west will lift a warm front through Mid-Missouri overnight which will lead to rising temperatures, reaching the low to mid 40s by morning with increasing showers and isolated thunderstorms. Patchy fog is possible overnight. A few strong to severe storms are possible which could produce large hail, mainly

A Columbia man is facing a few charges after allegedly going on a rampage that including choking a victim, throwing dresser drawers and slashing her car tires, police said. Columbia police said they were dispatched to the 200 block of Old Highway 63 Friday afternoon for reports of an assault.. Police said they found that

Columbia police said they arrested a man on Friday after they investigated a fraud at a Missouri Credit Union Bank. Police said they were first called to the bank at 2101 West Broadway on March 28. They said the investigation revealed Jamie Mason, 31, of Ashland, tried to cash a fake check at the bank.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is scheduled to hold a press conference Monday morning to discuss a new investigation into the social networking site Facebook. This comes as Facebook is under fire for allegedly granting the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica access to data of at least 50 million users. The firm has ties to

TODAY: It will be remain cold this afternoon across Mid-Missouri. Thanks to overcast skies and snow cover on the ground, temperatures will be slow to rise through the day. Through the day showers will develop to our south and gradually track to the north. Areas that will still be below freezing could briefly see some

Two people were injured Monday morning after a truck rolled over due to icy roads. The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Boone County Fire Protection District both responded to Highway VV near East Mauller Road just after midnight. Troopers confirmed two people were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, and one had to

TODAY: Heading back into the work week it is going to be a chilly start as temperatures begin in the 20s. Unfortunately we look to remain cloudy through the day. As a warm front lifts northward, spotty showers will increase late in the day across most of the viewing area, as temperatures only rise into

Snow made its way through mid-Missouri Sunday afternoon making for some difficult travel conditions for drivers on Easter. Several crashes were reported to Boone County Joint Communications starting around 6 p.m. after a layer of snow covered roads and highways. Traffic moved slowly along I-70 after a car slid into the media near the East

TONIGHT : Precipitation will be wrapping up by 10 this evening. The potential is there that we will see a few slick spots developing overnight with the dropping temperatures We’ll be looking at yet another cold night as lows drop into the low 20s for our northern counties and middle to upper 20s farther south.

Two people were arrested Saturday night after allegedly leading deputies and police on a chase through two mid-Missouri counties. The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and officers with the Mexico Department of Public Safety went to the Value Inn on Clark Street in Mexico to follow up on a stolen car. The sheriff’s office

Temperatures are in the mid-30s and are expected to drop to the high 20s. Snow showers are expected later this afternoon, ranging from about 1-2 inches, and should start at 2pm and last through the early evening. ABC 17 has been in touch with the Columbia and Jefferson City Public Works, who said they have

TODAY : It’s a cold start to our Easter Sunday across Mid-Missouri. After the sun rises, we’ll see the clouds return to the area this morning ahead of our approaching system. Most of us will stay dry this morning, but that northeast wind will make it feel frigid. Snow will reach our northern-most counties right

TONIGHT : Skies will clear out briefly before clouding up in the early morning hours. Combine that with winds out of the north, and we’re going to be waking up to some well below normal temperatures in the upper 20s on our Easter Sunday. EASTER SUNDAY: We will stay dry through the morning hours, so

A Columbia man is facing several charges after police said he hit a car and ran from police during a traffic stop. Major Brian Weimer with the University of Missouri Police Department said officers tried to pull over Jarvis Chevis near Stadium Boulevard and Ashland Road Friday night. Weimer said Chevis continued to drive into

The discovery of human remains near Tebbetts Friday sparked a death investigation by the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to a house on County Road 486 around 4:50 p.m. after people called about finding a body. Upon arrival, deputies found human remains that were in “an advanced stage of decomposition,” according to a