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TONIGHT : There’s a potential that we could see some spot sprinkles or flurries overnight, and we will see temperatures drop into the mid-20s as winds shift from the south to the northwest behind a cold front passing through the area. Winds could be gusty at times which will keep wind chills in the teens

A man is accused of stealing a woman’s purse in the McDonald’s parking lot on Clark Lane Saturday evening. Columbia police officers were called to the restaurant just before 6 p.m. The woman told officers a man took her purse then took off running. Officers searched the area behind restaurants and hotels along the interstate

Cuonzo Martin can say something no other coach can in Mizzou basketball history. He beat Kentucky. The Tigers defeated (21) Kentucky for the first time in school history, 69-60. With the victory, Mizzou improves to 15-8 (5-5 SEC). The Tigers have won back-to-back conference games for the first time since 2016. Mizzou’s defense was dominant

A 57-year-old High Ridge man was taken to the hospital early Saturday morning after being injured in an ATV crash. The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. at the Mark Twain National Forest. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Terry Miller was driving the ATV up a creek bed and tried to go up an embankment

UPDATE: The scene has cleared at 6:40 a.m. ORIGINAL: Columbia firefighters responded to a two-car collision in the 3200 block of Clark Lane early Saturday morning, officials said. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17/status/959748278576349185″,”author_name”:”Kirstie Crawford”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”und” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/abc17news?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#abc17news&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/96FPB9Wanf”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/96FPB9Wanf&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Kirstie Crawford (@KirstieABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17/status/959748278576349185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;February 3, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} Firefighters at the scene said five units responded around

Hundreds of emergency responders from across mid-Missouri and the country will attend the 37th Annual Winter Fire School Saturday and Sunday. The University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute holds the conference on MU’s campus and offers more than 130 classes for any emergency personnel to partake in. Kevin Zumwalt, interim director of MU

Columbia Water and Light staff have been working on a transmission project ever since forecasted models of electricity use showed the system wouldn’t be able to handle the amount of demand, possibly creating brownouts. That was 10 years ago. While staff was preparing for a new Integrated Resource Plan, they found data that showed Water

TODAY: We have a mild day in store for us this afternoon. Temperatures will climb into the middle to upper 40s aided by a wind out of the south at 12-18 mph. Those winds could be gusting at times up to 30 mph, so any outdoor burning is discouraged. TONIGHT : We can’t completely rule

The Columbia City Council will vote Monday on a multimillion-dollar trail project years in the making. Parks and Recreation staff recommend approval of the $2.3 million trail, dubbed the Shepard to Rollins Trail Project, which would connect the neighborhoods around Shepard Boulevard with the University of Missouri campus. A second trail would extend the existing

University of Missouri System President Mun Choi and chancellors for campuses across the system shared application data to the University of Missouri Board of Curators on Friday. The data showed that applications at every campus are up compared to last year. The numbers indicate that first-time college enrollment and transfer enrollment could increase across the

Flu cases have skyrocketed, with an almost three-hundred percent increase last week than compared to the same week last year in Boone County. ABC 17 News reached out to doctors and nurses, who said we have possibly reached our peak for the Type A strand of influenza, but there are three other strands that could

One man is dead after an overnight fire in Sunrise Beach. Firefighters said they responded to the area of Old Sunrise Acres Drive and Beachwood Avenue at 1:26 a.m. for reports of a residential structure fire. Firefighters said when they arrived on scene, they encountered difficulties with the fire. When crews were able to get

A well known health club and fitness center in Columbia is getting $35,000 worth of new security cameras Friday. The ARC had ten thefts in 2017, causing the center to move forward with new security system installation. Susan Dunham, a Columbia resident tells ABC 17 she is pleased with the recent changes. “I’m very happy.

UPDATE: Cole County Judge Jon Beetam said Friday afternoon he won’t issue a temporary restraining order that would bar Gov. Eric Greitens’ staff from using the confidential messaging app Confide. The app, which is on the personal phones of the Republican governor and multiple staffers, automatically deletes text messages after they are read. Confide also

TONIGHT: It will be warmer tonight with southerly winds in place, but temperatures will remain below freezing with overnight lows holding steady near 27. Clouds will be on the increase ahead of our next system that will arrive as we head into the weekend. SATURDAY: We’ll have a mild, breezy day as temperatures climb into

A Boonville man has been charged with four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm after he was accused of trying to sell weapons he was not supposed to have. According to the probable cause statement, David Grayson was in the Cooper County Jail when he called a friend to sell the guns he had

Jefferson City Correctional Center officials reported that a 50-year-old inmate died on Friday morning. Officials said Joel Allred was serving 19 years for two counts of possession of a controlled substance, resisting or interfering with arrest, possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child. Allred was received

Columbia police are looking for a man that has been charged with armed criminal action in Boone County. According to the probable cause statement, Marcellus Walker met with a male victim to buy his property. Walker was accused of pointing a gun at the man and demanding the property, as well as any other valuables

A man is charged with stealing after he was accused of taking cell phones from a business. According to the probable cause statement, Malik Gordon was a cleaner at the building where the theft occurred. Officers said he had access to a room where four cellphones and four phone cases were stolen. Malik had access

A Fulton man has been indicted for statutory rape after he was accused of having sex with a child that was younger than 12-years-old. According to the indictment, Ryan Raymond had sex with the victim between 2015 and 2016. Raymond was also indicted for endangering the welfare of a child. He was accused of fleeing