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We’ll go from air conditioning to heat this weekend as a strong cold front moves through Saturday night, bringing big changes in our weather. The weekend will start off with a few showers north of I-70 Saturday morning followed by a warm, breezy afternoon. It will feel like summer as highs climb into the upper

Thousands of visitors are expected this weekend between Columbia and Jefferson City to visit the Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival, which runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Organizers are closing Route A heading into town, so they are sending in cars from the south using Old Highway 63. Afterwards, visitors will be directed out

The head of the Missouri Public Defender System and Boone County’s top judge are asking the Missouri Supreme Court address several growing issues for public defenders. ABC 17 News obtained the Oct. 4 letter from public defender system director Michael Barrett, Judge Kevin Crane and H. Riley Bock, the head of the Missouri State Public

COLUMBIA – The Mizzou men’s basketball team will play Kansas for the first time since Feb. 25, 2012. The Tigers and Jayhawks will play an exhibition game Sunday Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. at the Sprint Center to raise money for hurricane relief funds. Mizzou student tickets will be available Tuesday Oct. 17. Members of

All scores will be updated until they’re final. HANNIBAL (14) AT BATTLE (28) LIBERTY NORTH (48) AT HICKMAN (0) ROCKHURST (30) AT JEFFERSON CITY (12) VERSAILLES (0) AT SOUTHERN BOONE (47) ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (3) AT TOLTON (54) MEXICO (20) AT MOBERLY (21) MACON (26) AT CENTRALIA (19) ELDON (35) AT HALLSVILLE (14) MONTGOMERY COUNTY

The Missouri Task Force 1 and the Missouri National Guard completed four days of training Friday for its newly formed helicopter search and rescue team. The team wrapped up with its first flight training at the Boone County Fire Protection District and Missouri Task Force 1 training center. Members simulated rescuing people from their cars

Some 7400 veterans died by suicide in 2014, the last year solid data is available. To put that number in perspective, it would be almost the same number as if everyone in both Ashland and Centraila took their own lives. Dr. David Hammer is trying to change that. As our guest for “This Week,” he

ABC 17 News confirmed a crash blocked part of an intersection in north Columbia Friday night. Crews were first called to Rangeline and Brown School Road around 6:30 p.m. ABC 17 News saw at least three vehicles towed from the scene. It appears injuries were involved. The Boone County Sheriff’s department responded, but the Highway

TONIGHT: Tonight will be mild as clouds increase as winds remain out of the south near 10 mph. Overnight lows will only drop into the mid to upper 60s. After 4 AM, there is a chance of showers & t-storms north of I-70. SATURDAY: Spotty showers and t-storms are possible through mid-morning north of I-70.

The Camden County Sheriff’s Department has responded to multiple reports of vehicle thefts in the Horseshoe Bend area. Deputies said the vehicles had been left unlocked, and in many of them the keys had been left in the ignition or were otherwise accessible. Deputies said items that had been reported stolen include jewelry, cash, electronics

BJC Healthcare is looking to change its lease with Boone Hospital Center or leave Columbia all together. In a letter written in 2016, BJC officials state why the current lease is not working. BJC officials said the current lease is,”no longer responsive to what the hospital will need to succeed and thrive in the years

Firefighters with the Jefferson City Fire Department went door to door, sharing the dangers about carbon monoxide. ABC 17 News reporters went with the firefighters as they installed CO alarms in Jefferson City homes. In previous years, the fire department has held this event but with smoke detectors. Over the summer, two people died from

Attorney General Josh Hawley announced on Friday that a jury found Michael Hays, 30, guilty of involuntary manslaughter, assault in the second degree and failing to keep right on a roadway. Hays was accused of killing Bate County Commissioner Larry Berry in 2014. Hawley said the jury heard evidence that Hays admitted to drinking 10

Gov. Eric Greitens has appointed Brouck Jacobs as Circuit Judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit. Jacobs will replace Judge Christine Carpenter, who retired earlier this year. He has been a prosecuting attorney for almost a decade, Greitens said. Jacobs has been serving as an assistant prosecuting attorney for the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office since

Callaway County deputies arrested Randall Moore after a narcotics-related search warrant was issued for a residence in the 100 block of Oak Street in Fulton. Deputies said during the search, officers found methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Deputies arrested Moore and he was taken to the Callaway County Jail. Moore bonded out of jail but

TODAY: By the afternoon it will feel more like summer as temperatures quickly climb into the low to mid 80s under mostly sunny skies. It will feel slightly humid as dew points rise to the lower 60s and winds come in from the south near 10 mph. TONIGHT: Tonight will be mild as clouds increase

Emergency crews responded to a single-car crash involving a tow truck on Friday morning. Crews said the crash happened on Mexico Gravel Road near the intersection of Lake of the Woods. Firefighters told ABC17 crews that the tow truck went off the side of the road with two people inside. Firefighters said one person went

The Benton County Sheriff’s Department said they have found the remains of Duane Georges after multiple searches around Georges property. According to the deputies, they were contacted on Sept. 24 by concerned neighbors of Georges, who they had not seen for a couple of weeks. Deputies said they responded to Georges residence and did not

Columbia police arrested Mark Haden on Thursday morning after there were reports of stealing in the 6100 block of Forester Drive. Officers said Haden was stealing plumbing supplies from a construction site. Police said the cost of plumbing supplies were estimated to be $1,200. Haden was arrested and faces possible charges of stealing.

Paxton Keeley Elementary School has been evacuated for a gas odor. All of the students have been evacuated and are safe. Parents recieved a text message alerting them of the evacuation. ABC 17 crews are headed to the scene to confirm more details. According to a second text message sent to parents, Ameren and emergency