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Today’s heat index got as high as 98 degrees, which means those who regularly work outside need to make sure they are taking necessary precautions. In the summer of 2016 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted more than 200 nationwide inspections that were heat-related. Thirteen of them were fatalities. Assistant Chief of Boone

Residents on North Greenwood Avenue in central Columbia are starting to speak out about concerns of speeding on the road. The road connects between Ash and West Broadway: something drivers often take advantage of. “They’re blowing down the street at 50 mph many times,” said Jerry Russo, a North Greenwood resident. “It’s really at a

Three children have died as a result of being left inside of a vehicle in the hot sun in just the past three weeks. One of those children died after being left inside of a hot day care van all day long; the other two were toddlers in Texas who police say were intentionally left

Jefferson City leaders are continuing efforts to evaluate the city’s public transportation system. On Tuesday, city leaders opened a survey to the public in hopes of learning needs and possible improvements for users. ABC 17 News has reported before on the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s efforts to improve JEFFTRAN. It has contracted with Lochmueller

A Moberly man has been charged with felony DWI, operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner and possession of marijuana after a single vehicle crash killed his passenger. The Missouri State Highway Patrol was called to a single vehicle crash on CRD 1235, north of Huntsville, on June 5. When the trooper

A Waynesville man was accused of breaking an infant’s arm on Sunday. According to official documents, Andrew Abram was feeding his two-month-old son. During the feeding, the infant became fussy and Abram got frustrated. The infant’s mother, Marita Loidl, heard the infant screaming and crying. When Loidl went into the room that the infant and

TUESDAY: Temperatures this afternoon are already on the rise under mostly sunny skies. We’ll once again see highs climb into the lower 90s. The big concern today will be heat indices climb above 95 degrees in most spots, as moisture continues to stream in from the south. Southerly winds will increase to near 15 mph

Our long streak without rain or thunderstorms is about to end as we head into Wednesday. A passing cold front will bring our first chance for severe weather in quite some time. When we forecast for severe storms we look for three things to be present in the atmosphere: moisture, lift and instability. On Wednesday

Leaders of Jefferson City Public Schools are split on a tax increment financing (TIF) proposal for the former St. Mary’s Hospital property. Korb Maxwell, the attorney for the developers, Farmers Holding Co., gave a presentation to the board Monday on the proposal. This comes ahead of the TIF Commission’s expected vote Wednesday for a recommendation

A Facebook video posted by state Rep. Mike Moon, R-Lawrence, shows the lawmaker butchering a chicken while talking about the recent special legislative session. “When the governor called for the second special session this year, I was right in the middle of my summer job,” said Moon in the video. “Like any good ‘career politician,’

Tuesday will be one of the hottest days of the week, according to Meteorologist Brigit Mahoney. The hot weather can be dangerous if not properly prepared, that is why Columbia welcomes anyone who wants to beat the heat to head into any cooling center. If a person needs to get out of the heat, head

TUESDAY: The heat and humidity continues as temperatures reach the low 90s and heat indices climb to 95-99 degrees. Southerly winds will increase to near 15 mph in the afternoon and could gust as high as 25 mph. An isolated storm is possible Tuesday afternoon in areas closer to I-44 and east of HWY 63

Early Monday morning, Columbia firefighters responded to the 1600 block of Paris Road for a vehicle fire. When they arrived on scene they saw a car fully engulfed by flames. Crews were able to extinguish the fire within five minutes. About 20 minutes later, firefighters were dispatched to a second vehicle fire in the 1800

TUESDAY: The heat and humidity continues as temperatures reach the low 90s and heat indices climb to 95-99 degrees. Southerly winds will increase to near 15 mph in the afternoon and could gust as high as 25 mph at times. An isolated storm is possible Tuesday afternoon in areas closer to I-44 and east of

Ameren Missouri has proposed further talks with the city of Columbia regarding a major expansion of the city’s electric system. The Columbia City Council received the report from Ameren Missouri late last week detailing the company’s review of a proposed construction of high-voltage power lines north of town. The city has been looking for a

The weather pattern becomes more active starting Wednesday as a cold front drops into Missouri. Ahead of this front the air has become unstable due to warm, moist air carried in with southerly winds over the past few days. Air is considered unstable if it continues to rise when given a nudge upward. And this

Eclipse 2017 is 10 weeks away. While the moon blocks the intense light from the sun, NASA will take advantage of the total solar eclipse to study solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. While they’re both giant explosions, the two are different. A flare can last minutes or hours and is visible from

The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday night to approve the schools’ budget for the 2017- 2018 school year. According to the last finance committee meeting, Columbia Public Schools is operating with a budget of $215,197,741 and is projected to spend $212,727,830 of it, leaving $2,469,911. According to the school board and district, the 2017-2018

The Missouri Department of Transportation began replacing “wrong way” and “do not enter” signs along a 100-mile stretch of route 54 to improve safety said Mo-DOT engineer Trent Brooks. Last summer two teens died in a wrong-way collision while multiple agencies were auditing Route 54 to evaluate how safe it was to drive. That audit

UPDATE 6 p.m.: Fire investigators said the cause of the fires at the 4100 block of Bearfield Road are suspicious because the building is vacant. Sunday night and Monday morning were not the first times the building caught on fire in the past month. Firefighters responded to a fire at the same building May 25.