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TONIGHT: Heavy rain and thunderstorms will continue into the evening hours. There is a marginal and sligh risk in effect for parts of mid-Mo. The greatest threats are strong winds and hail. There is a 2% chance of tornado in place for southeastern portions of mid-Missouri. A flash flood warning is in effect for Boone,

Columbia police are looking for a man accused of robbing a Check Into Cash store Saturday afternoon. Police were sent to the business at 12:35 p.m. The investigation revealed a man entered the store, showed a handgun and demanded money from the employee. The man ran from the area, going north, police said. He got

TODAY: It will be soggy and breezy this weekend. Heavy rain will persist for much of Saturday into early Sunday. Rain amounts could reach 3″ to 5″ in central Mid-Missouri including Columbia. There could be some locations that see near 6″ of rain across I-44. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect from until 7

The Maries County Sheriff posted on Facebook to let the community know about the death of a 24-year-old man from Belle Saturday morning. The post says that Dillon Barton died of a heroin overdose in his residence Thursday evening. Christ Heitman, the Maries County Sheriff, also wrote that Barton was a “great, young man with

Rain is expected to fall down throughout the morning, afternoon and night in mid-Missouri Saturday. Mid-Missouri is under a flash flood watch through Sunday night. Some of the back roads in Columbia, where the ground level is lower, did not have flood waters around 6 a.m. Saturday. Drivers need to be aware of the possibility

TODAY: Rain will continue all day with another chance for strong storms Saturday late afternoon into tonight. The main threats are large hail and damaging winds with a slight tornado chance east of of US 54. Temps will reach into the lower 60s with northeasterly winds near 20 mph. TONIGHT: Temps will dip into the

A Columbia woman wanted for a homicide investigation in the St. Louis area was arrested in mid-Missouri Friday night. The Columbia Police Department said it had received information from the St. Louis Police Department that suspect Emily Paul was in town. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Paul is the girlfriend of Jibri Baker, a

The Missouri Department of Transportation is preparing to handle flooding over roadways this weekend with a flash flood watch in effect for most of Mid-Missouri. The Moreau River near Jefferson City is expected to see the highest flooding with a forecast to be in major flood stage by Sunday night. As of 8:30 p.m. Friday,

UPDATE: Three men jailed Thursday night were charged in federal court for a bank robbery that happened in east Columbia. Larome Humphrey, Quinton Wilson, and Damien Powell were charged in Thursday’s robbery of the Callaway Bank near the Lake of the Woods. Investigators said Humphrey and Powell pointed a gun at a teller’s head before

While the UM System is facing unprecedented budget cuts from the state, President Mun Choi focused on moving forward and even growing the system’s rank in his first president’s report. Choi addressed the UM Board of Curators Friday morning at a meeting at Missouri S&T in Rolla. He began his presentation by thanking faculty members

A strong, slow moving storm system will move through Missouri this weekend bringing a chance of severe storms and heavy rain which could lead to flash flooding. Waves of rain and storms will move across Mid-Missouri from late Friday night through Sunday afternoon. The first round of storms will move north from near I-44 to

On Friday, the Missouri Ethics Commission ordered Governor Eric Greitens and his campaign group, Greitens for Missouri, to pay a violation fee stemming from his run for office. In court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, the commission said the campaign failed to disclose a list of possible donors as an in-kind contribution. The group

JoAnthony Johnson was found guilty Friday of sodomy, rape and attempted sexual assault that involved four women over the course of several months in 2015 and 2016. The jury deliberated for about three hours before returning the verdicts. Three of those women testified during the trial. ABC 17 News was in the courtroom when the

University of Missouri officials have changed policies that will affect gathering spaces and protests on the Mizzou campus. Officials said the rules change will help campus community members and visitors understand their rights and responsibilities related to campus protests and the use of public space. The policy changes include the use of facilities, illuminated devices

Missouri Treasurer Eric Schmitt is marking his 100 days as the state’s head banker. He joins us on This Week to talk about some issues on his radar such as Missouri Achieving a Better Life Experience Program (MO-ABLE), a program he says is close to his heart.

TONIGHT: Rain will increase late, after 12AM across the Ozarks and move to near I-70 by early Saturday morning. The winds will pick up tonight from the northeast, gusting to 25 mph and it looks mild with lows in the upper 50s. SATURDAY: It will be soggy and breezy this weekend. Heavy rain will persist

UPDATE 3:16 P.M.: Three of the people in the crash have been discharged fro the hospital. The passenger who is suffering from life threatening injuries is still in critical condition. UPDATE 2:24 P.M.: Four people were taken to University Hospital for their injuries. One is suffering from life threatening injuries, one suffered moderate injuries and

Missouri Task Force 1 has been deployed by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to deploy to West Plains ahead of warnings of severe flooding in the region. SEMA has asked that a Type 4 Task Force with an embedded Type 1 Swiftwater Rescue Team be deployed to flooded areas in the region as needed.

A Flash Flood Watch will be valid starting Friday evening at 7PM through Sunday evening. Counties shaded in green will have the greatest potential for localized flash flooding with 3″ to 7″ of rain occurring. Rain looks to start up near the Ozarks 12AM-2AM early on Saturday and for Columbia and Jefferson City by 3AM-6AM.

More people are overdosing and dying from abusing prescription opioid drugs and heroin. In this special report, ABC 17’s Marissa Hollowed examines what kind of strain it’s putting on families, law enforcement and first responders in mid-Missouri. “You get addicted to heroin very easily. There aren’t casual heroin users,” said Laura Thurman, program director at