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TODAY : Waking up temperatures will be in the 60s. We may see a little fog through the morning hours. Our last official day of the spring season will be sunny and pleasant with the high reaching into the lower 80s. Through the afternoon hours, a weak upper level disturbance will track through northern Missouri.

Callaway County deputies arrested two people Sunday afternoon after a traffic stop with an ATV in the 800 block of County Road 245 near Auxvasse. Deputies said the driver, Harold Smith, had a revoked license. Deputies checked the ATV’s VIN number and learned it was reported stolen out of Callaway County earlier in the month.

Typically, as we head into the middle of June, summer heat will have anchored itself into Mid-Missouri. That certainly hasn’t been the case this year, as a cold front accompanied by strong storms tracked through the region Saturday night. Following the strong storms that swept through Mid-Missouri, cooler and drier air started to filter into

An officer with the Columbia Police Department confirms a man was found dead in a field in the 500 block of High Street Sunday afternoon. The officer said they were called to the scene around 2:50 p.m. after someone reported finding the body. As of 5:15 p.m. CPD said it was waiting for the medical

TONIGHT: A pleasant evening is in store for Mid-Missouri, as drier air continues to flow into the region under northwesterly winds. Temperatures tonight will bottom out in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. Due to winds remaining up through the night out of the west, little to no fog is expected by daybreak. Winds

Thousands are without power after a strong line of storms moved through mid-Missouri late Saturday night with winds estimated up to 70 mph. Initial storm reports indicate a city-wide power outage in Glasgow in Howard County with multiple power lines and tree limbs down across the city. One damage report included a snapped power pole

UPDATE 10:13 a.m.: Crews have cleared the scene. Fire crews said lightning was likely the cause of a fire at a home on Route J Sunday morning. Firefighters were first called to the home in the 2400 block of Route J around 6:15 a.m. Online dispatch records show 11 units responded to the fire. Firefighters

A family was left homeless after a fire destroyed their trailer early Sunday morning at the 12000 block of Silver Fork Hill Road. Boone County firefighters responded to the scene around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters said when they arrived the family was already out of the home and the trailer was fully engulfed with flames.

Some people in Mid-Missouri woke up to storm damage Sunday morning after overnight rain and strong winds. The above photo of a trampoline that was blown into trees was sent to us by a viewer. It was taken in Midway Sunday morning across from the Midway Heights Subdivision. ABC 17 News had a reporter driving

TODAY: Father’s Day afternoon conditions will bring us gradually clearing skies, lower humidity, and cooler high temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s with a northwesterly breeze up to 15 mph . Clouds will gradually clear out by the evening leaving us with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the upper 60s. MONDAY :

TODAY: Morning rain will taper off, existing mainly south of I-44 after 9AM. The afternoon will be dry and cool with highs in the upper 70s and lower 80s. Winds will be breezy around 15 mph from the west, gusting as high as 21 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will gradually clear with comfortable evening temps in

Centralia Police Chief Larry Dudgeon confirmed a man was taken into custody after allegedly assaulting two police officers Saturday afternoon. Dudgeon said officers were called to the First Baptist Church on Collier Street around 3:40 p.m. for reports of a man who was refusing to leave the church sanctuary The man, Jonathan Griffin, reportedly would

A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of child abuse after an incident at the Capital Mall Saturday afternoon. Jefferson City Police were called to the mall on Country Club Drive just before 4 p.m. Witnesses reported a man punching and kicking his 4-year-old daughter several times before taking her and fleeing the scene. Officers

TONIGHT: It will be a stormy night across Mid-Missouri, as a cold front tracks through Mid-Missouri. Expectations are for scattered storms to pop up ahead of the cold front as we head towards sunset, with the storms eventually congealing into a line. These storms will likely be on the strong side, with winds in excess

The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a two-car crash on Route Z in Callaway County. The crash happened on Route Z at County Road 115 around 12:30 a.m. Troopers said the cars traveling opposite directions side swiped each other. Troopers arrested Derek Williams, 54, of St.

Storms are likely by Saturday evening and overnight as a cold front moves through Mid-Missouri. As this front moves into the very unstable, moist air, storms are expected to develop and expand into a line and spread southeast through the night. Strong instability and moderate wind shear will allow strong storms to develop mid to

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Explosive Disposal Unit, along with military specialists with Fort Leonard Wood, completed tests on a suspicious package Saturday morning. The package was found Friday afternoon near the door to the nuclear connector at Missouri University’s Science and Technology campus. Students and employees in Parker Hall, Fulton Hall, the physics building

TODAY: By the afternoon, our Saturday will be partly sunny and hot. Temperatures will reach the lower 90s and heat indices over 100 in the afternoon. Heat indices could climb as high as 107 in our western counties Saturday. There is a Heat Advisory for Benton, Camden, Cooper, Miller, Morgan, Pettis and Saline counties from

Strong to severe storms pulled through Mid-Missouri late Friday night into early Saturday morning. A few Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued across the viewing area with high winds up to 60 mph the primary threat. Storm reports were few in Mid-Missouri, but areas to our west received significant wind damage from several trees getting knocking

TODAY: After the rain tapers off by the mid-morning hours, skies will be partly sunny. It will be hot and humid with temps in the lower 90s and heat indices in the 100s and above. Winds will be active with gusts near 20 mph from the SW. TONIGHT: Another chance for severe storms moves into