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Reported flu cases have dropped after a steady rise of the flu. This comes after Boone County’s Public Health and Human Services Department released their flu numbers from the end of January. 203 cases reported the week of Feb. 12 – Feb.18, 2017 268 cases reported the week of Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, 2017

Winter returns this weekend as wind chills fall to the teens Friday night and Saturday morning. On Sunday a mix of rain and snow returns in the afternoon. Late morning there is a chance the mix will develop in southwest Mid-Missouri near Benton and Morgan counties by 10AM. The mix looks to move into Columbia

TODAY: Some rain overnight near HWY 24 brought estimated rain totals of 1″. Temperatures are falling this afternoon, thanks to the passage of a cold front. As the frontal passage continues to track through Mid-Missouri, we’ll see wind speeds on the windy side through the rest of the day. Winds will be sustained out of

TODAY: Mostly cloudy with temperatures falling to the low 40s in the afternoon. A wind chill of 35-40 is likely in the afternoon falling to 32 by 6PM. Light rain and snow starts near HWY 24 by 3PM and near I-70 by 5PM. No accumulation is expected for most locations, while areas north of HWY

A man charged in the death of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper is expected to be in court on Friday. The charges stem from a crash that killed Trooper James Bava in August of 2015. Serghei Comerzan is scheduled to have a motion hearing at 2 p.m. in St. Charles. During the afternoon’s court

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing man. It issued the advisory early Friday morning. 43-year-old Chad Hawk apparently walked away from his home at Shady Slope Circle around 2:15 Thursday afternoon. Authorities say he suffers from a seizure disorder and is diabetic. A K9 unit indicated he was

TODAY: Some rain overnight near HWY 24 brought estimated rain totals of 1″. Fog is possible near HWY 24 this morning, although fog will likely not be widespread. Temperatures are also falling this morning and the wind will pick up. A west/northwest wind will pick up by 7AM-8AM where winds will gust at this time

Ten people were arrested in connection to drugs after multiple search warrants were served in Moniteau County Wednesday night. The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office, Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force and Tipton Police Department served two search warrants in Latham and one in Tipton. “I want to make this very clear, if you sell drugs in Moniteau

A Jefferson City man was injured after he crashed in Jefferson City Thursday afternoon. According to the Jefferson City Police Department, Donald L. Hampton, 63, wrecked his motorcycle on High Street near the West Main Street intersection shortly before 5:40 p.m. Police said Hampton was driving the vehicle when he left the north side of

For the first time since taking office, Gov. Eric Greitens agreed to this brief sit down interview with ABC 17 News. In a statement released Thursday, Greitens said the state’s $52 million share of a 2003 settlement with tobacco companies, recently made available by a state Supreme Court decision, will be used to cover some

UPDATE, 2/23: The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 32-year-old Ryan Miller was the driver of the motorcycle. He was thrown from the bike after hitting a culvert. ORIGINAL 2/22: An investigation is underway after a crash that involved a motorcycle in south Columbia on Wednesday afternoon. According to the City of Columbia’s Real-Time 911 Fire

A Boone County judge sentenced a Columbia man to five years supervised probation Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count unlawful use of a weapon. Mariquan Midgyett was charged in connection to a Sept. 2016 shooting in the 1500 block of Raleigh Drive in north Columbia. No one was hurt in the shooting, but police

Next month, the Jefferson City Council is set to vote on temporarily stopping demolition in the East Capitol Avenue area. The bill is aimed at preventing historic buildings from being bulldozed in the urban renewal plan efforts until stronger regulations are passed. If approved, the city would suspend the issuance of demolition permits for buildings

The United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced that Robert Lorenzo Hester, Jr ., 25, of Columbia, was charged in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. today. Hester was indicted for his role in making preparations to launch a terrorist attack with persons he believed

The Jefferson City Police Department arrested James Arnold on Tuesday for driving while intoxicated. According to police, Arnold has eight previous convictions for driving while intoxicated. If convicted, this would be his ninth time. Around 3:10 in the afternoon, a Jefferson City police officer noticed plates on Arnold’s truck were car plates rather than truck

A Moberly woman was charged Tuesday in Boone County court with abuse or neglect of a child after a Columbia family turned over video to the police of her physically and verbally abusing their child in their home. According to a probable cause statement, the parents began video recording Stacey Robertson in late 2014 after

Our eight day stretch of warm weather will end Friday as a strong storm system moves across northern Missouri, sending much colder air into Mid-Missouri. Temperatures will start off in the 50s early Friday morning but will drop through the day, into the 40s by 5 PM. It will be windy with westerly winds at

Douglass High School, built in 1916, has been undergoing renovations since last summer and is on schedule to reopen this fall, but is also running low on money for the project. “We’ve had a great history of coming on or under our originally set budgets,” Linda Quinley, chief financial officer for Columbia Public Schools, said.

A tax break proposal for a potential dairy company to build a processing plant in Columbia is in the hands of the Boone County Commission, which had a first reading of the proposal at its meeting Thursday. Colorado-based Aurora Organic Dairy is requesting a 75 percent tax abatement over the next 10 years to build

We’re taking a closer look at Robert Hester Jr.’s social media postings that tipped the FBI off to go undercover. The Columbia man is accused of trying to aid ISIS in a terror attack. Experts say in most cases of domestic terrorism, threats can be traced through social media. In this particular case what Robert