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TODAY: After a cool morning, temperatures will rise into the lower 70s in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies with a southerly breeze up to 12 mph. TONIGHT: Clouds will be increasing this evening. Temperatures look to be 10 degrees milder tonight, staying in the mid 50s. EXTENDED: We’ll have more clouds around Thursday with

A Columbia man convicted of arson will not have his appeal request approved. ABC 17 News confirmed on Tuesday that a federal judge denied Christopher Kelley’s request of a re-trial. Kelley was previously found guilty of setting fires inside two buildings on Columbia college campuses. Kelley was sentenced in 2014 for arson after he set

A new study from a retired Boone County judge shows the rising inmate population and housing costs for the county’s jail. Retired judge Gary Oxenhandler presented his report to the Boone County Commission Tuesday morning. A copy obtained by ABC 17 News shows the financial information and number of inmates the jail held throughout the

A judge who presided over many high-profile cases in Mid-Missouri passed away overnight on Monday. Frank Conley was a Boone County prosecutor before becoming a judge in the 13th Circuit Court. He served in that role for three decades before his state-mandated retirement in 2002, at the age 70. After his retirement, Judge Conley continued

Tuesday marked exactly a week since the death of 13 year-old Rylie Wagner of Hallsville. Hallsville residents gathered at a nearby park for a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in remembrance of Rylie. Friends, classmates, neighbors and her parents described her as a kind girl, who would stick up for her friends who were bullied, including

The weather pattern continues to be active as we head through April with periods of rain and above average temperatures. The upper level winds are coming in from west to east off the Pacific Ocean, carrying mild air across the country. Along with this, waves of low pressure or “disturbances” are also carried in with

Friends and family members of a Sedalia teenager who took her own life are planning a protest at 1 p.m. Thursday in front of Smith-Cotton High School. Relatives said the walkout protest is in response to the district’s handling of bullying in its schools, a problem that they said led to 16-year-old Riley Garrigus to

President Trump’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year could affect programs for lower-income Jefferson City residents. ABC 17 News has reported that the executive budget released last month would cut more than $6 billion from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That would eliminate the Community Development Block Grant Program across the country.

A Columbia man convicted of child porn crimes was sentenced in Boone County court Tuesday. Cody Woll will spend the next five years in prison after pleading guilty. He was arrested in December after investigators served a search warrant and found several videos and images on his computer of sex crimes involving children.

UPDATE: Route 54 is now back open. Sergeant Scott White with the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms they were investigating a suspicious device. The device was determined to be a consumer electronic device. ORIGINAL: There is a police emergency that will close down eastbound and westbound Route 54 between Route 242 and Route W in

UPDATE, 2:00 p.m.: Columbia police were called to the 1700 block of Oxford Drive at 10:55 Tuesday morning for a report of a trespassing with a gun. About 20 minutes after the call came in, Russell Boulevard School was notified of the incidents and officers closed the roadway at College Park and Stadium. Police said

The Boone County Commission agreed to participate in a revenue guarantee agreement with United Airlines, which will begin to provide air service to Denver and Chicago starting Aug. 1. The commission will contribute $50,000 to the $600,000 guarantee. Cole County also approved $50,000 and Jefferson City is providing $100,000. The University of Missouri is shelling

Tammy Ferry, an employee of Jefferson City Public Schools, has filed a lawsuit against JCPS as of Monday. ABC 17 News first reported about the planned filing in March. Ferry claims to be the victim of sex and age discrimination. Less than a year ago, a jury ruled in favor of a similar lawsuit filed

The Boone County Commission is now set to decide the fate of the third Chapter 100 tax proposal in six months. American Outdoor Brands, known for making Smith & Wesson guns, is asking for a 50 percent tax break to build a new distribution center off Route Z in Columbia. The taxing entities of Boone

A variety of infections are making mid-Missouri sick this week. The doctors from Broadway Urgent Care say they are seeing mostly sinus infections in their patients this week. They also say there is a nasty cough going around. Dr. Tara Flynn, from Mizzou Quick Care and Urgent Care, says she is also seeing infectious illnesses.

TONIGHT: Skies will remain clear with low temperatures dropping into the mid 40s with a light breeze from the south under 6 mph. WEDNESDAY: After a cool morning, temperatures will rise into the lower 70s in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies with a southerly breeze up to 12 mph. EXTENDED: We’ll have more clouds

Some public agencies in mid-Missouri spending to bring United Airlines to Columbia are standing behind their investment. Videos of a man being dragged off a Untied flight Sunday, leaving him bloodied, circulated social media. The airline overbooked a flight from Chicago to Louisville, and asked people to voluntarily give up their seats in exchange for

Columbia police officers are surveying the area where a fatal crash took place on April 1. A traffic stop ended in a fatal crash on Ash and Garth, killing the passenger in Jeremiah Lynne’s car, 19-year-old Skyler Littleton. Littleton was transferred to a local hospital and was later pronounced dead. She was four months pregnant,

TUESDAY: By the afternoon hours we will see clear skies in mid-Missouri. With a high pressure system building in the area, Tuesday will feel less humid as dry air pumps in. Temperatures will be slightly cooler than yesterday, but will be near the average, in the mid 60s. TONIGHT: It looks quiet overnight with light

TODAY: Morning clouds will keep temperatures 10-15 degrees cooler today. Look for increasing afternoon sun with temperatures in the mid 60s for the highs. TONIGHT: It looks to be mostly clear, dropping to the mid 40s overnight with winds becoming southerly by midnight. WEDNESDAY: It starts off cool again tomorrow, while southerly winds and more