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One man died Saturday morning in a single-car crash in Gasconade County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 45-year-old Matthew Piles flipped the Chevy Trailblazer he was driving on Route T near Hafertafe Road just before 7 a.m. The report said Piles drifted over the center line of Route T, overcorrected and flipped into a

TONIGHT: More clouds will roll in tonight keeping our early evening temperatures mild in the mid 50s with light easterly winds up to 10 mph. As we move past midnight we see an increased chance for showers that will work their way into mid-Mo from the west. Temperatures will bottom out in the upper 40s.

UPDATE: Columbia Water and Light have completed the repairs to the damaged telephone poll lines on Burr Oak Road. One person is in the hospital this morning and another is recovering after an early-morning crash in Boone County. Crews were called to the 7700 block of Burr Oak Road around 12:20 a.m. for the single-car

A Harrisburg man has bonded out of jail after he was arrested for felony aggravated DWI Friday evening. According to online court records, this is Robert Rowland’s fifth arrest for DWI. His first arrest for DWI happened more than 20 years ago. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested Rowland around 10:30 p.m. Friday in Boone

TODAY: Our skies will be dominated by clouds and dry conditions with the high temper ature near 60 degrees for Saturday’s high temperature. We may see some sunshine by the afternoon, but more clouds will roll in tonight keeping our evening temperatures mild in the mid 50s with light winds up to 10 mph out

TODAY: Expect mostly dry and cloudy conditions with partial sunshine by the afternoon. Temps will rise to near 60 degrees with light winds up to 10 mph out of the east. TONIGHT: Saturday evening will be dry and mild with clouds continuing to dominate our skies. This will help keep temps mild in the mid

On Friday, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill announced she plans to vote against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. McCaskill said while she was not comfortable with either choice, she was concerned over the country’s polarizing politics. “I’m certain we will have a Senate rule change that will usher in more extreme judges in

Art Jago did not expect an academic partnership he made at Yale University would land him in federal court. Jago, a candidate for the Fifth Ward seat on the Columbia City Council next Tuesday, was a party to a federal lawsuit in Texas in the early 1990s, according to documents ABC 17 News obtained. Kepner-Tregoe,

In March of last year, Brian Treece was a candidate seeking the position of mayor for the City of Columbia. As he approaches his anniversary in that job, Mayor Treece joins us for “This Week.” We start the conversation with a discussion about the recent homicides in Columbia.

We’ll have a chilly, dry start to the day Saturday with temperatures near 40 early and mostly cloudy skies. The clouds will break up a bit in the afternoon and temperatures will stay cool with an easterly wind to 10 mph. High temperatures will range from the mid 50s north of I-70 to the lower

Two men were charged in federal court Friday, accused of running a brothel in Columbia and advertising prostitutes online. Barry Manthe and Ronald Clark were booked Thursday night at the scene of the alleged crimes: 1125 Vandiver Drive. They are the second and third arrests in this case. Kenneth Jones was arrested earlier this month

A woman was arrested and charged for the October shooting death of Kevin McCuiston in Moberly this week. Brittney Bowen was charged on Tuesday with second degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action. She was taken into custody Wednesday and is being held in the Chariton County Jail on $500,000 bond. Bowen is the third

The mother involved in a Columbia custody battle that ended in a deadly crash was arrested Friday morning. Demetres Washington is charged with second-degree murder and three counts of kidnapping. She is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond in the Boone County Jail. Washington and her friend, Mackenzie Quiovers, allegedly lured three of

The bond for a Columbia man charged with domestic assault dropped by more than $20,000 Friday afternoon. Randall Marshall was accused of attacking a co-worker at Mizzou Arena earlier this month. He is no longer employed by the university. A judge lowered his bond from $25,000 to $4,500 in Boone County. Marshall will also not

TONIGHT: The clouds will stick around with low temperatures near 40 by morning with a northeast breeze of 6-9 mph. SATURDAY: The day will start off mostly cloudy and chilly with only partial afternoon sunshine and high temperatures near 60 with an easterly breeze of 6-10 mph. EXTENDED: Saturday night will be cool with mostly

A pretrial conference for the man accused of killing a state highway patrol trooper was delayed this week. Audrain County Prosecutor Jacob Shellabarger told ABC 17 News that the attorney for Serghei Comerzan had a conflict and that the pretrial conference is now set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in Troy. This is due to Judge

Two men who were arrested during an FBI raid in Columbia Thursday have been charged in federal court, accused of promoting prostitution online. ABC 17 News was at the scene as authorities took Ronald Clark and Barry Manthe into custody at a home on Vandiver Drive. Court documents show that both men are charged with

UPDATE: Charles Hayes has been charged with armed criminal action and robbery in the first degree in connection to an armed robbery earlier this month on Morning Glory drive. The armed robbery occurred less than a half of a mile away from last weekend’s triple shooting that left two people dead. UPDATE: A man is

A Callaway County man was charged Friday with rape and kidnapping, among other charges. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says it responded to a reported domestic disturbance and sexual assault on the 23rd at a residence near Portland in eastern Callaway County. Deputies apparently found the victim at the residence, who was then taken to

No one appeared to be hurt after a driver ran into a central Columbia building Friday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the scene just after 3:30 p.m. in the 900 block of College Avenue. They believe the driver forgot to put the vehicle in reverse before hitting the gas. An inspector was headed to the