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Andrea Auston starts her day by dropping off her daughter, 6-year-old Akira Woods, at the Tree Top Learning Center. Akira waits for the school bus there, while Auston attends nursing school. They’ve had this routine since Akira started Benton Elementary School last year. Things changed Wednesday. “We’re going to take it a day at a

A Jefferson City resident was put out of his home after the city had to step in to remove hundreds of piled-up trash bags and waste. Crews used a small backhoe last week to get into the home in the 800 block of East High Street. The city condemned the home and boarded up all

A Boone County husband and wife could face burglary charges after they were arrested at a Columbia hotel Friday. Raymond Scharf, 28, and Ronda Scharf, 33, were arrested at the Budget Host Inn on Vandiver Drive shortly after 7 a.m. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department said its deputies found a large amount of stolen property

Firefighters from the Boone County Fire Protection District were called to an outside fire in the 11000 block of I-70 Drive Northeast just after noon Friday. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the fire started as a controlled burn, but quickly spread out of control because of high winds and burned about 50 acres of land

An apartment building fire in Jefferson City caused more than $75,000 worth of damages Friday afternoon. The fire started around 4 p.m.in the 500 block of Senate Court. People said they could see flames from Castle Drive. When the Jefferson City Fire Department arrived at the scene, they saw the fire on a deck, stretching

Blake Mallory’s grandmother Sally was on her way to Centralia to grab a bite to eat when she was hit head-on by another car on Highway 124. She and Cheryl Kennison, the driver of the other car, were killed instantly. “It was sort of like, why?” said Mallory. “Out of all the good people, why

UPDATE 6:00 p.m.: Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols told ABC 17 News the fire does not appear to suspicious in manner. He said the investigation by the fire marshal could take a couple weeks to be completed and likely will not have any more information available until that investigation is completed. UPDATE 11:39 a.m.: The

Low clouds will move in early Saturday giving us a cloudy sky and chance of light rain or drizzle in parts of Mid-Missouri. The best chance of rain is from HWY 50 north where spotty light drizzle or light rain up to a tenth of an inch is possible from late morning through the afternoon.

Adios La Niña and Hello La Nada. Thursday, the Climate Prediction Center officially declared that the weak and short-lived La Niña had disappeared. The weak La Niña never really gained any strength, due in large part to the record breaking El Niño last year that shattered global temperature records. This La Niña goes down as

TONIGHT: High clouds will continue to pass through and increase later tonight. It will be a mild night with low temperatures in the mid 40s north of I-70 to lower 50s south with southwesterly winds at 6-10 mph. SATURDAY: T here will increasing low clouds Saturday with high temperatures in the mid-upper 60s and southerly

An anthropologist and a team of eight others from the University of Missouri and Columbia College arrived and started sifting through the debris at the site of a home fire near Eugene from November. They were able to locate skeletal remains from the location that authorities believe to be Glen Ford. It happened just before

Camden County deputies are looking for a man wanted on warrants for parole violation. The sheriff’s department is trying to locate Richard Stringham. The department said Friday that his last known location was the 1400 Block of Highway 73 in Branch. Stringham is 31 years old with brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5

UPDATE 4:38am: Firefighters tell ABC 17 News the home is a total loss, but say the man living there was able to make it out safely. They say two departments responded to the scene around 1:00 Friday morning and found the home fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters tell us the fire did spread to another

Seven months after their deactivation, Lincoln University announced Thursday that the college will once again offer bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees in history, with concentrations in public history, research and writing and middle/high school education, beginning in the Fall 2017 semester. Department faculty worked with outside consultants to redesign the degree programs.

During the final day of the county commissioners training session, Gov. Eric Greitens and Sen. Mike Kehoe spoke to the crowd. Throughout the three-day program, commissioners from all over the state of Missouri went over their budgets and resolutions for the year. They also talked about how to be prepared for cyber attacks as well

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon are warming rather quickly into the mid and upper 50s. This is thanks in large part to mostly sunny skies and a southwest wind of 15-20 mph. Through the day the winds will be breezing, gusting to 30-33 mph at times. Temperatures will warm into the mid and upper 60s through

On Thursday, Michael D. Shimon, 34, of Rolla, pleaded guilty to one count of promoting child pornography and two counts of possessing child pornography. After pleading guilty to the charges, Shimon was sentenced to twelve years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on each of the three counts. At the plea hearing, Shimon admitted to

A Red Flag warning will be valid from 9AM through 6PM this afternoon and tonight. Due to low relative humidity under 30%, strong southwesterly winds gusting to 30-35 mph during the afternoon and temperatures rising to the mid 60s, outdoor burning should be avoided in counties shaded in pink, mainly from HWY 50 and south.

TODAY: It’ll start off cool with early morning temperatures in the upper 20s, to low 30 and wind chills in the mid 20s. We’ll warm quickly during the day with a southwest wind of 15-20 mph gusting to 30-33 mph at times. Temperatures will warm to near 50 by noon, and near 60-64 during the

UPDATE, 1:37 a.m.: The boxer has been found. UPDATE, 10:34 p.m.: The scene is now clear. UPDATE: ABC 17 News spoke with the driver from the crash. He said he saw a deer, overcorrected and flipped his vehicle. His dog, a tan boxer was also in the truck, but has not been found since the