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A Columbia home sustained minor damage after a kitchen fire Saturday morning. Fire crews were called to Maple Grove Way, near Bethel Street in south Columbia around 8 a.m. Saturday. Fire officials told our crews on scene that one woman was home at the time. She was not injured and was woken up by a

TODAY: By the early afternoon, a few spotty showers may develop in areas south of I-70 and east of I-44 . Rain will gradually dry up throughout the afternoon hours as h ighs reach into the mid 70s. Tonight skies will gradually clear out as temperatures slide into the lower 60s. SUNDAY: Dry and sunny

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Steven Fox, 66 and of Fenton, was found floating near the 25-mile marker of Kinchelow Hollow Cove around 8:30 p.m. Friday. According to the drowning report, Fox was not wearing a life vest. Fox was pronounced dead at the scene. The drowning was Troop F’s first case for May

TODAY: Rain will continue through the morning hours, tapering off by the afternoon. Temps will be warm in the mid 70s with gusty winds up to 22 mph from the southwest. TONIGHT: Expect dry and clearing skies with temps dipping into the lower 60s to upper 50s. SUNDAY: Morning temps will be cool in the

TONIGHT: Showers and storms will continue overnight. There is still a low severe threat mainly near I-44 where strong damaging wind gusts or isolated large hail are possible. Heavy rain is possible with most areas picking up an additional .50-1.0″ rain, with up to 2″ possible. SATURDAY: Storms will move out early but re-develop in

Thousands were without power Friday night after storms rolled through mid-Missouri. At one point, more than 1,000 Cole County Ameren Missouri customers were in the dark and more than 600 Boone Electric Cooperative customers were without power. In Cole County, trees were uprooted and some power lines were down. ABC 17 News received reports of

Once early morning storms ended Friday, it was dry until another line of storms swept across Mid-Missouri in the afternoon and evening, bringing strong wind, frequent lightning and heavy rain. Wind damage was reported in many areas including Jefferson City where a tree fell on the roof of a house. Fortunately, no one was injured

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The National Weather Service out of St. Louis has confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in Mid-Missouri early Friday morning, from strong morning storms. St. Louis meteorologists say that an EF-1 formed 1 mile east of Williamsburg in Callaway County, along Old US 40, with an estimated wind peak of 100 mph around 4:15 Friday

Plans to build a proposed Columbia Sports Fieldhouse moved forward Thursday night. Columbia Parks and Recreation hopes to break ground sometime in November on the indoor facility by A.Perry Philips Park in South Columbia. The $3.7 million project is expected to be finished by October 2018. “This is one thing the city has been missing

The ABC 17 News weather team is tracking the current and future weather conditions for Friday. According to Chief Meteorologist Sharon Ray, a tornado watch will continue until 10:00 p.m. for most of Mid-Missouri south of Highway 24. Storms will increase throughout the evening and move east by 10:00 p.m. and could become severe with

UPDATE 11:31 A.M.: Julio D. Carballea, 50, of White Settlement, Texas was charged with second degree assault and armed criminal action. Myzra Abdykerimov, 24, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was treated for injuries at the Hannibal Regional Hospital and released. He was charged with third degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. UPDATE 2:15 p.m: ABC

UPDATE – 5:00 p.m.: The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed the identity of the woman who died in Friday morning’s crash on Highway 63. Troopers say 21-year-old Kimberly Schumann from Jacksonville, Missouri was killed when she lost control of her car just after 7:30 a.m. Schumann was pronounced dead at the scene. Leah Ensor, 22,

A Tornado Watch is in effect until 10 PM for most of Mid-Missouri, including areas south of HWY 24. Storms will increase from the west through the evening and could strengthen to severe levels, with all modes of severe weather possible. The greatest tornado threat is south of HWY 50 where there is a 5%

ABC 17 News confirmed with the Boone County Fire Protection District that a house fire on Hudson Avenue in Hallsville was caused by a lightning strike to the roof. The fire happened at around 4:00 Friday morning. There were three people in the home at the time of the fire, but no one was injured.

It’s been one week since the City of Columbia finished installing speed bumps on Rice Road and Kelsey Drive with a goal of easing traffic, and ABC 17 News is checking back on the project’s success. Joyce Schulte, who has lived on Kelsey Drive for nearly a decade, told ABC 17 News that the speed

TODAY: Scattered storms will pull through again by early afternoon, moving in from southern Missouri and lifting to Columbia and Jefferson City by 5PM-7PM. All modes of severe weather will be possible with storms today. Due to cloud cover, our high near 80 degrees for this afternoon will cool to the upper 60s by this

UPDATE 5:36am: Ameren Missouri is reporting all outages across the state are now restored. UPDATE 5:07am: More than 2,000 mid-Missourians are now without power after strong storms hit the area Friday morning. Here’s a look at the outage reports by county from Ameren Missouri. Boone – 308 Cole – 148 Gasconade – 47 Maries –

UPDATE 7:18am: Three Rivers Electric is reporting nearly 1,00 customers are without power in its service area. It’s based out of Linn in Osage County. The Osage County Sheriff’s Department says it is still assessing damage in the area, but did confirm several roads are blocked in the county and several people are without power.

While injuries have not been reported this morning so far due to severe weather, strong wind gusts of 60 mph were observed bringing some damage in the counties of Miller, Cole, Osage, Maries, Gasconade, and Montgomery counties. Severe Thunderstorms brought power outages. We had one Tornado Warned storm in eastern Callaway County from and Montgomery