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Monday morning, drivers will see lots of fog on the road. Highway Patrol says first and foremost to drive slowly. They also say to never drive distracted. Turn off the music, have both hands on the wheel, and roll down your window to hear other traffic on the road. Officials also say to never drive

With fourth of July around the corner the dry weather mid Missouri has experienced makes fighting fires tough. Boone County Fire Protection District says “we need more moisture, keeps down the fires… drier grass makes it easier for spot fires since you don’t know where the fireworks are going to land.” Gale Blomenkamp, Assistant Fire

Investigators have determined a lightning strike is what started a attic fire Sunday afternoon. Around 4:48 p.m. Columbia Fire Department responded to a call at the 300 block of Crown Point in Columbia. The resident wasn’t home at the time, but a neighbor called it in after seeing smoke from the attic. Four unit trucks,

The rain across Mid-Missouri continues on a stubborn trend and sticks around into Sunday evening. The bulk of this rain will be in the counties east of US 63. Spotty rain pockets will continue for the rest of Mid-Missouri as these storms slowly disintegrate as nightfall approaches. Conditions will clear overnight as the cold front

Parts of Highway 54 East in Holts Summit were shut down for a brief period of time Sunday afternoon after heavy rains flooded the roadways. The flooding happened near the Center Street exit. MODOT crews were on scene to assess and fix the damage. The Highway Patrol and Holts Summit Police Department were on scene

A private developer will begin work to install a roundabout at the intersection of Route WW and Rolling Hills Road in Columbia on Friday, July 1st under a permit with the Missouri Department of Transportation. Traffic will be shifted to the north side of a temporary barrier wall at Route WW and Rolling Hills Road

Missouri Department of Transportation crews will replace cross pipes on Howard County Route BB on Wednesday, June 29th and Thursday, June 30th. The work will close Route BB between Route O and County Road 116 from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day. Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route around the work area.

The City of Columbia Public Works Department announced Friday that street maintenance is scheduled for East Broadway, between Providence and Hitt Street, From Monday, June 27th through the morning of Friday, July 1st. The mill and overlay process will be done during the evening from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. There will be no parking

Three teenagers have drowned in just one day. The first is a 13 year-old girl who drowned in Ozark County in the North River. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the teenager went underwater just after 5:30 Saturday evening and never resurfaced. She was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later. This is an addition

UPDATE: 6/26/2016, 6:30 a.m.Police have identified Saturday’s homicide victim as 25-year-old Edmund “Ricky” Randolph, Jr. UPDATE 6/25/2016, 5:20 p.m.: Columbia police are now investigating a young man’s death in north Columbia as a homicide. Police said the case is just beginning and there are many interviews they have to conduct so for now, the name

UPDATE: Davis has been charged with attempted enticement of a child, sexual misconduct or attempt involving a child under 15 and attempted statutory sodomy in the 2nd degree. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 19 at the Boone County court house. A Columbia man was arrestedThursday, suspected of trying to arrange a sexual encounter

UPDATE: The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the drivers of the car and train in Friday night’s crash. The Patrol said Donald L. Wood, 73, of Ashland, suffered moderate injuries in the crash. The online report for the crash said Wood, driving a 2002 Ford Mustang, “stopped on the railroad tracks” when the Union Pacific

A crash in Gasconade County hospitalizes one man with serious injuries. This took place yesterday evening after six on Route A, five miles north of Bland. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that a 66 year-old man was riding on wet pavement when he lost control, which caused him to travel off the road before

At least seven Columbia Police officers responded to Newton Drive early Sunday morning for a report of gun shots. Scanner traffic indicated a caller told 911 they heard gun shots on Newton Dr. around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Officers patrolled the street but they told our ABC 17 News crews on scene they couldn’t find any

Crews were called to a water main break on Allen Street just before 8 p.m. Saturday. This is now the fifth water main break in central Columbia since Thursday. Crews on scene tell ABC 17 it’s unclear at this time what may have caused the water main break or if there will be a boil

Mid-Missouri is under a Marginal Risk for severe weather, valid from 7 AM Sunday until 7 AM Monday. This is a threat for damaging winds up to 58 MPH and hail up to an 1″ in diameter. This chance for storms is due to a cold front moving through northern Missouri early Sunday morning and

The Highway Patrol and the Howard County Sheriff’s Department responded to a rollover crash Saturday around 8:20 p.m. Trooper said Justin Ewings, 25, was driving on Highway 87 when he drove off the left side of the road and overturned. Ewings and an 11-year-old girl were taken to the hospital with moderate injuries. According to

Jefferson City’s annual Salute to America kicks off with a new concert event at the decommissioned Missouri State Penitentiary on Saturday, July 2nd. Click here for a link to Salute to America’s website. Mayor Carrie Tergin joined us as our guest for ABC 17 News “This Week.” The conversation started with Mayor Tergin being asked

Boone County Joint Communications is asking drivers to avoid the area in the 2500 block of Oakland Gravel Rd in Columbia. Part of the road is closed due to a broken light pole with lines down in the area. ABC 17 News is working to find out if the damage was caused by weather.

The state of Missouri is pretty well known for its leniency on firework regulations. Missouri is one of a few states that allow nearly all fireworks to be sold to residents. But each county and city can have it own regulations. In the city of Columbia and Jefferson City, it is illegal to ignite nearly