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Safety improvements are one step closer to coming to Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City. ABC 17 News reported in May, federal, state and city officials examined areas along the busy road looking for safety gaps. Wednesday, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, board of directors met to discuss the findings of the study

As summer nears and the temperature rises, many families are hitting the water to cool off. While most parents and lifeguards recognize drowning as the main danger for water activities, there is another danger. Dry drowning can occur when a person breathes in water, causing their vocal cords to spasm and closes off the water.

Researchers with the University of Missouri School of Medicine are offering a new definition for behaviors relating to violent acts called”extreme overvalued belief.” People often assume mental illness could be reason people commit violent acts like mass shootings but the researchers said that extreme belief is what can lead them to criminal actions. “When these

A State Fire Marshal investigator is looking into what officials are calling a suspicious fire at a Boonville property. It happened around 3:00 Wednesday morning at a property in the 500 block of Second Street. Boonville Police officers say they found a cardboard, baled for recycling, on fire at the property. The Boonville Fire Department

Cooper County authorities now have a woman in custody for allegedly making multiple threats toward employees at the detention center. Authorities say they arrested 45-year-old Kiwanese Williams of St. Louis. They say she called theCooper County Detention Center multiple times and made threats toward employees of the Detention Center. Cooper County authorities say security levels

Hickman assistant Devin Brown has been promoted to head coach, the school announced Tuesday evening. Brown takes over for Arnel Monroe, who passed away suddenly on June 5. Brown was an assistant under Monroe during the 2015 season after spending four seasons as Boonville’s head football coach. He resigned from his post in Boonville last

Columbia Police responded to reports of a shooting Wednesday morning in the 2700 block of Paris Road. It reportedly happened just after midnight while police were responding to reports of a different shooting in the 2700 block of Leeway Drive. Columbia Police say the second call came from the Midwest Petroleum located at 2712 Paris

Amid the scorching hot temperatures in Mid-Missouri, the City of Columbia has opened their cooling centers. As the temperatures continue to rise this week, so do the chances of dehydration and heat stroke. According to the University of Missouri Healthcare system, dehydration can be caused by not drinking enough fluids. Health experts recommend drinking more

The local chapter of the American Red Cross often sees a decline in summer blood donations. Executive director David Griffith said the popular vacation season often disrupts peoples donation cycle, regular or otherwise, as well as the departure of hundreds of high school and college students in the area. “When people are taking vacations and

A summer weather pattern will keep us in hot, humid weather through the weekend with only slight relief Friday and Saturday. A ridge of high pressure aloft is expanding and will keep the storm track well to our north through the weekend which means little to no rain in Mid-Missouri. Under this ridge, temperatures will

A crash involving two vehicles backed up traffic around 6 p.m. Tuesday night. The Columbia Fire Department, Columbia police and ambulances were on scene. It happened on Stadium Boulevard near Carrie Francke Drive. Fire officials tell us at least one person was taken away in an ambulance. We are still working to find out what

Cole County presiding commissioner Sam Bushman tells ABC 17 News public outcry led commissioner Kris Scheperle to change his vote to not lower flags on county buildings. Bushman says the flags at all county buildings are now lowered. After Sunday’sdeadly terrorist attack in Orlando, President Obama proclaimed flags outside public buildings should be flown at

Route 54 near Holts Summit was down to one lane Tuesday afternoon after a pavement blowup. MoDOT crews report it happenedon Route 54 east just outside of Holts Summit. MoDOT says crews have closed one lane and are running traffic up the shoulder of the road. This comes just days after MoDOt warned mid-Missourians about

Jefferson City council members met with the consulting group hired to complete a city-wide compensation study Tuesday. The council awarded the Austin Peters Group a nearly $39,000 contract in May to do the study. Since then, city employees have filled out questionnaires and completed interviews. Consultants have also have toured several job sites. The group

Jefferson City firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 1000 block of Buena Vista Road just before 7 p.m. Tuesday night. Upon arriving at the the two story complex, crews battled heavy smoke and extremely hot temperatures inside of the building. The Jefferson City Fire Department tells ABC 17 News firefighters quickly put out

With the rising temperatures blanketing Mid-Missouri this week, we’ll also be seeing rising electric bills, but there are small steps customers can take to trim costs. “We don’t have to worry about brownouts or blackouts. We can generate the power, but the more generating plants that come on the more pressure it has on our

A suspect charged in the shooting death of Mid-Missouri teenager appeared in court Tuesday. Travis Clark of California was arraigned Tuesday morning before Judge Peggy Richardson at the Moniteau County Courthouse. Clark, 22, is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree involuntary manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon. The second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges

UPDATE 6/14: Another mid-Missouri Sheriff is calling for communication between the federal government and local law enforcement when it comes to people on terror watch lists. In a news release sent Tuesday, Morgan County Sheriff Jim Petty said there needs to bemore open dialogue and information sharing between the federal government and local law enforcement

UPDATE: Rock Quarry is now reopened. ORIGINAL STORY: A south Columbia road was shut down in both directions Tuesday morning due to a crash. It happened around 8:30 Tuesday morning in the 2400 block of Rock Quarry Road, near Stags Way. Boone County EMA sent an alert saying both lanes of the road were shut

UPDATE 6/14 7:00-ABC 17 News confirmed with police that a man did attempt to rob the Eagle Stop. Police arrested Robert Garcia on suspicion of robbery in the first degree. The police say they had dealt with Garcia earlier in the evening when they got a call about a suspicious person. Hours later, Garcia apparently