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UPDATE 12/12: The Boonville Police department has confirmed Alonzo Stevens was arrested in connection to the armed robbery. Stevens is currently in the Cooper County jail facing charges of robbery, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, theft and resisting arrest. Boonville Police also tell our crews they are still searching for two other

Mid-Missouri drivers will want to take it slow for the morning commute Monday. ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologist Brittany Beggs says temperatures have fallen into the upper 20’s overnight. This comes after some rain Sunday evening. The freezing conditions Monday morning could create some slick spots out on the roads. Our ABC 17 News crews report

TODAY: Clouds will be clearing east of US 63 through sunrise leaving a sunny, but cold start. Temperatures will dip to the low 20s with a wind chill of 14-16 for the morning commute. After sunshine this morning, clouds will work their way back in by noon-2pm or so. Afternoon high temperatures will be slightly

According to Highway Patrol crash reports and previous ABC17 News reporting, four people have died in three car crashes on Highway 124 since August. The three crashes happened on a stretch of road that begins just before Schooler Road and ends around County Road Jay Jay. In August, 48-year-old Hamilton Richardson was driving a 1998

TONIGHT: As a cold front tracks through Mid-Missouri, rain should end from north to south. We’ll see another shot of colder air, as temperatures drop into the mid 20s. We’ll have to watch for water freezing on roadways and bridges, as the temperature drops below freezing. The commute to work on Monday will have to

ABC 17 News has confirmed gunshots were fired in south Columbia early Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene in the 3900 block of Buttonwood Drive around 2:30 a.m. A sergeant with the Columbia Police Department tells ABC 17 News officers found one vehicle with damage from bullets. There are no reports of any

UPDATE 12/11: According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 55-year-old Ricky McGinnis was killed in the crash. He was a passenger in the car driven by 39-year-old Aaron Dow. Troopers say Dow crossed the center line and crashed head-on into another car in the northbound lane. The second car was driven by 54-year-old Rebecca Coulter.

TODAY: Temperatures this morning have held steady above the freezing mark. Highs are currently sitting in the mid to upper 30s, with temperatures expected to rise through the day. Rain is in the forecast through the day, with very little expected when it comes to rainfall amounts. Areas west of Highway 63 should start to

A federal appeals court said the city did not violate Columbians First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when it allowed a student apartment developer to build downtown. A three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the city abided by its charter in issuing permits for Opus Development to build the District Flats complex

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri lawmaker says President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to slash corporate income taxes could create momentum to eliminate those taxes completely in the state. Republican state Sen. Will Kraus is proposing phasing out Missouri’s 6.25 percent corporate income tax by 2019. Kraus told The Associated Press that the goal is

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis lawyer has been named chairman of the University of Missouri board of curators. St. Louis attorney Maurice B. Graham is the newly elected chairman of the University of Missouri board of curators. Graham was selected Friday at the board’s meeting in St. Louis to serve the one-year term

This past week, mid-Missouri experienced our first Arctic blast of the season. Temperatures plummeted throughout the week, with daytime highs only reaching into the 20s and wind chills in the single digits. These cold temperatures took a slight break over the weekend, but we are in store for a second wave of Arctic air by

The Maries County Sheriff’s Department said deputies arrested a Belle man for on suspicion of stealing and crashing a truck. Officials said James E. Roberds, 42, is believed to have stolen the truck off County Road 411 last week. He then allegedly wrecked the truck off County Road 2220 in Phelps County. The Sheriff’s Department

Three people were hurt Saturday afternoon in a crash at Highway 54 and Old U.S. 40 in Kingdom City. The two-vehicle crash happened just after 12 p.m. The Highway Patrol said a car traveling north on Highway 54 went through a red light and hit the right side of another car. Both drivers and a

A Bolivar man was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries Friday night after a crash on Highway 50. The crash happened just after 11 p.m. near Stoney Gap Road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Allen Rotramel, 47, was driving east on Highway 50 when he went off the left side

TONIGHT: The overcast skies stick around through the remainder of the evening. Thanks to the clouds and southerly winds, temperatures won’t fall as low as what we have been seeing. Compared to the past several nights, tonight will be a mild one with a low of 30 degrees. Winds remaining out of the southeast up

Drivers in Columbia will have to deal with street repairs on Chapel Hill Road for a little while longer. Repairs on Chapel Hill Road westbound from Martinshire Drive to Twin Lakes were supposed to wrap up yesterday, but have now been extended through the week. The work is happening every day from 7 a.m. to

A Florida man was arrested in Callaway County for a felony warrant out of Miami, Florida. Dairan Calderon was arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Friday afternoon. Troopers said he had a felony warrant for selling stolen property in Miami. He also had a misdemanor warrant out of Platte County for failing to secure

There have been at least four house fires in a seven-day span in Boone County. The first happened early Sunday morning on Wilhite Road. The home was a total loss. The second happened on Tuesday night on Perkins Road. A fire official determined the fire started in a bedroom. No one was hurt but a

SATURDAY: Temperatures this morning are 10 degrees warmer than the past several mornings. This is a trend that will carry on into the afternoon hours. For the first time in over 48 hours, we’ll finally thaw out. Temperatures this afternoon will warm into the mid 30s, as winds shift out of the southeast up to