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Jefferson City leaders allowed staffing additional firefighters while handling historic floods and recovery from last month’s tornado. Fire Chief Matthew Schofield requested that the city temporarily change the city’s agreement with the Jefferson City Professional Firefighters Local 671 so the department can “fulfill its public safety mission,” according to the resolution. Click here to read

Rain is in the forecast for central Missouri throughout the week, causing concerns that historic flooding on the Missouri River will continue or get worse. And the inundation might continue well into the summer. National Weather Service hydrologist Mark Fuchs said weather service staff are monitoring the rain moving in. “There is a potential of

Columbia’s public transit service, Go COMO, implemented a new fixed route system Monday. All the routes now run at 45-minute intervals and pass through Wabash Bus Station. The goal is to provide a safe, central transfer hub for riders, according to city officials. ” It is a more efficient system and it will result in

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms possible late. Lows in the lower 60s. TUESDAY: Scattered storms becoming more widespread overnight. Some storms could be strong with large hail and gusty winds. Heavy rain will become more likely overnight. Highs reach the lower 80s. EXTENDED: Several surface and upper level features will make flooding problems worse

Fatal crashes such as the one that killed a Jefferson City schoolteacher over the weekend are rare in downtown Columbia, according to statistics maintained by the state. Over the last five years 320 crashes have been counted downtown, defined for the purposes of this story as the area bounded by Ash Street on the north,

TONIGHT: A warm front is on approach this evening and that will bring a round of showers and storms for the Tuesday morning commute. Temps drop into the lower 60s. TUESDAY: Showers and storms look to take us through the morning hours before tapering off around the lunch. We’ll have to watch into the afternoon

A Columbia man convicted of illegally having a gun was sentenced Monday by a federal judge. Justin C. Ewing, 30, was given four years and eights months in prison at a hearing in Jefferson City. Ewing pleaded guilty in February to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Investigators said a stolen loaded .40-caliber

A spokesperson said the Columbia Watlow Electric operation had a “reduction in force,” handing out 60 more layoff notices Monday. Watlow announced at the end of April that it was moving more of its operations to an existing Watlow plant in Mexico. The initial round of layoffs in April left 41 people without a job.

The Boone County Fire Protection District are continuing to investigate Monday after a fire left smoke damage to one home. Crews were called out to the 4700 block of East McGee Road around 7 a.m. Monday. When firefighters got to the scene, they saw smoke coming from the basement of the home. Crews were able

One woman is dead and another has life-threatening injuries. The two women were hit just after midnight Saturday on Ash Street near Eighth Street by a vehicle. Columbia police said Patricia F. Beasley, 25, and Katie S. Paul, 25, were walking north on Eighth and crossing Ash when they were hit by a vehicle, driven

A single vehicle crash killed 56-year-old Linn Creek resident Bryan Means late Sunday night. Means was driving a 1995 Buick Regal when he traveled off the side of the road, hit a culvert, overturned and was ejected. Means was pronounced dead on the scene around 11 p.m. Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports said Means

MONDAY: It looks like we’ll remain dry for most of the day today, but there is an outside shot that showers and storms push into some of our western counties later this afternoon, but with a fairly dry atmosphere in place, that seems unlikely but things will begin to change. It will be another pleasant

The bridge on Route 40 that connects Cooper and Howard County at Boonville is closed due to flooding. The Missouri Department of Transportation Central District announced the closure in a tweet Sunday. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MoDOT_Central/status/1135196116318904321″,”author_name”:”MoDOT Central District”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MoDOT_Central”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;COOPER/HOWARD COUNTY ROAD CLOSURE: The Route 40 Missouri River bridge north of Booneville connecting Cooper and Howard Counties

The woman killed in a Saturday morning crash in Columbia was a fourth grade teacher at Moreau Elementary School in Jefferson City, according to Jefferson City Public Schools. The school posted on Facebook about Katie Paul, 25. “Our Moreau Heights family lost a special member last night. Katie Paul passed away after being struck by

TONIGHT: Skies will remain mostly clear this evening. Overnight temps will be a little cool, in the upper 50s with a light easterly breeze. MONDAY: It looks like we’ll remain dry for most of Monday. Temperatures will be similar to Sunday in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: This week will have to be watched very closely.

A part of Route K is completely underwater. The section of the road near the water treatment plant in Boone County is blocked off by barriers, keeping drivers out of the area. This section of the road is just outside of McBaine . According to signs in the area, a portion of the Katy Trail

SUNDAY: After a loud night for some, things will quiet down today. Temperatures will be pleasant, topping out in the upper 70s with abundant sunshine and winds out of the north up to 10 mph . Get out and enjoy it, but don’t forget the sunscreen! TONIGHT: We hang on to mostly clear skies overnight

The Boston Bruins have taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final with a 7-2 win in St. Louis. Patrice Bergeron opened the scoring on a power play in the first period and Boston jumped to a 4-0 lead before Ivan Barbashev put the Blues on the board 11:05 into the second period.

Another levee has been breached by the Missouri River in Howard County. Bill John, with the Howard County Emergency Management Agency, told ABC 17 News that the levee at Highway Z and Highway 87 was breached shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday. Law enforcement officers are trying to get people evacuated from the New Franklin area.