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TODAY: The chance for scattered t-storms continues for Sunday through the late morning hours into tonight. Skies will remain mostly cloudy with temps reaching into the upper 80s and southwest winds under 5 mph. TONIGHT: Any chance for rain and t-storms will taper off into the late night hours. Temps will slide into the lower

After spotty showers Sunday, next week is in for a change. Upper level flow largely impacts the weather down at the surface. An upper level trough through the eastern United States will help high pressure at the surface dominate mid-Missouri next week. For you, this translates to dry and warm conditions with clear and sunny

Columbia Mayor Brian Treece has joined nearly 200 other U.S. mayors in the “Mayors National Climate Action Agenda,” also called Climate Mayors. The goal of the group is to keep the promises made in the Paris Climate Agreement on a local level following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the accord. “Climate

TONIGHT: Lingering showers and thunderstorms will remain in southern Missouri throughout the early evening. These storms will quickly die as we head into sunset. As we dry up we will remain partly cloudy with a low around 67 degrees. Winds through the day will be out of the southeast under 10 mph. SUNDAY: The best

TODAY: With the humidity on the rise, we’ll see some places hit the lower 90s for heat index values as our high reaches the upper 80s. Due to the afternoon heat, we’ll see some storms fire beyond 2 PM, mainly along and south of I-70. These storms will quickly die as we head into sunset.

UPDATE 8:20 a.m.: Crews have reopened the area of Highway 124 that was closed after a large truck crashed into a utility pole Saturday morning. UPDATE 7:15 a.m.: Power has been restored to the Ameren customer after a large truck crashed into a utility pole in Hallsville Saturday morning. ORIGINAL STORY: A large truck crashed

TODAY: The first half of Saturday will start off sunny and dry. The chance for scattered rain and thunderstorms will building in the afternoon hours staying mainly south of US 50. Temps will be warm in the upper 80s. TONIGHT: Conditions will stay warm in the lower 70s with a slight chance for isolated showers

At least one recording of a conversation between two men who were involved in a Columbia shooting exists, according to a search warrant application made by police and the accused shooter’s attorney. ABC 17 News obtained the application for a search warrant written by Columbia Police Department detectives on May 22 after a deadly shooting

The Columbia Police Department was investigating a death after receiving a medical response call Friday night. The call came in around 6:15 p.m. for an unresponsive person on Southampton Drive in south Columbia. Police confirmed just after 9 p.m. that a man had died in the parking lot by Swan Lake. Medics tried to revive

Despite finalizing $59.8 million in budget cuts and eliminating 307 positions at the University of Missouri Columbia campus, local and state leaders are hopeful Mizzou will rebound. “The university being the flagship campus is vital to Columbia, Boone County and all of mid-Missouri,” said Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch, R – Hallsville. “It turns the economy

At least two cars were involved in a crash in east Columbia Friday night. The collision happened just before 8:40 p.m. in front of Taco Bell on Clark Lane. One car ended up landing on its passenger side. Both eastbound lanes were blocked while emergency crews responded to the scene. Some cars used the bike

The Kansas City Chiefs released wide receiver Jeremy Maclin on Friday. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/870785367372431361″,”author_name”:”Kansas City Chiefs”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Chiefs”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;We have released wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. &#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;➡️ &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/xVXKqOhP3g”&#gt;https://t.co/xVXKqOhP3g&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/Gulky5JiAF”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/Gulky5JiAF&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/870785367372431361″&#gt;June 2, 2017&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The former Mizzou football player played in 27 games with the Chiefs and recorded 131 catches

Enjoy the low humidity and comfortable days, because signs are pointing to a warm middle of June. This means that Mid-Missouri could see our first 90 degree day this year, the last since October 17th of last year. This trend comes as a ridge builds into the Southwestern US and gradually tracks eastward. Through the

On Friday, President Donald Trump made federal disaster aid available for Missouri to help the state recover from severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that happened between April 28 and May 11. This comes a little more than one week after Gov. Eric Greitens made the request. Michael L. Parker was named the Federal Coordinating Officer

UPDATE: Boone County deputies said three people were injured Friday morning during an altercation in the 4000 block of Bellview Drive. Two of the men were transported to the hospital from the scene. The third person went to the hospital in a separate vehicle after the incident occurred. Deputies said the three men drove to

UPDATE 6 p.m.: Firefighters responded to the fire in the 1000 block of Eighth Street around 12:45 p.m. Friday. According to online dispatch records, 12 fire units responded. Jerry Jenkins, division fire chief of the Columbia Fire Department, said fire crews had to call for more help when they first got to the residence. Jenkins

The University of Missouri System’s budget for fiscal year 2018 features hundreds of job cuts across the board in order to make up for millions in lost revenue. UM System President Mun Choi highlighted several items that appeared in the budget and explained the necessity of cutting more than 400 jobs systemwide. The University of

WARNING: SOME DETAILS IN THIS ARTICLE MAY DISTURBING FOR SOME READERS UPDATE: 3:30 p.m.: ABC 17 News obtained court documents detailing the charges and arrest of Matthew Hamm. An investigation into the death of a child began on May 31. The investigation was initiated after the child’s mother reported she believed Hamm killed their 19-month-old

The University of Missouri’s undergraduate student government said on Friday that a “racially charged video” posted to Snapchat was not posted from a Mizzou account. The video allegedly has ties to the university, but in a statement shared on its Twitter page, the Missouri Students Association Executive Cabinet stated “it is clear that the post

The Circuit Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit of Missouri sent out a press release about the closing of the Moberly Courthouse. “It’s a bittersweet day for me. I handled many cases in the Moberly Courthouse – as an Assistant Prosecutor, Public Defender, as an Associate Judge. I have many fond memories from my legal