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The strong winter storm prompted Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to declare a state of emergency Thursday. The State Emergency Management Agency, or SEMA, has been monitoring the storm since yesterday from its operations center in Jefferson City.As part of the declaration, the State Emergency Operations Plan also is in place. The protocol allows the state

The City of Columbia is sending home non-essential workers at noon due to the severe winter weather conditions. This does not include police or fire departments, but the decision will likely affect local businesses.”Essential operations are those that must continue to assure the public safety and general welfare of citizens,” said City Manager Mike Matthes.In

Here is the latest information on the winter storm.***UPDATE 4:33 P.M.***–MU – LSU womens basketball game has been postponed util tomorrow.***UPDATE 3:50 P.M.***–70 Closed from 63 to Lake of the Woods ***UPDATE 2:25 P.M.***–MU Urgent Care Heathcare will close at 3:00 P.M. ***UPDATE 2:07 P.M.***–Fire truck stuck near Vandiver Dr. ***UPDATE 1:27 P.M.***–Planning and Zoning

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The women’s basketball teams from LSU and Missouri will have to wait at least one more day for their first meeting since the 1989-90 season because of a major snow storm in the Midwest.University officials say the game, originally scheduled Thursday night in Columbia, has been postponed until Friday at 1

Many of the problems were on roads where there was any kind of a hill or an incline.ABC 17 News talked with a few drivers who left at the time and said conditions just got too bad too quickly.”It’s just gotten progressively worse,” Carol Lewis said as she looked at a semi-truck that stalled out

The University of Missouri decided to call off school around noon on Thursday, but that was too late for a lot of people.ABC 17 News talked to a lot of students who were stranded on campus. They said university buses stopped running an hour before MU canceled classes.A spokesperson for the college was not aware

***UPDATE 7:00 P.M.***Columbia city snow plows hit residential neighborhoods around 1 p.m. Friday, working from the center of the city outward.Public Works spokesman Steve Sapp told ABC 17 News crews were working 12 hours on, 12 hours off until every street had been plowed. He estimated that would be done Sunday night.Friday night, many residential

Cold air continues to move in behind Thursday’s winter storm and will stick around through Saturday. Temperatures Friday will stay in the 20s with wind chills in the teens. We’ll drop to the low teens overnight Friday as skies clear. The snow which fell from Thursday’s storm won’t start to melt until Sunday when temperatures

Police and prosecutors continue to play catch-up in stopping producers and sellers of synthetic drugs. Meanwhile, users continue to wind up in the hospital. Synthetic drugs first started popping up in the United States in 2008. Since then, the popularity of bath salts and other synthetics has increased. In 2010 Missouri lawmakers passed the state’s

The biggest problem for road crews right now is abandoned vehicles. MoDOT crews tell ABC 17 News they are trying to widen all their roads, but they’re having a hard time getting around vehicles piled up in snow.Road crews are waiting on the towing companies to finish getting the rest of the abandoned cars off

The freezing drizzle, snow, and dropping temperatures were a bad mix for road crews Thursday night. MoDOT and the Highway Patrol shut down I-70 for seven hours, finally opening at 8 p.m. Thursday.By 10 p.m., cars were moving quickly and plows were finally making headway on highways. The area looked far different from the stand

University of Missouri officials canceled classes for a second day in a row, blaming poor road conditions and more off-campus student housing.They said a majority of students do not live in walking distance, and most neighborhood streets were not plowed Friday morning.When the school closed Thursday around noon, some students got left on campus. Buses

With many roads in Mid-Missouri still covered or partially covered, some area businesses won’t be open Friday. We will update this list throughout the morning as more businesses let us know their plans.CLOSED FRIDAY – MFA Inc. Headquarters (Columbia) – State Farm Insurance Columbia operations center – UM Health Care Outpatient Clinics and Urgent CareDELAYED

***UPDATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON***The Winter Storm will impact Mid-Missouri from Monday night through Tuesday night with heaviest snowfall 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesday where snowfall rates of 1-2″ per hour are possible. Snow will taper off through the day Tuesday. Also, northerly winds up to 30 mph could cause whiteout conditions when the heaviest snow

Columbia police arrested 21-year-old Zackery Simmons after they say he stabbed someone several times during an argument.Around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to the Days Inn Motel on I-70 Drive Southwest for a report of a disturbance involving a knife in the parking lot. Officers determined a 31-year-old male victim had been stabbed repeatedly

Roadways are clearing up for both Jefferson City and Columbia, before the next snow storm is expected in a few days. On Saturday night, Columbia Public Works reported their crews have cleared 90% of all the roads within the city, with snow only remaining on some harder to get to residential streets, such as cul-de-sacs.

Julius Mays’ eight points in overtime, including four clinching free throws in the final 33 seconds, helped Kentucky get the important victory it needed to bolster its NCAA tournament chances, beating Missouri 90-83 Saturday night.Mays made six free throws in overtime and scored 21 of his 24 points after halftime for the Wildcats (19-8, 10-4

Police found a man dead inside an Osage Beach motel Monday, apparently from inhaling aerosol products. Fifty-two empty cans of a dust buster aerosol product were found inside the unidentified motel, according to a press release from Osage Beach on Friday. The man, 33, apparently purchased the aerosol products with a female companion days before

***UPDATE SATURDAY 5 P.M.***Our next winter storm is on the way to Mid-Missouri Monday and Tuesday. Forecast models have continued to shift the storm farther to the south and slower. Precipitation will likely begin as rain by midday Monday and continue through the late afternoon. Colder air will move in on the backside of the

Hy-Vee is recalling some of its dog food products because they may contain a toxin commonly found in corn.Aflatoxin can cause reluctance to eat, vomiting, diarrhea and yellowing of the eyes in dogs. Tests conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found traces of the toxin in samples of the food made at a Kansas