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UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: Two people are hurt, and one of them was transported to the hospital after the Friday morning crash on Interstate 70. A crash report shows that one tractor trailer experienced mechanical issues and lost power when it was hit by another tractor trailer. No one was seriously hurt. UPDATE 6:30 a.m.: Both

With extra traffic expected for the Memorial Day weekend, the Missouri State Highway Patrol is stepping up enforcement efforts. Troopers will be stationed every 20 miles along Interstate 70, along with other major interstates and highways. The holiday counting period starts at 6 Friday night and ends at noon Monday. Over the Memorial Day weekend

Missouri Department of Transportation crews are pausing road work for the Memorial Day weekend. Crews will stop work in most work zones at noon Friday. Work is set to resume at 9 Tuesday morning. Some lane and road closures may remain in place. It it to help reduce traffic delays across the state during the

TODAY: Widespread showers and storms are expected to increase this morning, as a growing cluster of storms tracks east of the Kansas City Metro. No severe weather is expected with this round of storms, however heavy rainfall is possible. Storms are expected to track near Hwy 65 from 5-7 AM and approach Hwy 63 as

A personal injury lawsuit filed by a woman who sustained a traumatic brain injury from an accident at Six Flags Saint Louis claims the park safety manager fabricated an inspection report. As ABC 17 News reported previously reported, four people were hurt when an anti-rollback bracket broke, causing the Boomerang rollercoaster to roll backwards and

Almost 5,000 kits filled with evidence of possible sexual assaults remain untested in Missouri, according to an audit done by the state’s attorney general. Attorney General Josh Hawley presented the preliminary results of the audit on Thursday at a news conference. Hawley’s office began reviewing how many evidence kits, often called “rape kits,” were being

With unanimous support, the Holts Summit Board of Alderman agreed to expand the city’s police service to include New Bloomfield. The two cities are separated by less than 10 miles. “Now it’s going to be a whole different ball game,” said New Bloomfield Mayor Pro Tem Martha Siegel. “It’s kind of like our Police Department

The weather will be more like mid-summer for the holiday weekend as daytime high temperatures jump into the low 90s with heat indices reaching the upper 90s. There are also some storm chances Friday and Saturday. Here is look at the weather highlights this weekend and how to stay safe as you enjoy the outdoors.

A federal judge approved the timeline and rules for a civil trial involving the death of Carl DeBrodie. The eight-day trial will take place March 2, 2020, at the federal courthouse in Jefferson City, according to the order signed Thursday by District Judge M. Douglas Harpool. DeBrodie’s mother Carolyn Summers sued several people and agencies

UPDATE 3:54 p.m: Charles McBrearety is bonded out of jail. Residents of Twin Bridges Mobile Home community told ABC 17 they sleep in terror at night, after learning their neighbor was in possession of four home-made pipe bombs two nights ago. One neighbor told us, she’s afraid for her family’s life, “get her or any

UPDATE 3:00 P.M.: Discussions between Al Watkins and the Special Investigative Committee were heating up Thursday morning.The committee is considering disciplinary action for Gov. Eric Geitens and heard public testimony from a number of people. In Watkins’ three-hour testimony, he admitted that Faughn, who testified yesterday and is the publisher of the newspaper Missouri Times,

Mizzou athletic director Jim Sterk and South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley have come to an agreement in regards to a defamation lawsuit filed in February. Mizzou announced on Thursday it “has settled a lawsuit brought against its Director of Athletics, Jim Sterk, by South Carolina Head Women’s Basketball Coach Dawn Staley for $50,000.

UPDATE: The Columbia Regional Airport will have a new security line before the summer is out. Airport manager Mike Parks said in Thursday’s Airport Advisory Board meeting that the TSA has approved new equipment to form a second screening line. “The flow of passengers going through there will be a whole lot more streamlined,” he

Two people from Lake Ozark were injured on Wednesday at 11:39 p..m after a 2018 Triton crashed into a shoreline. Christopher Miller, 47, and Katherine Miller, 34, were headed westbound on the Osage arm of the Lake of the Ozarks on mile marker 15.9 when the boat crashed into the shoreline. Katherine Miller was ejected

A New Bloomfield mayor will be nominated and selected Friday at 8:00 p.m. at City Hall in a special session. ABC 17 News crews are in New Bloomfield tonight, working to gather more information. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/ABC17News/status/999770207827701760″,”author_name”:”ABC 17 News”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/ABC17News”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;JUST POSTED: A New Bloomfield mayor will be nominated and selected tomorrow (Fri) at 8pm at

UPDATE 4:49 P.M.: Alyssa Murray has been located unharmed, according to authorities. ORIGINAL STORY: Boonville police are looking for a missing 15-year-old. A friend said she last saw Alyssa Murray sitting on the front steps of her home on May 24 around midnight. When Murray saw the friend, she took off running toward Water Street.

TONIGHT: A few evening storms are possible but will end by midnight. Storms will move in from Kansas after 4 AM, affecting areas west of HWY 63 by daybreak. These are not expected to be severe. Lows will drop into the upper 60s with light southerly winds. FRIDAY: Morning showers and storms will track to

Longtime Centralia softball coach Jill Angell was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday. Angell won four state championships during her 19 seasons as the Panthers softball coach. Centralia most recently won a state title in 2016. Angell resigned from her position as softball coach this past November.

TODAY: It will continue to remain on the warm side across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures warm into the upper 80s this afternoon. As the summer like pattern continues, we’ll see afternoon showers and storms. Most of the activity will be south of I-70 and very isolated in nature. Outside of the small storm chance, it will

You may have noticed more political ads on starting on television these days. Although the general election is more than five months away, the commercials are designed to shape early opinion. We are putting the ads to a Truth Alert to sort out the reality from the spin. The commercial under review is an anti-Josh