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Efforts to repeal Missouri’s new eight-week abortion ban with a public vote hit a roadblock Thursday, the latest development in a fight over abortion rights that’s playing out on multiple fronts in the state. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft told reporters that he rejected two referendum petitions aimed at repealing the sweeping abortion law

TONIGHT: Isolated showers and a few thunderstorms are possible south of I-70, otherwise it’s dry with mostly cloudy skies overnight. Lows in the low to mid-60s. FRIDAY: Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, especially south of I-70. Highs in the low 80s. EXTENDED: An area of low pressure to our southwest continues

U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, was in Rocheport to talk with flood fighters Thursday. Hartzler who stopped in at Rocheport City Hall Depot on First Street, also spoke about the disaster relief bill Congress approved this week. Local leaders joined her to discuss how they will move forward after the flood. Hartzler said cCongress passed

A Cole County judge has ruled in favor of a property owner whose building had a wall collapse in Jefferson City nearly a year ago. ABC 17 News previously reported the lawsuit was filed by Neidert Properties LLC, which owns the building at 200 E. High St., over the ownership of a wall it shares

A man who suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle collided with a Columbia Police Department cruiser was trying to pass another vehicle in a no passing zone, police said Thursday. Skyler E. Dingwell, 25, of Centralia, was riding his 2008 Kawasaki Ninja southbound on Brown Station Road near Leeway Drive on Tuesday when he attempted

A crash involving a tractor-trailer slowed eastbound Interstate 70 traffic through Columbia over the lunch hour Thursday. Live replay of a MoDOT traffic cam is available in the player below. The Columbia Fire Department posted a video of the crash scene on Twitter a little after noon. ACCIDENT UPDATE: Crews are working to clear the

Missouri utility regulators have approved the acquisition of a large wind energy project by a Chicago firm. The decision Wednesday by the state Public Service Commission was a necessary step for Invenergy to buy the rights to construct the proposed Grain Belt Express power line. The project initiated by Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners would

A driver is recovering in the hospital after crashing a car into a light pole. Columbia Police responded to the 300 block of North Providence Road just after 2 a.m. after reports of a driver being thrown from a vehicle. First responders said the victim was taken to a hospital. Police say they don’t know

THURSDAY: Spotty showers have popped across Mid-Missouri this morning but for the most part those will be drying out through the morning. Some spotty showers, especially south of I-70, look possible this afternoon, but the heaviest of the rainfall looks to be closer towards the Arkansas border. Temps rise into the low 80s. TONIGHT: Widely

The town of Hartsburg is making a last-ditch effort to keep water from the Missouri River and the Hart Creek out of the town. Southern Boone County Fire Protection District said residents and volunteers filled about 10,000 sandbags and put about 7,500 along the Katy Trail Wednesday. The efforts raised the trail about 1 foot

More than two dozen roads in Callaway County have been closed as Missouri River water levels surpass the flood of 1995. County Sheriff Clay Chism said 27 roads were closed due to flooding Wednesday, and he expects more than 30 to be closed before water recedes. “I’ve been around for several floods. I was around

The Otterville City Council approved water rate increases at its meeting Wednesday night. However, the rate increases will not go into effect until a citizen-requested audit of the city is started. The city agreed to pay for the audit with money collected from the water rate increase. The $6 monthly charge will remain until the

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley spoke with ABC 17 News on Wednesday about flooding in Missouri. A $19.1 billion disaster relief package is on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk for him to sign. Hawley said the package is a start, it is not nearly enough money to help communities in Missouri recover from major

The Cole County Commission is setting a deadline for debris pickup after a devastating tornado hit Jefferson City. Property owners now have until June 16 to have all vegetative debris off county-maintained roads. Furthermore, Cole County Public Works is asking people to place the debris on the side of the road for pickup by the

The Washington Park Ice Arena in Jefferson City is closed indefinitely as floodwaters creep toward the building. The director of Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Todd Spalding said today they have taken all the precautions they are able to. “There are certain areas around the ice arena that we can kind of put sandbags up

TONIGHT: Scattered thunderstorms are possible through midnight with isolated large hail and gusty winds. Lows fall into the upper 60s to near 70. THURSDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. Highs reach the mid-80s. EXTENDED: Low pressure will track to our south from Thursday into the weekend, bringing continued

Residents and business owners are starting to take measures to deal with the flooding in Jefferson City. Nick Smith, owner of Red Wheel Bike Shop on West Main Street, closed his store Thursday as the water was creeping up to his doorstep. “We’re just watching the water, hoping that it does stop, or that it

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the results of its annual school bus inspection program Wednesday. The patrol inspected 11,958 school buses across the state and said 83 percent were free of defects. School buses with minor issues are labeled as “defective” and are considered not to lead to immediate danger. “Defective” school buses may

The Columbia Regional Airport will get more than $2.8 million from the federal government to help pay for relocating a highway and extending a runway. The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a news release Wednesday that the FAA included the airport in the first round of awards from a total of $3.18 billion in

Prosecutors charged a Chariton County man Wednesday with first-degree involuntary manslaughter after a woman died in floodwaters last week. A Missouri State Highway Patrol investigator wrote in a probable cause statement that James Pleasant drove west on Route M from Highway 11 on Friday morning despite barricades saying flooding had closed the road. Alicia Meyer,