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UPDATE 9:00 a.m.: The Eagle Stop on Providence Road , the Waffle House on Vandiver Drive and the Break Time on Nebraska Avenue were all open by 4 a.m. Sunday. Some crime scene tape remained near the Eagle Stop. According to Columbia police dispatch records, police first responded to the Waffle House around 1:15 a.m.

As we begin severe weather season, it is important to be aware of the threats that will be impacting you and your family. The Storm Prediction Center issues different severe threats when impactful storms are expected. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team is constantly tracking and keeping you up to date on the threats that

TONIGHT: By Sunday night, another round of rain and thunderstorms makes its way into Mid-Missouri from the southwest. No severe weather is expected with these showers, but we can expect some rumbles of thunder. Temperatures will be mild only dropping into the lower 50s. MONDAY: Expect rain and thunderstorms into Monday morning continuing into the

Over the past week, much of Mid-Missouri received significant rainfall totals. Enough to put us slightly over the average total rainfall for the month of March. Despite the rainfall, all of Mid-Missouri is still under a drought. There is a reason why we are still lacking in moisture even though we met the total average

ABC 17 News crews have been monitoring road conditions amid the early morning rainfall. According to dispatch records, only one crash has been reported in Boone County this morning. It’s unclear if weather played a factor in crash, but it occurred around 8 a.m. Sunday when Columbia was seeing some of the heaviest rainfall. Our

TODAY: A slight break in the wet conditions will come by the early afternoon with temperatures much warmer in the upper 60s. Spotty showers are possible through the afternoon hours, but conditions will be mostly dry for Mid-Missouri. By Sunday late night, another round of rain and thunderstorms makes its way into Mid-Missouri from the

TODAY: Expect rain and a few thunderstorms throughout the morning with the best chance of rain north of I-44. By the afternoon, rain chances will taper off with the high in the upper 60s. TONIGHT: The next chance for rain and thunderstorms moves in by late Sunday night coming from the southwest. Conditions have the

One man died Saturday morning in a single-car crash in Gasconade County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 45-year-old Matthew Piles flipped the Chevy Trailblazer he was driving on Route T near Hafertafe Road just before 7 a.m. The report said Piles drifted over the center line of Route T, overcorrected and flipped into a

TONIGHT: More clouds will roll in tonight keeping our early evening temperatures mild in the mid 50s with light easterly winds up to 10 mph. As we move past midnight we see an increased chance for showers that will work their way into mid-Mo from the west. Temperatures will bottom out in the upper 40s.

UPDATE: Columbia Water and Light have completed the repairs to the damaged telephone poll lines on Burr Oak Road. One person is in the hospital this morning and another is recovering after an early-morning crash in Boone County. Crews were called to the 7700 block of Burr Oak Road around 12:20 a.m. for the single-car

A Harrisburg man has bonded out of jail after he was arrested for felony aggravated DWI Friday evening. According to online court records, this is Robert Rowland’s fifth arrest for DWI. His first arrest for DWI happened more than 20 years ago. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested Rowland around 10:30 p.m. Friday in Boone

TODAY: Our skies will be dominated by clouds and dry conditions with the high temper ature near 60 degrees for Saturday’s high temperature. We may see some sunshine by the afternoon, but more clouds will roll in tonight keeping our evening temperatures mild in the mid 50s with light winds up to 10 mph out

TODAY: Expect mostly dry and cloudy conditions with partial sunshine by the afternoon. Temps will rise to near 60 degrees with light winds up to 10 mph out of the east. TONIGHT: Saturday evening will be dry and mild with clouds continuing to dominate our skies. This will help keep temps mild in the mid

On Friday, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill announced she plans to vote against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. McCaskill said while she was not comfortable with either choice, she was concerned over the country’s polarizing politics. “I’m certain we will have a Senate rule change that will usher in more extreme judges in

Art Jago did not expect an academic partnership he made at Yale University would land him in federal court. Jago, a candidate for the Fifth Ward seat on the Columbia City Council next Tuesday, was a party to a federal lawsuit in Texas in the early 1990s, according to documents ABC 17 News obtained. Kepner-Tregoe,

In March of last year, Brian Treece was a candidate seeking the position of mayor for the City of Columbia. As he approaches his anniversary in that job, Mayor Treece joins us for “This Week.” We start the conversation with a discussion about the recent homicides in Columbia.

We’ll have a chilly, dry start to the day Saturday with temperatures near 40 early and mostly cloudy skies. The clouds will break up a bit in the afternoon and temperatures will stay cool with an easterly wind to 10 mph. High temperatures will range from the mid 50s north of I-70 to the lower

Two men were charged in federal court Friday, accused of running a brothel in Columbia and advertising prostitutes online. Barry Manthe and Ronald Clark were booked Thursday night at the scene of the alleged crimes: 1125 Vandiver Drive. They are the second and third arrests in this case. Kenneth Jones was arrested earlier this month

A woman was arrested and charged for the October shooting death of Kevin McCuiston in Moberly this week. Brittney Bowen was charged on Tuesday with second degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action. She was taken into custody Wednesday and is being held in the Chariton County Jail on $500,000 bond. Bowen is the third

The mother involved in a Columbia custody battle that ended in a deadly crash was arrested Friday morning. Demetres Washington is charged with second-degree murder and three counts of kidnapping. She is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond in the Boone County Jail. Washington and her friend, Mackenzie Quiovers, allegedly lured three of