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TODAY : Quiet weather will continue into the afternoon hours. Clouds will be on the decrease as a weak cold front tracks through the region, which is also brings more northerly winds. During the afternoon hours as peak heating occurs, it’s likely we could see a few spot storms fire along the cold front. Aside

Maurice Rollins was arrested was arrested Tuesday evening after he led officers on a foot chase. Officers originally approached Rollins at a bus stop in the 400 block of Ellis Boulevard in Jefferson City. Rollins started to walk away from police, and when he failed to stop, multiple units were called to chase him down.

A man will appear in court today after he crashed into a building on E. Walnut Street in downtown Columbia Sunday. Neko Smith allegedly ran into the building with his car and hit the wall of the building and a grill. He then drove away westbound on Broadway. Officers were able to locate Smith two

Boone County deputies arrested a man after two separate fights late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Victor Crump, 31, is in the Boone County Jail on suspicion of assault. Deputies first responded to a home on Demaret Drive just before 11 Tuesday night. A woman reported that Crump got into a fight with her

UPDATE – 6:10 A.M.: According to a Columbia Fire Department spokesman, a minivan drove through a construction site and crashed into an excavator. It happened just after 5 a.m. Wednesday in southbound Hwy 63 and Gans Creek. The spokesperson said MoDOT and the Missouri State Highway Patrol were notified immediately. A MSHP trooper on scene

TODAY: It’s a mild and quiet start to the morning and will stay like that through most of the day. Partly cloudy skies are still hanging around Mid-Missouri, but are set to decrease through the day. This comes as a weak cold front tracks through the region, which will be noted by a shift in

Six months after Antonio Jefferson was found on Audrain County Road 913, investigators are still looking for vital information. According to a press release, the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office is trying to figure out what happened to Jefferson in the roughly 15-minute timeframe between the time he was last seen and when he was found

A state court said a Linn County lawyer cannot run for judge due to prior felonies, despite a governor’s pardon. The Western District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to keep Joshua Fay from running in the August primary for Linn County associate circuit judge. Fay received a pardon in 2016 from then-Gov.

With the recent warm weather, road buckles are starting to pop up in and around the City of Columbia. On Monday, a road blow-up happened on Highway 63 near Vandiver Drive. MoDOT said it was a minor buckle, so crews had it fixed before dark. Officials with Columbia Public Works said they have had reports

Missouri’s 57th governor gave his first address to both chambers of the general assembly on Monday. Gov. Mike Parson started his speech on a somber note. “I stand before you at a difficult time for our state,” Parson said. He picked up his tone by saying, “Today is a time for a fresh start for

The Columbia Fire Department is reminding firefighters to hydrate, drink plenty of water and look out for one another when responding to emergencies in high temperatures. Officials with the fire department responded to a commercial structure fire Monday on Anita Court in Columbia where one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. ABC 17 News got

A Boone County judge sentenced Brian H. Smith, 19, to 15 years in prison on two felonies on Monday after he pleaded guilty to his involvement in a 2016 shooting death of a 33-year-old man. Police arrested Smith in 2016 on suspicion of second-degree murder and other charges after an argument over a marijuana deal

According to the CDC, suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S. After the deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain, there is a term called, “suicide contagion,” which is a real issue says the CDC. Dr. Kimberly Brandt, an Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Missouri

The owner of 200 E. High St., which partially collapsed onto the Madison St. last week, has not decided whether the building will be repaired or demolished, according to Larry Burkhardt, the head of Jefferson City Building Regulations. The building, owned by Andrew Neidert of Neidert Properties, was built in the 1880s and is part

There’s always new business construction going on in Columbia, especially as the city expands. ABC 17 News looked into some of those projects to find out their progress. Cherry Hill Dental is expanding service to the southwest side of town near the corner of Bethel Street and Nifong Road. Right now, the group has three

Vehicle thefts in Boone County rose over 30 percent over the past decade with 358 vehicles stolen in 2017. About one car is stolen each day in Boone County. Reports show Missouri ranks as the seventh highest state in the nation for motorcycle theft, despite a lowered national trend. “Motorcycles are most commonly stolen in

UPDATE 4:50 p.m.: Prosecutors in Audrain County charged Toinyia Combs with one felony count of parental kidnapping on Tuesday afternoon. ORIGINAL STORY: A mid-Missouri mother could face charges after investigators accused her of kidnapping her child on Monday night. According to the Mexico Department of Public Safety, Toinyia Combs, 20, of Mexico, met the legal

UPDATE 6/12: Jefferson City Public Works said they hope to have two-lane traffic by the end of the week on Madison street. The city says they are working with the owner of the building who is being very compliant with them. ORIGINAL: This week’s Thursday Night Live event is moved to the corner of Monroe

The partially-collapsed building on Madison Street in Jefferson City was not fully inspected when it was renovated five years ago, according to Larry Burkhardt, the head of Building Regulations in Jefferson City. When a citizen or company files a construction permit with the city, the building regulations department follows up the work with an inspection.

TONIGHT: It will be another warm night as lows drop to near 70 degrees under partly cloudy skies. A cluster of storms forming in east-central Kansas after midnight will track to the southeast into the early morning hours, bringing a chance of rain to parts of Mid-Missouri. Areas south of I-70 have the best chance