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Two people were killed in a single-car crash on Saturday night on Highway 54. According to the traffic crash report, the crash happened when a Nissan Pathfinder went off the right side of the road, struck a concrete culvert and overturned. The driver, David Fletcher, was taken to University Hospital where he was later pronounced

Snow has been hard to come by in Mid-Missouri for most of the winter. Mid-Missouri has seen its fair share of wintry weather this year, with icy conditions winning out more often than snow. It’s the icy conditions that once again are proving difficult for many on the roadways across Mid-Missouri. Winter weather is one

A driver crashed and rolled over Sunday morning shortly after getting on the entrance ramp to Highway 63 south from Stadium Boulevard. Columbia firefighters and police responded to the scene shortly after 6:15 a.m Sunday, according to dispatch reports. Most of mid-Missouri is under a winter weather advisory because of icy road conditions. An ABC

SUNDAY: Snow has been hard to come back, as the atmosphere just isn’t conducive for snow development. Freezing drizzle has been falling through most of the night, with a sheet of ice covering all of Mid-Missouri. Freezing drizzle will slowly start to taper off from west to east through the morning, as the upper level

UPDATE: Troop F said in a tweet the number of calls and crashes reported Saturday. From 2 – 9 p.m. troopers received 100 calls for service and responded to 39 crashes. Six injuries were reported, as well as one fatal crash. No information was shared on the fatal crash as family members were in the

More than 500 Boone Electric Cooperative customers were without power Saturday night. The outage happened off Highway VV near Botner Road. According to Boone Electric’s outage map, the outage happened at 7:30 p.m. Crews were on scene working to restore power as of 10:30 p.m. ABC 17 News crews reported seeing a truck crashed into

Seven-year old Rhyan Loos, daughter of Mizzou’s Brad Loos, walked out onto Mizzou Arena with a golden head band to hold up hair that had not been there in years past. Rhyan has become an inspiration to Mizzou for her fight through neuroblastoma, a cancer that starts in early forms of nerve cells. She beamed

TONIGHT : Freezing drizzle & light snow will develop across the area tonight. As we begin to cool the upper portions of the atmosphere, we should see a change over to all snow by 1AM. There’s a possibility that we could see up to an inch of snow across the I-70 corridor, but the freezing

A water main break in 100 block of Rollins street in Moberly caused the city to issue a 48-hour boil advisory for four blocks of the city Saturday morning. Those in the 300 and 400 blocks of West Rollins, the 100 block of North Williams and the 100 block of North Fourth are advised to

Mid-Missouri drivers were under a winter weather advisory Friday night into Saturday morning because freezing rain and drizzle were expected to create hazardous road conditions. Columbia Public Works and Missouri Department of Transportation crews said they were out through the night monitoring and treating roads as needed. Although most roads were treated, several drivers crashed

TODAY: Freezing drizzle will taper off this morning and it will be largely dry during the day except for patchy freezing drizzle in spots. Temperatures will stay in the mid 20s with wind chills in the low teens. Winds will be out of the north at 10-13 mph. TONIGHT : Precipitation will increase during the

The Missouri Department of Transportation is asking drivers to plan ahead as the potential for more winter weather approaches. MODOT officials suggest that drivers check the department’s traveler information map if they must travel. The map shows the road conditions, displays real-time traffic flow and provides views of traffic cameras at various locations. “The storms

Former Rock Bridge football star Alex Ofodile is coming home. The wide receiver will transfer from Oregon to Mizzou, according to a source close to Ofodile. PowerMizzou publisher Gabe DeArmond first reported the news. DeArmond reported Ofodile will be a graduate transfer. He’s set to graduate from Oregon this summer and then transfer to MU.

Dozens across mid-Missouri gathered to discuss concerns and benefits of a hog operation that would bring thousands of swine to Cooper County. Minnesota-based Pipestone System hopes to build a concentrated animal feeding operation on Renshaw Drive in the southern part of the county. Its application with the Department of Natural Resources shows that it would

On Friday afternoon, Mizzou forward Michael Porter Jr. opened up about a possible return to the court. He said he wants to play this season if he’s cleared by his doctor. “I would love to play again. That was my whole reason to come to Mizzou, was to play.” Porter Jr. said. “But I’m just

UPDATE 2/9: The water main pipe has been permanently repaired as of Friday. Bacteria samples are expected to be in by 9:00 p.m. this evening. The city released the following press release at 9:02 p.m.: The City of Moberly’s Public Utilities Director, Mary West-Calcagno just announced that the water customers in the City of Moberly

The Mizzou basketball team will hold its third Rally For Rhyan game on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Mississippi State. The game is played in honor of 7-year-old Rhyan Loos, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma in the Fall of 2015. Rhyan is the daughter of former Mizzou basketball assistant coach Brad Loos. Loos

The Columbia Fire Department extinguished a trash fire on Friday, according to their Twitter account. The fire happened in the parking lot of the Crossroads Shopping Center. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/961953653568524288″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Columbia Firefighters extinguish a trash fire In the parking lot of crossroads shopping center. The contents of a city trash truck caught on fire and

Thursday evening, many residents in New Bloomfield filled the room ready to ask many questions regarding budget cuts. One by one, residents voiced their questions, opinions and concerns regarding the city losing one sergeant and leaving them with one officer, Chief Greg Mooney, to protect and serve their community. Jason Piper, a Police and Code

Public Works crews in Boone County and Columbia said Friday they’re still under budget a little more than halfway through winter. So far, Columbia Public Works spokesperson Barry Dalton said the department has used about 1,700 tons of salt. He said it starts out with a reserve of 5,000 tons. In fiscal year 2017, which