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The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday that a candle was to blame for a Boone County house fire over the weekend. Authorities said the home did not have electricity and the candle was being used to heat the home. According to the sheriff’s office, someone knocked over the candle and it caught the carpet

TONIGHT: A weak upper level disturbance will bring light rain showers overnight, more likely for areas north of I-70. With temperatures dropping close to freezing through the night we could see a few snowflakes mixed in. There will be no accumulations or impacts expected, with overnight lows bottoming out near 35 degrees under clouds skies.

A judge sentenced a man to prison Friday for his role in a deadly shooting in Pettis County last year. According to online court records, Ronald Cage was sentenced to 34 years in prison. The victim, Leon Hinckley, was found with multiple gunshot wounds outside of a home at the Sunset Village trailer park in

There have been four deadly crashes on Missouri roads since the Missouri State Highway Patrol started its holiday counting period 6 p.m. Friday. The counting period ends on Christmas at 11:59 p.m. A 17-year-old was killed in a crash Friday night in Jasper County. The crash report said the car went off the left side

CHRISTMAS EVE: We’ll start off fairly cool, but early morning sunshine and southerly breezes will aid in warming us through noon. Highs will rise into the low 50s south of I-70, but a bit cooler in our northern counties. By the afternoon, we’re tracking increasing cloud cover ahead of our next storm system set to

The Missouri State Highway Patrol started its Christmas holiday counting period 6 p.m. Friday. During the counting period, officials said more troopers are on the roads, watching for aggressive driving. That includes speeding, distracted driving and following another vehicle too closely. Not only do troopers count how many crashes occur between Friday and Christmas at

Columbia police have arrested a man who they said had tens of thousands of dollars in cash as well as drugs. Police said they pulled over Tommy Lee Thomas, 64, at the intersection of Business Loop and Garth Avenue on Saturday around noon. They saw that Thomas had drugs in the car so after some

TONIGHT: Another quiet evening under mostly clear skies will be the story as high pressure scoots off to our south. That will lead to southwest winds overnight keep temperatures in the low 30s for tomorrow morning. You’ll want the jacket out the door. CHRISTMAS EVE: We’ll start the day off fairly cool, but early morning

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — When then-Missouri state Sen. Mike Parson didn’t agree with a voter-approved law imposing tough regulations on dog breeders, he led a legislative effort to repeal the measure and replace it with a tamer version. Now eight years later as governor, Parson believes a similar repeal-and-replace effort is necessary for a

The Macon County Police Department arrested Justin R. Shade, 39, after they received information about an early morning sexual assault on Saturday. The investigation revealed a man had assaulted at least two victims before he left the area around 2:40 a.m. They located the 39-year-old man around 6:00 a.m. at a local hotel. He has

The Transportation Security Administration predicted that the 2018 winter holiday travel season will have record-breaking numbers. Nationwide, TSA projected it will screen 6 percent more passengers this year compared to the same time last year. A study from Magnify Money showed that during December travel from 2008 to 2017, Chicago O’Hare International Airport and Denver

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for entering a home and assaulting a resident. Jessie May, 47, is facing charges of first-degree burglary and and second-degree domestic assault. Deputies said they were called to a home on Maxine Drive shortly after 2 a.m., after the incident occurred. They arrested May later and took him

Fire investigators are working to determine what caused a fire to spark, causing damage to a Boone County home. Boone County fire officials said they were called to the 2700 block of Boothe Lane around 8:30 a.m. for reports of smoke coming from a home. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17/status/1076863477917143040″,”author_name”:”Kirstie Crawford”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/KirstieABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;House fire in 2700 block of

UPDATE 8:30 P.M.: Police said no one was injured after shots were fired in west Columbia. According to police at the scene, a dozen shell casings were found around the intersection of Brewer and Defoe. Police said witnesses told them occupants in two vehicles shot at each other. ORIGINAL: Right now police officers have the

SUNDAY: We’re continuing to track a weak disturbance into Mid-Missouri this morning. It will bring a chance of seeing some sprinkles and flurries south of I-70 before moving out of the area by midday. We’ll see clouds gradually clear out of the region into the afternoon, with temperatures making it back into the middle 40s,

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jeremiah Tilmon and Javon Pickett, two players who once planned to play for Illinois, helped Missouri beat the Illini 79-63 on Saturday night at the Enterprise Center. Tilmon scored 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Pickett added 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting for Missouri (8-3), which broke a five-game losing

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers are out on the road deterring holiday travelers from aggressive driving. “We’re looking for things like texting, speeding, following too close,” said Trooper Matt Halford. “Things that lead to traffic crashes.” In 2017 there were 1,618 crashes on Missouri highways resulting in seven deaths and 541 injuries. Highway Patrol hopes

Jefferson City police said one person had to be taken to the hospital after a crash in the 1900 block of Missouri Boulevard just after noon on Saturday. According to police, Michael Hood, 66, was driving west on Missouri Blvd. and crashed into the back of a Chevrolet drive by Mit Patel, 27. Patel was

TONIGHT: A weak disturbance will track through Mid-Missouri this evening bringing a chance of some sprinkles/flurries after midnight. No impacts are expected. Best chance of running into precipitation will be closer to I-44. Temperatures drop to near 30 degrees overnight. SUNDAY: Following the early morning chance of flurries, we watch clouds slowly break up into

Friday finished out the worst week for the stock market since the recession in 2008. Meanwhile, the latest jobs report shows the unemployment rate remaining steady. Dr. Joseph Haslag, an economics professor at the University of Missouri, said the volatility in the stock market is closely related to international events and the national economy, including