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18-year-old Mikel Keel, of Columbia, was taken to University Hospital for minor injuries after a crash that left his 2003 GMC Sonoma totaled. Keel was driving eastbound on I-70 near the 120-mile marker when he “overtook” a 2012 Kenworth tractor-trailer. Keel’s vehicle crossed over the center line and hit the tractor-trailer, causing Keel to overturn

University of Missouri student Hailey Marie Hochanadel, 21, of Olathe, KS, died on Saturday after a 1991 Regal Runabout crashed into a rock bluff at the Lake of the Ozarks. Hochanadel was a junior in Arts and Sciences at MU and was in the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. “Haily Hochanadel was a vibrant spirit with

A Fulton man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Monday after his motorcycle went off of the right side of the road and overturned. According to the crash report, William Harris, 47, of Fulton, was ejected from his 2007 Harley Davidson after driving eastbound on Route F at County Road 323. Harris was

On March 31 in Jefferson City, Zoie Granato was pulled over by an officer for driving with no headlights on. The officer smelled marijuana coming out of the car during the traffic stop. The officer searched the gray 2013 Dodge Granato was driving and found a Camel cigarette package with DMT inside of it, smoking

UPDATE: Council members didn’t make any decisions Monday morning. Treece said the meeting served as a “briefing.” Matthes said he didn’t have a comment due to the pending litigation. It’s likely the city could file an appeal to the ruling. ORIGINAL STORY: The Columbia City Council is meeting in a closed session Monday morning after

According to official court documents, Kimbery M. Gardner, Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis has appointed Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County Jean Peters Baker as the special prosecutor in the Greitens invasion of privacy investigation. The announcement comes after the St. Louis prosecutors were recused from the case less than an hour earlier.

There’s a general rule of thumb that says on warm and windy days, pollen is high. Low pollen is expected when it’s rainy outside — but that’s not always the case. It seems reasonable to think that rain would bring relief from allergy symptoms, after all, rain usually washes away anything that has collected in

TONIGHT: A calm night is in store for Mid-Missouri, with passing clouds expected. With saturated soil in place across Mid-Missouri and temperatures bottoming out near 60, we’ll see areas of fog form with dense fog possible. Winds will shift to the northeast under 5 mph. TUESDAY: After some early fog, we’ll see mostly sunny skies

TODAY: It’s a fairly quiet afternoon across Mid-Missouri, with cloudy skies remaining in place. Clouds will stay with us through the better portion of the afternoon, as a frontal boundary takes it’s time tracking to the southeast. While it will be a quiet day in terms of precipitation, a spot shower/storm can’t be ruled out

After an active weekend, mid-Missouri finally saw a good dose of moderate to even heavy rainfall that helped wet the abnormally dry ground. Along with heavy downpours Sunday night, some storms intensified to strong to severe levels bringing some localized gusty conditions. With Sunday evening’s system we saw anywhere from 1-2″ inches of rain by

Officers with the Columbia Police Department said no one was hurt after a burglary at a home in the 800 block of West Prairie Lane on Sunday night. CPD was called to the home just before 10 p.m. A sergeant with the department said two men went into the home while people were there. The

MONDAY: As the large area of low pressure moves off to the east we could see a few spotty showers leftover this morning for your commute. You may want to have the umbrella handy as you head out the door. However, by 9am we clear out and begin to see sunshine break back into Mid-Missouri

Marshall Police responded to Kay Street Sunday at 5:00 p.m. and found a 58-year-old Marshall man who waved a firearm and then barricaded himself in the home. The Missouri State Highway Patrol (SWAT) team also responded to the incident. The Missouri State Highway Patrol spoke with the man over a period of time, he later

TONIGHT: A line of thunderstorms is poised for move through much of mid-Missouri this evening. These storms are moving from the southwest to the northeast. Expect storms to arrive to our SW counties from 6pm to 8pm, our central counties from 8pm to 10pm and moving out of the viewing area by midnight. We could

UPDATE 7:30 a.m.: According to the Boone Electric Cooperative outage map, power has been restored to customers who experienced an outage earlier Sunday morning. ORIGINAL: Rain and thunderstorms blew through mid-Missouri early Sunday morning, and it’s unclear if it caused some power outages. According to the Boone Electric Cooperative outage map, about 50 customers near

Moberly police posted on Facebook and Twitter that the department has received multiple reports of people breaking into unlocked cars. The post said that with the warmer weather more people are walking around the city. Police said the reports are of “unwanted individuals getting into unlocked vehicles.” {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MoberlyPolice/status/998128770149122048″,”author_name”:”Moberly Police”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MoberlyPolice”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;The Moberly Police Department

TODAY: We’ll be looking at another tricky forecast for Mid-Missouri. Currently have showers and thunderstorms pushing through the heart of Mid-Missouri. These storms will move off to the east and be out of the viewing area by the afternoon hours. We will have a couple hours to catch our breath before redeveloping thunderstorms tonight. Temperatures

OVERNIGHT (12AM-6AM): Storms have moved out the area with some light rain and a few rumbles of thunder pushing through by midnight. Looking to stay dry into the early morning. SUNDAY: Another wave of rain will move through in the morning hours from 3am- 7am You’ll need the umbrella as you head out the door.

UPDATE 6:45 pm: The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the victims in Saturday morning’s boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks and the driver of the boat was arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated. According to the crash report, Hayden Frazier, 22, of Overland Park, Kansas, was operating the boat when it

8:30PM UPDATE: THE WEATHER ALERT DAY HAS EXPIRED! Rain and some thunder will continue eastward along and south of I-70 through 11pm, before clearing out early Sunday morning.