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A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT MACON, CHARITON, SALINE, PEHLPS, AND BENTON COUNTIES. THIS GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. No matter where you are at you WILL see winter weather impacts within the days ahead. THURSDAY: High level clouds are slowly streaming

Missouri Republicans are hoping to make the process of passing initiative petitions, such as the recently passed medical marijuana and ethics reform efforts, more difficult. Several bills filed by GOP Representatives and Senators would raise the threshold of votes necessary to pass constitutional amendments brought forth through the petition process, or require more of petitioners

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN MID-MISSOURI EXCEPT MACON, CHARITON, SALINE, PEHLPS, AND BENTON COUNTIES. THIS GOES IN EFFECT FRIDAY AT 12 PM UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. No matter where you are at you WILL see winter weather impacts within the days ahead. THURSDAY: We’ll stay in the upper 30s

The Columbia Citizens Police Review Board voted Wednesday night to recommend that the interim city manager have the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigate a police officer’s social media use. “I don’t like that the Columbia Police Department is policing them own selves [sic],” said board member Cornellia Williams. Lieutenant Brian Tate was placed on paid

Some mid-Missouri homebuyers may have to put their closings on hold due to the government shutdown. The Department of Agriculture is currently unable to process rural development loans and a local realtor said this is forcing people to wait to close on their home. “Closings scheduled during the shutdown, they won’t happen, so that will

Columbia Public Schools is holding three community open houses to talk about proposed attendance area changes. “”So the open houses are really another opportunity for our community, our parents and even employees who want to come and look at the maps and provide us some feedback, be able to ask some questions,” said Michelle Baumstark

Officials with the Columbia Public School district said parking, drop-off and pickup information is given every year to parents, students and staff for each school building. However, the parent pickup/drop-off map for Battle High School doesn’t show where emergency vehicles can or cannot park. Parents told ABC 17 News that they often see school resource

UPDATE: U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., released a video on YouTube with comments he made Wednesday on the Senate floor about border security. ORIGINAL: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler stood Wednesday with President Donald Trump after Trump’s national prime time address on the need for funding to build a wall on the southern border. On @POTUS‘s

TONIGHT: Some passing clouds lead to partly cloudy skies as temperatures fall into the upper teens by morning. It’ll feel more like the lower teens as you head out the doors Thursday morning, thanks to a light breeze out of the north up to 8 mph. THURSDAY: We’ll stay in the upper 30s again for

University of Missouri employees noticed 40 Bird scooters went missing after the scooters were being impounded by MU landscaping employees. The employees noticed the scooters were missing when they got back from break last week, said Sara Diedrich with the University of Missouri Police Department. MUPD believes all 40 scooters were stolen at once. MUPD

Prosecutors charged a 21-year-old Boonville woman after the woman’s mother claimed she assaulted her with a knife and stun gun. According to court documents, Rayvin Graham had been arguing with her mother about taking Graham’s infant daughter to the emergency room. Graham’s mother told police she did not to go to the hospital, and Graham

Community members are coming together to help the family of the 4-year-old killed Friday when she was hit by a Columbia police cruiser at Battle High School. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating how Gabriella Curry was struck by an SUV police cruiser outside Battle High School as she was walking on the sidewalk.

WEDNESDAY: It’s a chilly day across Mid-Missouri, as afternoon highs will only top out in the upper 30s under sunny skies. It will also be breezy, with northwesterly winds up to 20 mph and gusting as high as 25. TONIGHT: Some passing clouds lead to partly cloudy skies as temperatures fall into the mid and

Two people were arrested on Tuesday after Laclede County detectives found a missing child in their attic. Braedence Jones, 6, had been missing since August, when his mother Aubrey Ferguson allegedly took him during a scheduled visitation. Laclede County authorities got a warrant on Tuesday to search a home on Highway N, according to a

The Missouri General Assembly began its 100th annual legislative session Wednesday at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. Click on the video player below to watch playback of ABC 17’s live video stream of the session’s start. Sign up for email news alerts by clicking here

Missouri’s 100th legislation session starts today and lawmakers have already submitted hundreds of pre-filed bills since December 1. The session begins at noon at the State Capitol. To find the full list of the 2019 pre-filed House bills, you can click here. Some pre-filed senate bills include new gun laws around children, modifying sales tax

Prosecutors have filed charges against a man after a traffic stop in Moniteau County ended in a drug bust. Deputies arrested Cody Edgar, 20, of Sedalia, on Tuesday in Tipton after he was pulled over for not having a front license plate on his car. According to the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office, a Tipton Police

State Rep. Sara Walsh, R-Ashland, talks with ABC 17’s Joe McLean on Wednesday about what happens at the start of the Missouri General Assembly’s 2019 session.

As part of the budget for 2019, the Cole County Commission significantly increased the budget for the county’s Emergency Medical Services. Over $1 million was provided to the department through a 12 percent increase in its operation budget, the purchase of two ambulances and over $900,000 in other capital purchases. “This is a big investment

The federal government shutdown has scrambled plans for the Missouri governor’s annual prayer breakfast. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson had been scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Thursday event. But a spokeswoman for Missouri Gov. Mike Parson confirmed Wednesday that Carson had canceled because of the shutdown affecting his