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For the first time since 2010, we’ve seen two major hurricanes form before Aug. 31. Early Thursday afternoon, Irma become a Category 3 hurricane with winds of up to 115 mph, after undergoing rapid intensification. Just 12 hours prior to becoming a major hurricane, it was a strong tropical storm with 70 mph winds. While

Hurricane Irma continues to strengthen as it tracks into the Caribbean, posing dangerous threats for more than a dozen islands. Hurricane watches are in effect as torrential rain, damaging winds, and storm surge moves towards the islands. Early Tuesday morning the system increased to a category 5 as winds were clocked at 175 mph, well

47 members of Missouri Task Force One returned home to cheers from family members Wednesday morning. The crew had been deployed for 13 days in Houston, helping with rescue missions after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. The team consisted of 43 members, two live-find dogs and two human remains detection dogs. During their time in Houston,

Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a category 4 as sustained winds decreased to 150 mph. The system continues to track towards south Florida, with an increased confidence of making landfall. Life threatening winds in excess of 130 mph, storm surge, and dangerous rainfall threaten South Florida as we head into the weekend. Currently the

The Callaway County Commission approved an additional $32,000 for 13 more security cameras for the ongoing jail security upgrade project. The county is upgrading the original system that was installed in the 1980s. Correctional officers started experiencing problems with the equipment, so the commission voted last year to upgrade the system. The project was originally

The Osage County sheriff is warning residents of scammers targeting mid-Missourians and senior citizens in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and now Hurricane Irma. Scammers often use natural disasters as a way to target unsuspecting people looking to help. According to the Osage County Sheriff’s Office, this scam involves the scammer calling a family member

UPDATE 9/8: Lori Bremer, 44, of Tebbetts, has died from her injuries sustained in the crash. Bremer was stopped in a 2003 Ford Mustang and yielding to oncoming traffic in an attempt to turn left onto Route AA. Bremer was hit from behind by a 2015 Volkswagen Passat, which went off the road and into

TODAY: It will be warmer this afternoon as temperatures climb into the lower 80s under mostly sunny skies. Humidity will remain low as winds will stay under 8 mph from the south. It will be another comfortable evening for SportsZone Football Friday as temperatures will start in the upper 70s at 7 pm and drop

Parts of the sentencing assessment report for a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper were made public last week through online court records. Three of the six pages of the report were available on CaseNet, the state’s online court filing system. Morgan County Circuit Clerk Lori Moon said an issue with Community Services of Missouri, the

A three-car-crash created major traffic delays during Friday morning rush hour. Columbia police said it appears one person stopped short, causing a chain reaction crash. One driver was taken to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries. One car was able to be driven from the scene. The other two were towed from

A Mid-Missouri woman was injured after a two-car crash Thursday. It happened on Highway 63 about two miles south of Moberly around 6:20 p.m. Brooke Champ, 27, from Moberly was about to make a right turn whe another vehicle rear-ended her, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report. Champ was life-flighted to University

A Jefferson City man was in the Boone County Jail Thursday, accused of robbery and throwing a knife at someone in the Menards parking lot in Columbia. On Wednesday, Menards employees said they saw Andrew Miller trying to steal items including a Bosch drill valued at nearly $260. When the employees tried to stop Miller

A Morgan County man has been charged with abandonment of a corpse and tampering with evidence after a woman went missing in May of 2016. On May 17, 2016, the sister of Joanna Anderson, 54, of Rocky Mount, reported Anderson as missing after not seeing her for several weeks. Charles Steven Swon, the common law

On Thursday, students and parents got their first look at renovations inside Douglass High School in central Columbia. “There are really special people in that building and they deserve a place that looks special,” said ribbon-cutting ceremony attendee Paula Herrera-Gudino. “They deserve a place that looks beautiful so that they can feel important and so

Work to reduce crime in the northern part of town continues steadily. The North Neighborhood Community Unity group met Thursday night to discuss the new police station that is set to to be built off Rangeline Street near Bodie Drive. The station was approved by the City Council more than a year ago and is

The Red Cross is helping victims of Hurricane Harvey in more ways than one. On Thursday, ABC 17 News spoke with Dave Griffith, the executive director of the local Red Cross chapter. Griffith said things are improving in Texas. He went to the Lone Star State on Aug. 29 with other volunteers to assist survivors.

Lieutenant Governor Michael Parson today called on the state Senate to hold a special session to discuss a controversial comment by a Missouri Senator and a bill that Governor Eric Greitens vetoed in June. Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D) posted a comment on Facebook in August saying she hoped President Trump is assassinated, and has since

TONIGHT: Temperatures will be cool again, but will only drop into the low 50s by morning with clear skies. Winds will shift to the south under 5 mph. FRIDAY: It will be warmer as temperatures climb into the lower 80s under mostly sunny skies, but humidity will remain low. Winds will stay under 8 mph

In a unanimous vote, the University of Missouri curators voted to establish and name the David Novak Leadership Institute that will be a part of Mizzou’s journalism school. Novak is the former chairman and CEO of Yum Brands and is a Mizzou alumnus. “This means we are able to support one of the top journalism