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TODAY: After a chilly morning with temperatures dipping to the mid to low 40s, it will be a bright and sunny day with a breeze. Further east you head today, the wind will pick up . Winds will gust to 25 mph east of US 63. Look for a slight breeze west of US 63

Two people were hospitalized after a crash on Highway 124 in Boone County Thursday. It happened near Route YY, about 20 minutes north of Columbia. Emergency responders on scene said they received the call around 6:15 p.m. for the two-vehicle head-on crash. “It did occur on a curve where they have done some fresh oil

ABC 17 News is working to find out if anyone was injured in a single vehicle crash Thursday evening. The crash happened in Columbia on Rock Quarry Road at Fellow Place just before 5:45 p.m. The vehicle struck a light pole and was towed from the scene.

Planning and Zoning commissioners chose not to move up any projects that might help three areas of town the city has focused on. The commission sent its recommendations for the fiscal year 2018 capital improvement plan to the Columbia City Council on Thursday. The plan lays out a $90 million road map of improvements to

Another inmate is charged after a second reported fight at the Boone County Jail in the same week. On Wednesday, Lamont Cooper Jr., 22, of Columbia was charged in Boone County with a felony count of third-degree assault. Deputies say Carter punched another inmate while their back was turned to him on Tuesday afternoon. According

Wade School Road was shut down Thursday night as firefighters responded to a possible house fire in the 7200 block of North Wade School Road. The Boone County Fire Protection District was called to the duplex around 9:25 p.m. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said crews believe the fire started in the lower electrical area of

While the budget for the upcoming fiscal year is not yet finalized, there is at least one certainty: Funding for higher education will be cut — it’s just a matter of how much. Missouri lawmakers have approved a spending plan that cuts core funding for public colleges and universities by more than six percent. UM

The Missouri House passed a $27 billion state budget Thursday the day before the congressional deadline. The budget for the fiscal year starting in July is now in review in the state Senate and will then move on to Gov. Eric Greitens. In the current proposal, public universities and colleges across the state would take

A new report finds that the rate of sexual assaults on the University of Missouri campus is “too high for its population size.” Vice Chancellor Garnett Stokes, now interim chancellor, established the University of Missouri’s Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Task Force in the fall of 2015. Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Task Force Report

UPDATE: Lucas has been found guilty on all four counts, including double murder and armed criminal action. ORIGINAL STORY: A 12-person jury is deciding the fate of a man accused of murdering two men in September 2015. Darious Lucas is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action for

Nelson Barnes said his cell mate confessed to the crime in 2015. It wasn’t the crime the man found himself most recently accused of that October, a drug case that sent him to the Fulton Diagnostic and Reception Center. Barnes, serving a sentence for receiving stolen property, said Darious Ashton Lucas told him about a

Jefferson City Police were called to a home in the 600 block of Belmont Street for a possible intruder. When officers arrived at the home, the suspect had fled the area, and the residents claimed that a masked man entered the home and sexually assaulted the victim, identified as a 17 year old girl. The

TONIGHT: Clouds will move through during the evening then clear with overnight lows dropping into the mid to upper 40s. Northerly winds will diminish to near 10 mph after midnight. FRIDAY: It will be sunny, windy and warmer with high temperatures reaching the upper 60s. Northerly winds at 10-18 mph will gust to 30 mph

After one of the wettest 8 day stretches in over 5 years, Mid-Missouri is finally going to get a break in the rain department. Typically the first week of May sparks an increase in severe weather, but this year we’ll see a quiet weather pattern that will take us through most of next week. .

A vehicle has crashed on I-70 near mile marker 131. The right westbound lane is completely blocked, and ABC 17 News has confirmed that two adults and one child were taken to the hospital. We are working to confirm more details.

A Roseville, Calif. woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to her role in a conspiracy to distribute more than $6.6 million of synthetic cannabinoids (K2) at Callaway County, Mo., businesses. Sheila Marie Nawaz, 40, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud from Dec. 18, 2012, to July 16,

The Columbia Police Department released results Thursday of a sobriety checkpoint on Broadway near West Blvd on Saturday. The checkpoint lasted just over an hour because of inclement weather. During the sobriety checkpoint officers arrested 3 people for driving while intoxicated and conducted field sobriety testing on 21 people. 118 vehicles were checked in total.

A vehicle crashed on New Haven Road on Thursday morning. According to Boone County Deputies, the vehicle went off of the road and into a ditch. There was only one woman in the car, and she was checked by medics at the scene. The woman was not taken to the hospital by the medics. New

TODAY: This afternoon will finally start a dry spell that will carry us through the rest of the week. Outside of a few showers east of Hwy 63, today will be mostly sunny and breezy. Winds through the day will be out of the north, gusting up to 35 mph. Despite the sunshine, it will

Some of the larger rivers crested this morning and will continue to lower through the day, some however are still rising including the Osage River at St. Thomas. A Minor Flood Stage is expected along the Osage River this afternoon with a level 3′ above flood stage. The Missouri River at Jefferson City is cresting