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Engineers with Ameren Missouri utility company told ABC 17 News about 50,000 cubit feet per second of water is passing through the Bagnell Dam as of Wednesday afternoon. “We operate under a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission which really dictates how we can discharge during these kind of flood events,” said Alan

A drop in funding means about 20 percent of gauges used in Missouri to measure floodwaters will go offline this summer. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Science Center in Rolla maintains 247 gauges across the state. The instruments collect water data used by agencies such as the National Weather Service and the Army Corps of

An automatic extension will be issued to certain Missouri taxpayers whose quarterly and monthly tax return payments and filings were delayed by the flooding across the state. Any vehicle title penalty from April 29, 2017 through May 9, 2017 due to flooding will also be waived. “We understand that, because of the severe flooding, some

TODAY: Rain is steadily falling this afternoon, with the heaviest amounts along and south of Hwy 50. Radar estimates up to 3 inches of rain has fallen near the Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir. Flooding once again is an issue as we go through the day, as heavy rain will continue with pockets

UPDATE 9:17 A.M.: According to a press release from the Columbia Police Department, there were reports of a blue Toyota and a red sedan at the scene. Contact the Columbia Police Department at 573-874-7652, or call CrimeStoppers at 573-875-TIPS to remain anonymous if you have any information. ORIGINAL STORY: Police responded to the 2900 block

TODAY: Steady rain will be on going through Thursday morning. Rain amounts will range from 3″ in Columbia to 4″ south of HWY 50, with the highest totals in southeast Mid-Missouri near HWY 65, where locally higher amounts of 5″ isn’t ruled out. Areas north of I-70 will see rain amounts of 0.25″ to 1″

Boone County Public Works crews on Tuesday continued to repair damage from the weekend storms. According to the Boone County Office of Emergency Management, six roads in the county are closed because of flooding. Crews worked on River Oaks Road Tuesday morning. They had to repair a road bank that had been eroded by flood

TODAY: Light rain begins across Columbia from 5AM-7AM. High rain rates are likely by 8AM and rain will become steady and widespread as the day goes on. By 8AM areas south of HWY 50 could have already picked up 0.50″ to 0.75″ and Jefferson City and Columbia will have picked up 0.10″ to 0.20″. By

Police responded to the Royal Inn in central Columbia early Wednesday morning. ABC17 first heard reports it was a hostage situation. But crews on scene talked with officers who said it was a welfare check on a woman who was staying at the inn. Once police arrived they found one woman and another person inside

B. Allen Brown had no idea the Missouri attorney general was suing him. The former owner of the Columbia Star Dinner Train told ABC 17 News he was never served with the lawsuit the Attorney General’s Office filed in December. Online court records show as much. The court could never serve him at the company’s

A bill that will allow Jefferson City to redevelop a portion of the Missouri State Penitentiary is now heading to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 486 was approved by the state Senate and passed the state House on Monday. The measure would transfer about 32 acres of state land to the city. The Missouri State

One day after the United States issued an Europe Travel Alert, the University of Missouri said it would not be altering its study abroad program – yet. The State Department announced the alert on Monday after recent attacks in the United Kingdom, France, Russia and Sweden. Mizzou said its 116 students studying in Europe are

The man accused of killing two men in northeast Columbia back in 2015 spent hours in the courtroom for the first day of his trial. Jury selection for 26-year-old Darious Lucas began Tuesday morning at the Boone County Courthouse in Columbia and witness testimony continued until 6 p.m. He is charged with two felony counts

Unprecedented is a word that’s been used, perhaps overused, during the last national and Missouri state political races. It’s also the word being used for the upcoming celestial event that will cut a shadow right through Mid-Missouri. Eclipse 2017 is about three months away and everyone in its path is trying to plan for something

Boone County citizens can now call 3-1-1 to reach the dispatch center for non-emergency calls. The existing non-emergency line, 573-442-6131, is still in service as well. 3-1-1 is being used so that emergency calls can take priority when calling 9-1-1. According to a media release from Boone County Joint Communications:— Always use 911 to report

It may seem hard to believe this time of year, but the flu is still going around. The doctors at Broadway Urgent Care say that they are continually seeing patients with the flu. They also say sinus issues and strep have been making patients sick. Dr. Tara Flynn from Mizzou Quick Cares and Urgent Care

A Mexico man was arrested for having materials for a meth lab in his vehicle on Monday. Johnnie L. Schultz was driving eastbound on Highway 54 when a Missouri State Highway Patrol vehicle pulled behind him for a traffic stop. Schultz did not stop on the side of the highway, but slowed down on the

TONIGHT: Rain begins by 2AM-3AM near the Truman Reservoir and Lake area, spreading east-northeast through early morning. It will be a cool night with lows in the upper 40s. WEDNESDAY: Rain continues through the day, with periods of moderate rain. It will be chilly and damp with high temperatures near 50 and an easterly wind

UPDATE 5/2: The autopsy results conclude that foul play is no suspected. The toxicology report will be released in six to eight weeks. ORIGINAL STORY: A 19-year-old man has died after being found in a Camden County motel room unresponsive on Sunday. Kamil Jackowski, a student at the University of Iowa and originally from Arlington

Two men were arrested and charged after a crime spree across mid-Missouri counties on April 20. Victor M. Linton and Allen J. McCray entered the Breaktime at 2441 Pioneer Street in Boonville. Linton had a gun and was pointing it at the clerk and a customer that was inside of the store. Linton took the