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UPDATE 10:27 A.M.: ABC 17 has confirmed with the Columbia Police Department that at 4:14 p.m., officers were dispatched to a custodial abduction in the 1700 block of Spiros Drive, which did have to do with the crash. UPDATE: A traffic crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows no one who was hurt

No one was injured after a car caught fire in south Columbia Wednesday afternoon. ABC 17 News confirmed a car making a left turn onto Buttonwood Drive collided with a second car that was driving south on Buttonwood Drive. Columbia firefighters were at the scene before 1 p.m. near Sonic. Buttonwood Drive was temporarily closed.

UPDATE 2:28 P.M.: Dr. Tim Hadfield, superintendent of the Camdenton R-III School District, has issued the following statement: “We take any reports of threats of violence seriously. We have vigorously investigated the reports. We have also worked to respond appropriately in order to keep our students and staff safe. Camdenton Schools were in session today

Some Jefferson City leaders are once again asking the city council to approve raising the minimum age at which citizens can purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The campaign, known as “Tobacco 21,” died in the city’s Public Safety Committee in July 2016 when it failed to overcome a tied vote. The measure is

The Randolph County Jail received a package in the mail on Friday that was addressed to an inmate with no return address. The package contained narcotics along with writing utensils. On March 6, the Sheriff’s Office was able to find the individual that had sent the package and executed a search warrant in Moberly. During

Romell Dewayne Rainey has had prior burglary and armed criminal action charges dropped as of Feb. 24, 2017. Rainey was wanted for a robbery with a gun in the 5000 block of Tessa Way on November 10, 2015. The charges came from a report that a man was sleeping when Rainey broke in through a

A 36-year-old woman was pronounced dead on Feb. 17 at a East Wall Street home after the Boone County Fire Department and the Sturgeon Police Department tried to administer CPR. The authorities were called there for a cardiac arrest. Because of the young age of the victim, no witnesses to her collapse and the alleged

UPDATE 3/8: State Auditor Nicole Galloway released a statement Wednesday after ABC 17 News spoke to former Mizzou Chancellor R. Bown Loftin about the findings of an audit of the UM System. “The practices uncovered in my audit are troubling, and I’m further concerned that executives at both the university and the system level appear

TODAY: Another Red Flag Warning is in effect for most of Mid-Missouri, as breezy and dry conditions will stay with us today. Temperatures today will warm into the 60s, under mostly sunny skies. Westerly winds sustained at 10-18 mph will gust as high as 30 mph at times in the afternoon. The Red Flag Warning

The National Weather Service survey team in St. Louis determined that there was EF 1 damage in Rhineland in Montgomery County. It appears the tornado developed near baseball fields along HWY 94 and moved east causing damage to homesteads and farm buildings before crossing HWY 19. It continued a path until it reached Engemann Farm

Newest forecast models are indicating snow increasing during the day on Saturday. A mix could arrive as early as 2AM-4AM across the Ozarks and Jefferson City with a rain/sleet mix. Snow will be possible in far northern Missouri at this time. The chance increasing through 9AM with the changeover to snow for most of Mid-Missouri

The threat is low, but it is there. Parts of Mid-Missouri are under a Marginal Threat for severe weather on Thursday night. There is a 5% probability for storms with large hail 1″ in diameter or greater, and wind gusts of 58 + mph wind gusts. Take a look at which areas and what time

TODAY: A mix of clouds and sun this morning followed by a mostly sunny sky in the afternoon. Temperatures will be 10 degres warmer in the afternoon today in the upper 60s. A southwest wind with gusts upwards to 30 mph will bring a Red Flag Warning starting at 11AM today through 7PM. Outdoor burning

TODAY: It will start of much cooler with temperatures in the mid 30s for the morning commute under a mostly clear sky. It be another breezy day with high temperatures reaching the mid 60s. Westerly winds sustained at 10-18 mph will gust as high as 30 mph at times in the afternoon. A Red Flag

Strong storms have left behind widespread damage across mid-Missouri and hundreds of people without power. Ameren Missouri’s outage map shows these outages as of 4:00am Tuesday: Boone: 1 Camden: 98 Cole: 9 Cooper: 50 Gasconade: 14 Osage: 385 Maries: 392 Miller: 339 Morgan: 956 In addition to these outages, at least 76 Columbia Water and

A Springfield, Missouri woman is in the Boone County Jail after being accused of trying to rob a woman near a Columbia pharmacy. Columbia police responded to the Walgreen’s Pharmacy in the 200 block of East Broadway for a robbery investigation just after 2:30 p.m Tuesday. According to police, a 66-year-old woman told them another

Officials with St. Louis County will be helping Columbia health care providers the next two months to join the county’s prescription drug monitoring program. The Columbia City Council approved a user agreement with St. Louis County on Monday to participate in the PDMP. Columbia joins Jefferson City, St. Charles County, Kansas City and several other

Monday night’s fast-moving thunderstorms left mid-Missouri residents cleaning up widespread damage. Work crews in Chariton County, that’s northwest of Boone County, spent Tuesday afternoon clearing debris off railroad tracks after strong winds toppled more than a dozen train cars. Emergency Management Director Eric McKenize told ABC 17 News the rail cars are owned by BNSF.

Many counties in mid-Missouri were under tornado warnings Monday night. It was the first time Boone County Joint Communications officials activated the outdoor warning sirens this year, not including testing the system. The sirens were activated in only north and central Boone County. Joe Piper, deputy director of Boone County Joint Communications, said the sirens

A National Weather Service survey team determined that an EF1 tornado touched down at 10:33 PM Monday night. The tornado produced 100-110 winds which damaged a mobile home, outbuildings and trees1 mile southwest of Macks Creek to 1.5 miles southeast of Macks Creek. The maximum width was a quarter of a mile. The survey team