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***UPDATE 6:15 P.M.***From what investigators say, they say there was no indication of any foul play involved. But finding the exact cause may be a challenge.Fire crews were on the scene for hours trying to knock the flames down and prevent them from spreading to even more buildings. They say there was heavy smoke coming

***UPDATE 6:35 P.M***Jefferson City has now become part of Train Town U.S.A. Union Pacific doesn’t just honor everyone according to Ben Jones, the Union Pacific Public Affairs Director. Less than 100 train stations are part of the honorary program.Due to the celebration, Union Pacific officals donated $10,000 to the Central Missouri Food Bank. The Food

Mid-Missouri authorities say they made a huge arrest on Friday, putting a local heroin dealer behind bars.44-year-old Tracey Davis was arrested Friday in Jefferson City. Police think Davis is behind several recent overdoses, in both Jefferson City and Columbia.The drug bust comes at the end of a two-month investigation. Davis was booked into the Cole

Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for two men who ran from authorities during a traffic stop.Around 9:20 a.m. Friday, a deputy pulled over a vehicle in Calwood. When the vehicle stopped, 37-year-old Jeffrey D. Strickland left the car and attempted to flee on foot. The deputy tried to restrain him, but officials say Strickland

***UPDATE SATURDAY 7:06 P.M. *** Columbia police are trying to obtain the surveillance video to help their search in identifying the masked gunmen behind the separate robberies at the convenience stores. The same Break Time was robbed a week ago, but police caught the suspect after releasing surveillance photos to the media. That man has

Scattered showers and isolated t-storms will be moving through Mid-Missouri Friday night into early Saturday. The heaviest rainfall will be between midnight and 3 a.m. with showers quickly ending across the area by early Saturday morning. General rainfall amounts will be between 0.25″ and 0.5″, with locally heavier amounts possible.The clouds will begin to decrease

Scattered showers brought anywhere from a quarter of an inch to a half an inch of rain to most of Mid-Missouri late Friday night through early Saturday. Columbia Regional Airport officially picked up 0.43″ while Jefferson City recorded 0.35″. Despite the rain, the area is still about 11.29″ below our typical rainfall for the year.

Two teenagers were killed and one was seriously injured in an overnight crash in Phelps County.Missouri State Highway Patrol says a car driven by Nikki Stanley, 17, of St. James was traveling on I-44 near Rolla when she lost control of the vehicle. The car traveled off the side of the road, struck several trees

A Columbia man was arrested Saturday evening for assaulting and threatening a woman.Boone County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported assault in the 1000 block of North Kathryn Drive around 6 p.m. The victim said 45-year-old Kenneth H. Isenberg came to her apartment and began assaulting and threatening to kill her.Isenberg allegedly held the victim

A bank near the Lake of the Ozarks was permanently shutdown, according to federal regulators late Friday afternoon.FDIC officials said the Community Bank of the Ozarks in Sunrise Beach will transfer owners. On Saturday, both branches will reopen under a new name, as Bank of Sullivan.The agency also reassured customers their accounts should operate normally.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) – Northern Michigan University’s president has lauded students and employees for trying to save a freshman on the school’s soccer team who drowned after a team workout.President David Haynes recognized their efforts Friday during a board meeting.Haynes cited the student who spotted 18-year-old Arianna Alioto’s body Nov. 30 in the pool at

While the weather through Wednesday will be fairly quiet, current forecast models indicate a possible storm that could bring Mid-Missouri its first chance of wintry weather. The models show the storm approaching by Wednesday evening, with temperatures ahead of the storm very mild and in the mid 50s. As colder air rushes in behind the

The number of robberies spiked fourfold since the start of December in Columbia. In the first two weeks of December, 17 robberies have been reported compared to four robberies reported in the last two weeks of November, according to police reports. ABC 17 News compiled the robbery numbers and the majority of them took place

NEW YORK (AP) – Fox has pulled new episodes of “Family Guy” and “American Dad” this Sunday to avoid airing any potentially sensitive content following the Connecticut school shooting.The originally scheduled episode of “Family Guy” had Peter telling his own version of the nativity story. The “American Dad” episode told the story of a demon

Columbia police are investigating a shots fired incident early Saturday morning in the northern part of the city.Just after 2:20 a.m., officers were called to the 1300 block of Brown School Road for shots fired. The officers found two shell casings in front of a residence at 1406 Raleigh Drive.Investigators say two vehicles were seen

Many parents now have to face tough conversations about what happened Friday in Newtown, Connecticut.The focus at this point is how do our children heal from this horrific event? Although it happened hundreds of miles away, kids here in Mid-Missouri may still have questions, feelings, and fears that need to be addressed.”It just tugs at

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force arrested a Columbia man Saturday for trying to entice a child online.Investigators say 27-year-old Shaun M. Dierker began to talk online with a person he thought was a 14-year-old boy, but was actually an undercover detective. After several emails and text message conversations, investigators say Dierker

A strong storm system is expected to affect Mid-Missouri Wednesday night into Thursday but the exact path is still uncertain. There are 3 different paths showing up on our forecast models and each one would provide us with a different outcome. At this time, a path just north of I-44 looks most likely which would

***UPDATE 11:25 A.M.***Deputies took Brandon Monell into custody at a home near Crocker around 9:47 a.m.An investigation into the escape and the original robbery is now underway.***ORIGINAL STORY***Right now law enforcement officials in Pulaski County are looking for one of two inmates who escaped from the Dixon city jail Monday morning. Dixon police notified the

Another airline could be on its way to the Columbia Regional Airport. Mayor Bob McDavid told ABC 17 News the city has had “some conversations” with Allegiant Airlines.Allegiant has air service to both Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Columbia City leaders have told our crews in the past they are in talks with Frontier to