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A Boone County deputy arrested 33-year-old Derek J. Long around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. The deputy was driving a patrol vehicle equipped with an Automatic License Plate Reader when the car Long was driving showed up as stolen, according to a sergeant in the Sheriff’s department. The deputy conducted a traffic stop with Long near Highway

TODAY: We are looking at a beautiful day to spend outside! Sunday will be dry and sunny with temperatures reaching into the lower 50s. Winds will be tamer out of the west around 6 mph. Clouds will increase by the afternoon leading to a partly cloudy night with temperatures in the upper 30s. Conditions will

TODAY: Chilly AM Temps in Lower 30s, Sunny Skies with Increasing Clouds by PM; 52 TONIGHT: Partly Cloudy with Bearable Conditions; 37 MONDAY: Scattered Showers Expected, Expected Accumulation Less than 1/10″; 60

TODAY: We are looking at a beautiful day to spend outside! Conditions will be brisk in the morning and evening; so make sure to have a coat handy for the AM and PM hours with a warm jacket for the afternoon. Sunday will be dry and sunny with temperatures reaching into the lower 50s. Winds

Columbia police confirmed that they responded to the 2400 block of Parker Street for a call about gunshots being heard around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived at the scene, they found three bullet holes in the apartment. Police say that the bullet holes are most likely from a shotgun. Police say there were no

Rounding out the weekend into the start of the week temperatures are going to be above average. Sunday high temperatures will be climbing into the mid 50s. We will continue to see these temperatures increase throughout the beginning of the week. Monday a warm front will be pushed northward over central Missouri. This will help

An 86-year-old Crocker woman died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon. The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on Highway U about 7 miles west of Crocker. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report stated the driver, Bobbie Goodrich, 84, drove of the road and hit a tree. Goodrich was taken to the hospital with moderate

TODAY: Southwest winds through the evening hours should be subsiding at 6-8 mph. This light breeze will makes temperatures feel only slightly cooler than the overnight low of 34 degrees. Skies will remain partly cloudy through the evening hours. SUNDAY: Superbowl Sunday’s forecast is a gorgeous one! Sunday’s high temperature will be reaching into the

People started gathering for the Midwest March for Life in Jefferson City around 8 a.m. Saturday. Many protesters, including some members of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, started walking almost a mile from the Selinger Center to the Capitol building around 10 a.m. Ryan Bomberger, co-founder of the Radiance Foundation, and Dr.

On Jan. 29, a victim reported that former Jefferson City football player Rashaun D. Woods raped her on Jan. 28 inside of a Jefferson City residence. Woods has committed to play football at Illinois State as of Wednesday. The victim allegedly told Woods that she didn’t want to engage in sexual activity with him, and

TODAY: Morning wind chills in the upper teens through lower 20s, Mostly sunny skies with winds around 8-17 mph out of the south with gusts near 25 mph; 43 SUNDAY: Mostly sunny skies with gentle, variable winds near 6 mph; 53 MONDAY: Rain likely with warmer temps; 59 TUESDAY: AM partly sunny, PM slight rain/snow

TODAY: Morning wind chills in the upper teens through lower 20s, Mostly sunny skies with winds around 8-17 mph out of the south with gusts near 25 mph; 43 SUNDAY: Mostly sunny skies with gentle, variable winds near 6 mph; 53 MONDAY: Rain likely with warmer temps; 59 TUESDAY: AM partly sunny, PM slight rain/snow

TODAY: Saturday’s conditions are going to remain on the cooler side with morning temperatures in the lower 20s. Make sure to bundle up if you are headed out as wind chills will be in the upper teens and lower 20s throughout the morning. Conditions will remain dry and sunny for today with the high reaching

The City of Columbia is teaming up with an insurance organization to give out three $1,000 grants to incoming college freshmen. Columbia is working with the Shelter Insurance Foundation to distribute the annual Success Grants to Columbia teenagers. In 2016, Columbia identified neighborhoods that could benefit from extra resources, which include the Columbia Police Department

As the nation learned on Monday, Neil Gorsuch is President Donald Trump’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. An opinion piece in The New York Times called Gorsuch the “nominee for a stolen seat” referencing then-President Obama’s choice, Merrick Garland, never getting his shot at Senate confirmation. Missouri’s new attorney general worked in the same

A woman is now charged in connection to at least one home burglary in Boone County and is suspected of being involved in several others. Jamie Bradley, 32, was charged Thursday with second degree burglary, stealing, tampering with evidence and possession of a controlled substance after allegedly stealing jewelry, shoes and a safe from a

A national grocery store chain with locations in mid-Missouri has proposed plans for another location in Boone County. The City of Columbia confirmed that Aldi’s has submitted plans for a second location in the southern part of the city. According to the proposal obtained by ABC 17 News, Aldi plans to build the store at

Jefferson City Public Schools officials expect to see a decrease in transportation funding for the next school year, after Gov. Eric Greitens unveiled the state budget Thursday. The governor recommended a cut of more than $36 million to school transportation in the 2018 fiscal year. At the beginning of this fiscal year in July, statewide

A 34-year-old Audrain County man was killed in a crash Friday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jared Monsen of Mexico was driving west on Route FF at 8:13 a.m. when his vehicle traveled off the left side of the road and overturned. Monsen was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at

As the nation’s economy recovers, many people are looking to buy a home or upgrade to a larger home. But many of those people are faced with limited choices of existing homes or the high cost of building their own home. “We did have a slowdown in the building industry,” said John Jordan, general manger