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UPDATE 6:42am: The Columbia Fire Marshal tells ABC 17 News no one was hurt in Thursday morning apartment fire. He says they are still investigating the cause of the fire and did not have information on a damage estimate. Officials say Thursday morning’s freezing temperatures impacted firefighters. They say water they used to put out

Both of the southbound lanes were closed on Thursday morning after a two vehicle collision on Providence Road and the exit ramp for I-70. Traffic was moved to one lane going northbound on Providence Road. Multiple authorities were dispatched to the scene, but there have been no reported injuries. The cause of the accident is

The University of Missouri System’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force has released its recommendations following a system wide audit of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and practices within the UM System. The audit was conducted by consulting firm IBIS and was part of a series of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives outlined by the

61 years after renaming the Air Force base, and 75 years after his death, Sedalia, Missouri remembers George Whiteman. Whiteman is considered to be one of the first United States military members killed in World War II. Reports say he raced to his plane has the first Japanese bombs were falling on Pearl Harbor. Shortly

A permanent parking commission could be in Columbia’s future. The Parking and Traffic Management Task Force began finalizing its recommendations Wednesday for the Columbia City Council. It will hold one more meeting next week, and send its final list. Recommendations include a permanent group that would monitor public parking availability, and could handle citizen complaints

TODAY: It’s officially the coldest morning so far this season where temperatures will be in the upper teens for the morning commute with a wind chill of 3 to 5 through 8AM. Winds could gust for the morning commute up to 20 mph, and up to 25 mph by 10AM. We’ll have sunny skies but

A large barn fire Wednesday night shut down a Boone County road just north of Columbia. More than two dozen firefighters with the county’s Fire Protection District worked to put out the fire in the 6700 block of Wagon Trail Road, just north of Columbia. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News on scene

As temperatures drop below freezing, many homes will start to rely on their heating sources, space heaters, chimneys or wood-burning stoves for warmth. Boone County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Gale Blomenkamp is urging people using those to get professionals to check their systems before winter use. Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News that the most

Officers from the Columbia Police Department and members of the community met at Panera Bread at the Columbia Mall Wednesday night for an informal gathering. It was CPD’s third and last Coffee with a Cop event for 2016. About a dozen residents sat down with the officers to ask questions and learn more about how

The Jefferson City Police Department will soon have an addition to its traffic unit targeting DWIs. The city council accepted a $35,000 grant from MoDOT Traffic and Highway Safety Division Tuesday for a new DWI enforcement vehicle. The police department won the award after participating in all five of the state DWI enforcement campaigns. This

Health officials at the University of Missouri are still working to control a recent mumps outbreak on the Columbia campus. The Student Health Center announced Wednesday that it was recommending students get a third MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) vaccine rather than the required two. “We continue to see cases and we want to try to stop this

A Columbia man will spend the next 15 years in federal prison without parole for child sex trafficking. We had previously reported the arrest of 35 year-old Kenyata Miles was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough. Miles pled guilty on May 16, 2016 to the charge after he was found by law enforcement

Osage County Public Water District #3 is under a boil water advisory until the end of the week due to a water main break, according to the Osage County Emergency Management Agency. The advisory affects residents living east of 4662 Highway 50 E to and including 59 County Road 822. Tough Bucks Lane, Enke Trail

The city of Columbia on Monday sent out its 2016 community survey to a random sample of residents. The survey has two new questions relating to additional police officers. Question 31 on the 2016 community survey asks residents how likely they would be to support an increase in property taxes to fund 50 more police

A local registered nurse and aesthetician is out on bond Wednesday morning after she was arrested on charges of forging 17 prescriptions for Adderall. Elisabeth Trumbower was arrested Tuesday at 1603 Chapel Hill Road, the same address as Pela Cura Anti-Aging and Wellness medical spa. ABC17 News learned Trumbower is the spa’s owner. Police said

An officer was dispatched to the Ozark Trails R-V Park & Campground because of a disturbance on Monday evening. When the officer got to the scene, it was discovered that Traci Lynn Porter had been assaulted by her husband, Clarence Edward Porter. Traci Porter had large amounts of blood on her face, hair and clothing.

TONIGHT: Snow flurries end by early evening as arctic air moves in bringing the coldest temperatures of the season. Temperatures will fall into the mid-teens by morning as skies clear. The northwesterly breeze will increase to 12 mph by morning, producing wind chils of 0-5 through 8 AM. THURSDAY: We’ll have sunny skies but it

There was a fatal vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Route A one mile east of Mt. Zion. Rebecca Drum, 32 of Tuscumbia, Missouri, was traveling on the right side of the road when she overcorrected, went off the the left side of the road and overturned. She was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced

You may have noticed that our ABC 17 Stormtrack Doppler Radar has been indicating snow all day long, but none of it has actually been hitting the ground (outside of isolated locations). The reason for this has a lot to do with the dry air aloft. Through most of the day today, the bottom 5000

Gov. Jay Nixon restricted $42.8 million in medicaid spending Wednesday and another $8.8 million in bonding authority. “As Governor, I have kept Missouri’s budget in balance by restricting more than $2.2 billion in spending authorized by the General Assembly,” Nixon said. “This has allowed us to make record investments in priority areas such as public