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A Boone County court has issued a warrant for a Columbia man accused of stalking. 35-year-old Martin Edmiston was charged Tuesday in Boone County with five felonies; including aggravated stalking and first-degree burglary. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, Edmiston was served a protection order on behalf of the victim by Boone

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a robbery at a Kingdom City fireworks shop. A store employee told ABC 17 News an armed man came into the Redneck Fireworks store around 5:00 p.m. Tuesday night. The employee said the robber got away with just under $200 in fireworks and fired a single shot

UPDATE 6/21/16:The Columbia City Council will put a pause on voting on the proposed roundabout at Fairview and Chapel Hill, discussed at Monday nigh’ts council meeting. The City says it needs more data on how many cars were backed up at peak times during the day. They also wanted to know staff concluded that the

Two people are without a home after a fire near Centralia. Centralia Firefighters were called out to the 19000 block of Adams Rd. around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday for smoke coming from a trailer. Fire crews were able to contain the fire to the living room area, but smoke made its way through the rest of

An overheated motor in an HVAC unit sent smoke throughout a Columbia fast food restaurant Tuesday morning. Fire crews responded to the Burger King on Business Loop 70 around 9 a.m. for a reported fire. When the crews arrived, they found the restaurant filled with smoke. They discovered the overheated motor on the roof. No

A Heat Advisory will be in effect from 11am until 9 PM Wednesday with heat indices ranging from 100 to 106. Temperatures will quickly heat up to 90 degrees by noon with the heat index rising to 100 by 1 PM and staying over 100 through 7 PM. High temperatures will reach the upper 90s.

Cole County drivers will soon see a change to one rural road southwest of Jefferson City. Tuesday, Cole County commissioners voted to raise the speed limit on West Brazito Road from 45 to 55 miles per hour. A recent traffic study found 85 percent of drivers speed at least 10 miles over the current speed

Several Sturgeon residents spent the day cleaning up tree limbs and debris from their front yards after a storm ripped through the area Monday night. One Sturgeon resident walked out the front door to find their back porch roof in the front yard. The wind blew it off and over the house, dropping it in

UPDATE 6/21 10:45 A.M.-Firefighters say the cause of the fire was electrical. The trailer was fairly old and had a faulty outlet. The estimated amount of damage is $10,000. The woman living in the trailer has to move, but is going to live with nearby family members. ORIGINAL STORY:Centralia firefighters say an early morning trailer

Gov. Jay Nixontodaysigned House Bill 1568to expand access to naloxone hydrochloride, a non-addictive opioid antagonist that blocks the effects of an opioid overdose, commonly known as Narcan. Naloxone has been approved by the FDA and can be administered by injection or via nasal spray. When administered in time, a dose of naloxone can reverse an

Damaging storms rolled through mid-Missouri Monday night. The storms left thousands in the dark. At one point, there were at least 342 outages in Columbia (for Water & Light customers), 480 in Hallsville, 480 in Harrisburg and 25 in Centralia. Ameren reported 384 customers were without power in Boone County. Sturgeon not only lost power,

Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at a central Columbia Burger King restaurant Tuesday. It happened just after 9:00 on Business Loop 70 East Tuesday morning. The Columbia Fire Department says it responded to a reported commercial structure fire. Firefighters say they found a smokey haze in the structure when they arrived. Fire crews

Dozens of people were without power Tuesday morning after early morning storms rolled through the area. According to Ameren’s outage map, 23 customers were without power in Boone County and eight customers were without power in Audrain County. Boone Electric Cooperative also reported three areas were without power. Two of those area had less than

Commissioners met Tuesday morning to discuss Cole County’s flag ordinance. This comes one week after county leaders were met with enormous backlash for their decision not to comply with a presidential proclamation to display flags at half staff. The proclamation was made to honor the victims of the Orlando shooting that killed 49 people. Commissioners

State Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, visited the Boone County Fire Protection District Tuesday morning to hold a press conference on the new funding for Missouri Task Force One. The Missouri Legislature has added new lines to House Bill 8, which outlines the Department of Public Safety’s budget. Under the new lines, $1.25 million has been

The same front responsible for strong storms Monday night and this morning will lift north this evening, acting as a warm front. This, coupled with low level winds, will bring favorable conditions for strong to severe thunderstorms in the evening for areas mainly east of US 63. Precipitable water will be high in northeast Mid-Missouri

Storms developed along a cold front in northern Missouri late Monday afternoon and gradually moved south, reaching HWY 24 close to 8 PM. The first reports of strong wind came from Moberly at 7:45PM as 50 mph winds took part of the roof off of Fire Station 1 along with a tree was blocking county

Jefferson City council members approved plans for a roundabout at Stadium Boulevard and Jefferson Street Monday. The project is set to begin the second week of July. The council voted to award the nearly $2.1 million contract to Lehman Construction Company from California, Mo. About 75 percent of the project will be paid for with

Several agencies worked the scene of a crash on Highway 63 near Broadway in Ashland Monday afternoon. It happened around 5:40 and involved three vehicles. A silver car had stopped on the left side of the road while workers cleaned up a separate wreck. Another vehicle hit it, causing a chain reaction with another car.

Emergency crews responded to a crash Monday afternoon in south Boone County. It happened around 4:45 Monday on Highway 63 near Peterson Lane. Public dispatch records indicate at least six units responded to the scene. Ashland police told ABC 17 that a motorcycle was reportedly driving at excessive speeds when it crashed into two vehicles.