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The Downtown Community Improvement District is getting closer to installing decorative gateways across The District area in Columbia. “Our entrance to downtown currently are vacant lots or buildings. We have a strong vibrant downtown, but you might not realize as you’re driving by,” Katie Essing, with Downtown Community Improvement District, said. The District’s Gateways project

ABC 17 News confirmed construction debris closed I-70 eastbound at one point Friday afternoon near the Lake of the Woods exit. Cars were diverted on the side of the road during the clean-up operations, first reported around 3:40 p.m. There were heavy delays in the area, with traffic backing up for a couple miles past

COLUMBIA, Mo-Starting Sunday at 5 p.m. crews will be replacing the overpass by West Boulevard and building a new two-lane roundabout. Traffic will have to be restricted or shutdown for 45 days. This means that drivers will have a lot harder time getting around parts of the Business Loop near I-70. This is all part

The funeral procession carrying Muhammad Ali’s casket has arrived at Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery. Muhammad Ali Funeral Livestream Spectators stepped into the street to touch the flower-strewn hearse as it entered the cemetery.Someone threw flowers to Hana Ali, Muhammad’s daughter, as she rode in the procession. Meanwhile, the starting time for the memorial service for

ABC 17 will rebroadcast last week’s episode of “Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown” on Saturday, June 11, at 11 a.m. This will be followed by last Sunday’s episode of “Born to Explore,” which will air at 11:30 a.m.

New details have emerged about a deadly February crash on Highway 63. John Guffey, 46, of Ashland died after his car veered over a median and hit a semi-truck. Feb. 20, 2016, on Highway 63 near Vandiver Drive. ABC 17 News submitted a Missouri Sunshine Law request in April and obtained the traffic crash report

More elementary students in Jefferson City will soon have to take classes inside a trailer. This coming school year, Jefferson City Public Schools will place a trailer at Pioneer Trail Elementary School because of increasing enrollment. “Well we’re adding one trailer, bottom line because we’re out of space,” Superintendent Larry Linthacum said. “We want to

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the death of Tyler Davis, the 23 year old killed in a motorcycle crash on March 28, 2016. The lawsuit states that the defendant, Candace Burditt, failed to yield to oncoming vehicles traveling on MO-163. Burditt also caused, allowed, and permitted the motor vehicle she was operating

A man was still in the Boone County jail Friday morning after he was booked on suspicion of rape. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says Richard Williams, 38, turned himself in on a warrant for rape around 3 p.m. Thursday. According to police, Williams gave the victim and her son a ride to their home

As Mid-Missouri starts the hottest weekend of the year so far, parents and pet owners are being reminded to not leave children or animals in cars. By this time last year, four children had died after being left in cars. So far this year, 11 children across the country have died so far this year

A city commission focused on how its new development code would affect, and attempt to protect, existing neighborhoods. The Planning and Zoning Commission heard its third of six planned public hearings for the unified development ordinance Thursday night. Department of Community Development leaders Pat Zenner and Tim Teddy led the discussion for the city on

A Mid-Missouri woman will spend the next 25 years in prison for sexually molesting a child in Holts Summit. Tenessa Wolfe pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy Wednesday. She will serve the sentence for each count concurrently. Investigators said they found photos of Wolfe and Michael Kreps raping the victims at their

A 21-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to five years probation for hitting someone while he was drunk. Cody Drnec pleaded guilty this week in the head-on crash that happened in October 2014 on County Road 269. The driver of the other car was injured in the crash, but testified for a lighter sentence for Drnec

Investigators are looking into what caused a house fire in Fulton Thursday night. Fire crews were called out to a fire at 1837 Jefferson St. just after 5:15 p.m. Investigators told ABC 17 News that two people were at home at the time of the fire, but no one was hurt. The interior of the

A man accused of killing five people, including a mid-Missouri man, is seeking a change of venue, as well as a change of judge. Pablo Serrano has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Randy Nordman. Nordman was killed on March 8 at his New Florence home. The case started a massive

A Jefferson City woman has been accused of threatening a witness for a case in which the suspect had already been charged. Prosecutors say Shannon Kemp talked to the victim on Tuesday, showed a gun and knife, and held the gun against the victim’s cheek while threatening harm if the victim were to testify against

Police have arrested two people following a weeks-long investigation into alleged heroin dealing in Columbia. Ty’ihonn Riley has been charged with drug trafficking, unlawful possession of a gun, and receiving stolen property. Haley Boss has been charged with drug trafficking. Detectives began their investigation in March, focusing surveillance efforts on Riley. They claim they saw

The boy hit by a police patrol vehicle at Stephens Lake Park has been released from the hospital. The 8-year-old was hit by the police vehicle as the officer pulled onto a parking lot from the grass. According to the police department, the boy was playing in the dirt next to the vehicle’s front passenger

Business Route 50, also known as Missouri Boulevard, will see major sidewalk improvements this summer. The Missouri Department of Transportation and theMissouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded a $940,000 contract to Sam Gaines Construction of New Bloomfield forreconstruction of the boulevard’s pedestrian walkways. The project will bring the sidewalks on Missouri Boulevard into compliance with

A case review hearing has been scheduled for a woman accused of driving drunk and causing a deadly collision in Miller County. Carol Elwyn is charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault for the crash which killed two people and injured a third. The collision happened shortly before midnight on Highway 54 at Walnut Grove Road.