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Thursday afternoon Joaquin was upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. This morning, Hurricane Joaquin is drifting northwest, and is expected to begin a faster northward motion later today, followed by a turn to the northeast and forward speed tonight and Saturday. Some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the

The emergency management and 911 Center operations will now exist separately from one another in Cooper County, with the old director of both out of the picture. The county commission announced Thursday afternoon that EMA assistant director Candace Sorrell accepted the job to replace Tom White, the former director of EMA and the county’s dispatch

Former longtime Missouri state Sen. Harold Caskey has died following complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Kay Caskey said her husband died Thursday at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Kansas. He was 77. She says he was taken there earlier this week from their Butler home after choking on food and losing consciousness. Kay Caskey says

The Columbia Fire Department responds to fire Thursday night at Johnson Products off Route B. Eight units were called out just after 6:21 p.m. to reports of a fire at 5301 Route B in Columbia. Once on scene, firefighters saw smoke coming from the south side of the single-story building. Crews attacked the fire and

After a horrific shooting on a community college campus in Oregon, some students at MU told ABC 17 News they’re on edge. The University of Missouri police department said campus safety is of utmost importance and that no college campus is immune to crime. “We have a very safe campus, but we know that crimes

Authorities responded to reports of multiple gunshots in northeast Columbia, Thursday night. We’re told witnesses heard 20 to 25 gunshots earlier Thursday night, in the area of Bodie Drive and Currituck Lane. Authorities have recovered multiple shell casings. Columbia Police and Boone County Sheriff’s deputies are questioning people on the scene. Two duplexes were damaged

One person is in custody following a high speed chase in Boone County Thursday afternoon. Deputies tried to pull over 39-year-old Timothy Scott, who was driving a Jeep that had stolen license plates on I-70 eastbound around 3:00 p.m. Deputies told ABC 17 News Scott was driving up to 100 miles per hour before the

The Missouri Attorney General’s office is warning consumers to be aware of fraudulent text messages and emails they may be receiving from their phone company. While officials haven’t received any formal complaints of suspicious messages claiming to be from Verizon Wireless, they say it’s very similar to a number of other scams they’ve been dealing

We will lose another hour and 13 minutes of daylight in October which will lead to much cooler temperatures by the end of the month. The 30 year average high starts at 72, cooling to 62 by the 31st. Average low temperatures fall to near 40 by the end of the month. The jet stream

Fire crews in the capital city battled a house fire Thursday afternoon before 3:00 p.m. Flames erupted in the home at Argonne and Francis streets. The Jefferson City Fire Department said there were still children inside the home when it got the initial call. Everyone inside the building was able to evacuate, and there was

A Mid-Missouri man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he tried to rob the Subway in downtown Jefferson City. David Humes entered a blind guilty plea this week in court. He was arrested in May along east High Street. The cashier said Humes showed her a message on his phone saying, “don’t panic.”

A Jefferson City family of five reached out to ABC 17 News this week after a broken city sewer pipe backed sewage up into their basement. ABC 17 News talked to the family who said they couldn’t get the city to pay for the damage. We also went to city hall to get answers for

A former bus driver for First Student in the Jefferson City School District has been federally charged for child pornography. 39-year-old Shawn Swan of Eugene was charged with two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography between September 2013 and April 2015. Swan is in federal custody and is scheduled for a detention hearing on

Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Bill Kenney has pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Missouri’s capital city, where he now serves as a state utility regulator. Kenney pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge and was placed on two years unsupervised probation. Jefferson City police say Kenney was discovered passed out and

A burglary suspect is at large in Columbia early Thursday morning after officers responded to a burglary alarm at Plaza Tire Service around 4 a.m. The suspect broke in through a window and stole two tires and an unknown amount of cash. Police have since found the two tires and returned them to the store.

Early this morning the eye of Joaquin was near Samana Cays in the Bahamas. Winds are sustained at 120 mph, making Joaquin a Category 3 Hurricane. Movement is to the WSW at 5 mph. A turn toward the WNW is expected tonight, followed by a turn to the north and forward speed on Friday. Some

Around 150 people attended the open house for the Columbia Electric Transmission Line project. It was held Wednesday night at Rock Bridge High School. Industry experts were available to answer any questions or concerns from those affected along the route. Columbia Water and Light says it is a multi-phased project that includes adding a substation

As plans for the new East Elementary School in Columbia move forward, some residents in nearby neighborhoods are expressing concerns. The school board approved a development plan at its meeting last week and said it is working with the Homeowners Association to discuss plans for access to the school. Columbia Public Schools said it wants

Construction will soon be underway on a new collegiate residential complex in central Columbia. The building will be 5 stories tall with more than 700 beds and 546 space parking garage. The construction will start at 7:00a.m. Thursday morning. As a result, parts of the street and sidewalk on Fourth Street will be closed. It

Hourly parking is temporarily suspended at a Columbia parking garage. Columbia Public Works announced Wednesday night hourly parking will be unavailable in Short Street Parking Garage until further notice. Officials say this is due to a technical issue with the mechanical access arm. It’s unclear how long it will take to resolve the problem. Permit