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TODAY: Father’s Day afternoon conditions will bring us gradually clearing skies, lower humidity, and cooler high temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s with a northwesterly breeze up to 15 mph . Clouds will gradually clear out by the evening leaving us with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the upper 60s. MONDAY :

TODAY: Morning rain will taper off, existing mainly south of I-44 after 9AM. The afternoon will be dry and cool with highs in the upper 70s and lower 80s. Winds will be breezy around 15 mph from the west, gusting as high as 21 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will gradually clear with comfortable evening temps in

Centralia Police Chief Larry Dudgeon confirmed a man was taken into custody after allegedly assaulting two police officers Saturday afternoon. Dudgeon said officers were called to the First Baptist Church on Collier Street around 3:40 p.m. for reports of a man who was refusing to leave the church sanctuary The man, Jonathan Griffin, reportedly would

A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of child abuse after an incident at the Capital Mall Saturday afternoon. Jefferson City Police were called to the mall on Country Club Drive just before 4 p.m. Witnesses reported a man punching and kicking his 4-year-old daughter several times before taking her and fleeing the scene. Officers

TONIGHT: It will be a stormy night across Mid-Missouri, as a cold front tracks through Mid-Missouri. Expectations are for scattered storms to pop up ahead of the cold front as we head towards sunset, with the storms eventually congealing into a line. These storms will likely be on the strong side, with winds in excess

The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a two-car crash on Route Z in Callaway County. The crash happened on Route Z at County Road 115 around 12:30 a.m. Troopers said the cars traveling opposite directions side swiped each other. Troopers arrested Derek Williams, 54, of St.

Storms are likely by Saturday evening and overnight as a cold front moves through Mid-Missouri. As this front moves into the very unstable, moist air, storms are expected to develop and expand into a line and spread southeast through the night. Strong instability and moderate wind shear will allow strong storms to develop mid to

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Explosive Disposal Unit, along with military specialists with Fort Leonard Wood, completed tests on a suspicious package Saturday morning. The package was found Friday afternoon near the door to the nuclear connector at Missouri University’s Science and Technology campus. Students and employees in Parker Hall, Fulton Hall, the physics building

TODAY: By the afternoon, our Saturday will be partly sunny and hot. Temperatures will reach the lower 90s and heat indices over 100 in the afternoon. Heat indices could climb as high as 107 in our western counties Saturday. There is a Heat Advisory for Benton, Camden, Cooper, Miller, Morgan, Pettis and Saline counties from

Strong to severe storms pulled through Mid-Missouri late Friday night into early Saturday morning. A few Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued across the viewing area with high winds up to 60 mph the primary threat. Storm reports were few in Mid-Missouri, but areas to our west received significant wind damage from several trees getting knocking

TODAY: After the rain tapers off by the mid-morning hours, skies will be partly sunny. It will be hot and humid with temps in the lower 90s and heat indices in the 100s and above. Winds will be active with gusts near 20 mph from the SW. TONIGHT: Another chance for severe storms moves into

A 35-year-old man drowned in the Gasconade River Friday. It happened just before 2:30 p.m. in Pulaski County, near the Riddle Bridge. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the man, who has since been identified as Mark Concepcion of St. Robert, was trying to swim across the river. He went underwater and never resurfaced. The

The Jefferson City Council is set to vote Monday on a bill aimed to improve an area that has raised some safety concerns for students walking to and from school. Just about a block away from South Elementary School, there is no sidewalk on the east side of the 900 block of Broadway Street. The

Boone County Fire officials say they have found a group of children that went missing on a Columbia nature hike. The children went hiking Friday afternoon in a wooded area near North Dripping Springs Road. Boone County Fire crews were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. Just before 7, a group of children was found. Another

This weekend is the first for this summer’s Show-Me State Games, and it’s going to be a hot one. ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologists expect the heat index, which is the “feels like” temperature, to be more than 100 degrees tomorrow around 4 pm. Organizers of the games point to the help they get as the

The Columbia Police Department investigated a shooting in the central part of the city Thursday night. ABC 17 News was told officers responded to the 100 block of East Sexton around 9:45 p.m. Police said five shell casings were found and a bullet was located in a tree. All of the rounds were from the

A Cole County judge said a mid-Missouri drug task force did not violate open records law when it redacted parts of a man’s request. Judge Patricia Joyce made the ruling on Wednesday in Aaron Malin’s lawsuit against the MUSTANG Drug Task Force. The law enforcement group operates in mid-Missouri, including Boone, Callaway, Cole and Cooper

Jerry Gill has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for domestic assault and five years in prison for armed criminal action. The sentences will run consecutively, giving him a total of 20 years in prison. Gill must have served 85 percent of the 15 years and at least three of the five years to

Jerry Dean Gill is now charged with four additional felonies after he was arrested in Cole County Saturday. Court documents show the 29-year-old is charged with robbery, armed criminal action, burglary and tampering with a motor vehicle. These charges are added on to the two counts of domestic assault, one of armed criminal action and

TONIGHT: Another round of strong to severe storms is expected to develop from the northwest and move across Mid-Missouri tonight into Saturday morning. A Slight Risk for severe weather is in effect for areas north of I-44. Storms will move in 11 PM to midnight near HWY 36 and spread to the southeast overnight. Damaging