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The Columbia Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire at 3303 Blue Grouse Drive on Tuesday afternoon. Units saw heavy smoke coming from a one story, single family home. Fire crews performed an aggressive attack on the fire, containing it to the kitchen. There was no one in the home at the time

TONIGHT: Clouds will increase tonight in advance of Wednesday’s storm system. Winds will remain from the south, becoming light under 5 mph. Temperatures remain well above normal in the mid to low 60s overnight. WEDNESDAY: It will continue to be warm for early November as temperatures reach the mid to upper 70s under mostly cloudy

In a continuing trend, October was one of the warmest October’s on record. Last month closed in at nearly 7 degrees above the average temperature for the month, with an average high of 62.7. It was the 10th warmest October on record, a far cry from the 68.8 degrees set back in 1963. A lot

UPDATE 8:56 a.m.: One student was injured in the shooting and is currently hospitalized. Their condition is still unknown. The person of interest, Darrion Dowdy, is still at large and is not a student at the university. ORIGINAL STORY: An alert sent Lincoln University officials sent to students Tuesday morning shows a lockdown for a

Two people were arrested Tuesday morning after a car chase in Kingdom City. A Callaway County deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on US Highway 54 at Old Highway 40 at 12:50 a.m. The driver refused to stop, leading to a chase across several state and county roads. The car eventually became stuck on Jade

A Holts Summit man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a 2014 meth conspiracy. Justin Raul Sanchez, 48, admitted he traveled to Georgia with a co-conspirator in March and April 2014 to get a large amount of methamphetamine. On April 21, 2014, Sanchez’s co-conspirator was stopped in Taos, Missouri by state troopers, who found

TODAY: Near record breaking temperatures expected through the afternoon hours, as strong warm air advection is in full swing across Mid-Missouri. Look for scattered clouds this afternoon with more sun through the day. Winds will be from the south/southwest, perhaps reaching 15 mph sustained winds in the afternoon gusting to 20 mph. Temperatures will be

TODAY: It will be a mild start as temperatures only fall to the low 60s/upper 50s for the morning drive. Look for scattered clouds this morning with more sun this afternoon. Winds will be from the south/southwest, perhaps reaching 15 mph sustained winds in the afternoon gusting to 20 mph. Temperatures will be 10-15 degrees

Emergency crews are on the scene of a reported farm fire in Pettis County. ABC 17 News first got reports about the fire just before 4:00 Tuesday morning. Viewer Alyssa Tilton sent us a picture showing a heavy law enforcement presence at the farm they say is located off Highway 50. Tilton says an entire

Jefferson City police confirmed another man was shot in the city overnight. Police say they responded to the 1000 block of Elizabeth Street just before 11:30 Monday night for reports of gunshots. They say they then responded to Capitol Region Medical Center where they contacted a 23-year-old man with a gun shot wound. Police say

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the driver killed in a Monday afternoon crash in Cole County. It happened on Route Y and Route M just after 4:30 p.m. According to the Highway Patrol, 17-year-old Travis Adam of Jefferson City crossed the center line and struck a second vehicle. He was pronounced dead at

The motorcyclist involved in a Monday afternoon crash with another vehicle has died. Columbia police said 22-year-old Corey Kramel, of Columbia, was driving a 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle southbound on Providence Road at Interstate 70 when it crashed into a 2014 Ford Edge driven by Kathryne L. Harris of Marshall. Police say Harris turned left into

ABC 17 News took a closer look at Columbia’s assault numbers after a 14 year old was assaulted at Flat Branch Park last Thursday. Back in August, a different female was assaulted on the MKT trail after police say she was walking the trail alone. ABC 17 News dug into statistics of how many rapes

A Columbia health clinic is offering free Halloween candy X-rays tomorrow. Providence Urgent Care, at 2910 Trimble Road in Columbia, will screen your children’s candy on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. You can have your child’s candy screened by presenting the flier posted on the clinic’s Facebook page. The center also suggests that

The average monthly temperature for October 2016 came in at 62.8 degrees which puts Columbia at the tenth warmest since records began in 1890. The data is from the Columbia Regional Airport. The warmest days of the month were the 16th and 17th with record high, low temperatures and record high temperatures both days. We

This past weekend there were more than 20 dispatch calls for property crimes in Columbia. But despite this high number, there has been a decrease in these type of crimes so far this year. ABC 17 looked at the data from Missouri Highway Patrol. According to the law enforcement agency’s numbers from January to October,

It’s been two days since 24-year-old Cole Bradley drowned in a Columbia lake. Troopers say Bradley climbed over the railing at Las Margaritas, jumped into the lake and attempted to swim to a fountain. His body was recovered Saturday after a lengthy search, but this evening, questions still remain unanswered. As for whether Las Margaritas

ABC 17 News has confirmed firefighters, emergency responders and police responded to a fire in the 600 block of Broadway in Jefferson City around 4 p.m. Monday. Crews put out a small fire that was in and around a bathroom trash can inside an empty first-floor apartment. All other apartments had already been evacuated because

TONIGHT: It will stay warm overnight with low temperatures staying in the low 60s with southerly winds 5-10 mph under partly cloudy skies. TUESDAY: Tuesday will be warm with high temperatures near 80 under partly cloudy skies and southerly winds of 7-12 mph, gusting to near 20. EXTENDED: Our next chance of rain moves in

The Board of Curators have announced that they will officially name the 24th president of the University of Missouri System on Wednesday. The announcement is expected to take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Missouri Room of the Capitol Plaza Hotel. We will be tracking this event and will continue to report on any updates.