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TODAY: It will continue to be warm for early November as temperatures warm into the upper 70s this afternoon under a mostly cloudy sky. There is a slight rain chance through early afternoon as a weak shortwave tracks through the area. The main batch of storms develops after 4PM north of HWY 50. These will

UPDATE, 11/2 9:20 a.m: The Boone County Fire Protection District says the fire started in the engine compartment, and there is no definite cause but they do not suspect any foul play. ORIGINAL STORY: A car caught on fire in Boone County Tuesday afternoon. It happened just after 4:00 p.m. on North Brown Station Road

On Wednesday, the University of Missouri confirmed four students have contracted mumps. University officials also state that five additional students are being tested for the disease. Mumps can show no symptoms, however the Center for Disease Control states the most common sign of the disease is swelling of the salivary glands right underneath the jaw.

The University of Missouri is expected today to announce its new president, about a year after the resignation of the previous leader amid protests over racial issues. Sources tell ABC 17 News that reports indicating Mun Choi from the University of Connecticut will be the next UM System President are accurate. Choi started at the

TODAY: It will continue to be warm for early November as temperatures reach stay in the mid 60s this morning, warming to the upper 70s this afternoon under a mostly cloudy sky. There is a slight t-storm chance near HWY 24 after 7AM this morning through noon. The main batch of storms develops after 4PM

There is a Marginal risk for severe weather this evening and tonight for areas mainly west of US 63 and north of I-70. A cold front will trigger storms in the afternoon that could blossom and become strong to severe by evening. The main threat with the line of storms will be heavy rainfall and

Some University of Missouri students question why the medical school switched a prominent leader in the faculty. ABC 17 News obtained an email from Dr. Patrick Delafontaine, dean of the medical school, telling students that Dr. Rachel Brown would be “transitioning” to a professor of clinical psychiatry from her spot as associate dean of student

Lincoln University has named a new interim provost. The university’s current head of history, philosophy, and political science, Debra Greene will take the position according to an e-mail from President Kevin Rome Monday. The naming follows Said Sewell announcing an extended leave of absence for personal reasons last week. Sewell’s leave of absence comes just

Charges were dropped Monday against a man accused in a Columbia shooting back in April. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, Johnathan Nicole Banks, 23, of Columbia, was a suspected of shooting at another car on April 26 at the Highway 63/Interstate 70 connector. A man and a woman were not shot,

Columbia Police officers responded to the 5400 block of Bethel Church Road on Tuesday because of a home invasion with a gun around 12:30 p.m. Two male suspects dressed in dark clothing approached a residence in the area. The occupant of the home answered the door and the suspects forced their way into the home.

The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of vandalism at a church in Bunceton on Tuesday. According to the department’s Facebook page, the Mt. Zion Church on 4th Street was vandalized by graffiti sometime Monday night. Deputies declined to share what was drawn on the front door of the church, citing it was too

A cold front will slowly move south through Mid-Missouri Wednesday afternoon and evening, sending a line of showers and t-storms through the region. Showers are possible along and north of HWY 24 in the morning out ahead of the cold front. As the front moves south, storms will become more widespread north of I-70 after

A Sedalia man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to sell and to illegally possessing a gun. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri said Justin Ray Shelledy, 38, pleaded guilty to the charges from a March 17 federal indictment. Shelledy admitted to having more than 50 grams of

Faculty and students at Mizzou said they don’t know much about their new system president. They did say they want him to have good communication with not only the chancellors of the campuses, but also with faculty and students. Dr. Mun Choi was hired as the system president of the University of Columbia on October

The Missouri Department of Transportation has released the findings of their safety audit on Route 54. The audit stemmed from a series of wrong-way drivers and fatal crashes. A multi-agency task force examined a 100-mile stretch of Route 54 from Camdenton to Mexico. The agency also examined wrong-way, curve and cross-median crash data for a

Three men were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday for their roles in a plan to sell methamphetamine in Pulsaki and McDonald counties. According to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Michael Huckabey, 39, and Wesley A. Burrow, 34, both of Noel, and Steven C. McCurley, 50, of Crocker, are charged

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