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If you went outside at all on Tuesday morning or afternoon, you may have noticed a hazy sky, and orange glow from the sun through the early afternoon. The haze is being caused by smoke from wildfires currently burning in central Canada and in Alaska. The jet stream is positioned to bring northwest wind flow

The suspect in another shooting off Clark Lane earlier this month was taken into custody Tuesday. Police arrested Cobrae Townsend around 2 a.m. He is wanted for the home burglary and shooting during the afternoon of June 10. That day several people broke into the house in the 1700 block of Hanover Boulevard. The man

A 36-year-old Missouri man faces six years in federal prison for distributing more than $1.2 million worth of synthetic marijuana. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri says Stephen Brian Reynolds of Camdenton was sentenced Monday in Springfield. Reynolds, owner of Lucky’s Novelties in Lebanon, pleaded guilty last August to participating in a

Columbia police are investigating a shooting in Central Columbia overnight on Tuesday where 15 shell casings were found in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue. Just before 2:30 a.m., police were called to the intersection of Providence and Worley for a report of shots fired in the area. According to police, several black males were

A bullet broke the back window of a car on Hickam Drive Monday evening, after police say people shot at each other on the street. A news release sent from the department said a white car, traveling west on Clark Lane, shot at a car stopped on Hickam Dr. The occupants of the dark-colored vehicle

“Everybody wants to bang bang and nobody wants to think think,” said James Dunn Sr. as he talked about recent crime in Columbia. Dunn Sr.’s son Rickie was shot and killed in Columbia in November and police still have not made any arrests. “It’s just like salt in the wound every day,” Dunn Sr. told

Storms developed quickly Sunday afternoon near a cold front which was slowly moving south. Very unstable air and wind shear caused the storms to rotate. We had many sightings of wall clouds and funnel clouds with these storms, one which touched down briefly 3 miles north-northeast of New Bloomfield at 5:47 PM. Debris was seen

Columbia police are still looking for the people who shot up a north Columbia neighborhood Sunday afternoon. The drive-by shooting happened on Greensboro Drive near Edenton Boulevard. Residents in the neighborhood said they’re fed up with the crime in the area. Michael Little has been renting a duplex in the area for about a year.

Court documents on Monday revealed a possible motive after Columbia police arrested a suspect for arson following a seven-hour standoff over the weekend. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam barricaded himself inside the home off Carrick Court and refused to communicate with authorities Saturday night. On Friday the Boone County prosecutor’s office issued a warrant for Fotoohighiam’s arrest for

An autopsy was scheduled Monday for 31-year-old Sarah Nicholls. Her body was found Saturday afternoon in Moniteau County. Right now, authorities believe she was carried away by heavy flood waters while camping with a friend in Prairie Home Thursday night. Some of Nicholls’ closest friends find it hard to believe she was simply swept away.

A Columbia man landed in jail, accused of assaulting a woman near Socket off Clark Lane. Police arrested Jeffery Peterson, 38, around 4:15 p.m. Sunday. The victim was in a relationship with Peterson. She claims he shoved her around 3 Sunday morning, biting her thumb and taking her money and cigarettes before throwing her puppy

A central Missouri man is facing two felonies and a misdemeanor after officials say he was caught with drugs. Justin Lange appeared in court Monday, after he was stopped by officers this weekend near East 14th Street and South Marvin Avenue in Sedalia. Police dogs found meth, marijuana and drug-packing material in his car. Lange

A home caught on fire over the weekend after a lightning strike near the Lake of the Ozarks. Flames were coming from the roof around 5:30 Friday morning off Wedge Wood Court, about 10 minutes north of Camdenton. Crews managed to keep most of the blaze contained to the attic, but there was also smoke

A Springfield woman charged with arranging her mother’s death has pleaded not guilty. Gypsy Blancharde, 23, entered the plea Monday during a brief hearing in Greene County Court. She is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 14 stabbing death of 48-year-old Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blancharde at their home near Springfield.

Two men were arrested for heroin in Callaway County Sunday after a police chase that started in Jefferson City and ended with a crash near Kingdom City. Joseph Paul, 22, of Jefferson City, and Antonio Green, 18, of St. Louis, were both taken into custody for drugs. Officials claim the pursuit started around 8:30 p.m.

Columbia police are searching for the suspect who robbed a Midwest Petroleum store Sunday night off Providence Road. According to police, the suspect entered the store and demanded money from the cashier, implying he had a weapon, but no weapon was seen. The suspect left the store on a bicycle heading eastbound on Locust Street

Sunday, a home is damaged in north Columbia after multiple shots are fired. Columbia police responded to Currituck Lane and Bodie Drive just after 2:15 p.m. Police on scene said multiple suspects fired eight to ten shots at a home on Greenboro Drive. Police said as the suspects drove away, a neighbor confronted the car.

After a dry day Saturday storm chances will return to end the weekend. A cold front will approach Missouri by Sunday morning and move through Sunday evening. A few isolated storms ahead of the front will be possible north of I-70 during the morning. The better chance of storms will come during the afternoon as

The Cooper County Sheriff’s Department began looking for 31-year-old Sarah Nicholls, of Boonville, Saturday at noon. After nearly five hours of search efforts, the woman’s body was recovered just before 5 p.m. near Red Bud Road in Moniteau County. Nicholls was reported missing Friday morning by her family. She had been camping with her male

Torrance Chatman, 27, of Osage Beach, has been identified as the person who drowned Friday night at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol tells ABC 17 News they received a call Friday evening around 6:30 p.m. about Chatman struggling to stay afloat near Catfish Cove. Chatman voluntarily jumped from a boat