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Summer temperatures are heating up this week and so is the temperature of playground equipment. Many people understand the dangers of metal playground equipment but according to the US Consumer Safety Commission, some plastic and rubber equipment also have the potential to give children serious thermal burns. Companies coat equipment with heat resistant coatings, but

Now that the rain is over, maintenance crews can start work that might have been delayed, but now instead of heavy rain, they’ll have to deal with the intense heat. Many crews can work at night, but sometimes workers have to be out during the hottest part of the day. Workers said some of the

A student is recovering Monday night after suffering a heat-related illness during football camp. It happened at around 11:00 Monday during football camp at the School of the Osage High School in Osage Beach. The student told his coaches he felt hot, and was taken to a cool area to be monitored by the coaching

Jefferson City school board members met Monday night to talk about the future of the school’s facilities. The board has a lot to talk about over the next month. They’ll have to decide whether to take a new elementary school to voters alone, or if they’ll put a new high school on the ballot. Voters

A new fast food chain is now open in the capital city. On Monday, Jack in the Box opened its doors in Jefferson City. The chain restaurant took over the former Fazoli’s on Missouri Boulevard. A location also opened on Grindstone Parkway in Columbia earlier this year.

On Monday, the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee said “no” to a new multi-million dollar hospital in Columbia, meaning the project will not move forward. It would have been a partnership between MU Health Care and Fulton Medical Center. Many people spoke out at the Capitol at a committee hearing. The room was standing room

A man who admitted to tampering with physical evidence was sentenced to three years in prison Monday. Patrick Curl was one of two people charged in connection to the disappearance of Charlie Bell. Bell went missing in 2011. Investigators suspect foul play, but were never able to find proof Bell is dead. Boone County deputies

Mexico Public Safety confirmed to ABC 17 News a man was found unresponsive Monday morning in the 900 block of Trinity St. Officials confirmed 36-year-old Robert Birkner of Montgomery City was visiting with friends while on a furlough from the Montgomery County Jail. Birkner was due to report back to jail on Monday. Investigators said

A Mid-Missouri man is in the Boone County Jail after threatening to hurt a woman over the weekend. 33-year-old Jason Wallin was arrested late Sunday night. Boone County deputies responded to the 5300 block of St. Charles Road. Wallin and the woman were in a relationship. Deputies also learned he placed an 11-year-old girl into

A northwest Missouri man accused of rape and sexual assault is back in Boone Co. court this week. On Monday, Brian Adkison had a pre-trial hearing at the Boone Co. courthouse. His trial is scheduled to start on Wednesday. A judge declared a mistrial in the case back in January after the jury couldn’t reach

Three Colorado men pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to illegally trafficking in paddlefish caviar. The men were caught in an undercover operation near Warsaw. The Missouri DNR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted an investigation on an area known as “The Roadhouse” in Warsaw. State and federal officers operated a paddlefish snagging business

University of Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin released a statement Monday afternoon after a photo taken on campus three years ago began circulating on social media. The photo displays students holding a Confederate and University of Georgia flag. The photo in question was taken in 2012 at a Greek house on the MU campus. The

A Sedalia man was arrested last week after police found multiple drugs and paraphernalia. Officers and a K9 Unit searched a home at 1220 South Massachusetts Avenue on July 8. Officers found meth, marijuana, prescription drugs, drug packaging materials, paraphernalia, and a handgun. Investigators determined 30-year-old Harry Tobin was selling meth from the home. Tobin

Many areas of Mid-Missouri finally saw some sunshine over the weekend. With the sun came much warmer temperatures as well. High temperatures reached the low 90s in Columbia Sunday and are expected to climb even higher throughout the week. “The people that we see most affected are either the very young or the very old,”

Hot and humid conditions continue across Mid-Missouri Monday, and that combination will allow heat indices across the area to soar into the triple digits. Heat indices between 103 to 108 are expected in Mid-Missouri, and a Heat Advisory is in effect for the entire region until 8:00 p.m. The hottest temperatures will be further west,

Hermann police have identified the victim in Friday’s homicide as Marion Gerloff, 64. Authorities found Gerloff dead inside her home. Police have charged her roommate, Karen Brinkley, 54, with second degree murder after members of the patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control were called to the homicide scene. She was taken into custody without

Officials investigated a duplex where a homicide occurred in Hermann Friday night. The Highway Patrol responded to a duplex at an address near Highway 100, at the 400 block of Frene Drive. Police and state troopers processed inside the duplex just before 10 p.m. We have confirmed the victim was a resident of the home.

MARSHALL, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 16-year-old Missouri boy has died after a sport utility vehicle tumbled into a flooded creek. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Carl Girard’s body was found Saturday. Four others were able to escape after the SUV overturned Friday night into Salt Fork Creek in Saline County. But the

An elderly man was found safe in Columbia Sunday after wandering off. Search and rescue crews were combing the area near Creasy Springs Road around 2 p.m. Sunday. They said the man had a history of medical problems. Crews found him in the area after about an hour of searching. He was taken to a

A large group was broken up after a brawl on Hanover Boulevard in Columbia Sunday afternoon. Police said they were originally called out to the area for reports of shots fired. But officers said they found no evidence of a shooting and don’t believe any weapons were involved. The street was blocked off for a