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UPDATE: Christiansen has been found safe. ORIGINAL: An Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at mile marker 115 on I-70 westbound on Monday has been issued by The Missouri Highway Patrol Troop F. The endangered missing person is Kenneth P. Christiansen a white male, 37, six feet and four inches tall,

Gov. Eric Greitens signed a bill Tuesday turning over a portion of the former state prison site to Jefferson City. Senate Bill 486 transfers about 30 acres of the Missouri State Penitentiary site to the capital city to further redevelopment efforts. “It can help us to create more jobs with higher pay to attract people

On Tuesday, the Columbia Police Department said the child who was hit and killed in a crash in northeast Columbia was from Kirksville. Kimberlynn Bartlett, 9, was walking across the street with two other people on Oakland Gravel Road when the collision happened. A visitation will be held for Bartlett from 6 to 8 p.m.

Two people, Richard Henry and Arline Diedrich, have been charged with first-degree murder after Leon Wilder was found in a ditch in Audrain County on Thursday. Another man was seen with Henry and Diedrich in security footage when they forced Wilder into a truck before driving off. Audrain County Sheriff Matt Oller told ABC 17

Ronald Moore will be the first to tell you: his brother Tanzell Johnson was not the type to take his own life. “Can’t nobody tell you that he was ever depressed,” Moore said. Johnson was a cafe manager at Columbia College and Moore said he was well known there. “If you walk through Columbia College,

TONIGHT: It will be another warm, muggy night with winds out of the southwest at 5-8 mph and mostly clear skies. Low temperatures will fall into the mid 70s. WEDNESDAY: The Heat Advisory continues until 7 PM for Chariton, Saline and Macon counties where heat indices will reach 104 to 107 degrees. High temperatures will

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, traffic is backed up for miles on I-70 eastbound in Callaway County, The traffic is due to a tractor trailer and a truck towing a boat crashing, causing the boat to come off of the trailer that it was on. The crash happened at mile marker 153. It

UPDATE 7/11: The 9-year-old child that died after being hit by a car has been identified as Kimberlynn Elizabeth Bartlett, of Kirksville, Mo. Her obituary can be found here. UPDATE: The Columbia Police Department has confirmed the 9-year-old has died. The driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital.

According to data provided by the National Weather Service nearly 131 people die from the heat each year. It’s a growing problem, especially when heat is the number one weather-related killer each year, well ahead of the 30-year average from hurricanes (46), tornadoes (70) and floods (84). With the heat continuing to build in Mid-Missouri

In a release from the City of Columbia, the city says that, “the officers involved in the litigation maintain that they conducted a thorough, professional and ethical investigation into the murder of Kent Heitholt and deny they violated Mr. Ferguson’s constitutional rights.” According to the release, the city says that they decided to settle the

On Monday at 4:45 pm, Camden County Communications began receiving multiple calls about a bus on its side on State Road AA, Roach, Camden County, which leads to Windermere Baptist Conference Center. Reports say that the bus was occupied by over 30 children and that there were multiple injuries. The school bus was from Oklahoma.

The Boone Hospital Center admitted at least one person with heat-related injuries overnight Monday. University Hospital admitted at least seven people with heat-related injuries since Monday morning. Mid-Missouri is expecting temperatures in the mid-90s with heat indices in the low 100s Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, the average temperature for July 10 is

A heat advisory has been issued for Saline, Chariton, and Macon counties until 7 PM on Wednesday. High humidity and heat will cause heat indices to rise into the triple digits. Areas under this advisory can expect the temperatures to feel upwards to 106 degrees as you step out the door. This weather can make

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon certainly are on the toasty side, with heat indices already approaching triple digit values. With moslty sunny skies and a building ridge, we’ll continue to see temperatures climb into the mid-90s across Mid-Missouri. A heat advisory is in effect for Macon, Saline, and Chariton counties from noon tonday until 7 PM

TODAY: Temperatures will start off warm, in the upper 70s. Into the afternoon expect another hot, humid day with mostly sunny skies. High temperatures will reach the mid to upper 90s and heat indices will climb as high as 104, and even higher in northwestern mid-Mo. There is a heat advisory in effect for Macon,

TODAY: Temperatures will start off warm, in the 70s. Into the afternoon expect another hot, humid day with mostly sunny skies. High temperatures will reach the mid to upper 90s and heat indices will climb as high as 104, and even higher in northwestern mid-Mo. There is a heat advisory in effect for Macon, Saline,

Rolla police said a man did not hold his coworkers hostage during a standoff that ended with his death on Sunday. Officers were called to a post office at 501 W. 8th Street in Rolla around 2:30 p.m. for an armed man who had barricaded himself inside. The coworkers left the building shortly after officers

A judge has awarded more than $11 million to Ryan Ferguson, his family and attorneys in a settlement with Columbia police detectives. Ferguson will receive $10 million while about $1,004,000 million will go toward legal expenses. Ferguson settled his civil rights lawsuit with six Columbia police detectives that accused him of killing Kent Heitholt in

A bench trial is scheduled in the lawsuit involving the Capital Mall in Jefferson City and a Boone County man. The lawsuit also names KnockerBall USA and Zoom Sports Products as defendants. According to court documents obtained by ABC 17 News, Derek Hart claims he suffered injuries, including paralysis, while using the large inflatable rubber

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