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An early morning fire on Tuesday has left a family of six in St. James without a home.Fire crews said the mobile home on County Road 3240 went up in flames this just before 8 a.m.Officials believe the blaze was started with a wood stove in the middle of the house. Crews said the home

A Columbia laundry room fire leaves a home with $30,000 in damage. The Columbia Fire Department was called to the house fire at 4507 Rice Road just after 2:30 P.M. on Tuesday afternoon.Crews found heavy smoke coming from the front door and garage of the two-story duplex. Most of the blaze was in the laundry

The average annual temperature during 2012 came in at 59.4 degrees in Columbia which is the warmest year on record since 1890. The year started warm with the warmest spring on record with an average temperature of 63 degrees, followed by the 6th warmest summer on record at 80.3 degrees.

A group of Columbia teens are currently in the Boone County jail. Centralia police told ABC 17 News they were allegedly part of a drug deal on Monday night.Law enforcement said Erich Otto, Joshua Browne, Jared Nyboe and Krista Hoffmaster knew they were driving 40 minutes north to sell marijuana.Investigators say the group planned on

Firefighters responded to a water rescue in Columbia Wednesday after a man fell through the ice at a city park, and now they are issuing a warning for area residents. A man fell through the ice-covered pond at Twin Lakes Recreational Area Wednesday afternoon. His dog reportedly fell through the ice first, and then he

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri drivers will see changes in their driver’s licenses beginning this year.The Department of Revenue says new licenses will have security features such as special printing, laser perforations and bar codes. The state says the changes are designed to protect the owner’s identity and fight fraud.The state also plans to

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Teacher evaluations, accountability and tenure could be on the docket when Republicans take control of the Missouri Legislature.House Speaker Tim Jones says he wants to enact changes in the state’s education system. He says increased funding alone has not been enough to boost school performance.Missouri lawmakers return Jan. 9 to

The Red Cross is helping out after a Rolla area resident was displaced by a fire.The fire happened in the 1200 block of County Road 6050. At this point there are not many details about the fire.Volunteers are helping the victim with immediate emergency needs like food and clothing.Red Cross volunteers also helped with a

The University of Missouri is mourning the loss of two students over the holiday break.On New Years Eve, 20-year-old Michael Heney, of Chesterfield, fell on a porch in Edwardsville, Illinois. The Madison County coroner told ABC 17 News Tuesday he either slipped on ice or could have experience a medical emergency. His friends tried to

After the coldest morning of the season, where temperatures dipped into the single digits, highs will reach the mid 30s for most areas. Wednesday night, a cold front will move in, increasing clouds and shifting winds to the west and northwest. Lows Wednesday night will drop into the upper 10s to low 20s.Spotty snow flurries

A convicted killer lost another chance for a new trial Wednesday.Callaway County Judge Christine Carpenter rejected an appeal from Brian Dorsey, for a double murder in New Bloomfield. Prosecutors say Dorsey shot his cousin and her husband in their home just before Christmas in 2006. Dorsey pleaded guilty in 2008.More than a year ago, he

Officials released new details Wednesday about a Columbia business destroyed in a large fire last month.Employees say a fire accidentally started earlier in the day on December 20 at Sound Performance, and then again the same afternoon. The building off the business loop is considered a total loss.Investigators carried out 17 different interviews and spent

Another cold front will move through early Thursday bringing some clouds and possible snow flurries to the area in the morning. Temperatures will start off near 20 only climbing to the upper 20s through the afternoon. Northwesterly winds up to 15 mph will keep wind chill readings in the teens through the afternoon with partly

Columbia police officers responded to 119 Mohawk Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, to calls of shots fired. Scanner traffic in the ABC 17 Newsroom indicated that two residents in the area of the Indian Hills neighborhood had called in reporting that they had heard multiple gunshots, and that a car had been struck by

Repair companies have gotten an increase in calls about furnace problems over the past few weeks.”With temperatures dropping, we’re noticing more people calling with problems. The problems include motors going out, ignition systems failng, and dirty filters,” Brunner and Peters Heating & Air Conditioning General Manager Gary Ledbetter said.According to Ledbetter, dirty filters are the

Gun shops in the Mid-Missouri area have been seeing record numbers of customers. On Wednesday law enforcement said the amount of people wanting to conceal and carry their guns was also increasing.In the last nine years more than 4000 people in Cole County got conceal and carry permits. “Anyone that is 21 years of age

***UPDATE FRIDAY 9:52 A.M.***South Callaway Fire Protection chief Jeff Wallendorff tells ABC 17 News they believe the cause of the fire was electrical problems. Investigators say it started in the attic and flames quickly shot through the roof.About one-third of the building has significant structural damage and the rest has smoke damage. Wallendorff says the

Right now there’s no word on what caused a house fire in Boone County Wednesday night.Crews were called out to Trikalla Drive around 10:30 p.m.The man who lives there tells ABC 17 News he came home to smoke and some flames in an upper bedroom. He says he put as much out as he could

***UPDATE: FRIDAY, 4:30 P.M.***(AP) – Andy Reid has arrived in Kansas City and the Chiefs are close to making an announcement that he will become their new coach.Reid and the Chiefs have reportedly agreed to a deal giving the longtime Eagles coach broad authority over football decisions. His deal Friday came hours after the Chiefs

Officials met in Boonville on Thursday to review safety procedures at local schools for the first time in two years. Leaders said they wanted to make sure plans matched ones kept by authorities, especially after the massacre last month at the elementary in Newtown, Conn.That includes knowing “where the exits are, where the roof hatches