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UPDATE 1:55 P.M.: Six line workers from Columbia Water and Light arrived in Tallahassee, Florida, to help with recovery from Hurricane Michael on Thursday morning. Water and Light spokeswoman Lissie Wade said the workers were staged in Montgomery, Alabama, while the storm hit and had difficulty reaching Tallahassee because of debris blocking roads. More than

A Fulton man faces criminal charges after police found him in the employee break room of the Fulton Public Works Building early Thursday. Police were called to the building at 1259 Brookside Drive for a business alarm at about 1 a.m. Officers found James Kuciejcik inside in the break room when they arrived, the Fulton

UPDATE 11:50 A.M.: The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a notice of appeal in the voter ID case with the state Supreme Court. Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office filed the notice late Wednesday asking for a stay or a Cole County judge’s ruling striking down parts of Missouri’s voter ID law less than a

THIS AFTERNOON: Skies have cleared out for the most part across Mid-Missouri as winds continue to blow steadily out of the NW from 8-12 mph. It’s that NW breeze that will keep us feeling like fall for much of the day, with temperatures slowly rising through the upper 40s, topping out in the mid 50s

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested a St. Louis man early Thursday morning after he led deputies on a chase from Columbia to Jefferson City. A deputy saw James Hunt run a red light on Highway 63 and Conley Road in Columbia. Hunt did not immediately pull over and continued to lead the deputy on

The Audrain Ambulance District and the Mexico Public Safety Department responded to Jackson Street in Mexico, Missouri, Wednesday night in reference to a man who had been burned. When officials arrived, they found the 28-year-old Arizona man had poured gasoline on a fire that was burning in a recreational fire pit. The fire traveled to

As we head into the next several days it is going to be feelin’ a lot more like late fall, with unseasonably cool temperatures across the entire 7-day. Overnight lows will be falling into the 30s, allowing for the opportunity for patchy fog to develop. Meteorologist Brigit Mahoney explains what conditions allow for frost formation

On Thursday morning, Austin Campbell, 21, of Springfield, is expected to find out how long he will be in prison. Campbell was convicted in August for raping a victim in her Mizzou dorm room in 2016. Campbell was a freshman at the university at the time. Campbell’s first jury trial in the fall of 2017

THURSDAY: Skies will gradually become mostly sunny and temperatures will stay cool, only reaching the mid 50s as a chilly northwesterly breeze holds steady near 10 mph. TONIGHT: Skies will remain partly cloudy with a light breeze out of the northwest up to 6 mph. It will be chilly by morning as low temperatures drop

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources monitors just 17 of Boone County’s 127 dams, leaving the safety of the other 110 structures up to either local governments or private land owners. The data come from DNR’s dam inventory and Boone County’s hazard mitigation plan. The report says that 34 of the 110 unregulated dams are

More than 100 farmers have sued the Cooper County Public Health Center Board of Trustees over recently enacted regulations on litter and manure connected to a hog farm. The attorney representing all the plaintiffs claims the regulation, which the board approved Aug. 23, is cumbersome and not based in science. Agricultural lawyer Brent Haden said

Hurricane Michael made landfall Wednesday afternoon as a Category 4 storm. A major storm surge and high winds led to devastation on Florida’s Panhandle and into the interior, with the storm causing more destruction as it moved into Georgia. We’ve rounded up some webcams that show the storm as it came ashore and the aftermath.

UPDATED 5:15 p.m.: Murder suspect Martin Priest took the stand Wednesday, saying he never harmed Tammy Rothganger. Priest, on trial for 15-year-old Rothganger’s murder 30 years ago, said he picked her up from outside her school on and dropped her off at the park. He denied ever coming in contact with his nephews Michael and

Last summer, the Airport Advisory Board predicted the new terminal at Columbia Regional Airport could be finished by 2023 or later, but airport officials on Wednesday said at this time, they can’t make any timeline predictions. “There’s a lot of moving parts,” said airport manager Mike Parks. Those parts include finishing up projects involved in

Two trees on city property fell onto a Huntsville home in storms early Wednesday. Now, the man who owns the home said the city isn’t cleaning up the damage. “My wife woke me up in the middle of the night,” Huntsville homeowner Rian White said. “She thought someone was breaking into the house.” ABC 17

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place Oct. 7-13. The week was created in 1990 to help increase resources and treatment of mental illness. The National Alliance on Mental Illness says almost 44 million Americans suffer from a mental health condition each year. University of Missouri Health Care doctor John Lauriello spoke with ABC 17 News

A Columbia man will spend 15 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell methamphetamine. Gary D. Warren, 32, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Jefferson City after he pleaded guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to sell methamphetamine and one count of possessing a gun in relation

A Columbia man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for dealing heroin and illegally possessing a firearm. Horashio A. Pritchett, 39, was sentenced to six years and three months in federal prison without parole, the office of the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri said in a news release. Pritchett pleaded guilty June

TONIGHT: Skies will remain mostly cloudy with temperatures dropping to near 40 degrees. It will be chilly by daybreak with breezy winds out of the northwest up to 10-15 mph, we could see gusts as high as 21. THURSDAY: Skies will gradually become mostly sunny and temperatures will stay cool, only reaching the mid 50s

In just a matter of days, Hurricane Michael became the strongest storm to make landfall in the U.S. since Hurricane Camille in 1969. Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, around noon Wednesday with winds of 155 mph and storm surge as high as 14 feet in many spots. HISTORY: On October 2, the National