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Periodic heavy rainfall episodes across the Missouri river basin over the past couple weeks has caused flooding. The Missouri River at Glasgow, Jefferson City and Hermann is in moderate flood stage and is in minor flood stage at Miami, Boonville, Chamois & Gasconade. Drier weather through Wednesday will allow the river to recede, bringing it

The Columbia School Board Monday night will vote on next year’s budget. In its projection, the school district is expecting to take in more money. The school district receives most of its money from property tax in town. Budget director Linda Quinley assumed a 2.5% increase in the town’s property value for next year. While

A man convicted in a deadly Columbia burglary was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday. She’aun Prince pleaded guilty to first degree burglary in April. Prosecutors dropped the murder charge against him. Prince is one of three men charged in a home invasion that left one person dead. The burglary happened last year off

Sunday night’s thunderstorms brought heavy rain to several parts of Mid-Missouri. Emergency management crews in Randolph County worked through the night to remove fallen debris and several cars swept up by flooded streets. “We had several underpasses here in Moberly that were flooded for a period of time,” said Emergency Management Director Robert Creed. “We

Authorities in Columbia are investigating two deaths in the last five days that appear to be overdoses. Last Tuesday police and paramedics responded to a possible overdose on Hyde Park, in south Columbia. Family sources of the 21-year-old man told ABC 17 News the drug was heroin. The medical examiner said it will take weeks

A Columbia motel with a troubled past is now getting a new look. Renovations are underway at Providence Inn and Suites near I-70. Monday, ABC 17 News talked to the owner, who said he started the work last September. He thinks all of the renovations would be complete in a few weeks. The motel closed

The Cole County Sheriff’s Department Monday is investigating a death in rural Cole County. A white woman was found dead in a home near Henley on Saturday afternoon. Not all of the woman’s relatives have been notified, so her name, age, and address have not been released. An autopsy was completed by the Boone County

A West Plains man was sentenced last Thursday for assaulting three people with a fire poker. 30-year-old William Sanders pleaded guilty to the crime in August 2014. The court granted Sanders probation, but by December he had already violated probation. Phelps County prosecutors argued Sanders was a danger to the community at his revocation hearing,

The closing date for a Boonville company has been announced. Last fall, ABC 17 News reported that Nordyne is shutting down in Boonville. Nordyne has confirmed its last day of operation is officially June 19. The company already laid off about 50 workers last January. This comes three years after Hostess and Indeeco also closed

Boone County officials are stepping up efforts to find drunk drivers in Columbia and Boone County. The Boone Co. Sheriff’s Department announced it’s holding a DWI checkpoint sometime overnight between Thursday and next Monday. The checkpoint is funded through a grant from the state.

Work to raise barrier walls on bridges along Highway 63 in Boone County continues Wednesday. The work will close the north and southbound passing lanes on the Highway 63 Bonne Femme and Gans Creek bridges starting at 5:30 a.m. Depending on the progress made, the work may continue on Thursday. There is still work to

With temperatures consistently in the upper 80s and low 90s in Mid-Missouri this week, the Voluntary Action Center in Columbia is offering a window air conditioner exchange. Columbia Water and Light and Boone Electric customers can exchange their old, inefficient window air conditioner for free if they qualify. To be eligible, customers must have Columbia

Drivers in Cole County can expect delays this week on Highway 50 in Jefferson City. Crews will continue blasting operations to widen the road near Jackson Street. The work is being completed in an effort to make room for construction of the new Lafayette St. interchange. The work will periodically close Highway 50 in both

Strong storms moving through Mid-Missouri left some damage behind Sunday night. A tree fell onto a mobile home in Renick, a town south of Moberly in Randolph County. No injuries were reported. As of 11 a.m. Monday, several roads are closed because of high water: Highway 87 just west of Highway 5 in Howard County

A judge has put a hold on an important decision regarding construction of a mid-Missouri hog farm. Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce ordered the Department of Natural Resources and the Clean Water Commission “to refrain from all actions” related to Friends of Responsible Agriculture’s appeal of the 10,320-head confined animal feeding operation proposed for Callaway

Sunday, police are investigating an armed robbery in downtown Columbia. It happened shortly before 3:00 a.m. Saturday in the 400 Block of North Tenth Street, according to Columbia police. Three men pointed a gun and demanded money from a man at the intersection of Tenth and Rogers Streets. The victim grabbed the gun, but then

The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office and the State Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal shooting on Lacy Lane in Prairie Home. Officials say an intruder entered the home, was shot and killed just after midnight Sunday morning. Sheriff Jerry Wolfe says both the person in the home and the intruder were from Prairie Home. No

Severe thunderstorms started to develop Sunday afternoon in Northern Missouri along a cold front. This cold front will push southward and move into Mid-Missouri Sunday evening. Most of the storms will move into Mid-Missouri after 9PM and start to taper off overnight. A few showers could linger into Monday morning, but dry conditions will return

Saturday, a man is under evaluation after threatening to jump off an overpass bridge in Columbia. Columbia police on scene said they responded to the I-70 and Providence Road overpass bridge near Exit 126 around 10:20 p.m. for a person who was possibly trying to harm his or her self. Police found a man standing

Saturday, two people walked away with no injuries after a small plane crashed at a Mid-Missouri airport. Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman said a pilot flying out of Farmington lost control of the plane as he was trying to land at the Vichy Airport and crash landed near the runway. Heitman said Carl Gregory, the