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The nose isn’t the strongest sensory organ in the human body, but it certainly can get us out of certain circumstances. Food burning in the oven? You’re likely to catch a whiff of it before any damage is done to your house. Electrical plumbing gone haywire? You’re likely to smell the smoldering wires before a

TONIGHT: It will be a chilly night across Mid-Missouri as temperatures bottom out near 40 degrees under clearing skies. Light, patchy drizzle is possible through midnight as the remaining moisture from the cold front continues to track across the eastern part of the country. Winds will remain light tonight out of the west northwest and

Fulton police arrested a 38-year-old man Sunday afternoon after a woman was found tied up with ropes inside a home in the 300 block of Jefferson Street. Officers were called to the home just after 1 p.m. for a well-being check. Ryan O’Shana, of Fulton, is accused of assaulting the woman, who police said he

Boone County deputies arrested a man Sunday afternoon after he allegedly approached a county fire official in a threatening way with a knife. Deputies arrested the man in the 700 block of Demaret Drive. A sergeant with the department tells ABC 17 News the fire official was in the area investigating an unrelated incident. Deputies

KANSAS CITY – Michael Porter Jr. and the Mizzou men’s basketball team is set for its first exhibition game of the 2017 season against rival Kansas. The game is the first time the two teams have played each other since Feb. 25, 2012 when Kansas beat Mizzou by one point. The Tigers left the Big

TODAY: Lingering showers are possible across Mid-Missouri throughout the morning. Cloudy skies will slowly give way to some peaks of sunshine into the afternoon. Afternoon temperatures will hover in the lower 60s with winds out of the northwest between 7-10 mph. TONIGHT: Overnight lows return back into the lower 40s, feeling more seasonal this evening.

Columbia police were seen near the intersection of Paquin and Matthews streets around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. One officer advised an ABC 17 News reporter to stay in the car because a suspect was in the area on foot. Several Columbia police officers responded, along with a Boone County K-9 unit and University of Missouri police.

Columbia police officers were called to the area of Broadway and Hitt Street just before 11 p.m. Saturday for reports of gunshots. Officers on scene told ABC 17 News people reported hearing the shots fired behind a church in the area. Officers searched the parking lot and said they did not find any evidence of

Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing an O’Reilly Auto Parts store at gunpoint Saturday night. Officers were called to the store on Cooper Drive around 8:32 p.m. Police said a man wearing a mask showed a gun and demanded money. He left the store on foot before police arrived. A K9 was

Columbia police confirm one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a shooting near the Business Loop Saturday night. Police were called to the 700 block of North Sixth Street around 8:40 p.m. for reports of a gunshot wound victim. An officer on scene told ABC 17 News the shooting incident

Columbia police are investigating possible shots fired at McDonald’s on Stadium Boulevard. Police responded to McDonald’s around 6 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses described seeing three black males in their early teens firing a handgun at a passing car. Witnesses told police they heard three to five shots and saw the suspects run northeast. Two of the

COLUMBIA – Mizzou football got its first win since Sep. 2 breaking a five-game losing streak. The Tigers breat Idaho 68-21 on homecoming. With the win, Mizzou improves to 2-5 (0-4 SEC). Here’s what the Tigers had to say after the game. Despite one interception, Mizzou quarterback Drew Lock had a big day going 23-33

October is the start of the secondary severe weather season in Mid-Missouri and for the second weekend in a row, this month is living up to that reputation. For most of the week, we saw temperatures gradually climbing into the low to mid-70s and then eventually the 80s Saturday afternoon. The warming trend came as

A sergeant with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said four people were taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after a three-car crash on Obermiller Road, just north of Columbia. The crash happened near Roemer Road around 4 p.m. Obermiller Road was blocked off while crews work to clear the scene and investigate the crash. ABC

TONIGHT: It will be a stormy evening across Mid-Missouri as a cold front pulls to the southeast through the night. A slight risk of severe weather is expected for areas along and west of Hwy 63 through the night, as the frontal boundary and associated storms track across the region. Storms are expected to approach

Callaway County sheriff deputies were called to the New Bloomfield Dollar General just before 10 p.m. Friday for a reported theft. Elizabeth Pigford and Michelle McMillin were identified as the suspects. According to the Sheriff’s Officer, McMillin ran away before deputies arrived. A K-9 unit was brought in and reportedly detected drugs inside Pigford’s car.

Within the city if Columbia, there are about 3,800 hotel rooms. The Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau said several of the hotels in Columbia are booked for Mizzou’s homecoming weekend and its expecting tens of thousands of people to be in town. Traffic is expected to be delayed, especially within downtown Columbia and near Mizzou’s

TODAY: We’ll see partly sunny skies and a warm afternoon as high temperatures approach 80. It will be a breezy day, as well, as southerly winds increase to 20 mph, gusting to 29 mph at times. We will remain dry throughout the day until after 9 PM when a line of showers and thunderstorms is

Part of Route F in Boone County was temporarily shut down while crews worked to remove a crashed vehicle overnight. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said the driver was heading west in the 4100 block of Route F when they swerved to miss a deer, flipped and ended up in the ditch. The crash happened

Columbia police report over $332,000 worth of property stolen from motor vehicles this year and the number continues to rise. Police said since Jan. 1 the department has taken 655 reports of thefts from motor vehicles. That is 207 more reports than at this time last year. Of those reports, 99 of them include firearms