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UPDATE 2:07 P.M.: According to Columbia Public Schools, West Middle was on a precautionary modified lockdown due to the suspicious person at Aslin Administration Building. The administration building was on lockdown since the person was in the building. The school was on lockdown for 15 minutes. ORIGINAL STORY: West Middle School was put on lockdown

UPDATE 9/5: The autopsy results on the body found in the Missouri River near Malta Bend on Monday identify the victim as male. The autopsy also revealed that the body was in the water for a long period of time, making the body difficult to identify. ORIGINAL STORY: The Saline County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Monday

An accident investigation is pending after a vehicle crash on Garth Avenue and Business Loop 70 East. On Tuesday, Columbia police officers were called to the scene of the crash. According to dispatch notes, there were two vehicles involved in the crash and one vehicle may have left the scene. ‘A woman was taken to

UPDATE 11 a.m.: The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its final numbers from the Labor Day weekend counting period. MSHP troopers investigated 317 traffic crashes starting from 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. Eight of those crashes involved fatalities. Troopers made 136 driving while intoxicated arrests and 128 on-the-road drug-related arrests. On the water,

TODAY: It will be a gorgeous Monday afternoon across the region, as highs will only climb into the mid 70s. Thanks to drier air filtering into Mid-Missouri from the north, we’ll see plentiful sunshine today with low humidity. It will be a breezy day though, with winds out of the northwest up to 13 mph

TODAY: If you aren’t a fan of summer, you don’t have to wait long as cool temperatures are in store for Monday. Thanks to a passing cold front from last night, daytime highs will be topping out in the mid 70s as winds out of the NW pump in much cooler and drier air. Winds

UPDATE 9:30 a.m.: No one was injured after an SUV crashed into an apartment building in central Columbia around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Columbia police said. The intersection of College Avenue and Walnut Street was reopened once firefighters left the scene. An officer at the scene told ABC 17 News crews that the driver was transported

Some Columbia Water and Light customers experienced a power outage around 8 a.m. Monday. According to the city’s viewer outage map, about 284 customers are without power. The majority of customers who are experiencing the outage are in West Columbia. The map also shows that some of the power outages were predicted. Water and Light

As Missourians celebrated the last holiday of the summer, many people took advantage of the nice weather, hitting the road. MoDOT told ABC 17 News they eliminated the number of active construction zones to ease traffic woes. “We restrict the amount of work zones we have active during the holiday period,” Randy Ablur with MoDOT

UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: After a single-vehicle car crash occurred in the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and I-70 Drive northwest Monday morning, Columbia police investigated and found methamphetamine inside the car. Police said the crash happened as the driver headed south on Stadium Boulevard and started to veer partially into the right turn lane. The driver

The Columbia City Council may change the rules for how utility workers get paid when sent to help after disasters. The council will vote on two different items Tuesday night related to mutual aid pay for utility crews. The first would change city ordinance regarding the rate that the city pays those workers, while the

If you’ve been keeping your eyes to the skies, you may have noticed an increase in haze on the horizon. Many in Mid-Missouri have said the sky resembles the sun on fire, but there’s a perfectly good explanation for what is going on. Wildfires have been burning in portions of the Northwest and Canada for

Public hearings on a proposed increase for parking permits and golf passes are on the schedule for the City Council meeting Tuesday. The parking garage at 8th and Ash streets and the garage at 8th & Cherry avenue could see an increase in monthly and annual parking permits. The proposal from public works would increase

The Columbia City Council will conduct a first read of the proposed agreement between the city and the Columbia Police Officers Association(CPOA) at the City Council meeting on Tuesday. The agreement outlines the relationship between the city and the union group. Notable changes will apply to city ordinances, which means that if the agreement is

This month, the Columbia City Council will need to make a decision regarding City Manager Mike Matthes’ proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. Some proposed suggestions have drawn questions and criticism from council members and the general public. First, the proposed budget recommends raising paratransit fees from $2 to $3 and eliminating three routes with

Most Missouri Task Force One members are preparing to leave Texas Tuesday to return home. The 47 member team has spent more than a week in Texas helping with rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The task force posted an update on Facebook Monday saying it was preparing to demobilize from Katy, TX

TONIGHT: If you aren’t a fan of fall, you don’t have to wait long as a strong cold front will be tracking through Mid-Missouri. As the front digs into Mid-Missouri, we’ll begin to see showers and storms buildin from the northeast. These storms could initially be on the strong side, with the main threat being

TODAY: Ahead of an approaching cold front, we’ll see gusty conditions through the day. Winds will gradually shift out of the W/SW up to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. High temperatures for today will be around 90 degrees. Thanks to an increase in moisture, we’ll see humidity values bring our heat

Fulton police responded to the 200 block of St. Louis Avenue on Monday to investigate reports of a suspicious vehicle. Once officers arrived in the area, they made contact with Benjamin Morrow, 50 of Fulton, and said he was the only person inside the vehicle. Officers said they found Morrow using a tablet, with access

The weather forecast for Labor Day shows warm temperatures and sunny skies will allow people to enjoy the holiday outside. Doctors at University Hospital and MU Healthcare said they see the same type of injuries every year during holidays like Labor Day, such as burns from grilling or injuries from car crashes. Columbia Fire Department