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According to the International Association of Fire Fighters and the city of Columbia, a labor contract agreement is almost done with the Columbia Fire Department. In February, the union presented to the City Council the need for 95 additional firefighters to do their job effectively. However, the city and union were unable to meet that

A Missouri lawmaker is facing heat after making controversial comments on social media over a vandalized Confederate monument. The vandalism was found on Wednesday at the Springfield National Cemetery while President Donald Trump was in Springfield. After hearing about the vandalism, Republican Rep. Warren Love of Osceola wrote in a Facebook post about the person

More than a dozen people gathered on Lincoln University’s campus Wednesday for the first meeting of the presidential search committee. Former University President Dr. Kevin Rome resigned from the position at the end of June to begin a new position as president of Fisk University. Each member of the committee has been influenced in some

This Saturday event organizers will be following the now SEC-mandated clear bag policy, which prohibits ticket holders from entering the Memorial Stadium with any bag other than the pre-defined see-through bags. Drivers are advised to avoid the area around University Hospital, which will have construction crews on site. Permit-holders for the parking lots by Mick

TONIGHT: High clouds ahead of Tropical Storm Harvey will increase through the evening from the southeast. Our northwestern counties will see mostly clear skies through the overnight hours while areas south of HWY 54 will have some high clouds. Temperatures will drop to near 60 by morning with a slight breeze out of the north

A man from Mexico, Mo. has been charged with harassment, trespassing and peace disturbance after trespassing on property and refusing to leave when the owners asked him to do so. Jason Guerrero was on the 800 block of Monroe Street when residents complained about him being there. According to reports, he continually approached and harassed

A vehicle caught on fire on Highway 63 on Wednesday afternoon. The vehicle was off on the side of the road near the Hartsburg exit. The cause of the fire is still unconfirmed at this time, along with if there were any injuries. ABC 17 will continue to wok on finding out more about the

Some mid-Missourians are finding ways here at home to help those devastated by the hurricane in Texas. The Stephen’s Community Center in Columbia has already donated its space to play host to a free basic-needs fundraiser every Wednesday for about a year. The fundraiser is the brainchild of local resident Sylvia Sprinkle. She runs the

Missouri Task Force 1 was back at the operations center in Katy, Texas Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, the team got more than 60 people to safety. While deployed on an emergency mission, Missouri Task Force 1 members have to be ready for anything. “They basically give us an address that you’re gonna go

TODAY: A few clouds will pick up throughout the afternoon. It will be a warm day with highs in the lower 80s. Winds will stay under 8 mph from the northeast. TONIGHT: High clouds ahead of Tropical Storm Harvey will increase through the evening from the southeast. Our northwestern counties will see mostly clear skies

This weekend is shaping up to be the perfect ‘unofficial’ end to summer. Clouds will be increasing through Thursday afternoon, but beyond that we will see decreasing cloud coverage as we head into the weekend. Starting the holiday weekend off, Friday night will be mild with mostly clear skies. Through the early evening, we will

This week doctors in Columbia saw a lot of patients with flu-like symptoms and even had some patients test positive for influenza A. Dr. Flynn at MU Health told ABC 17 this could be an indication it could be an early flu season this year. Some of the common symptoms of the flu are headaches,

The father of a man who drowned while in Highway Patrol custody at the Lake of the Ozarks will now be able to appear at a sentencing hearing in the case. Brandon Ellingson was handcuffed when he fell off a patrol boat and drowned in 2014. Trooper Anthony Piercy pleaded guilty in June to negligent

It’s been a little more than four months since the reported death of Carl DeBrodie, a mentally handicapped man from Fulton who was found encased in concrete a week after he was reported missing from his group home, Second Chance. ABC 17 News checks with investigators weekly on the case and so far no arrests

The University of Missouri will offer families affected by storms in southeast Texas a temporary place to stay at one of its residence halls. Chancellor Alexander Cartwright notified students Monday about the offer. Families can work with MU’s Residential Life for accommodations in one of the residence halls not being used for student living this

Officials with Lincoln University in Jefferson City are combating an issue with the air conditioning in one of their dorms. Dawson Hall’s air conditioning has been experiencing intermittent outages. Facilities staff have just been repairing it, but they will now replace the full system over the winter months. A rental unit is currently helping to

TONIGHT: We’ll have a few clouds overnight with low temperaures dropping to near 60 by morning. Patchy fog is possible as winds remain light from the northeast. WEDNESDAY: The day will start with mostly sunny skies but we’ll pick up a few more clouds in the afternoon. High clouds ahead of Tropical Storm Harvey will

The flood aftermath from Hurricane Harvey continues to increase in Texas and more property is being damaged from the floodwaters. If homeowners, renters and businesses have flood insurance, the majority of the flood damage may be covered. If they don’t have flood insurance, then they will eventually have to pay out of pocket for those

State Auditor Nicole Galloway today reaffirmed her intention to protect a public employee’s ability to call out wrongdoing in the workplace. Galloway says a section of Senate Bill 43, which took effect on Monday, removes protections that allow public employees to report misuse of tax money. Galloway proposed a legislative solution, the Public Employee Whistleblower

At 400 PM CDT (2100 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Harvey wasestimated from data from an Air Force reconnaissance plane nearlatitude 29.2 North, longitude 94.3 West. Harvey is moving towardthe north-northeast near 6 mph (9 km/h), and this general motion isexpected to continue tonight and tomorrow. On the forecast track,the broad circulation center of