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***UPDATE SUNDAY 9:50 P.M.***As of Sunday night there had been more than 35 crashes, 13 people seriously hurt and two deaths since the holiday counting period started Friday night.Although the traffic was packed on Missouri roads over the weekend Highway Patrol Troopers are concerned for the days ahead.When ABC 17 News asked Tropper Matt Halford

We are watching an arctic air mass that will be sliding south into the region for the first part of the Christmas week. Forecast models continue to show a more southern track for a storm system forming in the Gulf Coast states. As this storm and the arctic air collide, measurable snow will be possible

Two Callaway County teenagers are in trouble after allegedly breaking into a church in Steedman. The pair got into Reform Baptist Church through a back window and vandalized the church, according to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department.The two juveniles, whose names will not be released as standard procedure, were arrested Friday and released a day

A Latham man behind bars for gun violations is now accused of molesting a child.Dean Smith, 29, was sent to the Moberly Correctional Center for unlawful possession of a firearm. He now faces charges for molesting a 9-year-old girl for more than a year.The Moniteau County prosecutor Shayne Healea prosecutor tells ABC 17 News there

Friday was the last day of school for most students in Mid-Missouri before the winter break and some students may come back from break to a few new security policies.The attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut has sparked rumors at local schools about a potential attack. Schools in Jefferson City, Columbia, and Sedalia have

*** UPDATED Saturday 6:34 P.M. *** As of this writing, police are still looking for the armed suspect in the early morning robbery Saturday. This same motel was robbed the second time this month. ABC 17 News covered the earlier robbery on Dec. 1st, where two gunmen robbed the clerk at the front desk at

***UPDATE SATURDAY 8:40 P.M.***A man claiming to have been approached as the shooter in the a plot to kill Governor Jay Nixon says he now fears for his life, because he declined to part of the plan.”He was going to give me the first $10,000 to buy the weapon,” the anonymous man told ABC affiliate

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Laurence Bowers had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 12 Missouri over No. 10 Illinois 82-73 in the annual Braggin’ Rights game on Saturday.Alex Oriakhi added 13 points and 14 rebounds as Missouri (10-1) won its fourth straight in the 32-year-old series. Jabari Brown had 18 points and Phil

With only two shopping days left before Christmas, many shoppers waited until this weekend to buy their gifts.”I think a lot of people all of a sudden realized that Christmas is right around the corner and I think they’re just running in to get [their Christmas lists] completed” says Rene Heider, manager of Deck The

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon has come out in opposition to legislative proposals that would allow teachers to carry concealed guns into classrooms.Nixon said Monday that, quote: “Putting loaded weapons in classrooms is quite simply the wrong approach to a serious issue that demands careful analysis and thoughtful solutions.”More than two dozen Missouri

As people begin celebrating the holidays, law enforcement is keeping an eye on the holiday hazards. Officers say almost every year they see a spike in crime, as well as drinking and driving around the holidays. But they have a plan to keep the incidents minimal this year.Boone County sheriff’s officials tell ABC 17 News

A Columbia man was killed in an early Sunday morning car crash off St. Charles Road.According to police, Benjamin S. Lieteau, 27, was traveling west on St. Charles Road near Dorado Drive around 4 a.m. when he lost control of the car. The car traveled off the left side of the road, hit an embankment

The Missouri Natural Resources Department hasn’t yet made a decision if it will penalize the University of Missouri.Around 25 gallons of sulfuric acid was dumped into the Flat Branch Creek in September. An MU maintenance worker accidentally put it down a storm water drain. Conservation officials damned up a tributary, however some wildlife did die.

Shoppers are running out of time to get those-last minute gifts for Christmas, but new numbers show retailers are running out of time as well. According to Shopper-Trak, which takes a look at sales and foot traffic for retailers and mall owners, sales are down more than four percent nationwide for the week ending Saturday,

A state report, ordered by the Jefferson City school district, confirms the math in the district’s proposal to build a single new high school campus.The Missouri School Board Association issued the report Friday, after a commission spent about a week and a half sorting through research about costs and logistics. One opposition group has called

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration is bolstering his plan to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program with an analysis estimating that it could save the state money in the near future.Figures released this past week by Nixon’s budget office show Missouri could see a nearly $47 million increase in general revenues during the

A powerful storm system will move into the Southern Plains Christmas Day producing a band of heavy snow which will develop in southeastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas in the afternoon and into southern Missouri and Illinois Christmas evening and overnight. Significant snow is expected with the brunt of the storm in southeastern Missouri and southwest

A home appears to be a total loss, after a fire late Monday afternoon.Boone and Millersburg crews went to the scene around 5:30 p.m. off Route WW, about 20 minutes from Columbia and Fulton.It was a single-story structure on Labrado Drive off County Road 259 and Mule Trail Road.Firefighters were forced to attack the blaze

***UPDATE TUESDAY 7 A.M.***The track of winter storm has shifted farther to the south and east overnight. This means any accumulating snowfall will stay south of I-44 and out of Mid-Missouri. Flurries are possible as far north as I-70, but no accumulation is expected. Travelers should still be well aware that this storm will cause

***UPDATE 7:27 P.M. WEDNESDAY***(AP) – A blizzard warning for southeast Missouri has been cancelled about 4 hours before it was scheduled to expire after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow in the state’s Bootheel.The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., says snowfall in Missouri through Wednesday morning ranged from 3 1/2 inches to