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TUESDAY: Tuesday holds another chance for a couple of rounds of showers and t-storms with highs in the upper 80s. After morning storms on Tuesday, some sunshine during the day could help fuel our next chance of severe weather by late Tuesday afternoon, especially across central mid-Missouri. A line of storms moving through late in

Columbia police officers were called to the Walmart on Grindstone Parkway just after midnight Tuesday morning. ABC 17 News crews heard initial reports that a subject was running through the department store and attempting to evade police. Multiple officers were on scene for a matter of hours but it’s unclear if anyone was taken into

Missouri’s Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe was appointed to the position after the office was vacated by Mike Parson, who ascended to the office of Governor. ABC 17’s Joe McLean spoke with Kehoe about the transition, the controversy surrounding his appointment and his priorities for the next legislative session. Kehoe also reiterates the governor’s position on

Proposition A will be on Missouri’s statewide ballot in August. A “yes” vote will adopt Senate Bill 19, the so-called right-to-work bill passed by the Missouri General Assembly last year. If it passes, it will prohibit forced membership and fees in a union as a condition of employment. A new television commercial is airing and

Moberly police were searching for a person wanted for eluding authorities late Monday night. The department tweeted about a police k9 track happening in the 900 block of West End Avenue around 10:40 p.m. Officers asked people to avoid the area and for residents in the area to stay inside. According to the tweet, the

UPDATE 9 P.M.: Police confirmed the person arrested at the scene Monday night was 34 year-old Kevin Dean Snyder. According to a press release, a call was made before 11 a.m. Monday regarding someone trespassing inside a home in the 1900 Greenleaves Court. The first officers arrived on scene before noon and police did not

A New Hampshire man is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the Boone County government last year. Prosecutors charged Kamal Mardi of Salem, N.H. on Monday for felony stealing. Mardi is accused of taking more than $46,000 from the county government in Dec. 2017. Boone County Treasurer Tom Darrough alerted law enforcement

UPDATE: A 76-year-old West Virginia man died in a Miller County crash Monday afternoon, according to a crash report for the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report said Franklin Alford’s truck was forced from Highway 17 when a semi tractor hauling logs crashed into a dump truck. Alford’s truck was hit by logs, causing him

TONIGHT: A cluster of storms forming in southwestern Missouri overnight will track to the northeast along I-44, with the bulk of the activity south of the interstate. Areas near I-44 could get a few of these storms after 2 AM. No severe storms are expected but a few could be strong. There is another cluster

UPDATE 6:33 p.m.: The judge wrapped up Monday’s session after hearing from three witness’ total. The court began again for the day around 1:30 p.m. after taking a lunch recess. It started off with a leader read aloud from Jeffrey Nichols’ childhood friend, Sgt. Christopher Harrison who described Nichols as “never a straight A student,”

California City Fire Department Chief Allen Smith said the cause of the fire on 300 N High St is still unknown. He said it was difficult to put out due to the age of the building and its heavy timber construction. “Its always had me concerned and last night it happened,” Allen Smith said. “As

On the heels of the warmest May ever recorded, the heat has yet to let up across the Midwest. With less than a week left in the month, June is set to close as one of the top 5 warmest June’s ever recorded. The close to June comes following the nearly 30 year anniversary of

A federal judge sided with Logboat Brewing Company in a trademark dispute with a Maine-based brewery. Judge Nanette Laughrey ruled that Logboat’s use of the brand name Shiphead would not cause confusion with any beer put out by Shipyard Brewing Company out of Portland, Maine. Shipyard sued Logboat in 2017 over its use of nautically-themed

ABC 17 News confirmed one person was taken to the hospital Monday after a head-on crash about 15 minutes northeast of Columbia. Firefighters with the Boone County Fire Protection District and ambulance crews responded to Highway PP near Thompson Road off Mexico Gravel Road around 11:45 a.m. It involved an SUV and a car. ABC

Rep. Jay Barnes sent a letter to the Investigative Committee on Monday, thanking the members for their service and revealing more information on the Greitens cases. “In addition to evidence of sexual assault and domestic violence, the Committee also possessed sufficient documentary evidence to establish good cause to believe Greitens and his campaign had misappropriated

MONDAY: It’s another warm and humid afternoon across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are already hovering in the upper 70s. With clouds expected to slowly break through the day, we’ll see many locations squeeze out the mid-80s for highs. The break in clouds will also allow for some storms to form, along a boundary line from decaying

MONDAY: This morning storms that developed overnight to the west in Kansas are going to be tracking into the area, but luckily holding off until after the early morning rush. Grab the umbrella early on because scattered showers look likely again by the evening commute. As clouds break up early in the day, storms could

Firefighters are working to put out a fire at the local service organization Fraternal Order of Eagles Monday morning. ABC 17 News crews at the scene saw smoke coming from the two-story building located in the 300 block of north High Street. Crews said the building looks severely damaged from the fire. This is a

There was a drowning last night at Shoal Creek and five drownings in the last month in Missouri. According to the Missouri State High Patrol, there have been 40 drowning’s in the last year. People at Finger Lakes State Park in Boone County told ABC 17 how they keep themselves safe. Jacob Hodgen and his

TONIGHT: We’re continuing to watch fading clusters of showers and storms fade this evening as we lose heating of the day, however, there’s a chance for another round of thundershowers to roll through after midnight. Lows only drop into the low 70s. TOMORROW: The latest data is indicating that we stay dry through the morning