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TODAY: By the afternoon, our Saturday will be partly sunny and hot. Temperatures will reach the lower 90s and heat indices over 100 in the afternoon. Heat indices could climb as high as 107 in our western counties Saturday. There is a Heat Advisory for Benton, Camden, Cooper, Miller, Morgan, Pettis and Saline counties from

Strong to severe storms pulled through Mid-Missouri late Friday night into early Saturday morning. A few Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued across the viewing area with high winds up to 60 mph the primary threat. Storm reports were few in Mid-Missouri, but areas to our west received significant wind damage from several trees getting knocking

TODAY: After the rain tapers off by the mid-morning hours, skies will be partly sunny. It will be hot and humid with temps in the lower 90s and heat indices in the 100s and above. Winds will be active with gusts near 20 mph from the SW. TONIGHT: Another chance for severe storms moves into

A 35-year-old man drowned in the Gasconade River Friday. It happened just before 2:30 p.m. in Pulaski County, near the Riddle Bridge. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the man, who has since been identified as Mark Concepcion of St. Robert, was trying to swim across the river. He went underwater and never resurfaced. The

The Jefferson City Council is set to vote Monday on a bill aimed to improve an area that has raised some safety concerns for students walking to and from school. Just about a block away from South Elementary School, there is no sidewalk on the east side of the 900 block of Broadway Street. The

Boone County Fire officials say they have found a group of children that went missing on a Columbia nature hike. The children went hiking Friday afternoon in a wooded area near North Dripping Springs Road. Boone County Fire crews were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. Just before 7, a group of children was found. Another

This weekend is the first for this summer’s Show-Me State Games, and it’s going to be a hot one. ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologists expect the heat index, which is the “feels like” temperature, to be more than 100 degrees tomorrow around 4 pm. Organizers of the games point to the help they get as the

The Columbia Police Department investigated a shooting in the central part of the city Thursday night. ABC 17 News was told officers responded to the 100 block of East Sexton around 9:45 p.m. Police said five shell casings were found and a bullet was located in a tree. All of the rounds were from the

A Cole County judge said a mid-Missouri drug task force did not violate open records law when it redacted parts of a man’s request. Judge Patricia Joyce made the ruling on Wednesday in Aaron Malin’s lawsuit against the MUSTANG Drug Task Force. The law enforcement group operates in mid-Missouri, including Boone, Callaway, Cole and Cooper

Jerry Gill has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for domestic assault and five years in prison for armed criminal action. The sentences will run consecutively, giving him a total of 20 years in prison. Gill must have served 85 percent of the 15 years and at least three of the five years to

Jerry Dean Gill is now charged with four additional felonies after he was arrested in Cole County Saturday. Court documents show the 29-year-old is charged with robbery, armed criminal action, burglary and tampering with a motor vehicle. These charges are added on to the two counts of domestic assault, one of armed criminal action and

TONIGHT: Another round of strong to severe storms is expected to develop from the northwest and move across Mid-Missouri tonight into Saturday morning. A Slight Risk for severe weather is in effect for areas north of I-44. Storms will move in 11 PM to midnight near HWY 36 and spread to the southeast overnight. Damaging

Several different Columbia departments, groups and organizations are working together to develop a new app for people to find and apply for jobs more easily. Regional Economic Development Inc. (REDI) president Stacey Button said in the REDI meeting Wednesday that the staff is partnering with the Columbia Police Department and Social Equity Team of the

The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for Saline, Pettis, Benton, Camden, Morgan, Miller and Cooper counties. This advisory goes into effect 12 PM Saturday until 7PM Saturday. Heat advisories are issued when a period of hot temperatures are expected. Actual air temperatures will be in the 90s on Saturday, but with the heat

NASA has officially announced that they will be broadcasting the Total Solar Eclipse live from Jefferson City. “We were very excited to learn NASA was considering Jefferson City for this opportunity,” said Diane Gillespie, Executive Director of the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We had to keep this information to ourselves until the details

TODAY: Friday will be another hot and muggy day with temperatures rising into the lower 90s and heat indices in the upper 90s under partly sunny skies. A heat advisory is in effect until 7 PM Saturday for Saline, Pettis, and Benton counties. Another round of strong to severe storms is expected to develop from

A number of facilities across the University of Missouri campus are reducing their hours as MU faces unprecedented budget challenges. Those facilities include the Memorial Student Union, MU Student Center, Mizzou Rec and some campus dining. MU spokesperson Christian Basi says the hours that were reduced were specifically identified as times when the demand for

Columbia Police confirm one person was taken into custody after a hit and run crash Friday afternoon. The crash happened at Paris and Vandiver around 12:20 p.m. Police said one driver took off and was taken into custody shortly after at Business Loop 70 and Providence. The driver of the other car was okay.

A member of the Columbia Police Review Board voiced concern that the Columbia Police Department is not being consistent with its consent to search forms. This year’s Traffic Report revealed a racial disparity that has only grown in recent years. According to the report black drivers are three times more likely to get pulled over

Behind Menard’s on Vandiver Drive sits a dozens of acres of undeveloped land that may possibly be the future home of Centerstate Apartments, as well as a new business park. But people at the Parks and Recreation department want to see a residential park in that northeast area and fear this is their last chance