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A man was recovering from his injuries after a motorcycle crash in Fulton Monday night. Police said they responded to the crash at 6:38 p.m. near Tennyson Road and Cote Sans Dessin. Once there, they found a 59-year-old man who had been thrown from his motorcycle. The man from Mexico, Mo. was wearing a helmet

Efforts to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products have hit another roadblock in the Capital City. Monday, the Jefferson City Council was set to vote on Tobacco 21. It is a measure that would raise the legal age to buy tobacco products, including e-Cigarettes, from 18 to 21. But it would not prohibit

A typical spring weather pattern is developing through the rest of March. The upper level winds which act as steering currents for storm systems are forecast to come in from west to east. As these waves move in from the Pacific, surface storm systems will develop, bringing rain and storm chances as they pick up

UPDATE 3/20: ABC 17 News spoke with Spencer Ervin’s wife, Janay, about the Eagle Stop fight and she said Ervin fired his gun at a member of the Squad Up gang when they threatened to shoot him during the fight. “My husband is a tax paying man,” she said. “He goes to work every single

The Columbia City Council has been working on the Unified Development Code for over two years and at 7 p.m. Monday, the code is expected to be voted on and approved. The council will have at least five more proposed amendments to vote on before accepting the final UDC. Nancy Thompson, head legal counsel for

The University of Missouri welcomed Cuonzo Martin as the nineteenth men’s basketball coach of the university. Martin played for Gene Keady at Purdue, but is from the East St. Louis area. Martin told the crowd that he wants Mizzou to be his last stop as a coach and also said how excited he was to

The Columbia Police Department has released the body cam video of one of the officers on scene at a fight that happened at the Eagle Stop in Columbia. ABC 17 News also obtained this cell phone video of the incident: In the press release attached below, CPD describes why officers reacted the way that they

A Cole County man has been sentenced to 25 years on Monday in prison after molesting a girl that was seven years old. Maurice Hogan, 35, was arrested by the Jefferson City Police Department in July of 2015 after molesting a child between May and July of 2015. The jury deliberated for seven hours before

TONIGHT: The cooler air will be slow to arrive, as lows only bottom out in the mid to mid-upper 40s. Clouds will increase for a partly to mostly cloudy sky by morning with a northeasterly breeze up to 12 mph. TUESDAY: Skies will remain mostly cloudy with possible showers. The best chance of rain will

A Columbia man was arrested on Sunday in connection to drug and robbery charges. Officers were sent to the 1500 block of Tupelo Place on Sunday morning to find Anthony Munzo, who had a felony warrant out of Cooper County. Officers saw Munzo leave the home carrying a backpack when they tried to see if

TODAY: A warm afternoon is underway across Mid-Missouri.. With such a warm start to the day, we’ll see the potential for record warmth ahead of a cold front later today. Highs this afternoon will top out in the lower 80s, under partly cloudy skies. The record high is 81 set back in 1953, so there

A Missouri State Highway Patrol checkpoint in Boone County resulted in multiple arrests on Friday night. The checkpoint was in place from 11:30 p.m. on Friday until 3:30 a.m. on Saturday at Highway 163 and Mick Deaver Memorial Drive. 656 vehicles were checked during the time the checkpoint was set up. There were 19 DWI

TODAY: A mild morning is underway across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are hovering near 60 degrees. With such a warm start to the day, we’ll see the potential for record warmth ahead of a cold front later today. Highs this afternoon will top out in the lower 80s, under partly cloudy skies. The record high is

Spring officially began at 5:29 Monday morning. It’s been a warm start to spring, as temperatures this morning are in the mid to upper 50s, with isolated locations in the 60s. Needless to say it’s beginning to feel more and more like spring, in fact one could argue this winter was more of a spring

TODAY: A mild morning is underway across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are hovering near 60 degrees. With such a warm start to the day, we’ll see the potential for record warmth ahead of a cold front later today. Highs this afternoon will top out in the lower 80s, under partly cloudy skies. The record high is

Monday is the start of spring, and to no surprise that means a very active weather pattern in store for mid-Missouri. We will see a chance for rain showers every single day for this week. Tuesday morning into the afternoon is when we will see the next widespread chance of rain in mid-Missouri, thanks to

Tallahassee, Fla— Florida State’s Shakayla Thomas scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 10 Florida State eliminated No. 25 Mizzou from the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. The Seminoles beat the Tigers 77-55. This marks the second straight year Missouri has lost in the second round. Four Seminoles scored in double figures. Mizzou guard

TONIGHT: Temperatures tonight will be staying mild as cloud cover helps lows only drop into the mid 50s. We have a another chance of showers and maybe even some thunderstorms into the later evening hours. Winds will be out of the southeast at 7-14 mph. Areas along and east of US 63 can expect to

Boone County sheriff deputies arrested a 25-year-old Columbia man Saturday night after he lead deputies on a short pursuit. A sergeant with the Sheriff’s Department said Clayton Wilcox was believed to be involved in an earlier incident that happened within Columbia city limits. A deputy spotted Wilcox’s car around 9:35 p.m. and tried to pull

A sergeant with the Columbia Police Department confirms a person with a felony warrant was taken into custody Sunday afternoon after trying to flee from officers. The sergeant said around 12:15 p.m. officers tried to pull over the suspect in his car because of his felony warrant. Police said the suspect took off running on