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Ameren Missouri has unveiled its dry cask storage facility at the Mid-Missouri nuclear plant in Callaway County southeast of Fulton. ABC 17 News (along with other local media) was extended a rare invitation inside the maximum security nuclear facility so we could show you how it works. And although it’s never been used in our

More DWI offenders are wearing ankle bracelets, and now the Boone County court is asking for more funding to help pay for them. As part of a bond condition, an offender with more than three DWI charges must wear an ankle monitor called A TAD. The monitor measures the alcohol content in sweat and sends

Local scores for August 25, 2015. Check out volleyball highlights in the video player. Softball North Callaway 8South Callaway 5 Battle 2Helias 6 Fatima 2Southern Boone 0 Hallsville 6Macon 2 Russellville 17Harrisburg 14 Hickman 7Boonville 4 VOLLEYBALL Fatima 25 25Chamois 5 11 Rock Bridge 16 17Jefferson City 25 25 Centralia 21 21Fulton 25 25 Soccer

On Tuesday, the Fulton City Council voted to raise the salary of starting firefighters to $9.50 an hour, $10 an hour after six months on the department. This comes after the council voted against a contract that would have given firefighters a 9% raise earlier this month. Residents rallied outside city hall ahead of the

A thin layer of smoke is moving into Mid-Missouri from wildfires burning in the northwestern states. The upper level winds are coming in from the northwest, carrying the thin smoke plume toward the southeast high up in the atmosphere. The smoke plume is forecast to spread to the south and east through Wednesday which will

A Mid-Missouri organization is still working to raise funds for a new veterans housing complex and shelter in Columbia. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, (R)-MO, spoke at the future veterans Welcome Home site Tuesday on the importance of the project to local veterans’ health. The Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia has seen about 800

Dent County authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man. Billy Smith was reported missing after he was last seen at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles Monday morning. Smith is described as a 5’10” white man with blue eyes who weighs about 315 lbs. Smith is the brother of Missouri congressman

A woman is facing charges in Cole and Callaway counties after authorities say she led them on a high-speed chase through three counties on Tuesday morning. According to a press release from JCPD, the chase started around 1:30 a.m. in Jefferson City when 31-year-old Danna Peters failed to stop for Jefferson City police after they

Highway 54 in Holts Summit was temporarily closed Tuesday afternoon after a wrong-way crash. Holts Summit Police told ABC 17 News a person was driving the wrong way on Highway 54 near Center Street when they struck a Holts Summit Police Department cruiser. Police said they had gotten a tip about the wrong-way driver and

A Columbia man is in jail this afternoon, accused of beating a man with an aluminum pipe. It happened Monday just before 11 p.m. near the 2600 block of Quail Drive. Columbia police say a male victim saw Larry Williams fighting with a female and went to intervene. Police say Williams started throwing rocks at

A State Senate Committee met again Tuesday at the state Capitol over the ongoing controversies surrounding Planned Parenthood. The Committee on the Sanctity of Life heard testimony from the Department of Health and Senior Services. Several questions were connected to the Planned Parenthood in Columbia and the doctor who works there. There had been questions

A Callaway County man with an active warrant was arrested over the weekend outside Fulton after a traffic stop. Callaway County deputies stopped 43-year-old Anthony Holland on Saturday on County Road 318. Holland had an active warrant for felony probation violation and was arrested. When deputies searched Holland’s vehicle, they found heroin, psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana

A 31-year-old woman pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in Boone County to her role in the gruesome murders of an Auxvasse man and his daughter in September 2011. Jacie Coari had been charged with two counts of second degree murder and one count of first degree robbery. Today, she pleaded guilty to two counts of second

Budget leaders in Jefferson City met Tuesday afternoon in order to discuss issues within the state’s Medicaid system. Lawmakers on the House budget select committee talked about the Missouri Department of Social Services and how officials decide if someone qualifies, along with the system’s enrollment and Medicaid caseload. ABC 17 News has followed the subject

A Jefferson City woman was injured Tuesday after being hit by an SUV in a cross walk. The 24-year-old woman was crossing McCarty Street around 8:00 a.m. when an SUV was turning onto Madison Street. She was taken to a local hospital with moderate injuries.

Several privately-owned surveillance cameras helped police arrest a man suspected of an alleyway arson. The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office charged 25-year-old Jeffrey Springmeyer of first-degree arson and resisting arrest Sunday. Springmeyer is currently in the Boone County Jail, held on a $25,000 bond. Columbia firefighters put out the fire in the alleyway on Eighth Street

A Columbia man is facing charges Monday after reportedly torturing a woman. David Hatton, Jr., 48, was charged with kidnapping and first degree domestic assault. Although Hatton was charged with kidnapping, no one was abducted Columbia police said. Officers responded to a report of a domestic assault on Ammonette Street around 9:30 p.m. Friday that

One person was flown to the hospital following a car crash in Morgan County Monday night. The Missouri highway Patrol confirms the one-car crash happened on Highway 5. As of 9:15 p.m., a trooper was still on scene. ABC 17 News is working to find out what caused the crash and the condition of the

We will continue to have cool nights and warm days through the work week with afternoon high temperatures staying in the lower 80s. The 30 year average high temperature is 86 for the end of August which we will reach Sunday. Spotty storms are possible Friday with a slight storm chance again Saturday as an

A Cole County builder accused of taking money from customers and not completing construction work may have more trouble coming. In May, customers told ABC 17 News Ken Jinson, who also goes by Scott Jinson, charged them thousands of dollars for construction work he never completed. One customer said the work he did do was