Month: March 2013

Emergency management officials throughout Missouri prepared for spring storms by activating tornado sirens during a drill on Tuesday afternoon. We wanted to know if a tornado were to hit Boone County, would officials be able to react because the county has no official emergency management director right now. The 911 center is also undermanned. They

ABC 17 News has learned that the Chamois Power Plant in Osage County will close. The Central Electric Power Cooperative decided to shut down the plant due to new mandates from the Environmental Protection Agency. In order to come into compliance with new rules from the EPA, the plant would have to undergo pollution-reducing upgrades

An AMBER alert has been issued Saturday for a one-year-old girl, who apparently was kidnapped from a Save-a-Lot store in Springfield, Missouri. Harmony J. Blue is a black girl standing about two feet tall and weighs about 21 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a blue one-piece sleeper.

Meteorological winter, which runs from the beginning of December to the end of February, ended up being one of the warmest and snowiest on record. In Columbia, the 2012-2013 Winter was the 16th warmest (compared to last winter’s third warmest), with an average temperature of 35.7 degrees. It was also the 15th snowiest. Columbia picked

Mid-Missouri authorities are currently looking for a man found guilty for multiple counts of statutory sodomy. Sean Price was due in court on Friday for sentencing but never showed up. Price was convicted in Boone County last month on a change of venue and could face life in prison. The victim was 7 years-old at

Sleet and snow created slick roads and highways across mid-Missouri Sunday night. There were 50 crashes on Missouri Highways Sunday, dozens along Interstate 70. Both MODOT and Columbia Public Works said they have crews working overnight to prepare the roads for the morning commute. But the extreme temperatures are causing some challenges. Crews are having