Month: June 2013

Route Z interchange improvements will continue Monday. MODOT said St. Charles Road at Route Z will close to allow for construction of a roundabout at that intersection. Motorists will need to take an alternate route to avoid that area. Work on the diverging diamond interchange at I-70 and Stadium will require the eastbound Stadium on-ramp

Launching fireworks is illegal within most major city limits across the area – including Columbia, Jefferson City and Osage Beach. Columbia police said they’re stepping up patrols this holiday week. Extra officers will be on duty to handle calls through Friday. ABC 17 Newstallied up nearly 20 fireworks calls just overnight Saturday. CPD said in

A Jefferson City movie staple has closed its doors, likely for the final time. Truman 4 Theatres had a “For Sale” sign in front of it Sunday evening, when the last showing of the film “Epic” began. Managers told ABC 17 News the cost to transition from showing movies on film to new digital projections

A boil order for one Boone County water district has been extended into the start of the holiday week. Public Water Supply District 10 pushed the end time for the boil order back to noon Monday. The order affects customers on the following roads: Rockhollow Road Barber Road Kraus Road Devils Washboard Road Carr Lane

A Mission, Kan. man drowned Saturday morning at the Lake of the Ozarks after suffering a heart attack. Carl Migliazzo, 48, was pulled from the Monarch Cove (1.7 mile marker) dock around 11:45 a.m. He was taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital. His brother, Matthew, told ABC 17 News Sunday he got Migliazzo out

Two people are dead following a motorcycle versus car crash in Miller County Sunday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 4:20 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 54 and Route AA. Troopers say an SUV driven by Elva Farris, 77, of Olean, Mo. was crossing the eastbound lanes of

Using curfews to fight crime has been debated all over the country. Columbia’s City Manager Mike Matthes’ report said some cities have seen reduced crime during curfew hours, but others only show mixed results. Second Ward Councilman Michel Trapp said the research doesn’t convince him. “These are a series of adult-on-adult crimes and I don’t

Boone County deputies arrested a Columbia man Sunday morning when the car he was driving registered in their system as stolen. Chet Jones was driving a 2010 Honda on westbound Interstate 70 just after midnight when a deputy’s license plate reader alerted patrol the car had been stolen. According to a news release, the deputy

Cole County sheriffs deputies said Sunday they are on track to have more DWI arrests this year than in 2012. A Saturday night checkpoint yielded only one driving while intoxicated arrest. Seven people were picked up for license violations. In all, deputies stopped 406 vehicles during the checkpoint on Highway 54 at Hammond Drive. MoDOT

The former Missouri Tiger power forward has signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.Bowers says he is extremely grateful for the opportunity, adding he can’t wait to play for his hometown team. Bowers, who grew up in Memphis, signed with the Grizzlies Friday night. He averaged 14.1 points a game and 6.1 rebounds as a senior. He

Columbia police say the man who broke into an Anthony Street home Saturday morning has the same description as a burglar earlier this week. A 19-year-old woman reported she was nearly sexually assaulted in her bedroom just after 3:30 a.m. Saturday. She told police she woke up to a man in her room, but he

A celebration of life service for Eliot Battle was held in downtown Columbia Saturday. Battle’s family, friends and many former students gathered at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary of Missouri United Methodist Church on Ninth Street. He helped integrate students during his 40-year tenure with the district. Dr. Battle leaves behind a legacy that touched

22-year-old Jernail Hickmon was arrested on Friday for allegedly knocking a woman unconscious at a Jefferson City gas station. A car tried to pull into the Break Time on Clark Avenue Thursday night, but a crowd blocking the lot refused to move. After a long pause, pedestrians stepped aside, and the suspect went to a

A group of concerned citizens are taking to the streets of downtown Columbia tonight to do what they can to reduce crime. They hope their efforts will show how a community can prevent violence. The group met at 10th and Broadway where a witness’s video showed someone firing shots into a large crowd. The goal

A Rolla woman is in jail, accused of stabbing her boyfriend this week. Phelps County deputies responded to a call of a disturbance with a knife in the 900 block of Lanning Lane Wednesday. They found a 49-year-old man with stab wounds. The man claimed his girlfriend, 48-year-old Patsy Beal, had attacked him. Beal remained

A man wanted in Callaway County and the state of Illinois was arrested in Columbia Thursday night. Officers located Jamaal Radcliffe in Douglass Park around 10 p.m. in a car with expired tags. Radcliffe has an active felony warrant out of Illinois for a robbery charge and a misdemeanor warrant from Callaway County for speeding.

Funeral services have been announced for Macala Shelton, the Iberia teenager murdered over the weekend. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 2 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia. Services will follow immediately at 11 a.m. with interment in Hawkins Cemetery near Iberia. The City of Iberia has set up a

Governor Jay Nixon said Friday he is restricting $400 million from the state’s budget, three days before it goes into effect. The $25 billion budget is for the fiscal year which starts July 1. The restrictions include more than $100 million from education, state workers won’t be getting pay raises, and lay offs to 1,000

Jefferson City officials closed America’s Best Value Inn on Jefferson Street and a local business structure on Industrial Drive for multiple violations. At America’s Best Value Inn, inspectors found life and safety violations, including a non-functioning alarm system, along with compromised fire walls and electrical violations. Inspectors also found hotels room that were being used

A Friday morning accident prompted emergency crews to shut down both lanes of I-70 near the Highway 63 connector. The interstate was closed for about 15 minutes. According to the Columbia Police Department, traffic ahead of the tractor-trailer stopped abruptly, causing the driver to veer off the side of the road to avoid hitting cars.