Month: June 2013

Columbia’s newest high school officially opened to the public ahead of classes Sunday afternoon. Summer classes start Monday. Muriel Battle High School was dedicated before hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members. A ribbon was ceremoniously cut Sunday at 2 p.m. Battle High School is Columbia’s fourth high school and features the district’s latest

A woman was arrested after several agencies found suspected meth at a home in Belle. Kelley Mayer, 45, has already bonded out of jail. Maries County Sheriff’s deputies along with Belle police and the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group served a search warrant at 220 South Highway 28 in Belle. Inside they found suspected meth

Jefferson City leaders are getting ready for the Missouri River to crest at more than 30 feet this weekend, topping some city levies. City Administrator Nathan Nickolaus told ABC 17 News the flooding of this river is moving faster and higher than floods he had seen in the past. Mayor Eric Struemph issued a news

The body of a missing Eldon teenager has been found, according to police and an ABC 17 News crew at the scene. Donald Parker, 17, went missing Friday night after being sucked into a drainage pipe. “Just sorrow,” described Eldon Mayor Ronald Bly. “We hate to see something like this happen. When it rains and