Month: July 2013

Local law enforcement has received several complaints of door-to-door salespeople from Columbia residents over the last several weeks. Residents say they are concerned the salespeople have more dangerous motives than just making sales; they believe they are casing homes, or worse, trying to abduct children. Boone County Sheriff’s Detective Tom O’Sullivan says that most of

Firefighters extinguished a small fire at the University of Missouri Power Plant Wednesday morning. Around 7 a.m., the Columbia Fire Department responded to the plant off Fifth Street for a report of a fire. Firefighters found a small fire in the west ash collection silo. Crews shut down airflow to the silo and the fire

Crews repaired a gas line that was ruptured during construction on Stadium Boulevard. Around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, the Columbia Fire Department was called to the intersection of Stadium and Broadway for a report of broken gas line. According to Columbia Public Works spokesperson Steve Sapp, crews hit a two-inch gas line while doing construction for

Lightning is being blamed for a building fire Wednesday morning near the Lake of the Ozarks. Firefighters were called to a commercial structure fire around 3:37 a.m. at the Porter’s Building Center in Greenview. The business is located at 143 North State Highway 7. It took firefighters about one hour to put out the fire,

The Jefferson City Animal Shelter is now under new leadership. Dr. Corey McCann is now the official animal shelter veterinarian and animal control program director. Under McCann’s advice, the shelter will now be euthanizing sick and dangerous animals through injection instead of a gas chamber. The gas chamber was unpopular with the public, as many

Locating a 911 caller can be the difference between life or death in some situations. But some counties in rural areas can’t afford the technology allowing emergency crews to locate callers on cellphones. “The new 911 systems will allow a cellphone to be picked up, and the location,” Randolph County Sheriff Mark Nichols told ABC

The Osage County Sheriff’s Office has issued a public safety alert after several complaints by residents of people going door-to-door to sell educational materials. Some of the residents claim the salespeople are casing homes in the western and southern parts of Osage County to potentially abduct children. The Sheriff’s Office confirms this is only speculation

Callaway County sheriff’s deputies arrested an Auxvasse man for outstanding warrants that were issued in 2012. They saw Tyron Trower, 40, driving on Highway 54 near Kingdom City and pulled him over. In addition to the warrants – one for resisting arrest (running from police), the other for violating his parole – the deputies arrested

Columbia city leaders have spent the past few weeks giving lip service to tackling an increase in the frequency, severity and location of violent crimes. But a city-proposed solution could still be one year off. At a city council meeting on Monday, July 1, Mayor Bob McDavid proposed the task force as an alternative to

The Columbia Regional Airport is staying busy this summer. Since March, airport officials haven’t paid American Airlines for lack of people flying. The American flight to Chicago Tuesday was even overbooked. One traveler said this is the first time she’s seen this happen. Although it is concerning to travelers, it’s situations like this that makes

A judge found a Lebanon, Mo. man guilty of a brutal 2010 triple-murder in Mid-Missouri. On Tuesday, a Camden County judge found 53-year-old Morris A. McCabe guilty on three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of armed criminal action. McCabe was convicted of killing Don Myers, Don Young and Sally Amos in December 2010

Columbia Water & Light officials are blaming equipment failure for the cause of a Sunday morning power outage that left 6,000 customers without electricity. That outage was the fourth such outage ABC 17 News has reported since earlier this year. While the city wants to improve its infrastructure, it does not believe it has reached

A jury found the third and final suspect in a Jefferson City murder guilty Tuesday afternoon. The jury found Khiry Summers guilty of murder, robbery and armed criminal action after less than 90 minutes of deliberation. He is accused of killing Keith Mosley last April during a drug deal. The jury had the task of

A Mid-Missouri woman was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for killing a toddler. Roshell Dawn Johnson, 37, pleaded guilty in April to voluntary manslaughter and child abuse. Johnson was charged in the January 2008 death of 20-month-old Ocean McCoy after shaking the child. The girl suffered serious brain injuries she sustained while in

Numerous accidents have slowed traffic on I-70 through Mid-Missouri Tuesday afternoon. One accident on I-70 eastbound near mile marker 135 and the Boone-Callaway county line had traffic at a standstill. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the accident involved two vehicles that rolled over with one van on its side. Sources told ABC 17

We are a mere 53 days away from the first College Football Saturday – and yes, that is a proper noun – of 2013. It’s about time, then, you get a primer for this upcoming season, because we all know the thirst for college football in this nation, or football of any kind, is never

Columbia police released their Fourth of July fireworks statistics. Between July 3 and 7, officers responded to 273 fireworks complaints within city limits. Officers arrested 10 people in seven separate incidents. Those arrested were released on a summons to appear in municipal court for possession and/or discharged of fireworks. According to police, during the same

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of metal from a Kingdom City company. Deputies responded to a business in the 5600 block of Old Highway 40 for a report of stolen scrap metal. According to law enforcement, a “large amount” of steel pipes were taken from the company. Deputies say the pipes

IKEA broke ground Tuesday morning on its first store in the Midwest. The popular Swedish furniture maker held a groundbreaking for a store just outside of Kansas City. The 359,000 square-foot store will be built in Merriam, Kan. off of I-35, eight miles southwest of Kansas City. The store is set to open in fall

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released its DWI saturation enforcement campaign numbers from the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Over the long holiday weekend, troopers conducted increased patrols at the Lake of the Ozarks, in Cooper County and every 20 miles on I-70 in Mid-Missouri. At the Lake of the Ozarks, water patrol troopers stopped