Month: July 2013

A Camden County man appeared in court Tuesday, charged with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child after a weekend crash. Matthew J. Richards, 34, of Camdenton was arrested Saturday night after he crashed a van into a tree on Mayfair Drive and then fled the scene. According to the Missouri State Highway

Law enforcement in Boone County are crediting license plate readers for making three arrests in recent weeks. The license plate readers, or LPRs, have helped Sheriff’s deputies find a convicted felon, a murder suspect and a stolen vehicle all within the past month. Supporters say the LPRs should not cause privacy concerns to ordinary citizens.

We’re at the halfway point of the Major League season. Small sample sizes no longer exist. The numbers in the win-loss column, the numbers on the back of the baseball card, they are no longer a trend. They are the truth. We know who is good. We know who is bad. We know who is

Missouri has made the top ten list of the best state highway systems in the nation. A highway report released Tuesday shows Missouri ranked eighth in overall highway performance and efficiency. The Show-Me State ranks first in rural interstate pavement conditions, 16th in urban interstate congestion, 18th in urban interstate pavement condition, 28th in fatality

Firework sellers say sales are up this year, but emergency crews are warning about the dangers of fireworks. This time last year, more than 5,000 people in the United States went to the emergency room because of fireworks injuries. More than half were burns to the hands and face, but those numbers were an improvement

The Ozark Shores Water Company has issued a boil advisory for customers living near the Village of Four Seasons. Residents living along Cherokee Road and tributaries northeast of the Cherokee Road and Linn Creek Road intersection are under the boil advisory. The utility company says a water main was damaged by a contractor working in

Emergency crews responded to a south Columbia home Tuesday morning after a car crashed through the home. Around 11:15 a.m., a car traveling on W. Green Meadows Road crashed into the home’s garage, then traveled through the outer wall of the garage and into the home’s front yard. Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Brad Fraizer

Groundbreaking medical research with hundreds of thousands of dollars in initial funding from the University of Missouri is set to gain wider exposure. The UM System gave $200,000 to EternoGen through the Enterprise Investment Program. On Tuesday, EternoGen and the UM System announced the company gained nearly $1.5 million in additional funding and will enter

Jefferson City’s Salute To America, a two-day Independence Day celebration, kicks off Wednesday and that means large crowds will be flooding into the Capitol City. Organizers expect around 50,000 people to attend the events on July 3 and 4. The Jefferson City Police Department has been working with the Salute To America planners for months

Sheriff’s deputies in Morgan County have four suspects in custody for a string of burglaries targeting a specific religious denomination. Between June 16-24, several burglaries were reported at Mennonite-owned business in northern Morgan County. The Sheriff’s Office searched a home on June 26 in Stover in connection with the burglary cases. In the residence, deputies

The Missouri State Treasurer’s office is breaking records this year. According to Treasurer Clint Zweifel, the office has returned more than $39.5 million in unclaimed property to 135,000 accounts for the 2013 fiscal year. Those totals broke the records for property and accounts returned. Last year, $38.2 million in unclaimed property was returned to 130,000

Police arrested three Capitol City residents during a search of their home in connection with a recent shots fired incident. Last week, Jefferson City police investigated a shots fired on June 24 on E. Dunklin Street. On Tuesday, the city’s SWAT team served a search warrant at 1111 E. Dunklin Street after investigators determined the

On Tuesday, Boone Hospital officials have announced that a new president has been chosen. Jim Sinek will take over Aug. 12. Sinek is coming from Norfolk, Neb. where he was president and CEO of Faith Regional Health Services. “He has a proven track record of taking hospitals to even higher levels of performance and we

The Missouri Department of Revenue announced Monday it will stop scanning sensitive documents during the licensing process. DOR issued the directive to license offices after pressure from state lawmakers. According to an internal departmental email, the change in scanning procedures mirrors Senate Bill 252. Monday afternoon, Gov. Nixon signed the bill into law. The bill

Columbia City Council was against a city-wide teen curfew discussed at the council meeting Monday night. Instead the councilsaid they were moving forward to build a youth anti-violence task force. The council has two weeks to come up with approximately 13 people who they think should be a part of the task force. After four

With the Fourth of July holiday quickly approaching, Boone County officials are urging residents to not call 911 to report fireworks. Boone County Public Safety Joint Communications is asking residents to use the non-emergency phone number for fireworks complaints. Residents can call (573) 442-6131 to make a report of fireworks. Officials say if someone is

A Columbia man was arrested Sunday in connection with two incidents involving a gun. On Sunday, police responded to the 3300 block of Premier Lane for a report of a disturbance with a weapon. Officers arrested 45-year-old Lester Lee Davis and say he allegedly pointed a gun at a female victim and threatened others. In

On Monday, subsidized student loan interest rates doubled, leaving many parents and students upset and concerned. Congress had the chance to prevent the increase from happening before lawmakers went on the Fourth of July break. The House passed the bill, but it never went anywhere in the Senate. Financial aid leaders tell ABC 17 News

An ongoing major construction project in Boone County has one road closed. St. Charles Road is now closed at Route Z as crews start building a roundabout at that intersection. This construction is happening at the same time as work continues to connect the new Route Z overpass to I-70. The $2 million project is

A downtown bank was evacuated Monday morning due to a small fire. Columbia Fire Department crews responded to the Bank of America on Cherry Street around 11 a.m. and found a small fire in the air handling unit on the second floor of the building. Firefighters extinguished the fire in the equipment room and discovered