Month: December 2013

A Columbia man was arrested Monday for assaulting a woman with a handgun. Police say the incident happened on Feb. 4 in the 300 block of Highview Avenue. Officers say Curtis Jones, 27, got into an argument over drugs with a 48-year-old woman. According to police, Jones struck the woman in the head with a

Tuesday was the last day for Jefferson City citizens interested in serving the community to file for a run for City Council. Filing opened on Nov. 12th and ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday. A council seat from each of the city’s five wards is up for election when residents choose their next public servants. Now

Missouri defensive end Michael Sam has earned one of his biggest awards yet. The senior is now a consensus All-American after the AP placed the Mizzou star on its list Tuesday morning. Sam earned first team All-American honors from the Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation. With those three All-American honors, Sam has “consensus”

A longtime downtown Columbia restaurant will close its doors for good Tuesday night. Panera Bread officials say Tuesday is the last day the Ninth Street location will be in business. The St. Louis-based company opened a fourth location with a drive-thru near Highway 63 and Broadway last year. Panera says with the opening of that

A Camdenton man was killed Monday night in a deadly wreck in Camden County. The crash happened on Dry Hollow Road, just east of Highway D, around 11:20 p.m. Investigators say 36-year-old Shane Green’s SUV slid over the center line and off the road. The SUV then hit an embankment and flipped. Green was pronounced

Some neighborhoods in Columbia are still feeling the effects of the winter weather from last weekend. Jim Mallette lives on the west side of town. He said he’s mad his street is a sheet of ice. “The snow turned to ice. It’s dangerous to drive on or walk on. It’s just a bad situation,” Mallette

Air Evac announced Monday it will add a new base in Moberly, starting in 2014. The new base for the air ambulance service is expected to bring 15 new jobs to the city. The O’Fallon-based company says it will immediately begin construction of a heliport and facility on two acres at the Randolph County Ambulance

A Columbia man is heading to prison after confessing to several armed robberies. Orlando Collier, 24, pleaded guilty in Boone County court Monday and was sentenced to 12 years behind bars. Collier was arrested in May after a police chase ended near Business Loop 70. His car overturned after slamming into several vehicles at the

Repairs to a heating system at the Cole County Courthouse will cost approximately $5,000 more than expected. Work will begin Tuesday to fix the heat in the courthouse’s holding cells and is expected to be completed by Friday. The cost for the project will cost nearly $20,000. Due to a broken heater, temperatures in the

Nearly a dozen people dozen have been displaced following a Monday fire in the capital city. The American Red Cross says the fire happened Monday afternoon in an apartment on Broadway Street. One apartment sustained major damage and officials deemed it uninhabitable. Three adults and four children, ages 1, 3, 5 and 7, have been

A convicted murderer who was released from prison on parole admitted to robbing two banks. Hilary Miller, 41, pleaded guilty to robbing the Academic Credit Union on June 14, 2012 and Columbia Employee Credit Union on July 15, 2012. In Oct. 2012, Miller was arrested in St. Louis by Columbia and St. Louis officers, as

A St. Louis man, who has been deaf since birth, recently heard his daughter sing for the first time. Ken Stehle expected to see his 14-year-old daughter at her choir show, but he did not expect to hear her. His daughter Ashley was a surprise soloist at the Show Choir Christmas Concert at Villa Duchesne

Police are an investigating an armed robbery they say started as a drug deal. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to the parking lot of the Casey’s Convenience Store at 102 Eastland Drive. The 18-year-old victim told police between 12:30 and 1 a.m., he was sitting in his car in the Casey’s parking lot

Law enforcement in Mid-Missouri continue to search for man believed to have jumped off the Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City. On Thursday, police were called to the bridge for a report that a man may have jumped off the bridge. At the time, the caller told police she did not see the man jump,

Columbia police are investigating an overnight assault that left one man with serious head injuries. Just before 4 a.m. Monday, officers were called to the 100 block of Redwood Road after reports came in of a man yelling for help outside of his home. When officers arrived, they found the 49-year-old male victim with serious

Three Moberly residents were arrest Saturday night near Boise, Idaho for an attack and kidnapping that afternoon. Police in Meridian said the non-custodial mother of a five-year-old boy had planned to meet his father and visit the child Saturday. 26-year-old Korey MacDonald, her husband Jonathan MacDonald and her brother Joshua Reeves, all of Moberly, were

Mizzou basketball improved to 10-0, squeaking by Western Michigan 66-60 at Mizzou Arena on Sunday. The Tigers had four players in double figures, as Jabari Brown led the way with 15 points. Jordan Clarkson and Earnest Ross had 12 points while Tony Criswell ended with 10. Both teams were slow to get going in the

A Callaway County community is rallying for a family who lost nearly everything Thursday night in a house fire. Robert Walker, a husband and father died in the house fire in Millersburg. Investigators said he got his kids out of the home and then went back in to try to stop the flames from spreading.

Watch this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down, as Johnathan Williams III goes one-on-one with ABC 17’s Sherree Burruss. He talks about adjusting to college life, his increased role in Frank Haith’s system and his experience with Team USA.

The cause of a trailer fire in Apache Flats remained unclear Sunday night. Investigators told ABC 17 News a passerby spotted heavy smoke coming from a mobile home off Business 50 West around 5 p.m. The witness then drove a couple blocks to a nearby fire station and alerted crews there. When firefighters arrived on