Month: March 2014

Following multiple shots fired complaints from neighbors, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department investigated an apartment at 765 Demaret Drive Tuesday. Investigators found a digital scale, drug packaging material, drug paraphernalia, and a small amount of methamphetamine. They also found a 9mm handgun. 18-year-old Dillon Ames was arrested and charged for felony possession of a controlled

Sunday’s fire at Crown Center Farms has been ruled unintentional by Columbia Fire Department Investigators. Battalion Chief Brad Frazier said in a news release that the fire started in the southeast corner of the building, in the vicinity of a furnace. That furnace could not be ruled out as a potential cause. The scene has

If you own your own business, do you have religious freedom? Can the government make you pay for abortions if it’s something you don’t believe in? Those are questions at the heart of the “Hobby Lobby” case, which involves Hobby Lobby owners, the Greens, and the U.S. government. Arguments were heard Monday by the supreme

A former Ashland bank chairman was sentenced in federal court Tuesday afterpleading guilty to using public funds to purchase a luxury vacation condo. 48-year-old Darryl Woods, President and CEO of Mainstreet Bank in Ashlandwas sentenced to 8 months in Reality Halfway House in Columbia, followed by4 months of house arrest, and one year of supervised

Boone County firefighters have battled 26 fires in just four days. And they said with the high winds expected Wednesday, the risk for an out-of-control fire is only getting worse. In just four days, two fires have burned barns to the ground. They also spread to the grass and threatened the homes nearby. A local

The search continues for two suspects involved in an armed robbery on West Havens Drive Monday night. Officers and deputies as well as the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a call of shots fired just after 8:30 p.m. Monday to the street just north of Columbia. Deputies found out the suspects confronted the victim

Columbia Police, Boone County Deputies, and Highway Patrol are looking for two suspects in an armed robbery that happened Monday night in the 200 block of West Havens Drive near the Clearview subdivision. A victim was shot at several times after giving the suspects what they wanted. At around 8:30 p.m., a man was walking

A state tax credit program is costing taxpayers millions, according to state auditor Tom Schweich. The historic preservation tax credit gives breaks to developers who renovate old homes and commercialbuildings around the state. An audit released Tuesday claims there are times when only 49 cents per tax credit dollar goes tofunding the reconstruction of these

Boone County firefighters were called to a structure fire just after noon Tuesday near Highway 63 north of Columbia on Barnes Road, just south of Sturgeon. An outside fire quickly spread, destroying a 40 foot by 40 foot barn. When crews arrived, the barn was fully engulfed in fire, which also spread to the nearby

A Texas man is being held in the Boone County Jail after his arrest in a child sex crimes case. Investigators say on Monday they arrested La’Anthony Murphy, 24, on suspicion of statutory sodomy and furnishing pornographic materials to a minor. Deputies say the victim is under the age of 13 and told them she

The Cole County Sheriff’s office canceled an Endangered Silver Advisory on Tuesday for Jesse Lee Lipson, 65, of Jefferson City. Lipson was found safe in the St. Louis area. Lipson first left his home at 2307 Schott Road around 11 Monday morning on foot. He has Alzheimer’s and dementia. Police say he is known to

Residents of a north Columbia neighborhood have become familiar with the sight of police cars after two shootings in two weeks. The Columbia Police Department has become familiar with the mile stretch of Derby Ridge Drive between Smiley Lane and Auburn Hills Park., as well. The police’s dispatch log shows the department made 31 stops

All Columbia apartment complexes will be up to fire code by the deadline next week, according to the Columbia Fire Department. In December of 2012, The Columbia Fire Department sent notices to 30 complexes in the city, telling them they had one year to bring their buildings up to the current city codes. In April

Monday night Jefferson City Council members heard from the public in the last open meeting before they make their, “one or none” vote to proceed with the conference center. Only 13 people addressed the council, and the majority of them were in favor of the downtown proposal. ABC 17 News asked several council members if

2014 National wrestling champion J’den Cox says he’s still looking to improve. On Saturday night, Cox won the 197 lbs weight class NCAA Championship title becoming the youngest Mizzou All-American, youngest Mizzou champion and the first Tiger to make the Championship round since 2010. Cox said despite winning over the weekend, he will take some

21-year-old Emmanuel Guillen was charged in federal court Monday with one count of having methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and one count of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Guillen is a citizen of Mexico who lives in Russellville. Authorities searched Guillen’s home last Thursday to investigate alleged drug sales taking

An inner-city baseball league is struggling to find support and organizers blame its name. Douglass Park’s Youth Baseball League recruits young players, but playing on a field where a string of crimes have happened concerns parents. Sam Brady, the league’s coordinator, said the co-ed league averages between 100 and 150 kids every summer. This year,

A home in east Columbia is slightly damaged after a truck hit the side of an apartment building. A man blamed his dogs, which were inside the vehicle at the time. “I looked outside, there were fire trucks and I came to see what was going on and my truck’s just crashed into this building.

Planned changes at Helias Catholic High School in Jefferson City will come a little sooner after an announcement from Dean of Students Stan Ochsner . Ochsnerhas decided to retire at the end of this school year, and Sister Barbara Niest will pursue other avenues of ministry with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Niest is

The Columbia Fire Department has determined that the fire started on the second floor deck of unit 824 at Country Club Apartments on Saturday afternoon. Total damage was estimated at $650,000. All eight apartments in the building have been evacuated. The call came in around 4 p.m. Saturday when neighbors and witnesses showed up to