Month: May 2014

A Columbia family made it out of their mobile home when it caught fire early Thursday. The fire started shortly after 3 a.m. in the 5300 block of St. Charles Road south of I-70. Nine people were inside at the time, four adults and five children. All got out without serious injury: a child was

High school district baseball: Jefferson City 0, Rock Bridge 5Mexico 7, Boonville 2Blair Oaks 8, Fatima 11Sullivan 2, Eldon 5Pilot Grove 1, New Franklin2 Girls district soccer: Tolton 0, Boonville 6Rock Bridge 0, Hickman 1

Emergency crews who keep the people of Jefferson City safe are using new technology to keep themselves safe while fighting fires. When the alarm sounds, every second counts. And Interim Fire Chief Jason Turner says so does firefighter safety. With new technology, commanders at the Jefferson City Fire Department can track exactly where each firefighter

Joseph Arbeiter is a name most of us had never heard of before this month. Arbeiter is the Sedalia man accused of killing a woman, dismembering her body, and leaving her remains on his property. The killing prompted a closer look at his past. There’s a criminal history for various crimes. There are trips in

A Columbia motel shut down for a month has a chance to be rehabbed and reopened. A St. Louis man, Abid Ali, told ABC 17 News he bought the Providence Inn and Suites, despite the laundry list of problems health and fire inspectors found. Right now, the health department has declared nearly every room unfit

In the last four years, Flat Branch Creek has been closed twice for dangerous bacteria levels. Wednesday, Columbia Public Works was out at Flat Branch Creek dye-testing a storm drain. The test results showed good news that the storm drain and sanitary sewage system are not crossing over. The test results showed good news that

American Red Cross said 10 people die every day in America from drowning. This makes drowning the second most common unintentional death in the U.S. The American Red Cross gave statistics that said one in three black American’s can’t swim, nor can half of the white population surveyed. Gale Blomenkamp with the Boone County Fire

A Jefferson City man was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for distributing heroin. 36-year-old Brian Boykin, also known as “Denormus Okain” or “B”, was charged in a 3 count indictment. That indictment said Boykin allegedly distributed heroin on 2 separate occasions in Cole County in November. Boykin was also charged with one count

A Columbia man was charged Wednesday in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury for distributing heroin to a Columbia teen who died of a suspected heroin overdose. A federal criminal complaint was filed against 27-year-old Jon Patrick “Doom” Washington on May 7. The government has filed a motion asking to have Washington held

Police have confirmed a Columbia man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly ramming a woman’s car into a tree. Officers say Jajuan Morrissette hit the victim’s vehicle several times around 6 a.m. on Tuesday near Quail and Nelwood drives. She then lost control and slammed into a tree. Investigators say Morrissette also walked up the

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an order halting the planned execution of Missouri death row inmate, Russell Bucklew. Attorney General Chris Koster said Tuesday night that the full U.S. Supreme Court will consider Bucklew’s pending requests for a stay of execution. Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew filed a motion for a stay of

A Columbia woman got more than she ordered when she went out to dinner. She got the surprise of her life when her son, a soldier, showed up after nearly a year in Afghanistan! Soldier Brian Gardner found out he was getting to come back home to the U.S. back in March, but kept it

Millions of consumers look to upgrade their cell phone each year, but what do you do with you old phone? Many let it collect dust in a drawer, but others look to make some money by reselling it online. Jumping on Craigslist in an ABC 17 News Special Report, we found dozens of cell phones

Rock Bridge golf used two top ten finishes from Jack Knoesel and Matt Echelmeier to help propel the Bruins to a Class 4 state title. It is their first state title since the 2011 season. Tolton golfer Jack Parker shot +3 at the state tournament, winning the Class 1 individual title while helping the Blazers

Mizzou golf starts NCAA championship play this Friday after clinching its second nationals berth under head coach Mark Leroux. The Tigers will lean on senior captains Emilio Cuartero and Hunter Kraus. Both battled for the individual title, with Cuartero taking first place. The senior Spaniard scored a 7-under 65 in his final round at The

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, during the late hours of the Columbia City Council meeting, Mayor Bob McDavid made a proposal – increase an already-low property tax. McDavid proposed the city raise property taxes by 30 cents to fund increased staffing at Columbia’s police and fire departments. The 11-year tax would start small.

A controversial power line project carrying wind energy across Missouri counties continues to find opposition in Mid-Missouri counties. Tuesday, the president of the company building the Grain Belt Express Clean Line offered answers. The 750 mile long, high voltage transmission line would run through Chariton, Randolph and Monroe counties as it travels from Kansas to

Chipotle stated they do not allow firearms in their buildings after two men walked into one of their food chains in Texas last weekend. Missouri statute has laws regarding how to make it illegal to carry a firearm in a building, even if the holder is carrying it legally. Boone County Sheriff’s Department, Major Tom

Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew’s rare birth defect will make his execution, slated for just after midnight Wednesday, an “excruciating” process, his lawyer says. And she hopes to prove it by videotaping her client’s death, a motion a federal court has denied. In what would be the first execution since Oklahoma’s botched procedure last

A St. Elizabeth teacher has been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography after being arrested last week by the Highway Patrol. 24-year-old Stephen Strobel is no longer works for the St. Elizabeth R-IV School District where he was a band teacher and track coach. According to court documents, Strobel had pornographic digital