Month: May 2014

Columbia fire and medics were on scene of a truck that had crashed into a duplex apartment Saturday evening. The crash happened at 3215 Mexico Gravel Road in north Columbia around 6:15 p.m. One man was taken to a local hospital, but his name and condition had not been released. An ABC 17 News crew

A south Columbia home had minor smoke damage after a fire destroyed an adjoining garage Saturday morning. Boone County Fire Protection District crews responded to 4320 South Brushwood Lake Road around 9:36 a.m. for reports of a building on fire. Battalion Chief Gale Blomenkamp told ABC 17 News later that the cause remained under investigation.

The Columbia Police Department responded to a home invasion robbery in the 2200 block of High Oak Courts Friday evening. A release stated the call came in at 4:51 p.m. after two armed suspects entered the home and forced those inside to empty their pockets. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of money and fled

Two men opened fire inside a Boonville Break Time convenience store early Saturday morning. Police said one gunshot was fired inside the business during an armed robbery around 3:40 a.m. Saturday. “It was not shot toward anyone,” Det. Randall Ayers of the Boonville Police Department told ABC 17. “It was aimed more at the floor…probably

Elected officials at the State Capitol will take an extended break. Missouri’s 97th legislative session ended Friday night, with both parties failing to put priority items on the Governor’s desk. Republican lawmakers entered the session earlier this year with right-to-work laws as a top priority. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives, failed to

Friday afternoon, the No. 15 Missouri rallied to beat Bradley 6-5 in eight innings. After losing a four to nothing lead, Corrin Genovese lead the Tigers to a come back at the bottom of the eighth in the second game of the NCAA Softball Tournament regional bracket. Casey Stangel started in the circle as ace

On Friday afternoon, the No. 46 Mizzou golf team is in third place after two days of the Columbia Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Shooting a 15 under par, No. 46 Mizzou is only two strokes behind No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 24 Arkansas who are tied for first. Mizzou’s Hunter Kraus is in first

Graduation weekend is a time of celebration, family, and numerous DWI arrests. With around 5,400 students graduating this weekend, police said they expect more drunk drivers than normal. And they’ll be out looking for them through sobriety checkpoints. There is a sobriety checkpoint on Friday night, and another one expected throughout the weekend. Last year,

On Friday, tens of thousands of people made their way into Columbia for graduation weekend. The University of Missouri ceremonies kicked off Friday afternoon and run through Sunday. Both MoDOT and the city expect traffic delays, but especially on Highway 63. The weekend construction has the northbound lanes on 63 between Grindstone and Stadium down

The daughter of a Columbia bicyclist killed on I-70 near mile marker 130 last Octoberhas filed a lawsuit in Boone County Court. 36-year-old Ennis Patrick was killed on October 26, 2013. Columbia Police conducted a 2 month investigation into his death. The investigation concluded, “it was likely the bicyclist was in the main-traveled portion of

An Audrain County man is headed to prison after beating a woman unconscious in late 2012. ABC 17 News confirmed Jordan Shelton of Mexico was sentenced on Friday to 10 years behind bars for the attack. He has to serve a minimum of at least eight and a half years. Witnesses came forward and said

Publishers Clearing House has opened their sweepstakes with an opportunity to win cash and prizes. However, scammers are trying to take advantage. One local resident fell victim to a scam associated with the sweepstakes. It started with a phone call saying they were a big winner in the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. All they needed

Jefferson City police have arrested a man wanted in a rape and burglary case. Police have been looking for Dana Day Jr., 24, for more than a month and caught up to him Thursday night. He was arrested in the 300 block of Jackson Street, after fleeing a traffic stop where he was a passenger

The Cole County Commission has decided to place a county-wide zoning issue on the August ballot. The decision was made in Friday morning’s meeting. Currently Cole County Public Works is holding a series of informational public meetings to go over the proposed zoning plan and code. The purpose of the meetings is to help people

Matthes applauded the work of city staff the past few years to balance the general revenue fund. Some of those steps also included employees waiting longer for raises, and police and firefighters taking less generous pensions. Now, some of those pay increases are coming back. Matthes said city employees across the board will receive a

Two Columbia city buses collided just after 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon at the intersection of College Avenue and Stadium Blvd. Fire crews responded to the scene and found the buses upright in the southbound lane of College Ave. Two people were treated by ambulance personnel for non-life threatening injuries.

A Higbee elementary school teacher could be facing charges after she was arrested this week for assault. ABC 17 News learned through the school’s website and parents that 40-year-old Deborah Walker is a 4th grade teacher. Sources told ABC 17 News Walker was arrested after ramming her car into the car of a 20-year-old Higbee

Right now, Missouri is one of 44 states using the common core standards to prepare students for college and careers. The federal government doesn’t require the standards, governors and state education leaders pushed their creation. But in the past few years common core has become controversial across the u.s., just in the last year here

The University of Missouri will ask for proposals from private developers who would partner with the university to build and operate a future child care facility on campus. The announcement follows a report from a task force created to examine the need for child care on campus. The main supporters of university child care are

The Republican-led Missouri Legislature has passed legislation that would task groups of parents and educators with writing new benchmarks for student achievement. The measure sent to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday could pave the way for Missouri to become the second state to ditch the Common Core Standards, which have been adopted by more