Month: June 2014

A Clive, Iowa man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday after falling overboard. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports, 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson was being transported for a boating while intoxicated arrest around 5:23 p.m. Troopers said he then walked to the starboard side of the boat and either fell or jumped overboard.

Every Monday, ABC 17 News is teaming up with law enforcement to findMid-Missouri’s most wantedcriminals. Click here to see a slideshow. This Monday, we looked into active warrants in Columbia, Jefferson City, and Callaway County. In Columbia, police are seeking any information leading to the whereabouts of 37-year-old Anthony “Stank” Jones, who is wanted for

Two Colorado children are recovering Monday after their bounce house broke loose and took them on a wild ride. It happened over the weekend when a gust of wind blew the large inflatable slide nearly 300 feet. A girl was thrown off the slide and a boy was carried along with it. Both suffered minor

A Columbia man was sentenced to 7 years in prison Monday afternoon for the deadly crash that killed a 24-year-old woman and severely injured a New Bloomfield police officer. 22-year-old Spencer Gordon pleaded guilty in March to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of 2nd degree assault following the crash. Investigators said Gordon’s vehicle and another

An Imperial, Mo. man was killed in a head-on crash in Sunrise Beach on Saturday afternoon. The crash happened just after 2 p.m. on State Route MM near Chimney Point Road and the investigation closed that road for several hours. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 55-year-old Patrick Rayburn swerved to miss an SUV

A home in Boone County was damaged by fire early Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the home in the 15,000 block of Old Number 7 off Highway 124 shortly after midnight. Crews arrived to find the house completely on fire. Firefighters later determined the home to be a total loss. There are no reported

Two men robbed a convenience store at gunpoint north of Columbia late Sunday night. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, the men had a gun when they robbed the FastLane on Hinton Road around 11:30 p.m. Both men were dressed to hide their identities. They ran away after stealing cash, then left in a

Click the video link to watch Sunday Sit-Down. This week’s guest is Rus Baer, high school sports writer from the Columbia Daily Tribune. Rus and ABC 17’s Austin Kim recap the stars of the state high school track championships, preview state baseball and when Rock Bridge wideout Alex Ofodile may make a decision.

Summer humidity brings pesky mosquitoes to parks and trails in Columbia. Columbia Parks and Recreation and the Columbia-Boone County Health Department will start spraying for mosquitoes along trails in Columbia on Monday. The work was scheduled for between midnight and 6 a.m. because lower temperatures are when mosquitoes are most active. The city said in

The Special Olympics ended Sunday night in Columbia, after three days of competition across town. But the games will not return to Columbia next summer. The Special Olympics will be held in Springfield in 2015, part of a rotation that happens every three or four years. “We were actually at Springfield before coming to Columbia

Road work got underway Sunday night on Route 5 through Boonville. The Missouri Department of Transportation started repairs on the stretch of highway between Fugua Road and Glenlake Drive at 5 p.m. One lane was scheduled for closure each night from 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. through Thursday, June 12.