Month: July 2014

Every Monday, ABC 17 News partners with Shelby’s Watch to highlight some of Mid-Missouri’s most wanted. Columbia Crime Stoppers is offering a $2000 reward for each arrest made from a tip related to the recent Columbia shootings. Columbia Police last week identified a man wanted in the July 3 shooting at Oak and Garth Street.

A Moberly man is in jail charged with multiple sex crimes involving minors. 30-year-old Randall Braden is charged with five counts of statutory rape, one count of statutory sodomy, one count of child neglect, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and four counts of sexual misconduct involving a child under the age

When he arrived back home Sunday morning around 8 a.m., Byron Hickam found his family home blackened by fire. He points inside a gaping hole in his house near his driveway. “Actually, my bedroom was back there in the back when I was growing up,” Hickam told ABC 17 News. Columbia firefighters haven’t decided what

Emergency responders continued a search Monday for a missing woman west of Camdenton, after she walked off the night before. The Camden County Sheriff’s department got a call around 8 p.m. Sunday. Kathleen Rogers, 53, had wandered into the woods behind her home. K-9 units and members from the Osage Beach Search and Rescue Team

Two people are now facing charges after being arrested for attempting to rob a Fulton business. Police say it happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday. While police were investigating suspicious activity they discovered the suspects involved were in the process of attempting to rob a local business with a knife. Officers were able to stop

Columbia police officers responded to reports of an armed robbery at a Motel 6 early Monday. According to police, at around 4:30 a.m., a man walked into the motel with a semi-automatic gun, demanded money and left. It is not clear at this point if the suspect took anything. There are no reports of any

Radio host Paul Finebaum is this week’s guest on Sunday Sit-Down. Finebaum, the host of the Paul Finebaum Show, tells ABC 17’s Austin Kim his predictions on MU football and his opinion on the Dorial Green-Beckham transfer.

A new J-turn on Highway 63 south of Ashland is set to open Monday morning at nine, according to MODOT. The crossovers at Liberty Lane and Peterson Lane will be closed once the J-turn opens. This project came after several fatal accidents at the intersection. MODOT says according a University of Missouri study, J-turns significantly

Crews will be on site at University Village Apartments on the University of Missouri campus Monday to begin preparation for its demolition. Those crews will begin removing asbestos from the apartments. The demolition plan comes after a deadly walkway collapse back in February. Residents moved out of the complex at the end of June. The

A suspect is on the run after an armed robbery at a Columbia motel Saturday evening. Columbia police responded to a call for an armed robbery at the Super 8 Motel on Clark Lane just after 7:30 p.m. A sergeant on the scene told ABC 17 News a man walked into the lobby of the

ABC 17s Sports Director Austin Kim highlights new Mizzou football offensive coach AJ Ricker.

Another phone scam hit Mid-Missouri this week. This time, it targets businesses. Arris’ Bistro in Jefferson City received two calls in the last six months from someone claiming to be from Ameren. The most recent call happened this week, saying if the business didn’t pay nearly $1,500 in overdue bills, they would cut off its

A man is on the run after robbing the Kingdom City Post Office Saturday morning. Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies and the Missouri State Highway Patrol said a man came into the post office just before 10 a.m. carrying a black and dark blue backpack. After the robbery, law enforcement said the man left on a

Correction: State Senator Rob Schaaf (R – St. Joseph) supports Amendment One, and says he will be voting for its passage in August. The quote that aired during the 6:00 newscast was not a quote from Senator Schaaf. We have invited the Senator to appear as a guest on “This Week,” to make his views

School isn’t in session right now, but concerns from both parents and faculty were voiced in the Jefferson City School District. The Jefferson City Board of Education hosted a coffee gathering Thursday morning to discuss new technology, but that conversation turned to concerns. The main issues raised were over lack of morale among the teachers

Three people were arrested by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department after a day-long crime spree and police chase, manhunt, and bomb threat Friday. Deputies learned there were three people in a light colored pickup truck who were known for committing crimes in Dixon. Shortly after midnight Friday, deputies spotted the truck and a high speed

Several earthquakes were felt in multiple counties around Guthrie, Oklahoma this week, and many are wondering why and what they can do to be prepared. Earthquakes happen when earth’s plates are shifting, but there are questions as to why they’re being felt in the middle of the U.S. The New Madrid Fault lies in southeast

“This is major. This makes everyone sit up and say what are we gonna do about this? And they’ve got to do something,” said Professor Paul Wallace. Professor Wallace told ABC17 News on Friday that the security council needs to request an international investigation. Friday morning President Obama addressed the nation saying an international investigation

ABC 17 News has confirmed with Jefferson City officials a storm siren is now fixed and up and running. It was just repaired Friday morning. The broken siren system was taken down two weeks ago to undergo repairs, after woodpeckers caused serious damage, almost slicing the pole in half. The siren affected neighborhoods near Lewis

The state will seek the death penalty against Joseph Arbeiter, the man charged for first degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 35-year-old Mandy Black earlier this year. Black’s remains were found in a trailer park south of Sedalia in early May. Joseph Arbeiter confessed to law enforcement that he stabbed Mandy