Month: January 2015

Concern grows as the number of people diagnosed with measles in the U.S. increases. Experts are linking the epidemic to the growing anti-vaccination movement among parents. Since the outbreak of measles at Disneyland in California earlier this month, even more states are confirming measles cases. The latest case is someone in suburban Chicago. Recently, cases

Police are seeing a high concentration of increased crime on one street in central Columbia. The Columbia police dispatch shows police were called to Washington Avenue more than 100 times over the last year. Those calls range from shots fired down to traffic stops. Eighteen of the calls were reports of disturbances, and 15 calls

Cole County officials met Thursday morning and approved a more than $2 million road construction project west of Highway 54. It involves the daily traffic at the light at Jefferson and Stadium. The project is part of a two year cooperative project between the city and county. “It’s really complex on what you do with

On Thursday lawyers for the Osage County Sheriff filed a motion for immediate stay, appealing a decision from the state to revoke his peace officer’s license. Sheriff Michael Dixon had thirty days to appeal Monday’s decision. The Missouri Department of Public Safety took away his license on Monday, which means Sheriff Dixon can not make

Jefferson City Police were led on a foot pursuit Thursday afternoon after two boys escaped from the Prenger Family Center. One of those boys was the 15-year-old boy who ran off from a JCPS field trip in St. Louis, and showed up at the ABC 17 News studios the same night, according to Juvenile Court

A low pressure system is starting to take shape over the southwest United States, and is expected to begin impacting Mid-Missouri’s weather on early Saturday. Typically, low pressure systems that develop over the southern states and track our way carry a little more moisture and warmer temperatures since they’re generated over a warmer climate. This

After nearly three years, a jury decided the fate of the man who killed a three-year-old boy in Morgan County. A Cass County jury found Thomas “T.J.” Presley guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder and child abuse. Presley beat Blake Litton to death the morning of February 16, 2012, while the boy’s mother, Jamie Litton, was

The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continued Wednesday night in Columbia as Myrlie Evers-Williams spoke to a crowd of nearly 1,000 people. Evers-Williams is a civil rights activist and former NAACP chairperson who has been working since the 1960s on preserving her late husband Medgar Evers’ legacy. Even though her speech was more

The Columbia Police Department has opened its lobby for online buyers and purchasers to exchange their items safely. The changes effective immediately. Columbia police said this is not in response to crime in Columbia. This comes just days after a Georgia couple went to buy a car off Craigslist and was killed. One woman who

The Kansas City Royals visit Jefferson City for the 2015 Royals Caravan

Wednesday, one man is on the run after firing multiple shots into a home in central Columbia. It happened around 4:20 Wednesday morning in the 600 block of Washington Avenue. A woman living in the home that was shot told Abc 17 it all started over a cell phone. The woman said a man showed

A Jefferson City man was arrested early Wednesday after a domestic disturbance involving a gun. At around 11 p.m. police responded to the disturbance call at the Broadmoor apartments on Ellis Boulevard. According to police, Heriberto Martinez got into an argument with his girlfriend, during which he fired a gun and threatened to kill himself.

ABC 17 News confirmed Wednesday layoffs are planned at International Business Machines, also known as IBM. This is the 3rd time since June 2013 that the Union Alliance at IBM has said there were layoffs, but Wednesday was the first time the company has confirmed layoff information to ABC 17 directly. IBM is being tight-lipped

Jefferson City police respond to an over night shots fired call, which leads to a standoff. The suspect 34 year old Heriberto Martinez has been charged with seven felonies, including domestic assault, 1st degree child endangerment, unlawful use of a weapon, felony restraint and armed criminal action. He is currently in cole county custody and

Near-average temperatures are expected through the rest of the week and into the first part of the weekend, but the next low pressure system expected to impact Mid-Missouri will begin to take shape over the four corners region of the southwest United States. Forecast models are in agreement that this system will start moving into

The tow truck driver beaten, stabbed, robbed, and left unconscious on the side of I-70 is still trying to recover. It’s been exactly two weeks since Al Baker was viciously attacked while trying to help what he thought was a broken-down car on I-70. He told ABC 17 News that ever since the driver and

The Osage County Commission has asked Sheriff Michael Dixon to step down, a day after he lost his peace officer’s license. On Tuesday commissioners drafted a solution to request his resignation. If Dixon refuses to step down, they also passed a resolution to take steps to force him out of office, which would require involving

A Columbia man was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole Tuesday by a federal court for using a false identity to lure 7 boys into child pornography. 25-year-old Ian Burow posed as a woman to trick the minors, whom he knew through Boy Scouts. Burow pleaded guilty to the crime in February 2014

The Department of Social Services gets $8 billion each year from the state of Missouri, more money than any other government agency. At a Tuesday hearing, DSS for nearly $200 million in supplemental funds. For the Medicaid system alone, DSS is asking for more than $100 million. Social Service workers said the additional money is

Tuesday, lawmakers are working on a bill that would protect human trafficking survivors. Secretary of State Jason Kander along with a group of legislators announced plans to extend access to the Missouri Safe at Home program. St. Louis is one of the to 20 human trafficking areas in the country, Kander said. The Safe at