Month: February 2015

Inspections completed by the Environmental Protection Agency revealed Columbia’s Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories violated hazardous waste regulations in 2012. The inspections concluded the company violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) related to the storage and handling of hazardous waste at each facility. The company agreed to pay a $19,040 civil penalty to settle

Jeff Mizanskey and Charles Manson have something in common. They are both serving life sentences in maximum security prison. Only Charles Manson, the notorious cult leader who’s responsible for the deaths of more than a half dozen people, has had at least a dozen parole hearings. But, Jeff Mizanskey has had no parole hearings, and

Our weather through Sunday will stay dry but temperatures will continue to change quickly from day to day. The weather pattern this week is dry due to the northwesterly winds aloft carrying in waves of low pressure from the northwest which will hold little moisture before making it to Mid-Missouri. These waves will also bring

As you file your taxes, beware: scammers are using a new scare tactic to rip you off. It’s a scam that’s been around since October of 2013: a man with a heavy foreign accent calls, saying he’s with the U.S. Department of Treasury. He claims you messed up on filing taxes and there’s now a

Beginning March 29, those who fly into Columbia Regional Airport will have later arrival times on some evening flights. This is because American Airlines decided to adjust the times. Greg Cecil with the Airport Advisory Board told ABC 17 News that this is standard. “It’s just a general thing the airlines do. I think they

Officials met Monday night to discuss a plan to pay for the Boys and Girls Club in Jefferson City. The old building was torn down for the expansion of Highway 50 in the Capital City. A new building is planned on the Lincoln University campus. So far, the club has raised half the money, and

Plaster coating the front of Leed’s Shoe Store came crashing down this weekend, closing sidewalks and parking spaces on East High Street in downtown Jefferson City. Two elderly women near the building at the time. One of the jumped to escape the plaster. The only injuries were a few scrapes on one of the women’s

Miller County authorities are investigating a burglary that happened last Thursday at Osage National Golf Course near Lake Ozark. Several items were reported stolen from a storage shed at the golf course, including lawn and maintenance equipment, kitchen equipment, pressure washers, jack hammers, and other miscellaneous items worth about $16,000. Lake Ozark Police learned a

The Boone County Commission has hired a new director of 911 communications. Scott Shelton will take over the position starting Friday. Shelton is from Columbia and came back recently after nearly 37 years in law enforcement. That career took him from Columbia to Kansas City, and North Carolina. Shelton is a graduate of the FBI

A man is still in the hospital after an early Monday morning crash in Jefferson City. The crash happened at around 12:30 a.m. on Highway 50 at the tri-level. Police said the driver Lucio Cabrales went straight into a curve, hitting the a concrete bridge support head-on. He was taken to University Hospital in Columbia

A Columbia man was arrested Sunday after Columbia Police responded to a home in the 3400 block of Rangeline Street. Officers determined a woman was pushed and dragged by her ankles through the house to the front door by 48-year-old Derek Adam. The victim and Adam are in a relationship. No injuries were reported in

The Columbia school board is scheduled to meet and discuss mental initiatives in the district. They’ll highlight the work of the newly formed Boone County Schools Mental Health Coalition. A report will be presented to the board on their findings. The report says between 12 and 20 percent of American students have a diagnosable mental

The Jefferson City Fire Department was dispatched to a strong gas odor inside the Trinity Lutheran School at 7:15 Monday morning. When the first fire units arrived staff and children from the school had been evacuated to a safe area away from the school. Firefighters checked for the source of the leak and determined the

Highway 50 in Jefferson City reopened Monday after closing on Friday night, while MoDOT demolished the overpasses at Chestnut and Jackson streets. ABC 17 News was in Cole County Friday to check out the detour route in Wardsville and Taos just outside Jefferson City. We asked MoDOT and law enforcement if they were prepared for

Saturday, two Columbia men are behind bars after police find meth and other drugs. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department, East Central Drug Task Force and the Missouri State Highway Patrol served a drug-related search warrant at 8154 Highway UU #B west of Columbia. Police found methamphetamine, marijuana, digital scales, drug packaging material and other drug

Boone County health officials said they have seen a substantial rise in Shigella infections, with more than 20 cases in just the past two weeks, which is almost five times the average over the last years. Shigella is an intestinal disease that usually shows up in young children. “It’s transmitted — feces to mouth. It

A Moberly woman is behind bars for possessing meth and marijuana. Friday, Moberly police pulled over Samantha Larson, 22, in the 800 block of Myra Street for a traffic stop. Police found meth, marijuana and an open container of alcohol in the car. Larson is being held in the Randolph County Justice Center on a

A single-car accident early Monday morning sent one person to the hospital. At around 12:30 a.m. someone called to report the accident on Highway 50 at the tri-level. When officers arrived, they found the driver trapped inside his car. Firefighters freed the driver, Lucio Cabrales, from the car, and he immediately was taken by ambulance

Two suspects are on the run after assaulting and robbing a man on Alpine Drive in Columbia. The call came out as a robbery with a gun just before 10 p.m. Saturday. Police said two armed black men with bandanas covering their faces came in the apartment and demanded money. Police told ABC 17 News

Fulton police said a man died Sunday night when he crashed his all-terrain vehicle in an alley. In a news release, the police department said they found Nicholas Davison, 34, at 6:27 p.m. lying next to a four-wheeler in the alley between the 800 blocks State and Vine Streets, next to Veterans Park. Davison fell