Month: February 2015

A broken down car helped Columbia Police catch a second suspect in a recent burglary. 28-year-old James Herman is charged with felony stealing. Police told ABC 17 News they arrested Herman Tuesday night after stopping a vehicle that was having car trouble. They said Herman had an outstanding felony warrant out of Kansas City. In

A man on probation in Mid-Missouri is now charged with murder. Melvin McCaslin was sentenced in 2014 in Cooper County for possession of marijuana. His probation was revoked in December and he was sent to Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center. Now investigators think McCaslin shot another man in the head during a fight in Kansas

The University of Missouri has announced a new Title IX coordinator. Ellen Eardley is a partner at a law firm in Washington D.C. Her new title means she’ll make sure Mizzou is complying with all Title IX laws, and she’ll be monitoring the school’s title IX policies. Eardley will step into her new role in

A Columbia man is in the Boone County Jail Wednesday after threatening to harm a judge and her husband. 54-year-old Frank Jindra called and threatened to shoot Judge Leslie Schneider because she didn’t grant him a restraining order. Jindra called Schneider’s office Tuesday saying he was armed with a rifle and the judge would be

State Senators are asking the Department of Social Services about the money it has allocated to the Ferguson Commission. Officials with DSS said they have committed to giving the Ferguson Commission around $500,000. The Senate appropriations committee heard testimony Tuesday morning from DSS officials regarding the department’s upcoming budget. Senators took the opportunity to grill

Dozens of state representatives have offices crammed into small spaces at the Capitol that are not ADA accessible. It’s an issue that office staff say is a nuisance and makes it difficult when visitors stop by the office. State Representative Kevin Engler, who is also the chair of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research, said

Another surge of arctic air moves in Wednesday night as an area of low pressure moves across Mid-Missouri. Snow will develop in northern Missouri in the afternoon, spreading south through the afternoon, reaching Interstate 70 between 7-9 p.m. Areas near HWY 24 will have minor accumulation by the evening commute and roads could be slick

There could soon be another student housing complex in Columbia. The Park 7 Group has been working for the last two years to get “The Avenue at Columbia” to be constructed on 32.5 acres at 1202 Cinnamon Hill Lane. The proposed 321-unit student housing complex would house around 800 students. City officials held a public

A mistrial has been declared in the northwest Missouri case against Brian Adkison, the man accused of raping and kidnapping his former girlfriend in 2013. Adkison then led police on a manhunt near the Lake of the Ozarks. He later broke out of jail before he was captured in a nursing home in Ohio. Adkison

This time of year, you may have noticed more potholes while driving around Mid-Missouri. Aside from the headache of dodging them, they could also damage your car. According to Columbia Public Works, there are more potholes now because of the weather. An official with Public Works said crews cannot permanently patch the potholes until it

A woman is safe Tuesday afternoon after her car ended up on an icy pond. The accident happened just before 10:30 Tuesday morning near Highway 163 and Bennett Drive in Boone County. The woman was driving westbound on Highway 163 and lost control of the car before driving onto the pond for about 15-20 feet.

A Columbia woman is already out of jail after police said they caught her with drugs and a gun. 36-year-old Christine Atkins was arrested over the weekend in north Columbia near Rangeline and Blue Ridge Road. Officers got a search warrant after responding to a disturbance. They later found seven syringes, liquid meth, marijuana, and

A man accused of attacking a good samaritan near Boonville appeared in court Tuesday. 44-year-old Joey Allen had a preliminary hearing for the attack that happened on Christmas Eve. Allen allegedly asked someone for a ride to get gas, then attacked the victim and left him on the side of the road. Allen is charged

The Missouri Supreme Court is taking on a deadly DWI case that happened near Russellville. The Supreme Court said they’ll hear oral arguments in Larry Welch’s case on April 22. The Supreme Court stepped in to issue a 30 day stay last month when Welch’s 20 year sentence was reduced, allowing him to be released.

A Callaway County man was arrested late Monday night after apparently hitting another man in the head with a baseball bat. Callaway County deputies responded to a home in the 1700 block of County Road 372 near New Bloomfield for a report of a disturbance with weapons. Several people were in the home at the

A Columbia man was arrested Monday after admitting to starting a December fire at an MU fraternity house. 23-year-old Zachary Crase responded to the Columbia Police Department for an interview, where he admitted to starting a fire in a utility room at the Sigma Nu fraternity house on College Avenue on December 20. A small

Lawmakers at the state Capitol wrapped a hearing Tuesday morning, taking testimony about the Department of Social Services budget. DSS has been dealing with some recent issues, including delays in Medicaid payments due to a computer glitch in the system. The DSS said those computer issues are slowly being fixed, and the backlog of applications

50-year-old Raymond Edwards Stevens was arrested last Thursday by the Boonville Police and Highway Patrol for an outstanding warrant. That warrant was a result of an ongoing investigation of sex crimes that Stevens allegedly committed over the course of several years. When Stevens was arrested Thursday he was charged with eighteen counts of sex crimes.

Temperatures hovered around five degrees Monday morning with wind chills of -11 degrees. While some schools had a delayed start, Columbia Public Schools had a normal day. ABC 17 News checked, and conditions Monday were very similar to prior late starts. On February 5, CPS announced a two hour delay. On that morning, it was

Another arctic cold front will move through early in the day Wednesday, bringing temperatures down into the teens Wednesday night. A wave of low pressure moving through from the northwest will bring enough moisture to produce light snow from Wednesday evening through the night, ending by early Thursday morning. Snow is expected to spread from