Month: February 2015

Bitterly cold air will settle over Mid-Missouri Wednesday with temperatures starting off in the single digits and only rising into the low to mid teens in the afternoon under partly cloudy skies. Northwesterly winds at 14-18 mph will gust to 25 mph at times making it feel like 0 to -10 Wednesday. Lows Wednesday night

Jefferson City Council is gearing up for a busy meeting Tuesday night. The council is set to vote on an agreement to complete the design and installation of signs in the downtown and surrounding areas. The council will discuss other changes with the signs at the Capital Mall as they’re working on upgrades. The council

Jefferson City Public Schools has named a new principal for the high school, who will replace Jeff Dodson. He resigned back in September, saying he had become a lightning rod for unrest. The district superintendent also announced he’s leaving less than a month later. The district has named Robert James as the new principal of

Three people were charged with distributing meth after leading Jefferson City Police, Cole County Sheriff’s deputies, and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers on a manhunt in west Jefferson City Friday. ABC 17 reported Friday two people were arrested after they led JCPD on a high speed chase into a rock quarry near Binder Lake Park.

Accidents like Monday’s sledding incident is one reason why some areas are banning sledding. However, officials in Jefferson City said they haven’t had the discussion, yet. McKay Park in Jefferson City is a popular place for people to go sledding on snow days. A Jefferson City mother, whose daughter enjoys sledding at the park, said

The head of a major charity in Columbia is resigning. Timothy Rich, the director at the United Way’s Heart of Missouri chapter, announced he’s leaving after almost 6 years. Rich will officially step down in March and join a technology firm in Texas. The board is working on a plan for naming his replacement.

A Columbia man sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for child porn pleaded guilty to state charges Tuesday. ABC 17 News reported in January Ian Burow was using a fake identity of a woman to lure boys into child pornography. Burow pleaded guilty to three state charges in Boone County and was sentenced to

Columbia’s city website is recovering from yet another cyber attack Tuesday. Officials told ABC 17 News gocolumbiamo.com was attacked between 9:00 and 10:00 Tuesday morning, making it the third attack in 5 days. Officials want to remind you that the online billing system will be down over the weekend for maintenance. Customers won’t be able

Road crews in Columbia continued to clear roads Tuesday morning. Thirty trucks are out focusing on residential streets. As of 7 a.m. many residential streets are still covered with snow. Columbia Public Works officials are warning people about refreezing. ABC 17 News crews out on the roads Tuesday morning saw a lot of refreezing on

Emergency crews responded to a sledding accident in southwest Columbia near the Country Club of Missouri on La Rail Drive off Forum Boulevard. 20-year-old Kathleen Oglesby was sledding down the hill and hit a tree, and she was unable to move after the collision. The woman was being transported to a local hospital for a

The ride-sharing, app-based program Uber is now legally able to operate in Columbia…as long as they follow the rules set by city council Monday night. After months of research and deliberation and close to an hour and a half of discussion at the city council meeting, council members unanimously passed new ordinances for ride-sharing programs

A quick moving wave of low pressure aloft will ride along an arctic cold front moving in early Tuesday morning. This wave will bring a chance of brief light snow mainly to west and southwestern Missouri, clipping parts of Mid-Missouri. The snow will move into the Kansas City area for the morning commute and quickly

Missouri’s “Main Street” is in need of a revamp. Studies have shown that Interstate 70 is becoming too congested. Officials from the Missouri Department of Transportation predict that in the next 15 years, much of the traffic on the corridor will be in stop-and-go condition. While many are in favor of of reconstruction, the debate

Our first winter storm of the season moved through Mid-Missouri Sunday night & Monday producing a big range of snowfall amounts. There were several reports from around Columbia ranging from 5 to almost 7 inches. The official report for Columbia which comes from the Columbia Regional Airport came in with 3 inches, boosting our season

Allen Walz, the owner of Culver’s in Jefferson City, told ABC 17 News it is always a headache trying to get someone to plow the road in front of his restaurant on Jefferson Street. According to Walz, MoDOT claims the city should clear the street, but the city says it belongs to MoDOT. As of

ABC 17 News was in contact with Cole County Public Works all Monday morning, which had its entire staff out on the roads. Most of them were working on overtime due to the President’s Day holiday. They have been working to keep up with the snowfall that finally came to an end around noon in

Several universities and colleges in Mid-Missouri have canceled Monday classes because of the weather. They include the University of Missouri-Columbia, Stephens College, Columbia College, Lincoln University and Westminster College. Mid-Missouri got several inches of snow overnight, prompting these and other institutions to close Monday. Mizzou’s cancellation notice stated that only staff members who are situationally

Earlier on Monday afternoon, several cars were sliding around on the road in Columbia. We were in contact with Columbia Public Works Monday afternoon. A full crew will be out on the roads Monday and into Tuesday, meaning anywhere from 27 to 30 trucks will be out and they’ll have trucks out all night on

“I think it’s awesome. I mean, I was really tired and I kind of wanted an extra day to sleep in so that was nice,” said Ashley Yallay, an MU student enjoying the snow day at the University Monday. Snow caused the University of Missouri to cancel classes for the day. This was the 12th

Columbia Police will be cracking down on drivers who get behind the wheel while drunk. DWI enforcement will be increased this Thursday through Saturday. During that time, there will be at least one sobriety checkpoint within the city and extra patrols. The checkpoints are being paid for through a grant from MoDOT. In 2013, nearly