Month: February 2015

Columbia City Council will meet Monday night to vote on two ride-sharing issues. The first ride-sharing bill related to Uber would amend the city code to add a new article pertaining to transportation network services. The second would amend the city code relating to taxi cab businesses and taxi stand hours. Staff has been reviewing

Jefferson City Police are investigating an armed robbery at 1701 London Way. Police told ABC 17 a man went into the home and took about $6,000 from a home and held the homeowner at gunpoint before taking off in a white Ford Fiesta. One of the suspects was arrested on Lafayette Street across from Lincoln

Columbia Public Works and MoDOT started clearing roads Sunday in Columbia. As of 10 a.m. Monday, Columbia officials had made progress on priority routes. They were beginning to focus on secondary streets, starting from the city limits and turning toward the center. They will provide another update once they start hitting neighborhoods. Trash was canceled

Police said whoever killed a 52-year-old man in Jefferson City is considered armed and dangerous. On Monday, the department officially identified the victim as Johnny Evans of Jefferson City. He was found shot to death near his apartment in the 1100 block of East High Street around 1 p.m. Sunday. Police said there are no

As of 10:55 Monday morning, the city’s website was working again. ABC 17 News will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated. ABC 17 News confirmed the city of Columbia’s website was under attack again Monday morning, leaving the site inaccessible. Mark Neckerman, the city’s assistant IT director, told ABC 17 News his

Saturday, one man is facing charges for setting fire to a Columbia home while a woman was inside. David Reed, 47, is being charged with first degree arson for a fire that happened late last year. Columbia police said Reed was already in the Boone County Jail for three burglaries. Last month, we told you

As we reported to you yesterday, when it happened, the State House voted 91-64 to send a “Right to Work” bill to the Senate. Opponents say the effort is a politically motivated attack on unions and will weaken the middle class and lower wages for workers. Our guest for “This Week” is House Speaker Pro

Jefferson City police are investigating a homicide that happened just after 1 p.m. Sunday. Officers responded to the 1100 block of East High Street and found a 52-year-old Jefferson City man with gunshot wounds. He was unconscious and taken to a local hospital where he died shorty after. JCPD detectives were on the scene Sunday

A storm system will spread snow over Mid-Missouri from late afternoon Sunday through the evening. Snow will become steady during the evening and continue overnight, tapering off to near I-70 by daybreak and south through Monday morning. Pacific moisture feeding into the storm, along with the cold air in place will result in higher snow

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Roquez Johnson and Craig Sword scored 22 points apiece to help Mississippi State end a two-game losing streak with a 77-74 win over Missouri on Saturday. Despite holding an 11-point halftime lead, the Bulldogs (12-13, 5-7 Southeastern Conference) needed to convert all six of their free throws in the final minute

Sunday will start off with cloudy skies and bitterly cold temperatures. Temperatures in the morning will be in the single digits with wind chill values near 10 below zero. By the late morning hours Snow will move into Mid-Missouri. Snow will spread over the rest of Mid-Missouri through the afternoon and continue through the evening.

Saturday, one woman is in the hospital after a three-car accident in south Columbia. Police said it happened shortly before 1:00 Saturday afternoon. Three cars wrecked near the intersection of Grindstone Parkway and Rock Quarry Road. Police shut down one lane, backing up west-bound traffic on Grindstone for about an hour. Two cars received significant

Web Extra: Former Missouri tight end Chase Coffman interview at the Mizzou Sports Hall of Fame introduction.

Web Extra: Former Missouri, Kansas City Chief quarterback Chase Daniel at the Mizzou Sports Hall of Fame introduction.

An arctic front will move through Saturday morning bringing a brief period of light snow 7-10 AM east of HWY 63 with little to no accumulation. Northerly winds will increase to 15-25 mph Saturday afternoon with falling temperatures into the teens to low 20s by evening with mostly clear skies. Overnight lows will dip into

Dozens packed the Blind Boone Center in Columbia Friday night for their opportunity to hear from the eight candidates vying for the first ward councilperson spot — and for the chance to challenge them. After a tumultuous year with former first ward council woman Ginny Chadwick getting recalled and then resigning, residents told ABC 17

Scammers are the one’s breaking hearts this Valentine’s Day, even though it is a day to appreciate the ones you love, not lose all the money in your bank account. Flowers are obviously one of the top purchases on Valentine’s Day, but scammers are using flowers as a way to get people’s credit card information.

“This year’s been better, because we simply haven’t had much snow this year. We haven’t activated the emergency snow routes this year, but mother nature’s not obviously or potentially done with us,” said Steve Sapp with the City of Columbia. City of Columbia crews are prepared for more winter weather this weekend. Plows were on

Morgan County authorities arrested two people from Texas Wednesday for allegedly conspiring a murder-for-hire plot. Deputies found out about the plan on February 6 and were contacted by a confidential informant who confirmed the information. An undercover Morgan County deputy met with 25-year-old Nicholas Hartman and 32-year-old Patience Giersdorf on Wednesday. Giersdorf and Hartman negotiated

A Mid-Missouri fire department is stepping up its fitness standards. In mid-May, all 72 active-duty employees of the Jefferson City Fire Department will be required to do a physical assessment test. Something that only new hire candidates have had to do in the past. In the meantime, all employees from firefighters up to captains are