Month: March 2015

The City of Columbia could offer the Columbia Public School district a 60% discount on its stormwater bill, if the district begins teaching students about the issue in school. City Manager Mike Matthes spoke at Monday night’s Columbia Board of Education meeting about Proposition 2, a proposal on the city’s April 7 ballot. If approved,

Imagine calling 911 in an emergency and your call isn’t picked up right away. Numbers ABC 17 News obtained from Columbia/Boone County Joint Communications show that is a reality for some callers. Joe Piper with Joint Communications said as of right now, the 911 call center isn’t meeting the goals set for answering emergency calls.

A shooting has the Columbia Senior Activity Center making some changes to how it does business. Administrators called an emergency board meeting Monday morning to talk about how to move forward after the weekend shooting in the center’s parking lot. The senior center on the Business Loop is back to its normal routine after weekend

Mack Rhoades will be the new athletic director at the University of Missouri, the school announced Monday morning. Rhoades will be introduced at a 2 p.m. news conference on Tuesday at the MU Student Center. Rhoades spent the last six years as the University of Houston athletic director. Prior to working in Texas, he was

With higher temperatures and breezy conditions this week, Boone County crews are warning about outside cover fires. There were three outside fires on Sunday in Mid-Missouri, including one in Ashland that started as a controlled burn, but quickly got out of hand. The Boone County Fire Protection District said this can happen when wind speeds

A southern storm system will send light rain north into Mid-Missouri reaching I-44 by 9 PM and spreading north to the Lake of the Ozarks by 11 PM. The light rain will track to the northeast riding near HWY 54 through early morning Tuesday and shifting east and out of the area by 9 AM.

A man accused of driving his truck into a Columbia restaurant in October appeared in Boone Co. court Monday. Moniteau Co. Prosecutor Shayne Healea allegedly crashed his truck through a window at Addison’s on Cherry Street, injuring four people. Court documents said Healea was under the influence of alcohol when the crash happened. Healea’s attorney

A Cooper County man facing numerous charges for sex crimes appeared in court Monday. Raymond Stevens faces 16 counts of statutory sodomy and two counts of attempted sodomy. Boonville Police said Stevens committed sex crimes with several victims over the past decade.

The Jefferson City School Board is tackling two big issues at Monday night’s meeting. Board members will vote on whether to increase teaching staff salaries by 1.8%. That could include a similar raise to other classifications of teachers. The board will also talk about contracts for removing asbestos from eight schools in the district. The

Columbia police shutdown Ballenger Lane in north Columbia Sunday just after 10 p.m. following reports of shots fired. A police officer was seen taking photos of the awning of Arena Liquor from the rooftop of the business. Officers on the scene told ABC 17 News they recovered one shell casing on Ballenger Lane. The road

Mack Rhoades is set to become Mizzou’s next athletic director, according to several national reports. Rhoades would replace Mike Alden, who is stepping down in August. Rhoades is the current athletic director at the University of Houston. CBS Sports reports Rhoades will be introduced as the new Mizzou athletic director in a news conference set

Sunday was all about fourth place for Mikey England. For a wrestler accustomed to winning, it was strange to be satisfied with a fourth place finish in the MAC tournament. However, for the 165 pound redshirt senior, it was his chance to secure a bid for the NCAA National Championships. After losing on day of

Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies confirmed to ABC 17 News Sunday night that a shot had fired inside of an apartment on Demaret Drive. The call came out around 9:45 p.m. Multiple callers reported hearing gunshots. Deputies on the scene told ABC 17 News no injuries were reported. They also said some witnesses were not being

Temperatures will be slightly cooler Monday than they were on Sunday, with highs to start the work week in the upper 50s. Monday evening an area of low pressure to the south will bring increasing clouds and a slight chance of light showers near I-44 overnight. Highs will jump back into the low 60s on

A mid-Missouri pilot died in a helicopter crash Friday night near a St. Louis hospital. St. Louis Fire Department Captain Garon Mosby told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 52-year-old Ronald Rector died when his helicopter crashed just west of St. Louis University Hospital Friday night. Rector, from Osage County, flew a helicopter for ARCH Air Medical

Web Extra: Missouri wrestling coach Brian Smith and wrestler Zach Synon talk about day one of the 2015 MAC Championship.

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps the MU wrestling team in the quarterfinals for the 2015 MAC Championships.

ABC 17s Sherree Burruss recaps Tolton boys and Southern Boone girls basketball in district play plus other final scores.

By Sunday morning a cold front will have moved into northern Missouri. The front will stall in Mid-Missouri through the day Sunday. Temperatures will still be able to warm up nicely though Sunday with highs in the upper 50s to near 60. Mid-Missouri will stay dry, with only a few more clouds moving in to

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – Craig Sword had a game-high 15 points to lead Mississippi State to a 52-43 victory over Missouri in both team’s regular-season finale. It was the Bulldogs’ largest margin of victory in an SEC game this season. The Bulldogs (13-18, 6-12 Southeastern) also got nine points each from Gavin Ware and Demetrius