Month: April 2015

After a stormy week the weekend got off to a pleasant start on Friday. Dry and clear conditions will continue into Saturday with highs reaching the upper 60s to near 70. Clouds will start to increase Saturday evening though bringing back partly cloudy skies. By late Saturday night there is a slight chance of showers.

A Jefferson City man is out of jail Friday after admitting to stealing money from developmentally disabled people. Jeffery Debrodie was an employee for an organization that helps developmentally disabled adults. He’s been charged in Cole County, where court documents show he’s been taking money from these people for the past two years. Employees of

Four people were rescued from the Osage River at the Lock and Dam in Cole County following a fishing accident. Captain John Wheeler with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department said the four were ejected from a boat after 4:00 p.m. Emergency crews were still at the scene near Taos just before 5:00 p.m. It’s unclear

A Randolph County company’s expansion will create new jobs in Moberly. ASIFlex plans to expand benefit administration service operations to the city. Moberly’s economic development corporation made the announcement Friday, saying hiring will start immediately. ASIFlex is looking to hire ten full time equivalent employees. ASIFlex currently employs 80 people in Columbia.

ABC 17 News reached out to Jefferson City school officials after we were alerted to a closed-door school board meeting Friday afternoon. The meeting was apparently scheduled last week knowing there could be two new board members elected by the voters. We sat down with new board members Pam Murray and Michael Couty, and asked

An Audrain County city has a brand new outdoor warning siren just in time for severe weather season. The siren officially went live in Martinsburg last week, which is near Mexico. The old siren was first installed 35 years ago. The technology eventually stopped working 5 years ago. The new alert system covers just under

An Oklahoma man convicted of a 2013 Columbia murder was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday. A jury in February convicted Casey Lewis of first degree murder in the murder-for-hire killing of Brian Daniels in south Columbia. Friday was the two year anniversary of Daniels’ death. Friday, Lewis’ lawyer argued for a new

More than 100 jobs are coming to the Capital City later this summer. The Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce and Sam’s Club is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony at its Hiring and Membership Center Tuesday. The company plans to hire 170 new employees for the center that is slated to open late this summer at

A pedestrian is recovering Friday after being hit in Columbia Friday morning. The accident happened at Broadway and Waugh Street. ABC 17 News is still looking to find out the condition of the pedestrian. This comes during the Columbia Police Department’s pedestrian and bicycle safety campaign. The campaign was started after two pedestrian accidents in

Work is moving forward on a multi-million dollar administration building in Randolph County. Officials broke ground on the more than $6 million dollar building that will be funded through a voter approved 1/4 cent sales tax. County offices have been split up between Moberly and Huntstville since a fire in the county courthouse in 1955.

A Missouri music lover gave $10 million to the University of Missouri to help fund a state-of-the-art student music building on the MU campus. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield from Westphalia donated the money for the building project. It’s the largest amount ever given to the MU Fine Arts Department. Right now, the School of Music

ABC 17 News first reported last week almost 70 prisoners were being treated for scabies at a women’s prison in Audrain County. Last week, ABC 17 confirmed three inmates tested positive for the contagious skin mite at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia. On Friday, officials at the Missouri Department of

A Columbia man was arrested late Thursday for drug trafficking among other charges. Boone County deputies searched a home at 1721 Aspen Circle in Columbia, along with a rental storage unit and vehicle. Investigators obtained search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in Boone Co. 10 ounces of meth, a small

A Fulton man was arrested Thursday after police found drugs in his home. Police searched a home at 410 E 10th Street where they found drug paraphernalia and a bag of marijuana. 28-year-old Corelle Clark was arrested for possession of marijuana and 2 counts of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at

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Storms moving through Mid-Missouri are causing damage in some areas. A mobile home was crushed by a tree in Centralia after a storm producing damaging winds moved through northern Boone Co. Centralia Police Chief Dudgeon tells ABC 17 News a tree landed on the mobile home at South Allen and Alco. Police also tell us

Placing girders for a new overpass will require full intermittent closures of Highway 50/63 near the Chestnut Street bridge Mondaynight in Jefferson City. Each closure should last about 15 minutes. Law enforcement officers will be on site to provide advance warning for drivers. In addition, traffic will be reduced to one lane on Highway 50/63

A cold front quickly moved through mid-Missouri Thursday afternoon igniting storms as it moved into warm, moist air. A few storms become severe producing large hail and strong winds. A strengthening storm near I-70 west of Boonville headed northeast into northern Boone County becoming more intense as it approached Centralia. Strong winds from the storm

A man received five years probation, after hitting a Mid-Missouri police chief with his car. Jerry Wilkerson pleaded guilty on Thursday. The judge also gave him 30 days in jail. Police officers first arrested Wilkerson in January of 2014. Wilkerson is a landlord in Auxvasse, but he turned off water for one of his tenants,

Two people are dead and one truck driver is facing possible charges after a chain reaction crash near Lake of the Ozarks. The accident happened on Highway 54 at around 3:00 p.m. Wednesday near Route W. Troopers say a semi hit another car, which caused a chain reaction crash involving eight vehicles. Robin Dinwiddie, 50,