Month: April 2015

Severe weather is likely in Mid-Missouri Wednesday night into the early morning hours of Thursday. There will be two rounds of storms, with the first batch of storms developing in eastern Kansas late Wednesday afternoon and spreading east into western Mid-Missouri by early evening. The first round of storms will bring a large hail and

Final results in Boone County and Columbia came back just before 10 Tuesday night. Columbia Proposition 1, the $63 million bond issue to improve the city’s electric infrastructure, passed by 7,886 votes to 3,601. Proposition 2 also passed by 6,741 votes to 4,641. It boosts utility payments to pay for upgrades to Columbia’s stormwater system.

Tuesday is election day in Missouri, and ABC 17 News is covering 243 races across Mid-Missouri. Polls opened at 6:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday. Boone Co. Clerk Wendy Noren told ABC 17 News about 22,000 Boone Co. registered voters will cast ballots at a different polling place than November. About 15%

In Cole County, voters were able to go to the polls at 6:00 a.m. for election day. Cole County Clerk Steve Korsmeyer told ABC 17 News he expects about a 20% voter turnout Tuesday, citing a strong interest in the Jefferson City School Board race and the mayoral race. Current Mayor Eric Struemph has served

On Tuesday voters in Jefferson City choose Carrie Tergin to become their next mayor once Eric Struemph leaves after serving four years. Struemph announced he would not seek re-election in October, citing health reasons and more time to spend with his family. There were six candidates on Tuesday’s ballot for Jefferson City Mayor, including Leonard

The votes are in and Jefferson City voters elected Pam Murray and Michael Couty to the Jefferson City School Board. Incumbent Alan Mudd did not seeking re-election, but incumbent Joy Sweeney did. Sweeney faced four challengers; Pam Murray, Michael Couty, Dan Renfrow and Adrian Hendricks II. Candidates gathered for a forum at Lincoln University last

A line of storms are developing ahead of a cold front and will track to the east into portions of Mid-Missouri Tuesday night. There is a Severe Storm Watch until 2 a.m. for Benton, Cooper, Morgan, Saline and Pettis counties. The storms could contain scattered large hail over 1 inch in diameter and isolated hail

ABC 17 News has learned a suspect has been arrested for the hit-and-run death of an MU student in Dallas over the weekend. WFAA in Dallas is reporting Jonathan Redmond, 31, turned himself in Monday night for the deadly crash. Paul Miltenberger, 20, was back home in Texas visiting for Easter when he was hit

Less than a week after owners of an iconic business in downtown Columbia announced they plan to demolish and remodel, the city council proposed a new law that would halt demolition of certain buildings. Council members are set to vote later this month on the issue. But the proposed ordinance would stop demolition of all

Five people have been displaced after a house fire in Otterville late Monday. Crews arrived at the scene on Vine Street and Grover Street at around 11:30 p.m. No one was in the home at the time, and there are no injuries to report. The fire marshal is helping in the investigation, but there is

Officials at North Callaway R-I Schools confirmed the high school in Kingdom City will be closed all-day Tuesday because of flooding. The issues are only canceling classes at the high school. The district says a pipe was clogged with debris. Workers cleared the line Tuesday morning, and the water is going down. Classes are expected

Monday evening Cole County deputies and Jefferson City Police were searching for a man after he allegedly held a gun to a woman’s head. Authorities were searching near Centertown when the suspect passed deputies at a MoDOT shed and a chase ensued. The suspect was taken into custody without incident near the intersection of Lookout

Police responded to the scene of an armed robbery Monday night at a loan store near the I-70/Highway 63 connector in Columbia. Officers responded around 7 p.m. to Tower Loan inside the shopping center near Home Depot. Emergency personnel initially took reports about an employee who was locked in the back of the shop. Police

A mobile home park south of Columbia that is scheduled to close will be the future home of a new hospital. Abc 17 News talked to Fulton Medical Center, LLC. which said it purchased the property where Sunset and Ed’s Mobile Home Parks currently sit to build a $40 million hospital. Amy Leiker with the

Police in Jefferson City expect more reports, after two teenagers landed in jail for a string of thefts from cars that started late Sunday night and continued early Monday. Jared Hayes, 17, and Charles Clemens, 18, were both arrested after officers responded to a car that stalled at Missouri Boulevard and Virginia Street. Police claim

A fire at a mobile home park in Columbia damaged a trailer home, a pop-up camper and a vehicle Sunday afternoon. It happened on Lenoir Street at Ed’s Trailer Court just after 4:30 p.m. It took crews about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire. Fire crews said no one was home at the time of

On Monday police released new video showing a couple who broke into a condo at the Lake of the Ozarks and stayed there before leaving with a stash of valuables. They were at the condominium for a few days in mid-March, before trashing the home and taking numerous items. The owners did not want their

Jefferson City police cruisers could get new dash cameras. A proposed bill would use sales tax money and drug forfeiture funds to replace the old cameras, which police say don’t even work. “We don’t have any now that are reliable, ” said Jefferson City Police Chief Roger Schroeder. “That’s just kind of a product of

On Monday a Mid-Missouri suspected pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree assault after the death of his neighbor in 2013. Jake Gastler was accused of killing Zachery O’Connor, 30, and seriously assaulting the victim’s father, Michael O’Connor. The attack happened early August 31, 2013, at 1091 Blue Ridge Road off State Road B, east

The former owner of a popular Jefferson City bridal shop heads to trial Monday. Ann Metternich was charged with theft in October of 2011. Prosecutors tell ABC 17 the reason it has taken so long to get a trial is because of all of the paperwork that’s gone into the case. Monday afternoon at 1:30