Month: April 2015

A man in eastern Missouri remains on the loose, after investigators claim he sexually abused a 6 year-old girl. Officials say Eugene, or Neil, Haggard, 54, is currently wanted for first-degree sodomy. They believe he is actively hiding from authorities. The victim’s mother first reported the abuse a week ago, on April 20. But the

Tuesday , Columbia fire investigators are still looking for a cause of a trailer fire. It happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Rustic Meadows trailer court off Rangeline in north Columbia. When crews got there, flames and smoke were coming from the trailer. The woman living there was able to get out safely. Damage

Former Mizzou defensive end Shane Ray was cited Monday morning for possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana and failing to drive in the right lane of a highway with two or more lanes. Ray, a consensus first round projection in the 2015 NFL draft, was pulled over at mile marker 108 on Interstate

The Better Business Bureau has issued an alert about a questionable door to door sales operation in Columbia. It’s a group of young men who say they work for a company called Patriot Packaging Sales and they solicit donations to send care packages to troops overseas. ABC 17 News learned the company is based out

An effort aimed at making things better for the environment could lead to making us sick. The Columbia City Council recently shelved a proposal to ban plastic bags at the city’s grocery and convenience stores, and charge 10 cents for each paper bag a shopper wanted to use. And the state legislature has been grappling

Missouri bats go cold, as LSU avoids a sweep and run-rules Mizzou 9-0. Mizzou managed to put runners in scoring position in each of the first two innings, but couldn’t capitalize. LSU pitcher, Carley Hoover, scattered four hits over five shutout innings and struck out four. “We didn’t jump on the good pitches early,” said

Temperatures will slowly warm up this week but will stay near or slightly below average through Thursday as northerly winds keep us mild. It will stay dry through Friday but as warmer air moves in ahead of a cold front, our weather will become unsettled as we head into the weekend. Winds will shift to

Columbia police are looking for who is responsible for hitting a mother and her daughter while crossing the street. It happened just after 3 p.m. on Monday at the cross walk on Providence between Douglass Park and Douglass High School. ABC 17 News spoke with the woman moments after the accident. She said she was

Missouri’s new state auditor was sworn in at the State Capitol Monday afternoon. Nicole Galloway, the former Boone County Treasurer, was sworn in at 3:00 p.m. in Jefferson City. She’s replacing late auditor Tom Schweich, who committed suicide in February. After being sworn in, Galloway took the podium to lay out her plan for the

Two women were arrested Sunday night after officers found pot in an Osage Beach apartment. Police were patrolling in the 1000 block of Mace Road when they spotted a pit bull in the neighborhood that had sparked previous complaints from residents in the area. Police went to the dog owner’s home where they smelled a

Monday marked the first day of a multi-million dollar project to improve the Jefferson City Airport. Officials closed the main runway early Monday morning to start reconstruction for the next 125 days. Aircraft will have to use the smaller runway until construction is finished. This job is going to cost about $7 million and is

A Columbia man is still in the Boone Co. Jail after allegedly assaulting a teenager in a rehab center. The incident happened over the weekend at Phoenix House in Columbia. The victim told officers Andrew Logan woke him up and put his hands in his pants. He said Logan locked the bedroom door. Logan was

Jefferson City school board members want to rebuild the public’s trust. Leaders are holding a work session Monday night to talk about the board’s communication policy. Some recently elected members said they want to make the board more transparent. They’ll also be talking about long-range facility planning to tackle the issue of overcrowding.

A Fulton man has been arrested in connection with a burglary and assault early Monday. Shortly after midnight, officers responded to the 800 block of Bluff Street for reports of an assault. They say Nonley Maxwell broke into a home there and assaulted two people inside. Maxwell, 27, was arrested on suspicion of burglary, assault,

The superintendent of the Macon County R-1 School District has resigned, according to a statement released by the school board president Saturday. Doctor Charles Stockton has been the superintendent of the district since 2012. School Board President Donny Wyatt said in a statement Saturday Stockton and the board wish each other well and that the

A Mid-Missouri man is in jail after running from police. Fulton police arrested Jeremy Shriverdecker shortly after 1:30 Saturday morning. Police said Shriverdecker ran away from an officer and threw an item as he was running. Police later found packaged methamphetamine in the area where Shriverdecker was taken into custody. He is being held in

Jefferson City police were investigating a deadly shooting in the 1400 block of Elizabeth Street early Saturday. Officers arrived shortly after 12:45 a.m. and spotted a car leaving the area at a high rate of speed. A 33-year-old Jefferson City resident, Bryant Sturkey, was in the car suffering from the gunshot wound he would later

The program is called Making Lives Better and was started by Westminster students about three years ago. It was started to provide assistance to countries going through disaster by students from Nepal. Now, they are sending relief back to their home country. Shrijan Amatya said the day before the earthquake hit could have been the

A teenager is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being shot in the stomach on Forest and Grand Avenue in Columbia Sunday. Police identified the shooting victim as 18-year-old Aric Lee. The call came out just before 4 p.m. Police surrounded the area and medics transported the victim. Forest Avenue was blocked off

A crash on Highway 54 in Cole County killed one person and injured two others Sunday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a Mercedes was stopped for unknown reasons in the passing lane of the highway near Sandy Fork Road. A second car hit the first in the rear. The driver of the first