Month: May 2015

Fulton city leaders welcomed a new company to the area Thursday. Iowa-based Henderson Products Inc. is expanding its operations to Fulton this summer. The president of Henderson said it will bring up to 30 jobs to Fulton initially, and possibly more than that over time. “Based upon their location, and their expectations of additional business,

Two people are safe after their canoe capsized Thursday night just before 5 p.m. It happened on the Osage River near St. Thomas. Cole County Sheriff Greg White confirms the two people were not seriously injured.

A man is in the Cole County Jail Thursday after apparently robbing a Jefferson City restaurant. Jefferson City Police and Cole County deputies responded to a robbery at the Subway at 114 East High Street Thursday. Authorities set up a perimeter around the restaurant and learned 26-year-old David Humes was still inside. Humes went to

The Wal-Mart on West Broadway in Columbia was re-opened Wednesday night after being evacuated due to a bomb threat. Customers and employees were told to exit the store and leave the parking lot. Police tell us they found no evidence of a bomb inside the store. Wal-Mart tells us the threat initially came over the

Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at a Mizzou fraternity early Thursday. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. at the Alpha Sigma Gamma house on Burnam Avenue. There are reports a chair was on fire – it’s unclear if there were any injuries or how much damage, if any, was done to the building.

Highway Patrol troopers say a 75-year-old man is dead after drowning on the Osage River. The incident happened Wednesday evening in Miller County near Chaney Drive. Investigators say Larry Pennington of Kansas City was in a boat moving gear around when he lost his balance and fell over board. Another boater recovered him, but Pennington

A few t-storms are expected to pop up Thursday afternoon through evening as a wave of low pressure moves through. Most of these storms are not expected to become severe but isolated severe storms with damaging wind and large hail can’t be ruled out. For this reason, areas along and west of HWY 63 are

Two suspects were arrested Wednesday following an afternoon burglary and subsequent evening manhunt in Boone County Tuesday. 38-year-old Torry Hudlow and 29-year-old Tonya Wilhite were arrested Wednesday at their home at 6001 Creasy Springs Road. On Wednesday, a 24-year-old victim told deputies he walked into his home on Wade School Road to find Hudlow had

Investigators took a second look at a cold case in Pulaski County Wednesday. The sheriff’s department is exhuming the body of an unknown woman. Officials say she was murdered in Dixon over 34 years ago. Her body was found in Dixon by a passerby who saw it partially submerged in a creek. The Pulaski Co.

Wednesday, Gov. Nixon and hospital administrators broke ground on the new multi-million dollar Fulton State Hospital. Gov. Nixon said the work is extremely important because it is Missouri’s only maximum security psychiatric facility. The current building is over 150 years old. Last year, lawmakers in Jefferson City agreed to move forward with construction. The groundbreaking

An autopsy has been completed on a body that was found at the Noren River Access in North Jefferson City Tuesday. The body has been identified as a black man who may have lived in Kansas City area. Missouri State Highway Patrol is working to notify the man’s next of kin. Kevin Hunter with the

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro was in Jefferson City Wednesday to talk with Capital City officials. Castro met with Jefferson City Public Housing Authority officials and Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer about housing issues in the Capital City. “I’m glad to be here in Jefferson City to get a chance to speak with

As the school year wraps up for many districts in Mid-Missouri, some law enforcement agencies are going into schools for training. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department held active shooter emergency response training Wednesday. The training is part of a two day training course happening at the Morgan Co. R-1 School.

ABC 17 News has been checking on the status of a University of Missouri daycare, and learned Wednesday there has been no progress so far. ABC 17 News first reported on the process over a year ago, when officials unveiled plans to rebuild the Student Parent Center. The facility used to be inside University Village,

A hazardous waste collection event is scheduled for this Saturday in Columbia. The University of Missouri, Boone County, City of Columbia, Midwest Recycling, ABC Tire, and Clean Harbors is hosting a tire, electronic, and household hazardous waste recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hearnes Center parking lot. That lot is just

Bridge work is scheduled to begin in Boone County on Highway 63. The barrier walls on 5 bridges along Highway 63 will be raised beginning Monday. The work will close one northbound and one southbound lane between Gans Creek and Bonne Femme Creek until next Saturday. The following week, work will begin on the barrier

A manhunt in Boone County north of Columbia has been called off and the suspect is still on the run. Multiple agencies were searching for a person in a wooded area off Creasy Springs Road Tuesday night. Police said they chased a man until he crashed the truck on North Creasy Springs Road just before

The Fulton community is mourning the loss of 92-year-old William Rogers. The World War II veteran was killed in a car crash on Highway 54 in Fulton on Memorial Day. On Tuesday, ABC 17 News talked with friends of Rogers and members of the community who said he was known around town as “Preacher Rogers”

Our unsettled weather pattern continues this week as upper level disturbances move in from the southwest. Spotty showers & t-storms will move through overnight Tuesday, ending by early Wednesday morning. The rest of the day Wednesday looks mainly dry with only a slight chance of a pop up storm late in the day. Wednesday night

A tower needed for crucial 911 communication in Boone County will likely not be ready before the start of school. In a special report last month ABC 17 News reported emergency responders need the tower by Battle High School to communicate effectively. Without the tower emergency responders can’t communication with joint communications inside the building