Month: May 2015

The line of severe storms that moved through Mid-Missouri early Sunday morning has cooled and stabilized our atmosphere Sunday afternoon. As a result, the slight risk for severe weather has shifted further to the east, over central and southern Illinois. As daytime heating occurs over Mid-Missouri, some instability and could return to the eastern half

A new report from the Columbia Police Department lists the crimes surveillance cameras downtown caught to help police solve crimes. The report, on the Columbia City Council’s agenda for Monday, comes after ABC 17 News and Councilwoman Laura Nauser asked to see the cameras effectiveness following an October shooting in downtown Columbia – across the

Temperatures to start the work week will be warmer ahead of a cold front that will move through Monday afternoon into the evening. There is a chance for a spot shower mainly along and south of I-44 early Monday, but skies will be mostly sunny through the day with a northwest wind as the front

Seven firefighters were remembered at a weekend memorial event in Kingdom City, all who died while on the job. The State Department of Public Safety held a candlelight vigil Saturday night for fallen firefighters across the state and throughout time who lost their lives. The Memorial in Kingdom City will now feature Columbia Firefighter Lieutenant

Two people were seriously injured after a head on collision in Callaway County Saturday afternoon. It happened on Old Highway 54 just south of County Road 407. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report, 22 year old Emily Bush crossed the center line and hit 74-year-old Helen Zeilman’s car head-on. Both Zeilman and

The hours long standoff and search at a Boonville Motel is over, and the suspect the Missouri State Highway Patrol thought was inside, was not. ABC 17 News confirmed law enforcement was looking for Carl Roettgen, the man who allegedly tried to shoot at an officer in Marshall earlier this week. Boonville Police, Cooper County

Strong winds brought down several trees and left a small town without power Thursday night, in what the National Weather Service called a “weak tornado.” Chariton County EMA Director Eric McKenzie tells ABC 17 News the storm damaged some homes in Mendon, a town about 30 minutes from Marceline. McKenzie said no one was hurt,

A Mid-Missouri suspect is due back in court next week after being accused of forging names on a ballot petition for early voting. Earlier this year, investigators got a call from the Secretary of State, who said about 1,000 signatures didn’t match up. They were collected in Columbia and Boone County between March and April

State lawmakers wrapped up the last day of the 2015 legislative session at the Capitol Friday. The Senate called it quits early Friday afternoon just after passing the controversial multi-billion dollar Medicaid bill. The House was in session until about 5:50 p.m., and all legislation pending in the Senate is dead. Friday marked the first

A failed Mid-Missouri business is no longer on city of Columbia property Friday. ABC 17 News reported Thursday night the company still owes customers money for tickets purchased before the train stopped running. Crews hauled off the Columbia Star Dinner train Friday, the city is suing the company for ending their contract. The man ABC

A third man was charged Friday for an August Mid-Missouri bank robbery. 21-year-old Jeremy Burnett of Columbia is the third to be indicted for an armed robbery at the Bank Midwest in Randolph County in August. Burnett was caught in Jefferson City last month. Clarence Williams and Daniel Rudroff, both of Columbia, are also indicted

A robbery suspect on the University of Missouri campus is now charged in a home invasion in a fraternity house the same night. Treshaun Butner was taken into custody last week on Wednesday, May 6. He barricaded himself inside a home on Redwood Drive near Ash Street and West Boulevard in central Columbia. The night

The driver in a Columbia crash on Creasy Springs Road earlier this month has died. Police say Bradley Gilman of Fulton, 27, was traveling north when his car hit the concrete curb just after midnight Sunday, May 3. Gilman was pronounced dead 5:15 p.m. Thursday at University Hospital. On Friday, officials said they suspect both

The Missouri House has elected Majority Leader Todd Richardson to take over the chamber’s top spot following the resignation of House Speaker John Diehl. Richardson was elected unanimously Friday by Republicans and Democrats. He was sworn into the office shortly after Diehl resigned Friday, following through on an announcement Diehl had made a day earlier.

There are some questions about public safety at the Lake of The Ozarks after fires earlier this year leveled a large house and a condo complex. The blazes happened just 30 days apart and got ABC 17 News looking at why the damage was so severe. ABC 17’s Ashley Strohmier found out fighting fires was

The Columbia Star Dinner Train is about to be sued, and disgruntled employees and customers still waiting on money from the business said it’s about time. The City of Columbia is in the process of filing a joint lawsuit with Mark Vaughn, the original owner of the dinner train, against leasee B. Allen Brown. They’ll

On Thursday, ABC 17 News got a copy of a letter from IBM to U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley that was a response to the Senator’s questions regarding the company’s use of H1-B visas. ABC 17’s Jillian Fertig reported Monday that IBM was not meeting state requirements as far as employment numbers and that employees claim

Electric work will close parts of downtown streets in Columbia starting next week. Columbia Water & Light is about to complete a new electric feeder line project that started last summer. Crews will install a new electric line from May 18 until June 12, weather permitting. From May 18 until May 22 the intersection of

Friday is a major moving out day for many University of Missouri students. City buses will be impacted by the departing students. CoMO Connect is changing some of its routes to go around the area. Eastbound traffic on Rollins will be detoured, and police will be stationed at the corner of Hitt Street near College

The Missouri Public Service Commission may soon announce their decision to approve or deny a controversial power line that would go through Mid-Missouri. The Grain Belt Express Clean Line would run more than 700 miles from Kansas to Indiana, passing through northern Mid-Missouri. The project promises to provide clean and affordable energy. However, residents in