Month: June 2015

A Missouri man has pleaded guilty to knowingly infecting a woman with HIV. ABC 17 News was in court Monday when 43-year-old Warren Williams Jr. pleaded guilty to the charges. Judge Kelly Broniec sentenced Williams to ten years in prison, but suspended the sentencing and placed Williams on five years probation. That means if Williams

A 72-year-old Sunrise Beach man was killed after the car he was driving struck a utility pole in central Columbia Sunday. It happened in the 300 block of William Street just before 2 p.m. Police said the car veered off the left side of the road and struck a utility pole. Kenneth Taggart had to

Jefferson City Superintendent Dr. Brian Mitchell is attending his last school board meeting Monday night. Mitchell is giving the school board a final update at Monday night’s meeting. Board members are expected to vote on a new budget as the fiscal year starts a week from Wednesday. This year’s budget is about $98 million, which

Two people were charged for trying to smuggle meth into the Osage County Jail on Friday. 40-year-old Sammi Shockley of Vienna, who was in jail for drug charges, contacted 33-year-old Melissa Martin, who was about to serve time for a prior drug arrest. Shockley made arrangements for Martin to serve her time at the same

A Sedalia man who pleaded guilty to a January 2014 murder died in a Columbia hospital over the weekend. Joseph Arbeiter admitted to killing and dismembering Mandy Black in January 2014. Black’s remains were found in a trailer Arbeiter previously lived in in April 2014. Arbeiter was sentenced to life in prison, and was serving

A second man is in custody after the two led Callaway County authorities on a car chase early Sunday morning. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy stopped a white Chevy Trail Blazer at 2:15 a.m. for an equipment violation on Highway 54 near State Road H. James Wills, 27, of Fulton was driving

Power is now restored after 1,800 customers experienced brief outages Monday Morning. Boone Electric Cooperative tells ABC 17 News they received reports of power outages starting at 9:13 Monday morning. It says crews from Central Electric Power Cooperative were working at its Huntsville sub station at the time of the outage. Central Electric Power Cooperative

Two University of Missouri athletes were injured in a car crash in Boone County Sunday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened on Highway 63 just before 2 p.m. Troopers said Mizzou Football defensive lineman Harold Brantley was driving on Highway 63 when his car went off the left side of the

Parts of northern Montgomery County are under a flood warning until 7 a.m. Monday. Parts of the county were experiencing heavy flash flooding following severe thunderstorms late Saturday night. Nearly seven inches of rain was recorded in Wellsville. Jay Hubner of Wellsville went out to assess the damage Sunday morning after the storm. When he

The work week will start off hot and humid as a gusty southwesterly wind pushes in warm and moist air. High temperatures Monday through Wednesday will reach into the 90s before rain chances cool temperatures slightly by Thursday. The humidity will make it feel much worse outside though. The heat index, what it feels like

Columbia police are investigating after two men were robbed at gun point in the north part of town. Police said it happened just after 10 p.m. Saturday near Calico Lane and Willowbrook Road. Officers said two men were walking in the area when a black man armed with a handgun came up behind them and

A cold front will move into Mid-Missouri Sunday morning and stall out during Sunday afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms will develop as the front hovers in Mid-Missouri, mainly after 1pm during daytime heating. Storms won’t be widespread and will begin to taper off after 7pm. All of Mid-Missouri will be under a marginal risk for severe

Students, faculty, and alumni came together on the University of Missouri’s campus at a summit Saturday to discuss how to curb sexual assault within Greek Life. The summit comes on the heels of widespread outrage from students after they saw a list of proposed limitations on fraternities and sororities. The four protested proposals included restrictions

A Jefferson City man faces charges of taking and sharing explicit photos of several women. A woman told Jefferson City police on June 11 that sexually explicit photos of her were shared with a group of people without her consent. The victim had recently taken her cellphone to iRepair, a cellphone repair shop in Jefferson

Workers at a Boonville plant are out of a job. The heating and cooling manufacturer, Nordyne, closed the doors of its Boonville plant after more than 35 years. A Nordyne administrator said the Boonville plant stopped production Friday and is closing its doors for good. Nordyne is relocating its heating and cooling system production to

UPDATE: The trash was picked up late Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. at the request of Senator Brian Munzlinger and Attorney General Chris Koster. Weeks worth of trash has piled up at a Randolph County mobile home park after the owner failed to pay for waste removal services for months. An ABC 17 News viewer

A judge issued the third mistrial Friday for Brian Adkison, who is accused of kidnapping and domestic assault, after he escaped law enforcement multiple times. Both the defense and prosecution rested Thursday afternoon, and closing arguments wrapped up Thursday evening. The jury deliberated into the night, before resuming Friday morning. Prosecutors said Adkison threw his

Temperatures will climb into the lower 90s both Saturday and Sunday with mostly sunny skies Saturday and a few more clouds Sunday. The humidity will make it feel hotter both days. The heat index is how it feels when combining the temperature and humidity. The heat index will be as high as 103 Saturday afternoon.

Traffic is moving along I-70 in Columbia following a major crash early Friday morning. Shortly before 1 a.m. six semi trucks were involved in a crash at the I-70/Highway 63 connector. The crash closed down westbound traffic on I-70 for about an hour. Four people were taken to University Hospital as a result of the

Two drug raids in Belle resulted in three arrests on Thursday. In one raid, deputies said they found methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia at a home on Highway 28. An infant was in the home at the time and was removed. Deputies arrested Melissa Thompson during the raid. Thompson, 28, was arrested last month for a