Month: July 2015

The Columbia City Council will vote Monday to close roads and sidewalks for a year while construction continues on Ninth and Elm Streets. The plans, posted on the city’s website, calls for the closure of the westbound lane of Elm Street, while Trittenbach Development builds a “mixed use” building at the downtown corner where Shakespeare’s

Violent crime numbers for 2015 are up in Columbia in almost every category. After three shootings in north Columbia in a one month span and no arrests, ABC 17 News started sifting through the crime stats. According to the Uniform Crime Reports for the city of Columbia, by the end of May, there were more

Most of the weekend will be dry and hot but there are slight storm chances in parts of Mid-Missouri. Saturday will start off with mostly sunny skies and rising temperatures to near 90 by afternoon. The humidity will make it feel more like 94 to 98 in the afternoon hours Saturday with light west to

A man was charged Friday afternoon in a shooting that left one person hospitalized. Richard Beekman is now charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and leaving the scene of a shooting. The shooting happened on South Brooks Drive and Jasper Lane, west of Jefferson City. A call came in to Jefferson City police at

The YMCA of Boonville is expanding its facilities after a fundraiser. A total of $5,500 was raised in one day thanks to Mayor Julie Thacher, the community of Boonville and the Boonville Police Department. The Masonic Home of Missouri, a non-profit charitable organization that provides statewide programs, matched the $5,500. This brought the grand total

A south central Missouri man is dead after his kayak overturned in Pulaski Co. Troopers say Douglas Etheridge, 50, struggled to get back into his kayak around 4:40 p.m. Thursday in the Gasconade River near Richland, about 40 minutes southeast of Camdenton. He was pulled from the water and pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital in

A Jefferson city man is recovering after he was robbed, kidnapped and shot. It happened on July 24th in the 2000 block of St. Louis Road in Jefferson City. Police say two suspects robbed the 27-year-old victim of 35 dollars in cash, then drove to St. Louis with the victim at gunpoint. Once in St.

Two suspects are in custody after a shooting at a Millersburg autobody shop Thursday. Callaway County Sheriff Dennis Crane tells ABC 17 News one person was shot at RC Autobody shop near the Boone and Callaway County line. The victim is recovering at University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Crane says two suspects were driving

A fire is out at a Boone County home on Highway VV Thursday. Firefighters were called out just before 8:15 a.m. to the 9100 block of Highway VV. A neighbor reported the fire after seeing smoke coming out of the roof of the home. Everyone is safe, although ABC 17 News is told a dog

We had a full moon on July 1st at 9:20 PM CDT. Normally there is only one full moon per month but this month there are two. The second full moon of the month is called a Blue Moon and occurs Friday, July 31st. Our skies will be mostly clear to view the full moon

People trickled in and out of the blood drive at MFA Inc. early Thursday afternoon. Many waited at least 10 minutes for their health screening. Jennifer Robinson barely waited two. She used the new Red Cross rapid pass to answer the health questions online before she gave blood and said it saved her time. “I

Several people are in custody Thursday night after a brief pursuit in central Columbia. Police are not releasing many details right now. ABC 17 News has confirmed that the chase started on Benton Street after a person in a vehicle ran from police. Authorities used the k-9 unit to try to track down the person

A 21 inch pipe is leaking on Gans Road near Rock Quarry Road in Columbia. It’s part of a sewer main that connects to the Clear Creek pump station. Columbia Public Works crews are on the scene with equipment digging near the leak. Steve Sapp from Columbia Public Works says crews will be out until

“Hey, this is Michael, just leave me a message, all right, bye.” It’s a voice Pat Tufts can only hear on a handful of recordings. This one, a saved outgoing message on her son Michael’s phone. A phone she uses every day to remember her son after a drunken driver killed him. “It’s hard. We’re

Residents at a trailer park in Columbia had no warning they would be without water for about four hours Wednesday morning. One resident said this isn’t the first time the water has gone off without warning. “No, they don’t tell us nothing,” said Eugene Schaffer. “They just shut the water off when they want to.”

On Thursday, officials are holding a large event designed to bring some much-needed assistance to the homeless population of Mid-Missouri. The city is working with volunteers, non-profits, and businesses. It will be held at the Family Impact Center near Ash and Providence from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. It provides everything from free eye glasses,

Some pools in Columbia have recently been shut down after failing inspections. The Columbia/Boone County Health Department said it closed three pools after inspectors found broken glass, bottle caps and other sharp objects. “It’s a public health issue being in the ground, being in the pool,” Andrea Waner with the Columbia/Boone County Health Department said.

The Boone County Commission is considering the relocation of the Desert Storm Memorial from the Boone County courthouse to the Columbia Cemetery Association. This comes nearly a month after residents expressed their feelings about the commissioners covering the Christian fish on the Desert Storm memorial. It was covered up earlier this year after a group

The ridge of high pressure aloft which brought the heat & humidity earlier in the week has retreated to the west which allowed slightly cooler and less humid air to move in. High temperatures will stay in the upper 80s Thursday but slowly climb into the lower 90s by Sunday. The winds above 3000 feet

Columbia police are investigating a shooting in which three vehicles and a house were hit with gunfire. It happened early Wednesday morning in the area of Bodie Drive and Currituck Lane. This is the third shooting in this north Columbia neighborhood in a month. Officers were called out for a report of shots fired heard.