Month: August 2015

A law firm representing the Columbia Police Officer’s Association sent a letter to city manager Mike Matthes concerning his response to the Association’s Facebook post. The letter claims Matthes interfered with police officers’ choice of a collective bargaining representative. It also claims he threatened to oppose any ballot measure to add officers or increase wages

Generally, severe weather season is termed from mid April through mid June in Mid-Missouri. However, thanks to the position of the low level winds, we can see a few days with severe weather heading into August and September. Just this year, since August 1st, we’ve had 3 days with confirmed severe reports, mainly strong wind

Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on Court Street in Fulton. They responded to the scene near the intersection of Court and 8th Street shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters tried to get in through the front, but had to back out because of the intensity of the fire. Two people were

Karrie Mitchell saw a man in a plaid shirt when she returned home Tuesday afternoon standing at the front door of a neighbor. She felt it was suspicious, considering the man wore long sleeves and a backpack in early August. After heading into her house for a few minutes, she heard a sound at her

Boone County commissioners voted to replace a controversial Desert Storm memorial on the Boone County Courthouse plaza.County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to replace the memorial with a new statue that does not include a Christian symbol. The old memorial with the Christian symbol will be moved to the Columbia Cemetery. This comes nearlyafter residents expressed

A group known as the police wives of Callaway County spoke out for their husbands Tuesday, saying they are being dehumanized. ABC 17 News met with the women who said the group didn’t come about just because of events in Ferguson. They were organized before the unrest started in Ferguson, but a recent post to

A Columbia man is now charged with child pornography, after detectives said they believe he videotaped a neighbor’s child through a window. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department Cyber Crimes Task Force arrested a Steve O’Neill, 35, Monday for possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor. Tuesday, O’Neill is charged with sexual exploitation

McAlester Park, LLCtodayreleased the design of a new development in downtown Columbia. The new six-story building at the corner of 9 th and Elm will include retail on the first floor, office space on the second floor, and 50 apartments above. The design of this new building was influenced by the Downtown Columbia Community Improvement

Early Tuesday morning, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released scores from this past April’s Missouri Assessment Program test. Students take the state test every year to monitor their progress, but this year’s test was a little different. Elementary school students took the test online for the first time. “You can do some

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The Boone County fair has packed up and moved on for the season. Now it’s time to decide what to do with the more than 125 acres owned by the county. “It’s a great time for us to pull in a lot of different ideas. Some of them might work very, very well for space.

Every year from about July 17 to August 24th Earth crosses the orbital path of comet Swift-Tuttle and runs into the debris left from the comet. The debris enters our atmosphere at 130,000 mph, burning up as it falls through the sky. We see these burning particles as meteors or sometimes referred to as “shooting

Two University of Missouri fraternities asked the Columbia City Council for more time to install fire sprinkler systems. In 2009, the city put a new law into effect stating all fraternities and sororities in the city must have fire sprinkler systems, Brad Fraizer with the Columbia Fire Department said. That year, six Greek houses asked

A state of emergency was declared in St. Louis County Monday afternoon following a violent night in Ferguson Sunday. County police officers shot an 18-year-old after they said he shot at their cars during Sunday night’s protests. ABC 17 News was in Ferguson on West Florissant Ave. Sunday night when that happened. The declaration puts

A Columbia business owner will soon start a new position with Boone County. On Monday, Governor Nixon appointed Thomas Darrough as the Boone Co. treasurer. The position opened up after Nicole Galloway was selected as Missouri State Auditor. Darrough has owned and operated Tom Darrough Construction LLC. a residential and commercial construction company since 2002.

Some community members are criticizing a recent Facebook post in support of former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The Columbia, Missouri Police Officers’ Association posted the comment on its Facebook page Sunday morning. The comment read “Our Support for Officer Wilson has nothing to do with race or anything else other than the fact that

Lower Bottom Road suffered major damage due to heavy rain over the the past couple of months in Cole County. After a federal declaration, taxpayers can breathe a sigh of financial relief. Lower Bottom Road has been shut down for more than a month and continues to deteriorate. “Basically, the whole hill is sliding down

Officials are still investigating into the cause of a deadly Lake of the Ozarks condominium fire last week. The fire killed four children late Tuesday night on the top floor of a Compass Pointe condo building. Osage Beach Fire Chief Jeffrey Dorhauer told ABC 17 News Monday he will meet with the State Fire Marshal

The only man in Missouri serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for non-violent marijuana related offenses is now getting released from prison. Jeff Mizanskey’s son tells ABC 17 News his father will soon get freed from the maximum security prison in Jefferson City. Mizanskey has already served more than 20 years in

Gov. Jay Nixon Monday appointed Diana L. Thomas, of Boonville, as the new Cooper County Collector. The position became vacant upon the death of former Collector Carol Nauman. Thomas, a Democrat, is the manager of Columbia Fee Office LLC and supervises operations of the Columbia motor vehicle and driver’s license office. She has been with