Month: August 2015

Authorities say a child is recovering after getting hit by a car in eastern Columbia. The incident happened Thursday night around 7:30 on Volunteer Drive between Richland and St. Charles roads. Columbia Police Officers tell ABC 17 News a child, between the ages of 4 and 5, was riding their bike, when they darted out

Police are still searching for those involved in a single-car crash Friday morning in west Columbia. Columbia Police Officer Scott Lenger said the black Mazda, heading west on Broadway, ran off Wales Drive, the small section of road where Scott Boulevard and West Broadway meet. The car hit a sign warning of the curve around

Boone County commissioners have a decision to make: whether or not to relocate the Desert Storm War memorial at the Boone County Courthouse plaza because of a religious symbol. The latest talk about the symbol started after a local law firm wrote a legal opinion about it last month, stating that the Ichthus symbol, more

Keri Donoho walks her children to Mill Creek School almost every day. And she said she worries almost every day about the crosswalk they use. “It’s dangerous for our kids, it’s dangerous for our crossing guard,” she said. “Just watching her trying to get people stopped; every time I’m thinking this is not safe, this

ABC 17 News learned more details about Wednesday night’s motorcycle chase in central Columbia. On Thursday officers confirmed the suspect asked to borrow the victims’s scooter outside the McDonald’s on the Business Loop, before driving away. When he failed to come back, the man called police. He wrecked a few blocks away. Investigators claim the

A candlelight vigil is planned for a 13-year-old girl who was killed by a wrong-way driver over the weekend northeast of Jefferson City. The accident killed Meggan Fowler and two other teens, along with the other driver on Highway 54 in Holts Summit Saturday night. The crash happened just a few minutes before midnight about

After spending $2,300 on a new refrigerator from Sears, Gale Burch ofMontgomery City, said it broke down. That was the beginning of a weekslong repair process consisting of phone calls, emails and more than six visits from a technician. “So, from June 8 to the 23rd, they expected a family of six to do without

A St. Joseph murder suspect is in jail Thursday morning after he turned himself in to Columbia police Wednesday night. According to court documents ABC 17 News obtained, Charles Coats, Jr. is accused of shooting a man in St. Joseph on August 1st. The documents say Coats and the victim were in a verbal argument

More than three weeks after alerting MU students and the public about a possible mumps outbreak, now the number of confirmed reports has jumped to nine, according to the Columbia Boone County Health Department. The agency has four other suspected cases, and employees are waiting on lab results for several other patients. They first alerted

A Columbia Public Works Solid Waste supervisor inspected an apartment complex at 2707 Quail Drive Wednesday. Columbia residents living at the complex told Abc 17 they are fed up with trash piling up outside their apartment and flowing into the parking lot. New owners took over the apartment complex in July and raised the rent,

Thursday looks like a great summer day as temperatures stay in the low to mid 80s under partly cloudy skies and a light northeasterly breeze. We will start feeling the summer heat Friday with a slight t-storm chance in the early morning mainly west of HWY 63 as an upper level disturbance passes through. Temperatures

A teenager was killed Tuesday after he got out of his car following an accident on I-70. It happened at the High Hill exit near Montgomery City. That’s about 45 minutes east of Columbia. 16-year-old Gabriel Brommelhorst from Wentzville was hit by another car and pronounced dead at the scene.

A Columbia man was arrested Tuesday night after police saw him being chased through the parking lot of the Grindstone Pkwy. Walmart. Walmart loss prevention employees chased Matthew Newcom through the parking lot after he apparently stole DVDs and video games. Newcom put the items in his pants and walked past registers without paying for

A Miller County woman accused of killing her baby appeared in court Wednesday for a pre-trial conference. Emily Usnick is charged with second degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child, and abandonment of a corpse among other charges. Her jury trial is set to begin on September 28 in Tuscumbia.

A Jefferson City attorney on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to marriage fraud. 62-year-old James Barding is a married man but had a long term affair with a Ukrainian national who came to the U.S. on a student visa. The woman formerly lived a few blocks away from where Barding and his wife lived,

Strong, non-severe thunderstorms moved through Mid-Missouri Tuesday evening, bringing damage to parts of the area, particularly near the Lake of the Ozarks. In Camdenton, several trees were downed across roads due to high winds. In Osage Beach, a structure fire was reported due to a possible lightning strike. More trees were downed in Sunrise Beach

The Missouri Sheriff’s Association voted unanimously Monday to put the phrase, “In God We Trust” on patrol cars. On Tuesday, ABC 17 News checked in with Mid-Missouri officials to see when cars here will be getting the addition. Cole County Sheriff Greg White told ABC 17 News they have already been in contact with a

Jefferson City Police are investigating after a teenager was injured in a shooting Monday night. The 16-year-old boy from Fulton was shot in the arm before midnight in the 500 block of East Elm St. Someone drove the boy to the JCPD police station, where he was then taken by ambulance to a hospital. Police

An autopsy was performed Thursday on the body of a missing man who was found in a Boone County lake. Preliminary results show the man drowned. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says there are no signs of foul play. 27-year-oldGaspar Soto-Reza was last seen swimming in the County Downes lake on Saturday. That subdivision is

Several neighborhoods in Columbia participated in National Night Out Tuesday night. It’s an annual event for communities to come together to show criminals they’re not giving up on keeping their neighborhoods safe. Pat Kelley, treasurer of Ridgeway Neighborhood Association, helped to organize her neighborhood’s event at the Downtown Optimist Park. The park sits at the