Month: August 2015

Columbia Police responded to two armed robberies Tuesday evening. Shortly before 7:30, officers were called to Midwest Petroleum on South Providence Road. About 10 minutes later, they responded to an armed robbery at the Domino’s Pizza on Green Meadows Drive. Police said the men entered the stores with handguns and demanded money. The suspects left

The campaigns against texting and driving are clear. Lieutenant Paul Reinsch makes those statements again and again. “We can’t say it enough,” he said. “It causes that person to not be concentration on the road ahead and we have to start with that to keep everyone safe.” A recent study from AT&T showed that 7

Crews for Union Pacific will remove railroad tracks Tuesday night along Highway 179 in Jefferson City. Because of the work, they’re closing 179 from Industrial to West Main St. Detours are in place and traffic should reopen by Wednesday morning.

A Lake Ozark man was arrested Tuesday morning after officers found cash, drugs, and paraphernalia in a home in Horseshoe Bend. Camden Co. Sheriff’s deputies and members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group searched a home on Wisteria Point and found $3,000 in cash, marijuana, prescription drugs, and drug paraphernalia. 45-year-old Timothy Carter was

School starts in two weeks for Columbia students. With the new year comes a few changes for students and the district. A new bus company, Student Transportation of America. will join the district this year. The company has just completed renovations to the transportation building on Clark Lane. ABC 17 News sat down with Columbia

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon into the evening as a stationary boundary works to lift northward as a warm front. Overnight, rain chances increase for Mid-Missouri as a strong upper level wave dives in from the northwest, providing support for ongoing showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday. Heavy rain is possible with these

Polls opened 6 a.m. Tuesday for several towns in Mid-Missouri, with a few key issues on the ballots. In Columbia residents are deciding whether to extend the city’s capitol improvement sales tax, worth one-fourth of one percent. Proposition 1 would ensure the tax continues for the next 10 years. It is currently due to expire

The Boone County Fire Protection District continued their search at County Downes for a 27-year-old man who was last seen swimming in the area on Saturday. The man has since been identified as Gaspar Soto-Reza of Columbia. He is originally from Mexico and has been in the United States for several years. Authorities describe him

Special prosecutor Doug Abele announced Monday morning charges will not be filed against two officers who shot and killed suspect Mark Adair in April in Columbia’s Hitt Street parking garage. Abele, the Cooper County Prosecutor, says body camera video from the MUPD officer involved in the shooting confirms all of the statements from witnesses. In

A suspect was named Tuesday following a shooting in Boone County early Monday morning. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department first got a call around 12:30 in the morning for the incident that happened on Teresa Drive just off Oakland Gravel Road. 21-year-old Jahme Cartez Taylor is charged for 1st degree domestic assault and armed criminal

A Mid-Missouri community is mourning the loss of three teenage girls who died in a car crash late Saturday night. 17-year-old Miriah McDaniel, 17-year-old Elizabeth Moses and 13-year-old Meggan Fowler were hit by a woman driving the wrong way on Highway 54. All four people were pronounced dead at the scene. Officials say no one

A man is in jail after reportedly shooting at a woman outside of a Mid-Missouri bar early Saturday morning. Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department arrested Eric Hargrove, 28. Sheriff Ronald Long said around 1:30 a.m., Hargrove tried running over his ex-girlfriend with his truck in the parking lot of Chicken Bones Barn and Grill just outside

Columbia police arrested a woman after finding packaged drugs in a hotel room near a school early Sunday morning. Officers arrested Sonia Nixon, 38, just after 2:00 a.m. Police said it happened at the Americas Best Value Inn near the Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School. Officers found evidence of drug use and drugs packaged

A car wreck in Callaway County left one person dead and injured five other people Sunday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it happened around 8:45 a.m. at Route BB and Old U.S. Highway 54. The highway patrol said a car with five passengers was hit by another vehicle as it was crossing Route BB.

Columbia police responded to three separate reports of shots fired early Sunday morning. At 1:12 a.m., officers responded to Brown Station Road and Premier Lane for a report of shots fired. Officers found shell casings near Brown Station Road and Sherwood Drive. No one was hurt and there was no property damage. Neighbors tell ABC

After a relatively quiet week in Mid-Missouri last week, the weather pattern is changing for the start of this work week. Upper level northwest flow due to a ridge of high pressure building over the western United States will be responsible for several waves of low pressure that will bring storm chances to Mid-Missouri each

A man thrown from his car in a crash west of Columbia has died. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it happened one mile west of Midway on U.S. 40 just after 10:00 p.m. Friday. The highway patrol said Ricky Pulis, 59, from Columbia drove off the right side of the road. His car flipped

The Missouri Dental Association gave more than $1 million in free dental care to people in need over the weekend. Dentists and hygienists volunteered their time to give free cleanings, tooth extractions and even oral surgeries at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri campus. Organizers said they saw more than 800 patients Saturday

Nearly 20 people flew the Confederate Flag in a drive from Fulton to Jefferson City Saturday. The group called MoCAFS, Missouri Confederate Flag Supporters, drove together from the Walmart in Fulton, down Highway 54 and ended at a Walmart in Jefferson City. The campaign for the drive began in July. Organizers said it is meant

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawyer for a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper, who criticized the agency after a handcuffed man fell from a patrol boat and drowned, said it’s a conflict for state Attorney General Chris Koster to represent police in a personnel matter involving his client. The patrol said last month it