Month: August 2015

On Tuesday, the Fulton City Council voted to raise the salary of starting firefighters to $9.50 an hour, $10 an hour after six months on the department. This comes after the council voted against a contract that would have given firefighters a 9% raise earlier this month. Residents rallied outside city hall ahead of the

A thin layer of smoke is moving into Mid-Missouri from wildfires burning in the northwestern states. The upper level winds are coming in from the northwest, carrying the thin smoke plume toward the southeast high up in the atmosphere. The smoke plume is forecast to spread to the south and east through Wednesday which will

A Mid-Missouri organization is still working to raise funds for a new veterans housing complex and shelter in Columbia. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, (R)-MO, spoke at the future veterans Welcome Home site Tuesday on the importance of the project to local veterans’ health. The Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia has seen about 800

Dent County authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man. Billy Smith was reported missing after he was last seen at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles Monday morning. Smith is described as a 5’10” white man with blue eyes who weighs about 315 lbs. Smith is the brother of Missouri congressman

A woman is facing charges in Cole and Callaway counties after authorities say she led them on a high-speed chase through three counties on Tuesday morning. According to a press release from JCPD, the chase started around 1:30 a.m. in Jefferson City when 31-year-old Danna Peters failed to stop for Jefferson City police after they

Highway 54 in Holts Summit was temporarily closed Tuesday afternoon after a wrong-way crash. Holts Summit Police told ABC 17 News a person was driving the wrong way on Highway 54 near Center Street when they struck a Holts Summit Police Department cruiser. Police said they had gotten a tip about the wrong-way driver and

A Columbia man is in jail this afternoon, accused of beating a man with an aluminum pipe. It happened Monday just before 11 p.m. near the 2600 block of Quail Drive. Columbia police say a male victim saw Larry Williams fighting with a female and went to intervene. Police say Williams started throwing rocks at

A State Senate Committee met again Tuesday at the state Capitol over the ongoing controversies surrounding Planned Parenthood. The Committee on the Sanctity of Life heard testimony from the Department of Health and Senior Services. Several questions were connected to the Planned Parenthood in Columbia and the doctor who works there. There had been questions

A Callaway County man with an active warrant was arrested over the weekend outside Fulton after a traffic stop. Callaway County deputies stopped 43-year-old Anthony Holland on Saturday on County Road 318. Holland had an active warrant for felony probation violation and was arrested. When deputies searched Holland’s vehicle, they found heroin, psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana

A 31-year-old woman pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in Boone County to her role in the gruesome murders of an Auxvasse man and his daughter in September 2011. Jacie Coari had been charged with two counts of second degree murder and one count of first degree robbery. Today, she pleaded guilty to two counts of second

Budget leaders in Jefferson City met Tuesday afternoon in order to discuss issues within the state’s Medicaid system. Lawmakers on the House budget select committee talked about the Missouri Department of Social Services and how officials decide if someone qualifies, along with the system’s enrollment and Medicaid caseload. ABC 17 News has followed the subject

A Jefferson City woman was injured Tuesday after being hit by an SUV in a cross walk. The 24-year-old woman was crossing McCarty Street around 8:00 a.m. when an SUV was turning onto Madison Street. She was taken to a local hospital with moderate injuries.

Several privately-owned surveillance cameras helped police arrest a man suspected of an alleyway arson. The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office charged 25-year-old Jeffrey Springmeyer of first-degree arson and resisting arrest Sunday. Springmeyer is currently in the Boone County Jail, held on a $25,000 bond. Columbia firefighters put out the fire in the alleyway on Eighth Street

A Columbia man is facing charges Monday after reportedly torturing a woman. David Hatton, Jr., 48, was charged with kidnapping and first degree domestic assault. Although Hatton was charged with kidnapping, no one was abducted Columbia police said. Officers responded to a report of a domestic assault on Ammonette Street around 9:30 p.m. Friday that

One person was flown to the hospital following a car crash in Morgan County Monday night. The Missouri highway Patrol confirms the one-car crash happened on Highway 5. As of 9:15 p.m., a trooper was still on scene. ABC 17 News is working to find out what caused the crash and the condition of the

We will continue to have cool nights and warm days through the work week with afternoon high temperatures staying in the lower 80s. The 30 year average high temperature is 86 for the end of August which we will reach Sunday. Spotty storms are possible Friday with a slight storm chance again Saturday as an

A Cole County builder accused of taking money from customers and not completing construction work may have more trouble coming. In May, customers told ABC 17 News Ken Jinson, who also goes by Scott Jinson, charged them thousands of dollars for construction work he never completed. One customer said the work he did do was

Boone County Search and Rescue crews have found a missing Columbia fisherman on the Missouri River near Perche Creek. Crews tell ABC 17 News the man ran out of gas. The man was not injured. The search began around 9:15 p.m. and lasted about an hour. The Boone County Fire Protection District said it had

Classes started Monday for University of Missouri students. Both pedestrians and drivers have a new light signal to adjust to on a busy street. MODOT crews were out monitoring the traffic on campus, especially near the new HAWK pedestrian signals on College Avenue. “First day of school, we just want to watch to see what’s

Bacteria levels in Flat Branch Creek are at dangerous levels. Flat Branch Creek isn’t the only body of water in Boone County seeing high E. coli levels this summer. Columbia/Boone County Health and Human Services posted a sign by Flat Branch Creek warning bathers to keep out because of unacceptable bacteria levels. The health department