Month: September 2015

Major road work has shut down a street northeast of Columbia. Part of Mexico Gravel Road is closed right now for construction. Another section is shutting down Friday. Boone County crews are renovating the road, which involves digging. They will also replace some culverts and put down new asphalt. The entire project should be done

The Governor’s Cup football game will air tonight (Sept. 3) on ABC 17 and FOX 22, causing some programming changes. As a result, ABC 17 News at 9:00 p.m. on FOX 22 will not air, and ABC 17 News at 10:00 on KMIZ will likely begin late. ABC programs can be seen on Sunday beginning

The investigation continues into a deadly wrong way crash in Holts Summit. In early August, a woman was driving the wrong way on Highway 54 and hit another car head on. The crash killed both the wrong-way driver and three teens in the other car. Corporal Scott White with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said

Jefferson City school officials told ABC 17 News they’re making adjustments as they go, after starting classes last month with a lot of different changes. ABC 17 News sat down with the spokesperson for the district, Amy Berendzen. Berendzen spoke about the new superintendent and high school principal, and touched on the ongoing issues with

Hot and humid weather will continue for the holiday weekend thanks to upper level high pressure continuing to pump in Gulf moisture from the south. High temperatures will reach the low 90s Friday through Sunday, with heat indices anywhere between 94-98 degrees all three days. Average high temperatures this time of year are in the

ABC 17 News learned one suspect wanted for a man’s death in northeast Arkansas was caught Wednesday in a Jefferson City apartment with a large amount of marijuana. Another man is still on the loose. U.S. Marshal Bob Clark confirms Daniel “DyNasty” Johnson, 24, is wanted for shooting Vincent Stone multiple times in late June

Photons, or scattered light rays, are made up of every visible light. Each of these visible light rays, from red to violet, have different wavelengths. In short, the longer the wavelength, the less energy the light has. The shortest of these visible wavelengths, and result more energy, is the violet wavelength. This the main reason

A 29-year-old is accused of shouting curse words, then punching a man on his way to Ramadan services in downtown Columbia in June. Prosecutors charged Randall Heath of assault motivated by discrimination earlier this summer for the incident that happened just before midnight on June 17. Heath was arrested by Boone County court security Tuesday

One person was hurt after a crash near Highway 50 in Jefferson City Wednesday night. Police say it happened just after 8 p.m. at Eastland Drive and the Highway 50 Eastbound ramps. Investigators say a car made a left turn from Eastland Drive toward the entrance ramp. It crossed in front of another car driven

Two people were hurt Wednesday in a Jefferson City crash. Multiple police cars and an ambulance responded after 5 p.m. near the Capital Mall. Police say a car driven by Pascal Beuchter of Jefferson City was crossing the intersection of West Truman Boulevard to Amazonas Drive from a driveway. The car crossed in front of

Decreasing daylight and falling temperatures as we head into fall may have you thinking about the upcoming winter in Mid-Missouri. Last winter’s temperature came in at 31.5 degrees which is slightly below the 32 degree average for December through February. We only had 12 inches of snow for the 2014-15 winter season which is 6

Kenosha Beef International is recalling nearly 90,000 pounds of pork sausage patty products that may be contaminated small metal pieces. This is the information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS): The frozen, pork sausage patties were produced on May 13, 2015. The following products are subject to recall: 24-oz.

The Jefferson City house fire ABC 17 News reported over the weekend has been ruled an arson. The fire at 1207 East McCarty happened on Sunday morning, August 20th at 1:41, according to the Jefferson City Police Department. The house was destroyed. JCPD says 31-year old James Stude, of Jefferson City, has been arrested and

It’s been an often-heard complaint for years, residents around downtown Columbia say there are too many cars and not enough parking spaces. “It’s always super crowded on the sides and you can always see people trying to find parking spots — it’s pretty bad,” said Bianca Smith, an East Campus resident. Residents in the East

The Boone County Commission announced Wednesday that Chad Martin, a captain with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department will take over as the new 911 director and Terry Cassil has been selected as the new Boone County Emergency Management Director. Cassil is currently the chief of operations for the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. He also

The Food and Drug Administration is asking several supplement companies to review their powdered caffeine products. The agency says these products that are available to consumers online “present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury.” Warning letters have been sent to five different companies including Bridge City Bulk, Hard Eight Nutrition, Kreativ Health,

Randolph County Prosecutor Mike Fusselman filed a warrant Monday to arrest 45-year-old Alonzo Thorpe for numerous child sex crimes. Police confirmed Thorpe turned himself in Tuesday night. Fusselman charged Thorpe with 20 crimes, including several counts of statutory sodomy, child molestation and enticement of a child. Online court records list addresses for Thorpe in the

A Boone County man is sitting in jail after he was charged with his ninth DWI. He’s also charged with kidnapping in the same incident. Court documents say Richard Wilhite, 53, of Sturgeon crashed his truck into a ditch along Route V just south of Sturgeon last week. When two people stopped to make sure

UPDATE: ABC 17 News has confirmed First Student is making “personnel changes” after airing a story about a 4-year-old boy who was left on a Jefferson City school bus. Mika Clardy says her son Makoto is a non-verbal special needs student who goes to Southwest Early Childhood Center. He fell asleep Thursday morning, but his

Local scores for September 1, 2015 Softball North Callaway 11 Wright City 3South Callaway 4 Fulton 1Russellville 3 Vienna 10Rock Bridge 2 Battle 7 Volleyball Blair Oaks 25 25Fulton 13 12 Southern Boone 25 25Eugene 23 19 Fatima 25 25Linn 10 10 Hallsville 20 25 23Kirksville 25 22 25 Battle 25 13 9Lebanon 19 25