Month: October 2015

Three people were injured Thursday night when a vehicle crashed into a jail van in Moniteau County. It happened on Highway 5 near Highway 50 south of Tipton. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office tells us a car hit the back of a Morgan County Jail van taking four inmates to that facility in Versailles. Sheriff

Two days after a Columbia gun shop closes its doors, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office is looking for anyone who’s out money from ZK Guns in Columbia. ABC 17 News reported back in July that some customers claimed the owner of ZK Guns, Zach Kean, was taking money up front for firearms and not delivering

Columbia Public Schools is requesting the city delay action on a proposal regarding access to the new East Elementary School. ABC 17 News has been reporting for the last month that neighbors in the Woodlands and Vineyards neighborhoods are concerned about the current proposal. Residents in the area said they believe a separate road needs

People from out of state are coming to Mid-Missouri to get their hands on prescription drugs. Missouri is the only state in the country without a prescription medication registry. “There’s no way to monitor if a person should go to multiple doctors and then go to multiple pharmacies getting the same prescription,” said Erica Hopkins,

A Missouri House Committee hearing continued reviewing the progress made by the Missouri State High School Activities Association. The Committee will look at several topics such as MSHSAA’s transparency of activities, fairness and consistency in Board rules and regulations and student safety. Approximately 580 high schools statewide are members of MSHSAA.

Multiple agencies responded to reports of a mobile home fire in south Columbia Thursday morning. Residents had to move out of the trailer park by October 1, so the area is believed to be unoccupied. The property was originally going to become a hospital, before the state voted down the plans. Read about the latest

ABC 17 News has confirmed Wednesday night a date has not been set a for a new Columbia sales tax. The new tax would affect stores on the Business Loop in the central part of Columbia. Over the summer, it was revealed a University of Missouri student was the only voter included in the district’s

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested three people Wednesday after pulling a car over around 7 p.m. on Highway PP. The deputy searched the car and reportedly found more than 4 pounds of marijuana and more than $7,000. Authorities say 37-year-old Aaron Sobelman from Columbia, 20-year-old Christopher Marney from Boonville and 21-year-old Destiny Thomas from

Crews battled a structure fire in central Columbia Wednesday night. Investigators later confirmed a decorative rope light on the back deck of the home actually caused the flames. Columbia fire responded to the home off Parkade Boulevard, near Texas Avenue and Business Loop just after 6:30 p.m. Officials say several 911 callers reported flames coming

The Jefferson City Police and Fire Departments were on the scene of an crash Thursday morning. It happenedin the 1600 block of Christy Drive. Authorities said a tractor trailer attempting to exit a private drive became entangled with a utility pole causing damage to the pole. Picture of the scene show the utility pole broken

Two people were arrested Wednesday night after authorities found a marijuanagrow operation in a home in Mexico. Members of the East Central Drug Task Force, Mexico Public Safety Dept., and AudrainCo. Sheriff’s Department searched a home in the 1600 block of Meadow lane and arrested 18-year-old Porter Goodman and 18-year-old Jacob Landreth. Investigators found marijuana,

Drought conditions have worsened across Mid-Missouri since last week, despite Tuesday’s rainfall. All of Mid-Missouri with the exception of Montgomery and Gasconade counties are in a moderate drought, with much of the state still abnormally dry. At Columbia Regional Airport, only 0.9″ of rain has fallen since October 1, and we typically pick up 3.03″

Much of Friday will be cool with increasing clouds through the afternoon. A robust area of low pressure approaches from the southwest beginning Friday night, bringing rain into Mid-Missouri between 6-8 p.m. Rain continues overnight into the first half of Saturday, with low pressure exiting to our east by evening, allowing showers to taper off

The Columbia Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence met again Wednesday to discuss the recommendations it made to the council almost one year ago to curb crime. Just last week, the task force met to give a progress report on those recommendations. Some community members said they feel implementing those recommendations has been a slow

The Boone County Fair could soon have a new home in mid-Missouri. ABC 17 News learned Wednesday night the Boone County Fair Board has agreed to move the festival to Sturgeon, Missouri. Mayor Gene Kelly said he was told this week the fair had been moved to his city. He could not confirm specifics of

Dozens of Lincoln University students in Jefferson City were still being forced to live in a hotel Wednesday, a month after the promised deadline that they would be able to move onto campus. This school year, Lincoln University has a larger new student population that it has had in year’s past. About 100 students had

The Drewing family announced Wednesday the sale of the Joe Machens dealerships group to McLarty Automotive Group of Little Rock Arkansas. According to a news release the dealerships will still operate under the Joe Machens name. Gary R. Drewing Sr., President of Joe Machens Dealerships said in the release, “our valued employees will remain core

ABC 17 News confirmed one man was taken into custody for a shooting last week in northeast Columbia. One witness who was in the area claims Jameson Harris, 19, shot at two people who were in a car stopped in the middle of the road on Quail Drive October 20. One of the bullets hit

ABC 17 News learned one man is now facing federal charges for a shooting reported two weeks ago in Jefferson City. A grand jury indicted Leroy Spinks on Wednesday, claiming he was caught with an illegal gun. Neighbors heard six to eight shots earlier this month on October 14 near Atchison and Monroe streets, southwest

So far this year, ABC 17 News confirmed 1,600 car crashes have happened on I-70 statewide, killing 35 people. This includes Tuesday’s fatal crash near Kingdom City that killed Robert Brainerd, 46, of St. Louis, and Charles Moore, 46, of Nicholasville, Kentucky. Sergeant Scott White with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the Major Crash