Month: December 2015

The Columbia Fire Department will be meeting with the Johnson Products company after firefighters responded to a third fire in less than three months at the facility on Paris Road. Monday’s blaze marked the fourth reported fire at Johnson Products. The previous incidents occurred on May 9, 2013, October 1, 2015 and December 9, 2015.

The City of Columbia has hired Steve Sapp as its community relations director. The new job position starts in January, with a starting salary of $92,040. Sapp has been working for the city for more than 30 years in multiple departments. Earlier this fall, the City of Columbia approved changing the name of the public

Columbia police are looking for a man after a home invasion early Monday morning. It happened in the 1400 block of West Worley just before 1:00 a.m. A man was sleeping in the home when his dogs started barking and woke him up, according to Latisha Stroer with the Columbia Police Department. The man found

Several Missouri lawmakers have pre-filed bills in the House and Senate that would ban texting while driving in the state. Currently, only those under the age of 21 are prohibited from reading and sending text messages while behind the wheel. Many legislators want that to change, citing safety reasons. HB1377 would “prohibit anyone from sending,

The Columbia City Council is set to meet Monday night for a work session before 2015 comes to an end. Council members are set to discuss the strategic plan and focus on three specific areas in the central, north, and eastern parts of Columbia. The city will address a large concentration of nuisance properties that

A mild pattern will continue across Mid-Missouri for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Wednesday morning through mid-afternoon will bring rain to the area as a cold front approaches from the west. Rain approaches our western counties early Wednesday morning, west of Highway 65 by 4-6 a.m., and spreads into Mid-Missouri by 8-10 a.m. Most rain exits

Columbia Police are searching for two suspects following an armed robbery Monday afternoon. Police told our ABC 17 News crews on the scene the two suspects pointed a gun at the victim after they arranged a meeting on Craigslist. The victim was not injured, but drove off after the encounter. Police told ABC 17 the

ABC 17 News confirmed the Jefferson City SWAT team arrested a fugitive on Monday. Law enforcement in South Dakota are currently looking for a man accused of 10 counts of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm, after an assault in Sioux Fallslast Thursday. The suspect, Christian David Ladin-Villela, age 20, was wanted for his accused

The holidays are a time for families to reunite, but for close to 1,000 families in Missouri, they will be waiting and wondering if a loved one will be coming to Christmas dinner. Right now, according to Missouri Highway Patrol statistics, there are just about 940 missing person cases in the state. Marianne Asher-Chapman runs

The Jefferson City Council is scheduled to meet Monday night on several items before the new year. The council is expected to hear public comments and vote on a proposal involving improvements at Menard’s and vote on an ordinance involving property off Highway 179. That plan would involved mixed use development consisting of 200 residential

The Camden County sheriff’s office confirmed a 75 year-old woman returned home safe Sunday night, thanks to the department’s bloodhound, Nutmeg. Officials first got a call around dusk from a woman who was worried after learning her sister was missing. Deputies learned the victim called Life Alert on her cell phone, explaining she was lost

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis aldermen have agreed to spend $150 million to help finance a new riverfront football stadium as part of the effort to keep the Rams from moving. Aldermen voted 17-10 to approve the measure Friday. The vote does not guarantee that owner Stan Kroenke will keep the team in St.

For the third time in less than three months, firefighters have responded to reports of a fire at Johnson Products in Columbia. The latest call went out shortly after 7 a.m. Monday. Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the building, which sits just off Route B/Paris Road. According to the Columbia Fire Department, the

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Southern State University and the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences have approved a new program that will streamline medical education for some students. The partnership signed Friday creates a “Yours to Lose” medical acceptance program. It will allow up to 25 Missouri Southern students a year to be

Fire escaped a wood stove, spreading from a shed to a Callaway County mobile home’s living room Saturday afternoon. Millersburg Assistant Fire Chief Jason Bedworth told ABC 17 News the owner of the home in the 1400 block of Big Rock Drive, near the Little Dixie Lake, tried putting out the fire that started in

According to data from the Columbia Police Department, burglaries increase in December, right around the holidays. Officials urge holiday shoppers to keep new gifts or items out of the spotlight inside their homes. “If you have a Christmas tree up and you have presents surrounding the Christmas tree, don’t leave your window open in plain

A car crash in Callaway County sent one man to the hospital in serious condition Sunday afternoon. According the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Norman Porter, 82, drove into the path of another car on Highway 54 near Route BB around 12:30 p.m. Richard Wiseman, 55, was driving the other car, which drove off the side

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers say a Jefferson City woman crashed her car in Miller County Saturday night because she was distracted from reading a text message. The crash happened on Highway 54 just after 8 p.m. According to the crash report, Ashley Bond, 22, drove across the median and two lanes of oncoming traffic.

The Columbia City council will make a final decision regarding preliminary plans for a new elementary school in southeast Columbia on Monday. The $2.2 million dollar project would build a new elementary school off Columbia Gorge Parkway near Rolling Hills Road. Many residents in the Vineyards and Woodlands neighborhoods have expressed their concerns over increased

For areas east of the Rockies, a white Christmas is not looking likely this year. In fact Friday’s daytime high temperatures could break records for cities in the eastern half of the continental United States stretching from Texas all the way up through New York. This comes as the result of the forecasted jet stream