Month: December 2015

Crews worked to demolish a Mid-Missouri building where four small children died in a fire. It’s now been almost 5 months since the condominium fire at Compass Pointe in Osage Beach. ABC 17 News checked back in with authorities who said they still don’t know what caused the fire. The status of the case is

In a bench trial Thursday, Judge Kimberly Shaw took the case of Ashley Moore, the woman accused of killing a pedestrian in a car crash last fall, under advisement. The judge will now take the time to review the case and make a ruling. The 18-year-old is charged with one count of misdemeanor careless driving

The Columbia Business Loop 70 Community Improvement District Board of Directors will meet this morning for the first time following the approval of a half-cent sales tax last week. The CID sales tax, which is meant to fund improvements to the area in North Columbia, will go into effect on April 1. The Board of

A judge has found a mid-Missouri man incompetent to stand trial in the shooting death of his wife. A Randolph County judge on Wednesday ordered that 81-year-old Vernon Head be taken into the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health indefinitely. The 81-year-old Head was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in

Classes resumed at Fulton High School Thursday morning after word of a bomb threat proved unfounded. At 7:23 this morning, a person called the ABC17 Newsroom saying a bomb threat was made last week against the school and today was the date the threat was to have been carried out. An ABC17 News employee called

University of Missouri System Interim President Michael Middletontodayannounced the appointment of Dr. David Mitchell, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as the chair of the UM System’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force. The task force, established as one of eight diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

ABC 17 News has confirmed the Moniteau County sheriff’s office is responding to a crash involving a train and a semi-truck Thursday morning about 40 minutes west of Jefferson City. The sheriff’s department dispatched deputies around 10:30 a.m. The scene was near Snorgrass Road just west of Tipton. ABC 17 News is working to confirm

Classes resumed at Fulton High School Thursday morning after word of a bomb threat proved unfounded. The school evacuated students to the football field about 8:00 this morning based on the possibility of a bomb threat shortly after ABC 17 News called the district offices. A spokesman told us a little before 9:00 today there

A man was arrested early Thursday morning who authorities say is a suspect in the stabbing in Boone County Monday night. Detective Tom O’Sullivan with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department confirms Jammie Lee Buntyn, 25, of Columbia, was arrested as the suspect in the stabbing on Mauller Road. Buntyn faces charges of armed criminal action,

On Wednesday ABC 17 News got a first hand look at what Columbia police officers in the Community Outreach Unit will be doing on the job. ABC 17 News reported Tuesday the remaining four positions in the unit had been filled. On Wednesday afternoon, ABC 17’s Jillian Fertig spent two hours with the two officers

A new middle school could be coming to Columbia. ABC 17 reported on Monday, the Columbia school board approved a new bond issue and tax levy for the April ballot. If voters pass the measures, about 20 percent of the $30 million bond issue would go toward building a new middle school in southwest Columbia.

The probability of a white Christmas in Mid-Missouri is low, coming in at a 10 to 25 percent chance. The chance of measurable snow on the ground for Christmas happens about once every four to five years. Looking at records from the Columbia Regional Airport, the last time we had a white Christmas was in

The scene of a crash in Jefferson City was cleared Tuesday night after a 2-car collision on Missouri Blvd. No one was seriously hurt, but ABC 17 News saw a car with heavy damage after it rear-ended a SUV at around 4:30 p.m. Witnesses said it happened as both vehicles were leaving the River City

Crews cleared the scene a two-car crash in Jefferson City late Wednesday afternoon. ABC 17 News did not see anyone seriously hurt, but a car appeared to have some heavy front-end damage after rear-ending an SUV around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Witnesses tell ABC 17 News it happened while both vehicles were leaving the River City

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office said it took a report about a group of men asking about the Bagnell Dam. Camden County Public Information Officer Corporal Scott Hines told ABC 17 News the incident happened about two weeks ago at a Golden Corral restaurant in Osage Beach. Corporal Hines said about a week after the

Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernadino, some U.S. and Missouri political figures are speaking out against the Islamic community. In response, the Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation and Mid-Missouri Peaceworks have organized a community dialogue in efforts to counter Islamophobia. “We are deeply concerned by the level of Islamophobia and violence around

The Jefferson City Police Department announced Wednesday that it will increase DWI enforcement around the holidays. Additional officers will be on duty working overtime to keep impaired drivers off the road between December 18 and January 3. According to police, 197 people were killed and 724 seriously injured on Missouri roads in 2014 involving impaired

On Saturday, a woman was robbed after she met up with another person she met on Craigslist to buy and sell video games. He ended up showing up without the games and robbed her instead. The meet-up highlights the risks of using the online site, especially around the holiday season when people turn to the

More than 20 laptop computers were bought at a Wal-Mart in Marshall, Mo., Saturday evening. Police with the Marshall police department tell ABC 17 News they were told to contact a Wal-Mart asset protection associate regarding someone who purchased a large number of laptops at the 855 S. Cherokee location. Police contacted the associate, who

Howard County Prosecutor Stephen Murrell dismissed key charges Wednesday morning in Fayette against a self-proclaimed monk. Murrell dropped three charges against Ryan Gevelinger: financial exploitation of an elderly person and two counts of attempted financial exploitation of an elderly person. The charges were dismissed in Howard County Circuit Court before Judge Scott Hayes. Gevelinger’s trial