Month: January 2016

A Jefferson City man found guilty of setting a sporting goods store on fire in 2011 was sentenced to seven years in prison Wednesday. ABC 17 News has been following 55-year-old Kurt Steidley’s case since 2011, when the Everhart’s sporting goods store went up in flames in Jefferson City. Everhart’s was located at on the

Firefighters were investigating a fire at a mid-Missouri University Tuesday. It happened at William Woods University in Fulton around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews responded after a security guard reported smoke coming out of a vent in one of the bathrooms in Tucker Hall. Tucker hall is apparently one of the cafeteria halls on campus

Missouri officials are searching for a 2-year-old boy who was taken from his grandparents’ home in Bourbon by his non-custodial father. The Missouri Highway Patrol issued an endangered person advisory Tuesday night for Damian Glore, who is 3-feet tall, with blond hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a green Ninja Turtles T-shirt and green

The Senate Committee for Transportation, Infrastructure, and Public Safety heard testimony Wednesday morning about Senate Bill 623. The bill would increase tax for unleaded gas by one and one half cents per gallon, and three and one half cents for a gallon of diesel. The gas tax has not increased since 1997 when it was

President Barack Obama made good on his promise not to announce a litany of new proposals in his last State of the Union address. Obama and White House officials said ahead of the State of the Union address that he was planning a “nontraditional” speech that would offer a broad, long-term view of the nation.

Milder air moves in Wednesday and Thursday ahead of our next storm system which will bring scattered light showers to Mid-Missouri Thursday night through early Friday. Temperatures will climb into the 40s Wednesday and 50s Thursday under mostly sunny skies. The warm-up won’t last long. Another blast of arctic air will dive in behind the

NFL Football is back in Los Angeles. But it was at the expense of St. Louis sports fans. NFL owners approved a plan to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to Los Angeles, according to multiple media reports. The team will play in Los Angeles starting in the 2016 season. The Los Angeles Times

A Missouri House committee has approved two measures that could require people to show government-issued photo identification to vote. One measure would ask voters to amend the state constitution to allow photo ID requirements. The other bill outlines how Missouri would implement those requirements if the amendment passes. The Missouri House Committee on Elections voted

A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a terrorist threat to University Hospital. The University of Missouri Police Department said its officers arrested 51-year-old Ruben Espinosa back in October. MUPD said MU Health Care officials reported the threat on October 6 after University Hospital got a threatening phone call. Espinosa admitted to leaving a voicemail

Some Missouri Senate Republicans and anti-abortion groups are pushing a proposal to ban fetal-tissue donation. A Senate committee reviewed the legislation Tuesday. The bill would prohibit the practice in Missouri and enact other regulations on abortion clinics including annual, unannounced inspections. Planned Parenthood officials say clinics in Missouri don’t participate in fetal-tissue donation. The practice

Fire officials in Fulton have confirmed Bobby Metz, 82, died in a house fire on East Reed Street Monday night. Another person in the home was able to get out and was treated for minor burns. An autopsy is set for Tuesday. Firefighters reported heavy flames at the home when they arrived Monday night. At

Fire officials believe a heat lamp is to blame for a house fire in Boone County. Crews with the Boone County Fire Protection District were called out to the scene on Route U just before 4 p.m. Investigators say it appears a heat lamp that was sitting on top of a lizard cage fell onto

No one was hurt after a group of armed males tried to get into a Columbia home Monday night. It happened at a residence in the 900 block of North Garth Avenue. Police said a group of six suspects got out of two cars and started banging on the victim’s door. Police said three of

A man was facing possible charges Tuesday after allegedly shooting a gun while drunk and injuring his neighbor in Camden County. Authorities said they responded to a reported shooting at a residence on Oxon Run Ct. in Sunrise Beach on Friday. Camden County deputies said an investigation revealed that 51-year-old Gary Weber fired a gun

Crews with the Jefferson City Fire department responded to reports of a fire at the Federal Recycling Center Monday night. The department was called out just before 5 p.m. to the facility on Main Street. Crews arrived on scene to heavy equipment on fire. It was put out and firefighters remained on scene to ventilate

Multiple Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies were involved in two separate high speed pursuits that both ended in Cole County Friday, January 8. Detective Tom O’Sullivan with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said there are many factors deputies and officers must weigh on whether to begin a pursuit. These variables include things such as weather conditions

Another storm system will track across Mid-Missouri Friday, bringing light rain and a chance of snow from Thursday night through early Saturday. Out ahead of this system, winds will shift to the south, warming temperatures from Wednesday through Friday. Forecast models are currently bringing this low pressure across central Missouri, moving it quickly into Illinois

Driving down the Business Loop, you might have noticed slick conditions near College Avenue. The owner of Robinson’s Cleaners said a leak in the ground behind her business is causing the issue. Kit Price owns Robinson’s Cleaners on the Business Loop near College Avenue. She said the ground behind her building has been leaking for

The Columbia School Board approved Monday evening a lease proposal with Cornerstone Insurance for Douglass High School’s temporary location. The board met Monday at 6:30 p.m. at CPS headquarters on West Worley Street. Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman said the one-year relocation lasts for the 2016-17 school year. The Columbia school board has allocated $5 million

One of the men accused of threatening violence during racial unrest at the University of Missouri has pleaded guilty. Conner Stottlemyre, of Blue Springs, admitted Monday in Nodaway County District Court to making a terrorist threat. The 19-year-old was attending Northwest Missouri State University in November when he was accused of posting a threat on