Month: January 2016

The Columbia City Council voted 4-3 to stop further work on a controversial transmission line project in the south part of town. Hundreds of people attended Monday night’s meeting, the public hearing on the power line lasting more than four hours. The council approved the project in 2013, with several miles of 161 kilovolt overhead

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is set to unveil his legislative agenda for his final year as the state’s top executive. Nixon’s is scheduled to give his last State of the State speech on Wednesday night. In it, he will outline his recommended spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1. This year’s

Columbia Police responded to an armed robbery at a convenience store on Providence Road Tuesday night. Officers determined a man armed with a gun came into the store at 200 north Providence Road and demanded money from the clerk. The suspect ran from the store with an unknown amount of money heading east toward Avis

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for all of Mid-Missouri for our next storm system forecast to bring snow on Tuesday. The advisory is in effect until midnight Wednesday morning for areas along Highway 65, and through 6AM for areas further east. Snow has started to filter into Mid-Missouri in a somewhat narrow band

One person was recovering Tuesday morning after being shot in Cole County. The shooting happened on Starlite Drive around 10 Monday night, according to Captain John Wheeler with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department. Wheeler said deputies responded to a verbal disturbance and several minutes later were notified of a shots fired call. Deputies were then

The snow continues to fall across Mid-Missouri Tuesday night and the number of crashes has increased through the afternoon due to hazardous road conditions. At last check, authorities responded to 43 crashes since 7:00 a.m. in Boone County, according to Boone County Joint Communications. Several crashes were seen along main roads where snow partially or

Roads are becoming slick in Cole County as snow continues to fall Tuesday night. Some blowing snow was reducing visibility by early evening. Jefferson City Police said there have been 14 crashes so far since Tuesday afternoon. Jefferson City and Cole County Public have a full staff on board for the rest of the night.

Two mid-Missouri universities cancelled class Tuesday evening due to snowy conditions. Officials with Lincoln University announced they were cancelling classes for the rest of Tuesday night around 4:00. About a half hour later, officials with the University of Missouri also announced that classes were canceled for the rest of the night. ABC 17 News talked

Six people were arrested Tuesday after a drug search warrant at a home on Cotes Sans Dessein in Fulton. The Fulton Police Special Response Unit and the MUSTANG Drug Task Force served the search warrant and found drugs and paraphernalia. The following people were arrested in the round-up: 43-year-old Jeffrey Shaon of Fulton, for possession

The Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper charged in the drowning death of a man who died in Highway Patrol custody appeared in court Tuesday. ABC 17 News has been following the developments in the Brandon Ellingson case since he drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in May 2014. Just last month, a special prosecutor

The snowy conditions kept mid-Missouri authorities and emergency responders busy on Tuesday. At one point, traffic was moving slowly on both sides of I-70 in Columbia. ABC 17 crews reported seeing a multiple-vehicle wreck near Rangeline that was backing up cars in the westbound lanes until the Hwy. 63 connector. Our crews reported that traffic

More than three dozen mid-Missouri schools planned to release students early Tuesday due to snow. Here are some of the schools that have already reported they will dismiss students early Tuesday: -Blackwater R-II Schools: 1:00 -Boonville R-I Schools: 1:00 -Brunswick R-II Schools: 12:30 -Camdenton R-III Schools: 12:55 -Centralia Public Schools: 1:00 -Cole County R-I Schools:

A 51-year-old Cole Co. man was arrested Monday after Jefferson City Police were contacted about a possible bomb threat. Police responded to a call about Max Sturgis, who worked at Sunoco Plastics off Maytag Drive. The caller told police Sturgis allegedly put a box in an office and said the box had a bomb inside.

The Jefferson City Council will consider appointing a finance director at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Council meets Tuesday at 6 pm at the Christy Municipal Building. The Jefferson City Council is expected to appoint Margaret Mueller as the city’s director of Finance and Information Technology, at Tuesday’s meeting. Jefferson city administrator Steve Crowell says she

Fulton police have new released suspect information about three men wanted for a string of robberies across Missouri, including two weekend hold-ups in Fulton. The men who were just arrested are: Anthony Earl Crudup, 17 years old, black male, from St. Louis De’Von Malik Herron, 19 years old, black male, from St. Louis Kyle Jaqutez

Two of three suspects were arrested Tuesday morning after a robbery in Jefferson City Monday night. The third suspect remains at large Tuesday morning. Antonio L. Jones and William D. Murry, both 18, were taken into custody. Monday night at 10:30, Jefferson City Police responded to reports of a robbery at an apartment on 505

Some University of Missouri student employees say they’re still not being treated fairly and their demands are being ignored. Graduate student employees’ health insurance coverage was suddenly revoked in August of last year. As students protested, the insurance was quickly reinstated but that hasn’t solved the student employees’ concerns. The Forum on Graduate Rights and

Click the link below to view the snow routes for Columbia Public Schools for the 2015-2016 school year. If your street does not appear on the list, your child should go to his or her regular bus stop. Bus numbers and pickup times remain the same for snow route stops. http://www.cpsk12.org/cms/lib8/MO01909752/Centricity/Domain/87/snow1516.pdf

Missouri’s Attorney General’s Office filed criminal charges against the owner of a roofing company for taking tens of thousands of dollars from people in the Fulton area. The complaint filed earlier this month accuses 45-year-old Jeffrey Maier of Stanley, North Carolina of four counts of deceptive business practices, felony theft and three counts of financial

A crowd gathered in Columbia Monday night for the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Candlelight Walk and Memorial Celebration It started at 6:30 p.m. at Douglass High school. The group then walked to the memorial celebration at Second Missionary Baptist Church. The memorial was scheduled to start around 7 p.m. It was held by