Month: February 2016

More people reported callers to the police for trying to scam them in 2015 than the year before. Fulton police Chief Steve Myers estimated a twenty percent increase last year over 2014 in reports of scams over the phone. Chief Myers said the most common ones involve the caller painting a frantic scene – often

Columbia police officers responded to reports of trouble at the Columbia Mall Thursday night, the third incident in that area in less than a week. A sergeant told ABC 17 News they got word about a fight between two groups of juveniles outside the food court, but the juveniles were gone by the time police

A Columbia bar owner is defending his business after it was called out in a city report Friday. Councilman Ian Thomas said several downtown area residents have complained to him about excessive noise late at night from Harpo’s on South Tenth Street. Last September, Thomas asked the city manager and staff to put together a

Jefferson City Police have their hands full as drivers continue to speed through a major work zone. The speeding is happening near the Lafayette Street and Highway 50 Interchange project site. Officers said cars speeding in the 35 mph zone is causing extra danger to road workers.

“I’m very happy to be alive, and even more happy that my dog is safe.” The man that was rescued from an icy pond in south Columbia is identified as Zach Helmich. He told ABC 17 that he was just walking with his dog, Bluea around the pond. As they were playing fetch, Bluea saw

Early Thursday morning after dropping off his wife at work, David Vaughn went to the McDonalds off of Clark Lane to get something to eat. He decided to leave his engine running for fear that his dog, a miniature pinscher, would get cold. Minutes later, a man came into tell him that he saw his

The Morgan Co. R-2 School Board will move forward with replacing Trooper Anthony Piercy’s position. Members are expected to interview two people for the opening. Piercy resigned from the board last month after he was charged in December with the 2014 drowning death of Brandon Ellingson. The trooper waived his right to an arraignment Thursday

A 66-year-old man was killed following a crash in Montgomery Co. on Thursday night. The one-car crash happened on Highway 19 near Montgomery City. Troopers believe Jerry Pate lost control going around a curve just south of I-70, less than an hour east of Columbia. His truck went off the road and hit a tree.

Two Columbia men will spend the next 5 years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine. 52-year-old Robert Jennings and 31-year-old Brandon Carter were sentenced Friday. Both men pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Jennings admitted that he and another person sold crack from a shared home in 2013. Carter

Accumulating snow is possible this weekend as yet another Alberta Clipper moves into the region from the north. As of Friday afternoon, snow is forecast to move in to northeast Missouri as an initial band dips south between 8PM and 10PM Saturday night. This first band will mainly impact northeast Mid-MO, including Macon, Monroe, Audrain,

Job Description: The successful candidate’s duties will include gathering information, writing, shooting, cultivating sources and editing stories from around Mid-Missouri for nightly newscasts, station’s website and other digital platforms. Qualifications: Applicants must have the ability to effectively communicate with the public and internally. They must have strong writing and organizational skills, videography and video editing

An arctic high will settle across central Iowa tonight, bringing very cold temperatures to Mid-Missouri. Winds will be from the northwest from 8-15 in the afternoon, becoming light under 10 mph overnight. Wind chills will fall below 10 as early as 7PM tonight, dipping to 0 by 1-2AM. Wind chills will fall from -2 to

Three Ferguson-area legislators are speaking out about the government’s lawsuit against the city. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the filing of the civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, over Ferguson’s decision to reject the DOJ’s consent demands. The demands come in the form of a decree as a result of an investigation that found a pattern

It was supposed to be Sergeant John Cline’s day off. While helping one of his neighbors on a Saturday morning, a member of Missouri’s Rural Major Case Squad asked him to help canvas a house. The group of several law enforcement agencies from the area had just been asked to help find 47-year-old James Horn,

Forecast snow amounts have decreased and have shifted farther northeast with minor accumulation expected mainly in eastern Boone, Callaway, Audrain, Randolph & Monroe counties where up to a half inch is expected through 3 AM. The latest forecast models show the main band of snow slightly farther to the east, missing a large part of

University of Missouri System diversity and inclusion leaders spoke to the MU Faculty Council Thursday on what progress has been made since protests on the MU campus last November. On Nov. 9, after UM System President Tim Wolfe resigned amid the protests, the UM Board of Curators announced a list of new initiatives to improve

On Thursday, ABC 17 News reached out to all sides of the Melissa Click story. On Wednesday, ABC 17 brought Click’s first ever television interview since the video of her confronting a student journalist went viral. We spoke to the student in that confrontation, Mark Scheirbecker, for his reaction to our interview. Schierbecker told ABC

Columbia Public Works said it will bring in crews at 7:00 p.m. Thursday night to monitor the road conditions ahead of a snow chance. Some light snow could impact Columbia after 9:00 p.m. through the early morning hours, bringing a dusting to a 1/2″ of snow on the roads. You can check road conditions across

Many sheriff’s departments across Mid-Missouri are seeing an increase in the number of concealed carry permit applications. Some agencies have experienced such a high demand for CCW applications that they’ve had to hire extra staff and extend hours to accommodate the growing interest. Pulaski County Sheriff Ron Long said the department has seen a steady

COLUMBIA, Mo- A new cell phone app called, “Companion” is making headlines on different social media sites. It is a security app that shares a person’s location with specific contacts promoting a sense of security as a person walks home. The app has multiple different safety features such as quickly alerting police when a person