Month: February 2016

The University of Missouri is interviewing candidates for a brand new position designed to help foster a more inclusive university system. Paulette Granberry Russell is the first candidate to have a public forum for the position. Granberry Russell said creating an atmosphere for listening will help MU work toward change. Kevin McDonald and G. Christine

Job Description: The successful candidate’s duties will include excel spreadsheets, data entry, preparing presentations including power point. Contract work, client contact, and event coordination. Interpret and understand research date from Nielsen TV and One Domain. Research related reports and projections. Interdepartmental assistance, light accounting, general office work and other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Applicants must

A former Saline County Sheriff pleaded guilty to stealing public funds in federal court Tuesday. Wallace Newman George, Jr., 70, of Corder, Missouri, pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $79,000. George was appointed as acting sheriff in November 1979, and was officially elected in December 1979. He held the office until his resignation Monday. Part of

ABC 17 News has confirmed the state fire marshal is now investigating the cause of an early morning barn fire in mid-Missouri. The property is off 201 Mill Street in Auxvasse, where the barn burned down after 3 a.m. Tuesday. The Callaway County sheriff’s office confirmed it is helping with the investigation as needed and

Crews responded to a locomotive fire that ruined the rear end of the train in Osage County Tuesday morning. Officials with the Osage County Fire Protection District say a Union Pacific coal train caught fire around 8 a.m. as it was heading through Jefferson City. The Linn Fire Department asked Osage County for help putting

A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Tuesday reversed Cole County Judge Pat Joyce’s order to reinstate former Columbia police officer Rob Sanders. The three-judge panel ruled on procedural grounds, saying the Cole County Circuit Court did not have statutory authority to consider review of the Sanders case as a contested

Fulton police arrested a man Monday night following a brief chase. Anthony Cole, a 34-year-old from St. Louis, was arrested for drug possession, resisting arrest and careless driving shortly after 10:30 p.m. Cole was arrested after police responded to a suspicious vehicle on Dunham Drive near Westminster Avenue. They were told there was a black

A low pressure system will bring a snow chance by Wednesday afternoon north of HWY 36 after 3PM increasing in the evening by 7PM. Counties that could see a dusting to 1/2″ look to be mainly east of US 63 and north of I-70. Snow looks to end from 12AM through through 5AM early Thursday

Crews battled a house fire early Tuesday morning in east Columbia. The Columbia Fire Department responded to the fire at 2256 Country Lane shortly after 2:30 a.m. A 911 caller had reported a possible flue fire. Crews found smoke coming from the chimney when they arrived on scene. Inside the home, they found fire in

An investment banker is ordered to pay $850,000 dollars in the last settlement involving lawsuits over bonding for the failed Mamtek factory in Moberly. Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced the settlement today . It involved Morgan Keegan, which is based in Tennessee. Morgan Keegan helped Moberly prepare its bond offering and sold the

A former Mid-Missouri Fire Chief is set to appear in court in April. The Saline County Sheriff confirmed the former Slater Fire Chief was arrested in September for child pornography and sexual abuse. 39-year-old Levi Dennis was arrested by Highway Patrol after an investigation revealed evidence to support the charges. Dennis entered a plea of

Calling the community improvement district’s argument “repugnant,” a voter challenging the December sales tax election argued why the Boone County Circuit Court should hear the lawsuit. Attorney Richard Reuben filed a response late Friday to the Business Loop 70 CID’s motion to throw out voter Jennifer Henderson’s lawsuit against the election to impose a half-cent

Two people were injured in a crash in Jefferson City Monday afternoon. It happened just after 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 50 and Madison Street. Police say four cars were involved. The department says one car was driving westbound on Highway 50 entering the intersection and collided with a car driving southbound on

Child-against-child sexual abuse is more common in Missouri than experts had previously believed, according to state officials. Five months ago, Senate Bill 341 went into effect requiring all complaints of children with problem sexual behaviors to be assessed by the state. Before the new law, there was no statewide procedure for handling the problem. “They

The Columbia School Board discussed the district’s results from the reading and math benchmark tests during its meeting Monday night. The STAR assessment test is given to CPS students in grades 1-8 three times a year during the fall, winter and spring. The test is taken online and is used by teachers and administrators to

Hundreds of complaints were filed into the Veterans Affairs office in 2015 and that number seems to continue to rise. A Boonville Veteran called into ABC 17 to get help for a problem that he fears many other veterans face. It all started a couple of weeks ago as Russell Gibson, a disabled Veteran of

A hearing happened Monday afternoon in Jefferson City with Representative Courtney Curtis and the Special Committee of Urban Issues. Last week Curtis released sharp criticisms toward Mizzou and their lackluster interest in helping build an Urban Education Institute. While at the meeting, Curtis only slightly touched on the University of Missouri system as a whole.

Winter-like temperatures have arrived and will stick around this week. Arctic air is settling over the area and will drop temperatures into the teens by Tuesday morning. The gusty northwesterly winds will generate wind chills of 0 to 8 to start the day to make for a bitterly cold morning at the bus stop or

A cell phone video posted on Facebook shows a first-hand account of the fight that took place at the Columbia Mall on Saturday. A number of concerned parents have contacted ABC 17 News through Facebook– one wrote she doesn’t “feel safe taking our children to our own mall during daylight hours.” The cell phone video

A new person will soon take on the leadership role as the fire chief at the Fulton Fire Department. City officials confirmed Monday Todd Farley, of Blue Springs, Mo., will start the position starting Tuesday Jan. 16. Former Chief Dean Buffington retired in mid-December after working at the department for 32 years, including nine as