Month: February 2016

Senator Claire McCaskill announced Monday that she is suffering from breast cancer. McCaskill tweeted a link to her Tumblr account, where she explains that her prognosis is positive and she expects a full recovery. The senator said she will have treatments in St. Louis for three weeks. She said, “during this time my staff will

Authorities in Phelps County were expected to make an announcement about remains found this month. The remains are speculated, but not confirmed to be those of Johnathan Shay, who has been missing from St. James since last summer. The remains were found near Dry Fork Creek. Shay was last seen in the 10000 block of

A man is now charged with third degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession after he apparently threatened his wife with a gun in north Columbia Sunday. Columbia Police tell ABC 17 News they arrested Carlos Brown, 29, after he threatened to harm his wife and had a handgun in his lap

Senator Roy Blunt will be in Columbia to kick off his campaign for the US Senate. If re-elected, it will be the second term for him. But he was been serving in Washington D.C. since the late 90’s when he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senator will likely face off

A strong low pressure system will track across southern Arkansas Tuesday evening, bringing rain to areas south of HWY 50 and mainly across I-44 with higher rain totals to the boot heel. A change over to light snow looks likely early Wednesday morning as northeasterly winds usher in colder temperatures and rain changing over to

The Jefferson City School Board is holding a work session Monday afternoon to discuss the preliminary 2016-2017 budget. ABC 17 News dug into the budget report and there are a number of key statistics including: – 2015 marked the sixth straight year of kindergarten classes with more than 700 students.– Jefferson City’s elementary enrollment has

The sound of a slamming door… overturned furniture… screams…Domestic violence happens more in Boone County than most of the state. ABC 17 News takes you inside the crime 1 in 3 women will fall victim to. “You either die or you’re really injured. It gets scary,” says domestic violence survivor Lee Russell. With more people

A man was seriously injured in a crash that happened on Route J in Fulton Saturday night. The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. about a quarter mile from County Road 228. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Joey Andrade, 33, tried passing another car and then lost control. Andrade’s car sideswiped the second car before

South Columbia residents began to collect signatures Sunday afternoon for the recall of Fifth Ward council member Laura Nauser. Residents from several Fifth Ward subdivisions have formed a political action committee calledColumbians for Responsible Government in response to Nauser’s vote to reopen the discussion of power line routes in an ongoing transmission line project. Many

A system projected to develop over the southern great plains in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma is expected to push northeastward during the day Tuesday, possibly impacting southern parts of Mid-Missouri Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. While there is still a good amount of uncertainty revolving around the timing and placement of this system, models

A strong southerly flow Saturday coupled with an abundant amount of sunshine through the early afternoon hours caused temperatures to soar, pushing daytime highs into record breaking territory. If fact, several areas of Missouri broke the record for February 20th. Columbia Regional Airport observed a daytime high of 74 degrees, breaking the record set in

A two vehicle crash closed all of the northbound lanes of Hwy 63 at the Vandiver exit Saturday afternoon. Officials say the driver of a 2013 Ford Fusion, 46-year-old John Guffey, was heading southbound on Highway 63 when his car veered left over the median and crashed into a semi truck going northbound. Guffey died

More than $3 billion of Missouri pensions are at risk as the Department of Treasury considers a new proposal. Central States Pension Fund informed its 400,000 participants it plans to cut pension payments in half due to the companies financial trouble. The fund handles the retirement benefits for the Teamster union. Transportation employees at Central

Fulton police arrested a teenager after he was caught with drugs Saturday. Officers arrested Austen Stinett, 18, for felony possession of marijuana, intent to distribute and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Police responded to a report of a man in a white Honda pointing a gun at another car. It happened just after noon on

UPDATE, Saturday, 11:00 a.m.: According to CPL, the cause of the outage was from a bad underground line near the MKT trail. Crews found the bad line Friday night and repaired it. They couldn’t say exactly what caused the underground line to go bad; they said it could be age or shifting soil. UPDATE, 5:00

A member of the Alpha Gamma Rho is apologizing for a vulgar email he sent to his fraternity brothers about a MU sorority. The email was sent from the sophomore’s school account, talking about the fraternity’s Greek Week pairing, Pi Beta Phi. The email was screen-shotted and passed around social media. Multiple MU organizations responded

The fallen Marine Corps captain from Saint Louis is being honored across Missouri. Governor Nixon has ordered flags to be flown at half staff at all state buildings Saturday. Flags in Saint Louis will be at half staff until Friday. Captain Kevin Roche, along with 11 other marines died last month when two helicopters crashed

The IRS office in Jefferson City was closed for nearly a month. The three weeks of the center’s closure came during tax season. Although it has re-opened well before this year’s April 18th tax deadline, it’s an issue that has drawn the attention of U.S. Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer. As our guest for “This Week,” I

Columbia police arrested a man Friday afternoon in connection to a sexual assault investigation. Police say detectives obtained a warrant to search 26-year-old Joanthony Johnson’s home on South Eighth Street. During the search police say they found evidence related to the assault as well as marijuana, hallucinogens, hash oils and a scale. Officers arrested Johnson

ABC 17 News confirmed police found a “significant” amount of synthetic marijuana during a raid on Friday at the Ultramart Shell gas station off Paris Road near the Business Loop in northeast Columbia. Several members of the Columbia police department were at the scene. Lt. Jason Jones tells ABC 17 News they will take the