Month: March 2016

A number of significant bills will be heard by Missouri House Committees on Monday. One would give the Missouri Department of Higher Education authority to refinance certain student loans. The bill, which will be present by State Representative Kip Kendrick, would create the higher education refinancing loan revolving fund. It’s particularly significant in light of

Campaign volunteers for Bernie Sanders in Columbia are putting in extra hours this weekend leading up to Tuesday’s open primary. “You don’t have to be a registered Democrat to vote on the Democratic ticket,” said Persephone Dakopolos, a volunteer for the mid-Missouri Bernie Sanders campaign. “We do see that a lot. We get a lot

After the system that has brought, and will continue to bring, on and off showers through the weekend, southerly flow will return as a temporary ridge of high pressure builds into the region for the start of the work week. This will result in temperatures warming to about 20 degrees above average, with highs in

The Fulton Police Department responded to a burglary in progress in the 800 block of South Business 54 around 3 p.m. Saturday. Lucy Dixon, 26, and Michael Hook Jr., 22, were arrested shortly after. A witness told police two people left the business in a black Lincoln car. A Fulton police officer spotted the car

The man accused of killing four Kansas City, Kansas men and one Montgomery County man will likely be tried in Missouri before being sent back to Kansas City to face charges. The Kansas prosecutor says as long as Missouri prosecutors are actively pursuing charges against Pablo Serrano, they have the right to keep him. Missouri

Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Senator Bernie Sanders are all visiting Missouri Saturday, just days before the state’s primary election taking place on Tuesday. ABC 17 News dug into two issues important to Missourians: gun rights and religious freedoms. We wanted to see where each candidate who is

A car crash on East Broadway at US-63 caused the southbound on-ramp from Broadway to hwy 63 to temporarily close Saturday morning. It happened just after 9:30 a.m. ABC 17 News has crews on the scene right now. The on-ramp is currently open. ABC 17’s Jordana Marie says a guard rail is damaged. We’re also

With the Missouri presidential primary on Tuesday, Presidential candidates are making their way through the state this weekend. Republican candidate Senator Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi Cruz, was in Columbia today campaigning for her husband at Dickey’s BBQ on Forum Boulevard. Supporters ranged in age from seven years old to seniors. Heidi Cruz says she is

It will be the end of an era Monday morning, when demolition is scheduled to start on part of a downtown Columbia block. The lot includes a now-empty apartment building, Quinton’s bar and Britches clothing store. Sidewalks and lanes will be blocked for the work. The new property owner off Ninth Street is preparing for

President Obama has doubled down on his original 2008 campaign promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Fewer than 100 prisoners – suspected to be terrorists – are housed at the unique facility in Cuba. Our guest for “This Week” is U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler. ABC 17’s Joey Parker starts his conversation with the

The two Republican frontrunners and one of the Democratic candidates for president planned visits to the Show-Me State this weekend, ahead of the Missouri primaries on Tuesday. ABC 17 News had reporters at the Donald Trump rally Friday afternoon at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, where things were delayed while police hauled out

ABC 17 News learned a Columbia teen has landed behind bars, charged for selling drugs outside Douglass High School. Officers say a large crowd was gathering around Joshua Holmes’ car, and then students later seemed to be impaired after coming back from lunch. Staff said they searched his car and found a bag of pill

ABC 17 News has confirmed a second person wanted for a December robbery at a student housing complex in south Columbia is now behind bars. Chad Dean just appeared in court this Thursday on the new charges. ABC 17 News has video of the scene. Officers say Dean and another suspect, Koran Ward, broke into

Police confirmed late Friday that SWAT teams were called to a home for a drug raid near Garth and the Business Loop in central Columbia earlier that morning. ABC 17 News talked to officers at the scene Friday morning, who could not say if anyone was arrested or why. By 5:15 p.m., the department said

Columbia Public Schools put three buildings on lockdown Friday morning, while police looked for a suspect with a gun in the area. Officers later confirmed they investigated a man who had just bought a BB gun at the mall. The report was cleared after no threats were found. West Middle School and the Aslin Administration

The weekend will begin with scattered showers early Saturday and temperatures in the low 50s in the early morning. These showers will move north of I-70 by 11 AM and out of Mid-Missouri by 1 PM, leaving us with a mostly cloudy, mild and dry afternoon. A few more showers and t-storms are possible Saturday

ABC 17 News was at the University of Missouri’s Faculty Council Meeting at Mizzou Thursday . This came hours after the Missouri House of Representatives voted to approve $8.6 million in budget cuts for the UM system. However, the main focus was the larger than expected drop in enrollment ABC 17 News uncovered Wednesday .

Millions of dollars for the University of Missouri were on the chopping block Thursday as the Missouri House of Representatives voted to approve $8.6 million in cuts to the system. After months of controversy and unrest within the college system, the Missouri House decided it was time to take drastic measures. State Rep. Jay Barnes,

A man is in jail Friday after threatening to shoot a Boone County judge. Jerry Wilkerson, 69, is charged with tampering with a judicial officer. Wilkerson is being held in Callaway County without a chance of bond. Lt. Clay Chism with the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Boone County deputies alerted the department of the

The Lorentz factor is a theory produced by Edward Lorentz that explains errors can become exponential in time. The term is a factor by which time, length, and mass can change while a certain object is moving. When forecast models initialize, there are only so many data grid points that a model can pull from.