Month: March 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo- The Boone County Sheriff’s department issued a release today warning homeowners to be wary of door-to-door scammers. With severe weather approaching, con artists knock on doors using multiple high pressure sales tactics. They may claim an existing condition poses a safety risk, or that they only have a “special price deal for today

Severe weather season began in early March and lasts until September, and it brings the potential for dangerous storms or even tornadoes to mid-Missouri. State and federal leaders are working to improve their responses to disaster situations that result from dangerous weather so the American Red Cross is hosting a summit in Columbia this week

Authorities in Maries County arrested Jared Brown on Wednesday after allegedly finding several kinds of drugs in his car. During a traffic stop on Main Street, a sheriff’s deputy and a Belle police officer reported finding a loaded gun in the car next to Brown. They also reported finding methamphetamine,marijuana, vicodin, drug paraphernalia, and items

Missouri is the only state in the U.S. without a monitoring program, which would allow doctors to see a patient’s full prescription history. Wednesday, the Missouri Pharmacist Association gathered at the state capitol to lobby in favor of the measure. California adopted the first prescription drug monitoring program in 1939, and since then every other

A family is safe after an overnight house fire in Boone County. The Boone County Fire Protection District was called to the blaze at 22001 Dinwiddie School Road around 12:30 a.m.Wednesday morning. Chief Rush tells ABC 17 the smoke alarm woke up the residents. They made it out of the home before crews arrived. The

Warm Springs Ranch has opened for its eighth season outside Boonville. The ranch is Budweiser’s only breeding facility for their iconic clydesdales. Ranch supervisor John Soto has been with Anheuser-Busch for 37 years and has been with at Warm Springs since it opened in 2008. He says the ranch gets visitors from all over the

More than half of Missouri traffic deaths happen on rural roads. After a deadly crash that happened on Stanley Poe Road just south of Columbia on Monday night. ABC 17 looked into the dangers of rural roads in Mid Missouri. Jacob Robb, was killed Monday night on Stanley Poe Road, after driving down the narrow

Some large campaign signs in east Columbia bear a pink “NO” across the bottom. Signs for Tom Leuther, a candidate for the city council’s Third Ward spot, were vandalized with the spray paint, some along Old Highway 63, another near the Casey’s General Store on Clark Lane. Columbia police said they also took a vandalism

The Missouri Department of Transportation urged drivers to pay attention and obey road closure signs Tuesday. Multiple drivers ignored closure signs and went around barricades on Business Loop 70. It happened near the West Boulevard round-a-bout where the eastbound lane of the Business Loop is closed for the I-70 bridge construction project. The Missouri State

Jefferson City police investigated a crash Tuesday night that left two drivers with minor injuries. It happened just before 8 p.m. Police say a 2003 Chevy passenger car made a left turn onto West Truman Boulevard from Amazonas Drive. The car reportedly failed to yield to a 2008 Dodge passenger car traveiling eastbound on West

A constitutional amendment is moving forward in Missouri that would prevent any legal punishment to wedding businesses who refuse to service same-sex marriages. The controversial measure got the attention of the NCAA when a similar one was approved in Indiana in 2015. “The NCAA national office and our members are deeply committed to providing an

Boone County officials said they’re looking for fairground tenants. They’re offering short-term lease options for groups wanting to use the Central Missouri Events Center. “The idea is that we find a way that the public can use the facility during the interim when we are trying to identify a long-term solution,” said Dan Atwill, presiding

Three people from Cole County are charged in relation to the death of a 23-year-old man. Deputies found the remains of Casey Pitman along Upton Road in Henley Friday. According to Captain John Wheeler with the Cole County Sheriff’s Department, someone called 911 between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. and told dispatch that their friend

BOONVILLE, Mo- On Tuesday Missouri Auditors released a report on the cyber security of the Boonville School District. Boonville is the first district in the state to get a deep look into how it fends of hackers. The audit raised concerns with the districts plan on protection. The reason why the audits were implemented was

An intruder call at a home near Chance Elementary School and Centralia High School put both buildings on lockdown Tuesday morning. A woman called authorities to report finding an unknown person in her basement shortly before 11 a.m Tuesday. Officers got to the home on South Rollins Street, and learned the suspect had left and

Jefferson City Planning and Protective Services Director Janice McMillan confirms building and site plans have been submitted for an IHOP restaurant. IHOP, the International House of Pancakes, currently has one location in mid-Missouri, on Columbia’s Conley Road. McMillan says the proposed capital city location is at 2011 Missouri Boulevard, west of Harbor Freight. She says

Wednesday will be the warmest day of the week as temperatures will start off the day in the low 50s, and warm to the low 70s. There will be an increase in cloud cover and thunderstorms. If rain develops early in the day, it looks like after 9AM, this will likely lower the chance for

Facing a University of Missouri rule about staff and elected positions, Ginny Chadwick says she will not seek election to the Boone County Commission. University rules state that in order to hold an elected full-time office on any level, including the county, a staff member must either resign or request a leave of absence as

A 15-year-old boy is dead and two teens are injured after a crash in Howard County. It happened just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning when the driver veered off the right side of the road, struck a ditch and then overturned. One of the passengers, a 15-year-old boy, was pronounced dead at the scene. The

Deputies have identified the driver killed in a truck crash south of Columbia on Monday night. It happened on Stanley Poe Road just before 8:00 p.m. According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, Jacob Robb of Columbia was driving north when his truck went off the road. Robb over-corrected, went back onto the road, and