Month: March 2016

UPDATE: The suspect is in critical condition at University Hospital. Deputies in Boone County have confirmed a crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia was related to a chase. It happened just before 12:00 in the westbound lanes of I-70 near exit 125. The crash caused traffic to slow down for a time. ABC 17 News

A candidate for Columbia’s city council failed to disclose major contributions to his campaign in the time state law dictates. Daryl Dudley is running for the city’s Fourth Ward seat on the council. New filings with Missouri Ethics Commission show $60,000 in donations to his campaign last week – one worth $10,000 and another worth

Top executives from some of the St. Louis area’s largest companies say Missouri’s proposed religious freedom law could have a devastating impact on the state’s economy. Leaders from Monsanto, MasterCard and other firms joined Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday to express opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment. The bill survived a 37-hour filibuster by

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would require public employees to give annual written consent before union dues could be withheld from their paychecks. The Democratic governor vetoed the bill Friday while saying it would hinder people’s right to collective bargaining. Lawmakers would need a two-thirds vote in each chamber to override Nixon’s

More than 20 firefighters responded to a garage fire Friday evening around 5:43 p.m. The fire happened on Old Number Seven near Dripping Springs Road off of Highway 63. No one was hurt, but at least two cars are destroyed. The homeowner is cooperating with investigators. Assistant Chief Josh Creamer with the Boone County Fire

Deputies in Callaway County have arrested a man from Hallsville for a home burglary earlier this month. The burglary happened March 11 at a home on Shady Lane near Millersburg. MatthewWyatt was arrested on March 15, and the next day, prosecutors filed charges against him, including burglary and stealing. The burglary remains under investigation, and

A Columbia police officer investigating a burglary reported seeing gunfire while on that call Friday morning. The burglary call happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 2400 block of Quail Drive. While investigating, one officer went to a patrol car to get supplies and saw seven or eight gunshots fired just down the street. The officer

After months of planning, the Mayor’s Task Force on Pedestrian Safety has recommended more than a dozen ways to address traffic and pedestrian safety. Many fatal or serious accidents involved pedestrians at intersections in Columbia. Click here to find the full report According to Ian Thomas, 4th ward councilman and the task force co-chair, the

The petition case of a St. Louis man convicted of manslaughter more than 30 years ago continued Friday in a Cole County courtroom. Rodney Lincoln was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of JoAnn Tate, who was killed in St. Louis in 1982. Her two daughters were also brutally attacked, but they survived.

More than 200 Law Enforcement Agencies across Missouri participated in a Saint Patrick’s Day DWI enforcement crackdown. According to a MSHP release, 16 people were arrested for DWI during a checkpoint at Mick Deaver and Providence from 11:00 p.m. Thursday until 3:00 a.m. Friday. 737 vehicles were checked during the operation. At the same checkpoint,

Maries County deputies caught four people in the act of breaking into a home near St. James on Thursday. The burglary happened at a home on Highway P Thursday morning. Deputies caught the suspects with a truck and trailer full of stolen property, as well as a gun that had been tampered with. They arrested

Boone County prosecutors have filed charges against a Columbia man accused of taking a woman at gunpoint, leaving kids home alone, and threatening violence against his family. According to court documents, police responded to an assault call shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday. The caller had indicated over the phone that Kevin Bonner, 28, of threatening

Deputies have arrested a man on suspicion of breaking into a home while two people were inside. On the night of March 14, authorities were called to a home on Richland Road, where a woman said she found a stranger in her bedroom. The intruder ran, but another person at the home claimed to recognize

A University of Missouri employee was arrested early Friday morning for driving while under the influence. Austin Alewel, 27, is listed as a football analyst on the MU Tigers staff website. Reports show the Missouri State Highway Patrol booked Alewel shortly before 4 a.m. He has since bonded out.

Aspen Heights management spoke out after a burglar broke into an apartment Thursday morning while the two people inside were sleeping. This is one incident in a list of issues the complex has had since it opened. Just after dawn, Columbia police investigated a burglary at the Aspen Heights Apartment Complex. The people living in

The Jefferson City Police Department is warning drivers to “drive sober or get pulled over.” The department joins other law enforcement agencies in keeping impaired drivers off the road. Jefferson City has a special team dedicated tonight for St. Patrick’s Day to make sure roads and drivers are safe. Last year, in 2015, Boone County

The four Republican candidates for Missouri Governor faced off Thursday night in a debate at the Missouri Theater. The Republican candidates are suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens, former U.S. attorney and state House speaker Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. One of the topics to come up

A Cole County official is criticized after running a questionable ad in the local paper. County Assessor Chris Estes approved the advertisement that reminds citizens to file their assessment sheets, but not only did the ad run and cost three times the normal budget, it also featured a colored picture of Estes In an election

David Birkenbach was hit and killed by a city bus in Columbia earlier this month, and now his family is suing the bus driver and the city. On March 7, Birkenbach was in the middle of a crosswalk at the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and Monk Drive when a bus turning left hit him. According

Charles Thompson was acquitted of second degree murder following a three-day trial Wednesday night. Thompson was charged with the February 2015 killing of Johnny Evans in Jefferson City. He had been facing a maximum sentence of life in prison. Thompson was also found not guilty of attempted robbery, but guilty of a burglary charge. “We’re