Month: April 2016

Administrators at School of the Osage School District say classes will resume Tuesday, after being canceled Monday because of vandalism targeting school buses. School officials said 17 out of 33 of the district’s buses were vandalized. The vandalism included deflated tires, destroyed valve stems, and smashed windows. Local vendors like Mark’s Mobile Glass, Big-O Tire,

Deputies in Maries County are looking for a missing man, whose phone last pinged in their area. Brandon Bourbon was reported missing from Washington County on Saturday. Ping data from his phone placed him in Maries County late Sunday night. Bourbon is believed to be driving a silver 2005 Chrysler minivan. The van has University

Police are looking for two suspects after a burglary in central Columbia Monday. It happened in the 200 block of Ripley Street, near Liberty just before 6:00 Monday morning. Police said two men came into the home through the back door and were armed with a gun. Authorities said people were home at the time

Traffic is moving again Monday after reports of a wrong-way driver in Boone County. Emergency crews told ABC 17 News they later found out it involved a hitchhiker on I-70 west of Columbia. ABC 17 News crews saw an ambulance and several law enforcement at the scene. Eastbound traffic along on I-70 near the Midway

The Columbia Police Department has canceled an endangered person advisory for a missing person. Authorities issued the advisory just before 4:00 Monday morning and canceled it just after 7:00 a.m. They say 55-year-old Russel Farrel was found safe. The advisory was issued after an incident at in the 2300 block of Highland Drive Sunday night.

Authorities are looking for Eric Jackson, 35, after he reportedly threatened a woman and her daughter with a gun then led Jefferson City Police on a high speed chase. JCPD said officers were called to the 300 block of Locust Street just after 8 o’clock Saturday morning. The victim said Jackson came into her house

Multiple fire agencies were called to the 7400 block of Virginia Belle Drive around 2 a.m. Sunday for reports of a house fire. Five different fire departments responded to the fire and it took close to three hours to completely put it out. Luckily, no one was home at the time. Central Callaway Fire Protection

Winds were strong on Sunday in Mid-Missouri, with gusts ranging from 30 to 45 miles per hour at times. This was the result of a tightening pressure gradient that was a byproduct of the eastward shift of a low pressure system from Iowa towards the northeastern corner of Illinois. Tonight, the cold front associated with

A car crash Sunday morning killed a 27-year-old Hermann man and sent two others to the hospital. The crash happened just after 11 a.m. on Route P, just south of Route K. The State Highway Patrol said the driver lost control of the car and drove off the left side of the road. The car

A fire that happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Otterville has left a family without a home. It took 15 firefighters about an hour and a half to battle the blaze. No one was home at the time of the fire but the family pets, a dog and two cats, died in the fire. The

A brush fire got out of control Saturday afternoon and burned several acres of land off Highway 124 in Hallsville. The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to the fire around 1:30 p.m. According to fire officials, someone was burning branches and yard debris on their property and started a small fire. The wind picked

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Saturday morning in Boonville to celebrate the first phase of the Katy Trail railroad bridge restoration project. Governor Jay Nixon assisted with the ribbon cutting and spoke at the event. The restoration project includes adding handrails and lighting to the trail, as well as a new span over the

Three people were ejected from a car after a crash in Randolph County Friday afternoon. The crash happened just before 2 p.m. on Route B about five miles outside of Higbee. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the 37-year-old driver ran off the right side of the road and hit several trees. Three of the

Senator Blunt’s campaign is holding its first Super Saturday rally across the state. The Senator spoke at his volunteer office in Columbia. He told the crowd of volunteers known as the “Blunt Brigade” he has set priorities for his time in office because “that’s what republicans do”. He also spoke a lot about mental health

Franky Karmen remembers the days she tried selling her drawings at the Parkade Center. The large Columbia shopping center had several stores and shoppers, and Karmen, who lived across the Business Loop on Jefferson Street at the time, was trying to channel an entrepreneurial spirit she said she always felt. That spirit often came in

The Little Black Dress event benefiting True North of Columbia was held Friday night with ABC 17’s Marissa Hollowed and KPLA’s Chris Kellogg co-emceeing. Women from all backgrounds gathered at Columbia College’s Southwell Complex to dance, eat and have fun – but for a purpose. The yearly event supports True North, an organization with a

A defamation lawsuit against the makers of a documentary that aired in Missouri will move to a different court. Lawyers for both David D’Amato, the man at the center of the documentary film “Tickled,” and the film’s creators, including directors David Farrier and Dylan Reeve, agreed to move a federal lawsuit filed in Missouri to

A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a Columbia man charged in connection to a Columbia teen’s suspected overdose. 28-year-old Jon Washington, also known as “Doom,” is set to be sentenced June 15th. He pleaded guilty in January to charges related to the death. Washington was indicted on charges of knowingly and intentionally distributing a

New plan details are emerging on a proposed apartment complex in downtown Columbia. The building and site developers are targeting the area on 9th and Locust. They say it would be called “Rise on 9th” and feature more than 400 beds within eight of its ten floors. It would also be a mix of studio,

The Cooper County Fire Protection District is asking residents to vote ‘Yes’ on a more than $1.9 million dollar bond issue on the upcoming April ballot. Chief David Gehm said a majority of the money would go toward building two new fire stations near Bunceton and Lone Elm. This would put a station within five