Month: April 2016

The Jefferson City Police Department is looking for some state assistance to improve its technology. The department is currently in the process of trying to get two grants from the Missouri Homeland Security Program. The grants totaling just under $25,000 would help improve communication and help catch criminals, according to officers. Not only that, but

Columbia public works engineers heard from residents about a proposed roundabout that would replace the four-way stop at Green Meadows Road and Forum Boulevard. The open house was at Ann Hawkins Gentry Middle School on Thursday. “The architects have done a pretty good job laying this out. I don’t think it’s perfect yet, but I

ABC 17 News has images of a man wanted for vandalizing a parking garage in downtown Columbia. The surveillance pictures were taken 1:45 Thursday morning at Fifth and Walnut. Officers tell ABC 17 News they have identified the suspect, but they are not releasing his name or confirming if he is in custody. If you

One person has been arrested following a child pornography bust in Bland. On Wednesday, Gasconade County deputies and a group from the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children team carried out a search at a home on West Kansas City Street. In the home, investigators found a cell phone with around 3,000 images of child porn

Police in Mexico are searching for a man who they say robbed a Taco Bell drive-thru window at gunpoint early Thursday morning. Employees at the restaurant told investigators that the man climbed through the window, pointed a gun at the workers and demanded money that they were about to put in the safe. The man

MoDOT has closed Creasy Springs Road at the Business Loop for 15 days starting Thursday. The closure coincides with the opening the new roundabout in the area. Crews were at closure area by 5 a.m. Thursday, arraigning barricades and getting ready for the road construction. Crews also had the challenge of making sure drivers were

Friday night a low pressure system will bring rainfall and a few thunderstorms in the evening. The thunderstorm threat looks low in the evening, but if storms develop south of I-70 and near the Lake of the Ozarks and I-44 will have the greatest chance. Much of the rain looks likely to hold off until

A proposal to require Missouri voters to show photo ID at polling places is stalled in the state Senate. Democrats filibustered the bill for about six hours Wednesday night. The Senate paused its business shortly after midnight for lawmakers to meet off the floor, and the chamber adjourned early Thursday around 2 a.m. without resuming

A new judge denied two motions filed by Kelli Smith’s attorney Wednesday morning during a hearing in Montgomery County. The judge rejected a change of venue and a motion to suppress blood evidence. Smith’s lawyers argue her blood was drawn illegally before she was formally arrested. Smith was convicted of involuntary manslaughter more than a

Lawmakers heard committee testimony on Wednesday from victims’ families about a bill requiring electrical regulations for all docks at the Lake of the Ozarks. ABC 17 News discovered 90% of all wiring is not inspected at the Lake, despite several deaths because of the safety concerns, including two children from mid-Missouri. House Bill 2607 would

Cole County officials will soon start a salary study for jobs across the county. County commissioners decided Tuesday to do the study in-house instead of hiring out. There has not been a salary study done in the county for at least a decade, according to Presiding Cole County Commissioner Sam Bushman. “When I came in

On Wednesday, a panel in the Missouri House failed to approve a religious freedom measure attracting national controversy. The House Emerging Issues Committee had a 6-6 vote on Senate Joint Resolution 39, failing to move it any further the state legislature. If the constitutional amendment was passed by lawmakers and then voters, businesses could refuse

Police arrested a possible witness to Monday night’s shooting on Sylvan Lane that killed one. 23-year-old Orlando Turner was arrested early Wednesday morning on Allen Street for unlawful use of a weapon. According to a probable cause statement by CPD, Turner admitted to being at the shooting scene that killed 24-year-old Gabrielle Rhodes Monday night

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies took two people into custody Tuesday night at Welcome Inn in Columbia. It was a multi-agency effort with Columbia Police and the Callaway County Sheriff’s deputies on the scene. A white Lexus was towed as deputies searched a room. Boone County would not confirm if this incident was related to the

UPDATE: Court documents say one of the three suspects charged in connection to a shooting near the connector in Columbia Monday is associated with well known gang members. ABC 17 picked up the probable cause statements Wednesday morning for suspects Joseph Luckett, Lajuan Martin, and Johnathan Banks. The documents say a a woman and man

Areas shaded in gray are under a 5% probability for a tornado and have the greatest chance through 9PM. Damaging winds of 60+ mph or greater and hail 1″ in diameter or greater are also possible through this evening. Here are the latest probability maps. Notice areas in yellow are under a 15% probability for

Severe storms moved through Mid-Missouri Tuesday morning. High winds tore off parts of the roof at Tallman Company of Sedalia, a plumbing supply store. No one was injured by the high winds. Randolph County Sheriff, Mark Nicholls, told ABC17 News there were reports of flooding of highway underpasses in and around Moberly. Just before 11:00

UPDATE: Police have now identified the man shot and killed in north Columbia Monday. Police said 24-year-oldGabrielle Rhodes, of Columbia, was killed in the shooting in the 1500 block of Sylvan Lane. Officers responded to the 1500 block of Sylvan Lane at 7:43 p.m. after getting multiple calls of shots fired. Upon officers’ arrival, they

An area of low pressure and trailing cold front will give us the ingredients needed to strengthen storms again Wednesday afternoon. The day will start off with decreasing showers & thunder early in the morning from decaying overnight storms which will move east and out of the area by mid-morning. Forecast models indicate scattered storms

Mizzou Hillel, the Jewish center on the University of Missouri’s campus, has teamed up with Trittenbach Development to redevelop the aging center. Hillel Executive Director, Jeanne Snodgrass said the board of the nonprofit Mizzou Hillel decided a few years ago that the aging building needed improvements. “It was built in 1969. Some repairs weren’t taken