Month: April 2016

Crews battled a house fire in the 9200 block of South Stanley Poe Road, about 20 minutes south of Columbia Saturday night. Assistant Fire Chief Gale Blomenkamp with the Boone County Fire Protection District said the home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on scene. The fire started around 10:30 p.m. and at least 16

A driver fell asleep at the wheel while driving eastbound on I-70 early Sunday morning. The driver and her passenger were able to get out of the car by themselves. They were not taken to the hospital. Missouri State Highway Patrol says they only had some bumps and bruises from the incident. According to MSHP,

UPDATE (Sunday, 4:31 a.m.): Business Loop is now open. Authorities shut down part of the Business Loop early Sunday morning after a car crash. Our ABC 17 News crew on the scene said one lane of the Business Loop near Grand Ave is currently closed while crews clear the area. Officials responded to the crash

Columbia residents took to the streets Saturday to raise awareness of crime in the city, especially black-on-black crime. Organizer Glenn Cobbins Sr. said he believes the black on black crime in the community is what’s holding people back in impoverished areas. “It takes a person with a lot of courage to come out here and

Atmospheric blocking is a meteorological phenomenon that leads to a stagnation of a particular weather pattern, causing that same pattern to last for several days to even weeks. This weekend, the United States has fallen into an “Omega Block.” During this weather pattern, the flow of the upper level stream of winds, known as the

First responders were called to Route J near Graham Road in Boone County Saturday afternoon for reports of a motorcycle crash. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Trooper said Alex Wilheim, 19, was going around a curve when he drove off the right side of the road and overturned.

A 19-year-old Jefferson City man is still in the hospital after an early morning crash in Cole County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 5:20 a.m. Saturday on Route M near Kleffner Ridge Road. Troopers say Cody Stegemann, 19, was driving eastbound when he crossed the center line. Stegemann and the

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is volunteering at her former middle school Saturday morning. The senator is speaking at the University of Missouri’s Care for Columbia on Tiger Plaza. 1500 students showed up to volunteer at 86 sites across the city. That’s more than Caring for Columbia has ever had in their 15 year history at

A Centralia man accused of leading authorities on a dangerous chase has pleaded not guilty. Jason Fuget was charged in January with two counts of assault and one count of resisting arrest. According to court documents previously obtained by ABC 17 News, Fuget refused to pull over when stopped by police. He then led authorities

Jefferson City Council Member’s unanimously voted to support the approval of renewing the half cent sales tax for the August 2nd ballot. The ordinance would allow voters to vote on whether or not to renew the half cent capitol improvements sales tax from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022. The tax has been in

The current chairman of Hallsville Area Family Clinic said Friday he is in the final stages of discussions with Boone Hospitals to transfer ownership of the clinic to them. Currently, the clinic is run by John and Rose Schloot as a non-profit with financial help from the Central Bank of Boone County. According to John

St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City moved to its new facility in 2014. Its old building on Missouri Boulevard was sold in 2015. Right now, there are no redevelopment plans filed, and the old hospital remains empty and closed off. The building has been a fixture in the Capitol City for more than a century.

A former Mid-Missouri police officer is now heading to prison after pleading guilty to sex crimes involving children. The Miller County Court sentenced Jerry Cluck to 20 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Cluck pleaded guilty to knowingly having sex with a child. A probably cause statement claims Cluck was a former

A Fulton man could face charges after he’s accused of sending inappropriate Facebook messages to an underage girl. 19-year-old Michael Collins was arrested yesterday for sexual misconduct. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department started its investigation earlier this year after a concerned parent reached out. Investigators say he sent explicit photographs to a 14-year-old.

After an upper level ridge moved into the region in the later half of the work week, temperatures have been anywhere from four to ten degrees warmer than average from Wednesday through Friday, with more abnormally high temperatures expected to continue into the weekend. So far, for the month of April, six out of the

Brian Treece defeated Skip Walther on April 5 th to become Columbia’s next mayor. Mayor-elect Treece will drop the “elect” portion of his current title when he’s sworn on Monday evening at 5:00. Then, he’ll attend his first city council meeting as an elected member of that body. Before he takes the oath, he visits

A committee leading the search for a new president of the University of Missouri system nagged by racial unrest says candidates must have “a deft command” of communications and public relations. The committee approved a list of qualifications for the successor to Tim Wolfe during a meeting Thursday in Rolla of the system’s governing board

PLEASE NOTE: The Networks of Mid-Missouri will air a special episode of last week’s ‘Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown’ Saturday, April 16 , at 11 a.m. on ABC 17, KMIZ.

The Missouri Senate Veterans’ Affairs and Health Committee has unanimously passed a bill that targets so-called “step therapy” practices by insurance companies. The bill is sponsored by House Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins from Warrensburg. It’s designed to ensure the medicine prescribed by a patient’s doctor is the medicine the patient is allowed to take.

A Mexico, Missouri man will soon learn his sentence after he was convicted for child sex crimes. Audrain County prosecutors say a jury found 40-year-old Darran Boston guilty after two days of trial. Boston raped, sodomized, abused, tortured, and exploited two girls in Audrain County for nearly 2 years. He’s now convicted of 28 counts