Month: May 2016

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo- Around 8:30 Sunday night, MODOT closed down the westbound lanes of the Missouri River Bridge and traffic is reduced to the two eastbound lanes. The 7 million dollar project began in March and will continue for four months, ending around Labor Day weekend. There has already been traffic build up over the

The Convention and Visitor’s Bureau staff will address the City Council of Columbia about the financial impact and lost business to our local economy. Including conferences that don’t consider Columbia as a destination due to the limited air service. Columbia recently lost a national convention, The National Federation of Pachyderm Club was originally considering Columbia

A mid-Missouri sex offender is facing new charges, accused of beating up a 91 year-old WWII vet, before escaping in his car. ABC 17 News confirmed through court documents filed on Monday that Driss Zarhouni was arrested in the stolen Volkswagen east of Columbia by the Cooper County’s sheriff’s department. Police say he beat up

If you are driving near the Lake of the Ozarks this Tuesday, you might run into some traffic delays. MoDOT has confirmed Business 54 over Bagnell Dam is set to close between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday. The agency is urging drivers to use alternate routes during the survey work. It will be done

Missouri Republicans’ decadelong effort to require people to show photo identification when voting has cleared a major hurtle in the state Senate. Senate Democrats let a bill and a constitutional amendment get initial approval Monday after about a month of stalling. Republicans have agreed to allow people without photo ID to cast a ballot if

UPDATE: James Fainter, accused of shooting a Randolph County deputy, was expected to arraigned Monday, May 2, but ABC 17 News confirmed he is still in the hospital. UPDATE:TheRandolph County Prosecutor has identified and charged the man accused of shooting at a deputy Monday after a chase. Prosecutor Mike Fusselman tells ABC 17 News hefiled

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office says a man declared missing after escaping law enforcement in March has been found and arrested. Deputies arrested Mathew Valentine, 37, in Benton County, a month and a half after he disappeared. In mid-March, deputies got a tip about Valentine being near the Tunnel Dam on the Big Niangua on

Boone County deputies said they found no evidence of forced entry or exit after a reported burglary Monday. It happened around 4:00 a.m. Monday morning on Rollingwood West Court. Deputies on scene told ABC 17 News the resident thought he saw a shadow and then fired off one round. There were no injuries reported. At

A Fulton man was sentenced to six years in prison for unlawful possession of a concealable firearm as a convicted felon. Chance Garriott had been on probation for the offense, but in February, was arrested with two other men for a Callaway County burglary. Garriott admitted to violating probation today and the judge revoked it.

COLUMBIA, Mo-Boone County deputies were called this morning, when a homeowner fired his gun after seeing a suspicious shadow. They searched the area just west of Midway, but didn’t find any signs of forced entry. After seeing the story, a viewer called ABC17, claiming a similar incident happened to her in Millersburg. She noticed a

A man convicted of a 2013 Columbia robbery was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday. In November, AnthonyPaine was found guilty of robbing Kaldi’s Coffee. His sentencing was delayed in February after his lawyer asked for a mental evaluation of Paine. This will be the sixth time Paine is headed to prison. The Missouri

UPDATE:Osage County Sheriff Michael Dixon has pleaded not guilty to one count of unlawful use of a weapon. Dixon entered the plea at his arraignment in Boone County on Monday afternoon. He was arrested in April after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at another person, while Dixon was reportedly drunk at a bar in Hartsburg.

May tends to be a warm and rainy month in Mid-Missouri with close to 5 inches of rain on average. The wettest May on record was back in 1943 with 13.30 inches rain that month but the driest was in 1901 with only .35 inches for the entire month. Last year we came in with

UPDATE: Billie Bruce was captured Friday, April 29. A motion has been filed with the district court to hold him in federal custody without bond until his trial. A federal grand jury in Jefferson City has indicted 13 people, including eight mid-Missouri residents, for an alleged $6.6 million K2 conspiracy in Callaway County. The 14-count

One man died Sunday morning after his car flipped several times. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 54-year-old Gary Meinhardt of Barnett flipped his car after he drifted off one side of Route W and South Marvin Road. Meinhardt, driving a 2003 Chevrolet S-10, “overcorrected” as he came back onto the highway, causing him to

FULTON, Mo- A structure fire that happened around 8 p.m. Sunday is likely to have been caused by combustibles stacked too close to a light fixture. The Fulton fire department responded to the fire at Kingdom Feed Service, where the fire was extinguished within minutes of arrival. It was sustained to the south warehouse portion

A familiar upper level winds pattern will redevelop this week over the continental United States. An omega blocking pattern, similar to the one we saw in mid-April, will set up shop for this upcoming work week. Two areas of low pressure will develop over the United States: one over the Eastern third of the country

As an investigation continues into a Lake of the Ozarks-area homicide, deputies have identified the man left to care for it. Captain John Stephens of the Camden County Sheriff’s Office said Gregory B. Webb’s employer reported him missing on April 20. Deputies were called to the home Webb took care of and stayed at on

A motorcyclist sustained minor injuries after a crash in Columbia Sunday morning. It happened just before 10:30 a.m. at Providence and Green Meadows. ABC 17 News is working to obtain details about the crash. May 1st marks the first day of motorcycle awareness month. Last year, 92 motorcyclists were killed in traffic crashes on Missouri

Two people are recovering after a rollover crash on I-70. It happened just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning near mile marker 95. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the car traveled off the left side of the roadway, striking median cables as it crossed into the eastbound lanes of I-70. The car then went airborne