Month: June 2016

The Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated a crash on Highway H near Highgate around 3 a.m. Saturday. Troopers said the driver, Anthony MacClugage, started to drive off the right side of the road then came back on to the road and skidded. The driver then drove off the road again and hit a tree. MacClugage

Johnny Nelson watched as pieces of the sidewalk along Old Highway 63 rose like teepees in the summer. The section near his house, close to the intersection of Bushnell Drive, needed maintenance from the retired carpenter in the winter, when snow covered it. But Thursday night proved it an all-season problem. “It would make a

Thousands of athletes of all ages are competing in the Show Me State Games in Columbia this weekend with temperatures hovering above the 90 degree mark. Kenneth Steele coaches the North County Cowboys from St. Louis. He said their team participates in the Show Me State Games almost every year and said this year’s weather

A New Bloomfield man was taken into custody Friday after he led deputies with the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office on a chase. During their patrol, deputies spotted 28-year-old Andrew Richards driving on East Simon Boulevard near U.S. Highway 54 in Holts Summit. Deputies told ABC 17 News Richards was wanted for felony Callaway County warrants

The Fulton police department is looking for a man who escaped from a police car Wednesday night in handcuffs. Fulton officers told ABC 17 News that 22-year-old Joseph Christmas, of Auxvasse, reportedly walked out of Moser’s at 2020 N. Bluff Street with a stolen $50 bottle of liquor. After viewing surveillance video from the grocery

Southerly winds will transport warm, humid air into Mid-Missouri through Sunday, making it feel more like July than early June. Nights will stay warm and muggy with low temperatures in the lower 70s. Mostly sunny skies will bring temperatures up quickly during the day to near 90 by noon and into the low to mid

Summer travelers would probably prefer to bring home a little extra sand in their shoes over an infestation of bed bugs. “What’s important for people when they’re traveling across the country to know is that bed bugs are everywhere,” said Bryan Ninichuck, owner of Wingate Environmental Pest and Lawn Management. “Hotels, planes, buses, modes of

The Downtown Community Improvement District is getting closer to installing decorative gateways across The District area in Columbia. “Our entrance to downtown currently are vacant lots or buildings. We have a strong vibrant downtown, but you might not realize as you’re driving by,” Katie Essing, with Downtown Community Improvement District, said. The District’s Gateways project

ABC 17 News confirmed construction debris closed I-70 eastbound at one point Friday afternoon near the Lake of the Woods exit. Cars were diverted on the side of the road during the clean-up operations, first reported around 3:40 p.m. There were heavy delays in the area, with traffic backing up for a couple miles past

COLUMBIA, Mo-Starting Sunday at 5 p.m. crews will be replacing the overpass by West Boulevard and building a new two-lane roundabout. Traffic will have to be restricted or shutdown for 45 days. This means that drivers will have a lot harder time getting around parts of the Business Loop near I-70. This is all part

The funeral procession carrying Muhammad Ali’s casket has arrived at Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery. Muhammad Ali Funeral Livestream Spectators stepped into the street to touch the flower-strewn hearse as it entered the cemetery.Someone threw flowers to Hana Ali, Muhammad’s daughter, as she rode in the procession. Meanwhile, the starting time for the memorial service for

ABC 17 will rebroadcast last week’s episode of “Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown” on Saturday, June 11, at 11 a.m. This will be followed by last Sunday’s episode of “Born to Explore,” which will air at 11:30 a.m.

New details have emerged about a deadly February crash on Highway 63. John Guffey, 46, of Ashland died after his car veered over a median and hit a semi-truck. Feb. 20, 2016, on Highway 63 near Vandiver Drive. ABC 17 News submitted a Missouri Sunshine Law request in April and obtained the traffic crash report

More elementary students in Jefferson City will soon have to take classes inside a trailer. This coming school year, Jefferson City Public Schools will place a trailer at Pioneer Trail Elementary School because of increasing enrollment. “Well we’re adding one trailer, bottom line because we’re out of space,” Superintendent Larry Linthacum said. “We want to

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the death of Tyler Davis, the 23 year old killed in a motorcycle crash on March 28, 2016. The lawsuit states that the defendant, Candace Burditt, failed to yield to oncoming vehicles traveling on MO-163. Burditt also caused, allowed, and permitted the motor vehicle she was operating

A man was still in the Boone County jail Friday morning after he was booked on suspicion of rape. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department says Richard Williams, 38, turned himself in on a warrant for rape around 3 p.m. Thursday. According to police, Williams gave the victim and her son a ride to their home

As Mid-Missouri starts the hottest weekend of the year so far, parents and pet owners are being reminded to not leave children or animals in cars. By this time last year, four children had died after being left in cars. So far this year, 11 children across the country have died so far this year

A city commission focused on how its new development code would affect, and attempt to protect, existing neighborhoods. The Planning and Zoning Commission heard its third of six planned public hearings for the unified development ordinance Thursday night. Department of Community Development leaders Pat Zenner and Tim Teddy led the discussion for the city on

A Mid-Missouri woman will spend the next 25 years in prison for sexually molesting a child in Holts Summit. Tenessa Wolfe pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy Wednesday. She will serve the sentence for each count concurrently. Investigators said they found photos of Wolfe and Michael Kreps raping the victims at their

A 21-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to five years probation for hitting someone while he was drunk. Cody Drnec pleaded guilty this week in the head-on crash that happened in October 2014 on County Road 269. The driver of the other car was injured in the crash, but testified for a lighter sentence for Drnec