Month: June 2016

Funeral arrangements for late Hickman football coach Arnel Monroe have been announced. A memorial service will be held in Hickman’s Alumni Stadium on Thursday, June 9, at 7 p.m. The funeral will be held at The Crossing – 3615 Southland Drive – on Saturday, June 11. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.,

Heat and humidity will move in by Thursday, bringing the second weekend of June with well above average temperatures, and the first heat wave of 2016. The humidity won’t do us much good by Thursday as well. Dew points will rise to the 60s for the end of the week, feeling more muggy this weekend

Firefighters responded to a truck fire on I-70 near Kingdom City Monday afternoon. It’s not yet clear what started the fire, or if anyone was injured. Darin Clements sent the above photo to ABC 17 News. We’re working to get details about the fire, and will update you as soon as we know more.

Over the weekend, a powerful letter written by a sexual assault victim went viral. The victim read the letter to her attacker, Brock Turner, at his sentencing Thursday. The former Stanford swimmer was sentenced to just six months in county jail and probation after being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault. While the

A new factory that will bring nearly 100 jobs to Jonesburg is set to open soon. Tuesday morning, Governor Jay Nixon will cut the ribbon at CertainTeed’s new factory and warehouse. The company plans to make shingles at the factory and will distribute a variety of building materials from its warehouse. ABC 17 News will

Court documents revealed a weekend traffic stop in Mid-Missouri ended in a drug bust. Columbia police arrested Janette Robledo Saturday night after they found meth and a safe with marijuana, cash and other items used to sell drugs inside. Robledo is charged with felony drug distribution. She made her first court appearance in Boone County

A former employee at the University of Missouri has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling more than $700,000 from the school. Carla Rathmann of Mount Vernon entered her plea Monday to mail fraud and credit card fraud. Rathmann admitted she embezzled $716,665 over a nine-year period, mostly by submitting fake invoices and bills to

The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved a proposal brought by the Modern Litho Print Company after a public hearing Monday. The company will expand its Jefferson City facility through the purchasing of new, upgraded equipment. The expansion is expected to increase the company’s production by about 30 percent. The city will issue Modern Litho about

ABC 17 News confirmed City Attorney Drew Hilpert is leaving his job with the City of Jefferson in less than two months to start a new role in the southwest part of the state . Hilpert told ABC 17 News he is moving to Springfield on August 2 to become the Senior Utility Counsel for

The Columbia City Council is set to vote Monday evening on Councilman Michael Trapp’s proposal to withdraw his pawnbroker bill. Trapp tells ABC 17 News he will bring the bill back to the Council at a later date with “substantial changes.” The Council meets Monday evening at 7 at City Hall. Trapp recommends withdrawal of

UPDATE 6/6, 9:30 a.m :Willet has pleaded guilty to first degree murder. State is not seeking death penalty. He is sentenced to life without parole for the first degree murder and 20 years for the armed criminal action. They will be served consecutively, meaning one sentence after another. At his hearing, Willet had a black

The Highway Patrol confirms a Sunrise Beach woman is now charged, accused of trying to murder a family member. Jessica Swearingen, 25, was arrested during a traffic stop at 9:35 p.m. Thursday by the Camden County Sheriff’s department in Osage Beach. First-degree charges of conspiracy to commit murder were filed on Friday, with a cash-only

Boonville Police Chief Bobby Welliver told ABC 17 News the Johnson County homicide suspect was arrested in Boonville Saturday around 8:15 p.m. On Monday, the Missouri Rural Major Case Squad confirmed Raymond Blake Brockway, 26, of Sedalia, is a person of interest. The team is now disbanding, after tracking down over 140 leads. Authorities identified

Summer football camp for the Hickman Kewpies has been delayed, following the death of head coach Arnel Monroe. Camp was scheduled to begin Monday. The team’s coaching staff and administrators will meet with the team Monday evening, and will base their decision for when practice will resume on the players’ sentiments. The team was also

As of 4AM Tropical Storm Colin had increased in intensity and is tracking north/northeast at 14 mph with sustained winds of 50 mph. A rapid northeastward motion is expected tonight and Tuesday. On this track, the center of Colin is forecast to approach the coast of the Florida Big Bend area this afternoon or evening,

MoDOT crews reopened the east and westbound lanes on the new Rangeline bridge Monday on I-70. Workers were scheduled to reopen the lanes at 5:00 a.m. Monday at I-70. This comes after the bridge was slid into place on Saturday. MoDOT said its crews also planned to reopen the eastbound on ramp at Providence and

UPDATE: An escaped fugitive from Farmington, Mo. is now in custody in Osage County. The Osage County Sheriff’s Department confirms to ABC 17 that Jason Biermann was captured around 11:30 Sunday morning near County Road 621 & Swan Creek Trail. The search started on Friday around noon, when the Osage County Sheriff’s Department got a

We are 15 days out from Summer, but that doesn’t mean Summer-like temperatures are out of the question. After several days of rainfall that prompted flooding along many of the area rivers, Mid-Missouri is finally going to see a dry and hot pattern settle into the region. Currently high pressure is situated just to our

The truck driver that caused a multi-vehicle collision is now scheduled for a pre-trial conference on Monday. Anthony West was charged with involuntary manslaughter for the deadly July 2015 accident on I-70 in Boone County which caused the death of 79-year-old Margaret Haile of Auxvasse. Multiple warning signs about traffic, including a state trooper’s patrol

In an effort to get residents to get to know their local officers, the Columbia Police Department is holding a community BBQ in North Columbia Sunday afternoon. The BBQ will be at Auburn Hills Park on Derby Ridge Road from 2:00 – 8:00 p.m. According to CPD, officers from the Community Outreach Unit will be