Month: July 2016

Two shootings in central Columbia just days apart from each other leaving one teenager dead has some City leaders and Police officers expressing their views. Compared to years past, Officer Jamal Castile with Columbia Police Department says, “I’ve seen a big change, which is really kind of surprising if you would have asked me this

Police arrested a 22-year-old Portland, Missouri man after reports of stolen iPads from a church in Fulton. The Fulton Police Department were called to the First Baptist Church on Court Street around 5:15 Sunday afternoon. Officers were told two iPads were stolen from the church. Chance Barnhouse was allegedly seen leaving the church before officers

We know the “dog days” of summer to represent the hottest days of the year which occur in July through August. We’ve experienced these conditions the past couple weeks with one heat wave and another starting tomorrow. The exact timing of this period was set by the Old Farmer’s Almanac to be from July 3rd

A 16-year-old girl was injured in an overnight crash in Morgan County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened on Highway 5 at Chigger Lane just after midnight on Sunday. Troopers said the driver started to drive off the left side of the road and then overcorrected, which caused the car to go

UPDATE 7/30, 3:17 p.m.: The suspect in the recent shooting death of 17-year-old Marquez Reed turned himself in to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department Saturday afternoon. According to a press release, the sheriff’s department contacted the Columbia police to let them know Tyrone James Jr. had turned himself in on his warrants for second degree

Bills signed into law by Governor Nixon will officially take effect tomorrow, August 1st. Some of the noteworthy bills are centered on ethics reform. One of those bills-HB 2203-changes the laws regarding campaign finance. Another, HB 1477, amends laws relating to election and political parties. Other bills worth noting are HB 1649, which “Establishes the

With two shootings in one week, ABC 17 News wanted to take a deeper look into shootings in Columbia. The most recent shooting happened Friday night on Worley Street and Pennant Street. A 22-year-old man was shot. As of Sunday, Columbia Police had not released any suspect information. We reviewed police dispatch records for Worley

A 2-year-old girl from Colorado was flown to University Hospital Friday afternoon after nearly drowning at the Lake of the Ozarks. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened near the 46 mile marker in the Osage Arm. The girl reportedly went into the water without wearing a life jacket. A witness was able

One person is in custody and two have been injured after a shooting in Eugene. Deputies say they got a call around 5:20 p.m. Friday eveningfrom Capitol Regional Hospital saying they had a gunshot victim with non life-threatening injuries. Multiple deputies were then sent to the location of the shooting in Eugene. Upon arrival, they

Right now, Columbia Police are on scene in East Columbia after a pedestrian was hit by a car–and the driver allegedly fled the scene. It happened around 11 a.m. Saturday morning in the 1600 block of Hanover Boulevard. Our ABC 17 News crews are currently on scene and we’re working to find out more. Police

Columbia Police are investigating a shooting that happened Friday night near Pennant Street and Worley Street. According to CPD, officers were sent to a shots fired call in the area at 10:42 p.m. When they got to the scene, they were contacted by Joint Communications that a man was at the hospital with a gunshot

Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens is holding a rally at his field office in Columbia, just days ahead of the primary election. Greitens is one of four republican candidates vying for a spot on the general election ballot. ABC 17 News checked the other candidates websites on Saturday morning for any other rallies. We only

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced Friday that the opening of the westbound bridge over the Missouri River in Jefferson City will be delayed. The bridge was scheduled to reopen by the end of August; a new date has not been determined. At a news conference Friday morning, officials said the process of removing paint

Two days after a Columbia teen Marquez Reed was murdered, the accused shooter is still on the run. Tyrone James Jr. has been officially charged in the death of 17 year old Marquez Reed. Columbia Police Department says the community has played a huge role. In an e-mail response, Columbia Police Department says, “the assistance

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed three additional Zika virus cases on Friday. Workers told ABC 17 News one patient is a man and two others are non-pregnant women. All three of the patients had traveled outside of the United States to areas where the virus has been transmitted. These cases bring

Temperatures will stay just below average for this last weekend of July. Saturday will start off with mostly sunny skies and upper 60s in the morning, climbing into the mid 80s in the afternoon with low humidity and light winds. It will be a perfect day for most outdoor activities. Heading into Sunday, a cluster

Martin Priest, a convicted killer tied to a Mid-Missouri murder case, has been denied parole for a murder in Kansas. In January, the Miller County Prosecutor’s Office charged Priest with the 1984 rape and murder of Tammy Rothganger, who was 15. At the time, Priest was the live-in boyfriend of Tammy’s mother. Rothganger’s body was

Mizzou interim chancellor Hank Foley will now also serve as interim athletic director. Former Mizzou interim athletic director Wren Baker officially accepted a job at North Texas to be its new athletic director on Friday. “I regret the timing of this announcement would bring any negative light to Mizzou,” Baker said in a statement released

Since its launch in 1998, the International Space Station (ISS) has been above our heads in orbit around the Earth. There it has been for over 17 years, orbiting the earth over 100,000 times. Mid-Missouri has a chance to see one of those orbits tonight just by taking a few steps beforehand. First things first,

Callaway County deputies have arrested a man from Steedman in connection with a stealing investigation out of the St. Louis area. Police in Eureka had been looking into the thefts of two iPhones from visitors to Six Flags St. Louis. Investigators tracked the phones to a home on Pawnee Drive, southeast of Fulton. While searching