Month: July 2016

The Columbia Fire Department and Boone County EMS responded a rollover crash on northbound Highway 63 near Broadway. According to an ABC 17 News reporter on the scene, traffic was backed up to Stadium Boulevard. About 30 minutes later, emergency crews responded to a second crash on northbound Hwy 63, this one near Stadium Boulevard.

A Columbia man died after jumping into traffic on I-70 Tuesday night. Columbia Police were called to check on the 37-year-old man around 10:36 p.m. after a caller reported seeing him lean on the guardrail over the Providence Road bridge that runs across I-70. Police started to contact the man when he jumped off the

Right before sunrise at 6AM the Doppler radar picked up on somewhat of a donut looking ring. This is called a Roost Ring. The radar beam in Kansas City picked up on thousands of birds leaving their roost this morning! Due to the curvature of earth, and the tilt of the radar beam, the radar

The Columbia Fire Department responded to a hazmat situation at 13 Westridge Drive Tuesday night. Investigators told ABC 17 News that an unknown amount of cleaning chemicals were mixed. Firefighters used fans to ventilate the house. No one was hurt in the incident. Image Credit: Google Maps

A Cole County judge ruled that two commissioners cannot take part in a vote regarding a controversial hog farm. Judge Daniel Green made the ruling Tuesday in response to a lawsuit by Friends of Responsible Agriculture more than a year ago. The group, made up of local landowners near the proposed site on County Road

Residents in Central Columbia met with city leaders to discuss issues with housing, employment and law enforcement Tuesday night. Newly-hired citizen “consultants” led the discussion at the Family Impact Center on Ash Street regarding social equity. Last month, during his State of the City address, Columbia city manager Mike Matthes focused on social equity. It’s

Of the 163 seats in the Missouri State House, more than half are already decided, before the voters make their choices in the November election. In fact, ABC 17 News checked into each race for the House and discovered nearly 100 of the 163 races are already decided before the August PRIMARY. 95 races have

It’s been about eight months since CPD eliminated it’s Traffic Unit and moved officers over to the Patrol Division. Last November 2015, ABC 17 News got an e-mail from an unnamed source quoting Deputy Chief Jill Schlude, “Patrol has already reallocated 2 officers and a sergeant to the unit… Ultimately we felt that the best

Jefferson City officials are working to reduce the decline in public use of the JeffTran bus system. Tuesday, the Public Transit Advisory Committee motioned to recommend two ways to expand the buss pass options to the public works committee and city council. If approved, JeffTran would add the option of single-ride bus passes for $1

Just one week after announcing he would not attend the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, U.S. Senate candidate and Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander made an appearance in Columbia as part of his state-wide bus tour. “I just wanted to make sure I was here to talk to voters in Missouri and that’s exactly

The Clinton and Trump campaigns are gathering information about voters without them even knowing it, using Internet searches to target campaign messaging. “The conventional old-style approach is you simply raise a lot of money and you buy add space on the most popular television shows in a given market and you sort of throw money

Deputies in Callaway County have arrested a Fulton woman on suspicion of stealing a car near Mokane. On July 4, someone reported a Chevrolet Blazer stolen on Highway C; at the time, the Blazer was unlocked with the keys inside. Authorities found the vehicle the next day in Centralia, about 50 miles away. On July

A federal judge has sentenced Jon Patrick Washington from Columbia to five years in prison for his role in a deadly heroin overdose in 2014. This past January, Washington pleaded guilty to renting a room at the Providence Inn and Suites Motel on Providence Road in Columbia for the purpose of using heroin. On April

A jury in Audrain County convicted a Mexico man of child sex abuse on Monday after deliberating for about an hour. Dayton Durham, 36, was found guilty of statutory sodomy, child molestation, child enticement, and endangering the welfare of a child. The crimes happened in Mexico in 2011 and 2012; the victim was a girl

By 5 p.m. Wednesday, drivers in Columbia will get their first access to a new double lane roundabout. The west end of the Business Loop is reopening near I-70 Drive and Creasy Springs at Cosmo Park. It was closed for over a month, but MoDot is reporting all of the major bridge work on the

American College Testing (ACT) has recognized Randolph County as a “Certified Work Ready Community.” This national designation is given to municipalities whose education institutions place a high priority on workforce readiness. By participating in the Certified Work Ready Communities initiative, Randolph County is: Helping workers understand what skills are required by employers, and how to

The cause of a fire on Monday morning at 407 4th Avenue could have been due to possible lightning. Storms on Monday morning were producing some cloud to ground lightning. Positive lightning makes up less than 5% of all strikes. However, despite a significantly lower rate of occurrence, positive lightning is particularly dangerous for several

UPDATE 7/26:The crash happened when the two cars were trying to merge. The two vehicles sustained minor damage. The two people who were taken into an ambulance had only minor injuries but were complaining of their necks and backs hurting. The scene is cleared. Emergency workers and fire crews responded Tuesday morning to a traffic

UPDATE 7/26:Crews are expected to start repairing the road buckle on Tuesday. The repairs are set to last until August 3rd. The section of the road is completely blocked off. Crews have shut down Red Bay Creek Road in the Mill Creek Manor subdivision after a road buckle formed Saturday afternoon. Residents in the southwest

Governor Nixon is trying to dismiss a lawsuit against him by the state’s public defender’s office. ABC 17 News first reported on the lawsuit earlier this month over $3.5 million of withheld funds from the office for the 2017 fiscal year. Nixon’s attorney filed a motion to disqualify members of the public defender’s office from