Month: July 2016

Boone County sheriff’s deputies arrested 35-year-old James Hanton Friday in connection with a shooting that sent a man to the hospital Thursday. According to a press release, deputies went to the 700 block of Demaret Drive after receiving a report about a disturbance involving a gun. Deputies talked to the victim, who said he and

A male subject was pulled from Table Rock Lake around 12:30 a.m. last night. The male was swimming with friends then began struggling underwater. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The male was later identified as 18 year-old Nicholas Mullet.

Cooling centers all around Columbia and Jefferson City have opened for anyone who wants to relax and avoid the sun. The ARC has been a cooling center for years, open during their business hours, 7 days a week. University doctors warn those who have to be outside to drink lots of water and take frequent

Columbia Police had to block the intersection of College Avenue and Broadway early Saturday morning because of a car crash. Police on scene told ABC 17 News they were a block away at Walnut and College conducting a DWI investigation when they heard the crash. When officers got to the crash site, they said, smoke

Law enforcement is adding more officers to patrol the Boone County Fair in Sturgeon this weekend. Lt. Lance Robbins with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said they’re expecting a larger crowd for Friday ‘s Demolition Derby and for the tractor pull on Saturday . “They’re serving alcohol here on the grounds, so we need to

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited Columbia Friday, participating in a town hall-style meeting at Stephens College. The purpose of the town hall meeting was to discuss opioid abuse, an issue Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill – who was at the meeting – has focused on recently. Following the meeting, ABC 17 News asked Vilsack about

Jefferson City continues to take steps to improve rundown properties in historic parts of the city. Right now, a program is working to restore the appearance of rental properties that have become blighted. The rental facade program is available to rental property owners in the Old Town and East Side districts. You can view a

Columbia city manager Mike Matthes said Friday morning that historically low sales growth means one to three percent in departmental cuts across the board. “This is our lowest sales tax growth year in our history except for the great recession,” said Matthes. “This one may be the toughest budget cycle I’ve ever gone through.” Matthes

Columbia Parks and Recreation administrators addressed security concerns at the Activity and Recreation Center after several cars in the parking lot were broken into on Wednesday. “For someone to smash windows and do that in broad daylight and then take off – that’s the first time that’s happened for us,” Michael Griggs, director of Columbia

The Show Me State Games is set to start Friday. With temperatures supposed to be reaching near 100 degrees, heat is the main concern for the weekend events. Before the events began, event coordinators forewarned people who were planning on attending. They set up an awareness campaign, where they sent out emails with tips on

An Audrain County judge has sentenced Monte Ashcraft, who was convicted of child abuse in May, to a total of seventeen years in prison, though he will spend only ten years behind bars. A jury found Ashcraft guilty of child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child following a two-day trial. Ashcraft caused serious

The extreme heat that has been affecting a huge portion of the US, has already been the cause for at least 2 deaths in Missouri. It’s this heat each year that prompts meteorologist to stress the importance of heat safety. According to statistics provided by the National Weather Service, heat is the number one weather

Saturday’s interrupted episodes of Sea Rescue (E/I, 13-16) and Wildlife Docs (E/I, 13-16) will be seenSunday, July 24. Sea Rescue can be seen at 3 pm, with Wildlife Docs at 3:30 pm on ABC17.

Moberly police are investigating two incidents in which vehicles were damaged after someone threw mailboxes off overpasses along Highway 63. The first incident happened at around 1 a.m. Friday, when a mailbox hit a woman’s car as it drove under the McKinsey Street overpass. The second happened about an hour later, when a mailbox thrown

Columbia Fire is investigating an early morning car fire. The call originally came in as a house fire just before 3 a.m. Once fire crews arrived, they saw a car on fire in Brown Station Park. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in a few minutes. They cleared the scene within an

The University of Missouri Board of Curators announced Friday it has chosen a new vendor for medical benefits for retirees. During its meeting in Kansas City, the board approved UnitedHealthcare as the insurer for Part A and Part B Medicare-eligible retiree medical insurance. The change will take effect January 1, 2017. The board says the

Multiple car break-ins in Columbia hours after each other. The first car break-in was at The Arc, around 5:42p.m. when Columbia Police Department responded to four cars in the parking lot getting broken into. The second car break-in was around 8:50p.m. at the parking lot of Gold’s Gym. Several reports of car windows broken, and

Some mid-Missouri county jails are feeling the pressure of overcrowding in their facilities. Pulaski County Sheriff Ron Long said the county jail is seeing all-time high numbers of inmates, forcing the department to look elsewhere for inmate housing. According to Long, on July 19, the jail in Waynesville had 90 inmates, about 25 more than

The Jefferson City 911 Center will soon get a major upgrade that officials say will be a safety improvement for the community. The system that allows dispatch operators to monitor and communicate over the radio system is becoming outdated as it is currently 12 to 13 years old. And the warranty on the technology is

On these hot, sticky summer days it may seem like the air is heavy when compared to a day with lower humidity but actually the opposite is true. Humid air is actually lighter than dry air. Dry air is made up of diatomic Oxygen and diatomic Nitrogen which means that two Oxygen atoms are connected