Month: August 2016

ABC 17 News confirmed University of Missouri police arrested MU gymnast Morgan Porter for the suspected fraudulent use of a credit device over $500 Tuesday night. A team spokesman confirms Porter is suspended from the team. “Morgan is suspended, per athletic department policy, as we work to gather more information,” Mizzou spokeswoman Kate Lakin said.

A representative for HarbisonWalker International’s Fulton facility announced the location will temporarily close its doors starting October 25, 2016. The announcement comes in the wake of what the representative calls a substantial decrease in business. In total, 87 employees will be laid off including all production and maintenance employees represented by various unions and workers

No one was hurt after a Holts Summit home is damaged by fire Wednesday afternoon. The Holts Summit Fire Protection District responded to blaze around 3:30 p.m in the 700 block of Branch Road. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the home. The damage inside of the home was contained to the kitchen.

A child was recovering Wednesday night after being hit by a car in Jefferson City. It happened around 5:00 p.m. in the 1300 block of East Elm Street when, according to Jefferson City Police, the 8-year-old ran out in front of a vehicle. The child then hit the front passenger side of the vehicle. He

UPDATE 8/31: ABC 17 News checked with Fulton police Wednesday and confirmed they arrested Courtney Reid, 37, of Jefferson City, in connection to a threat made toward a Fulton school Monday. Reid was taken into custody Wednesday morning for domestic assault, making a terrorist threat and six counts of violating a restraining order. Investigators believe

The University of Missouri will soon develop an educational program for federal intelligence workers. The MU College of Engineering announced Wednesday it was awarded at five-year, $12 million contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). It is one of the largest contracts in the school’s history. “This award from the NGA — one of the

More than three million dollars spurred the public defender to take Governor Jay Nixon to court. Judge Jon Beetem heard arguments Tuesday morning on Nixon’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state’s Public Defender Commission over a July withholding of $3.5 million. The public defender’s office, which represents poor people accused of crime

Columbia police have arrested a man in connection to a weekend shooting in north Columbia. Police say they arrested Branden Truss around 11:00am Tuesday in the 400 block of Rangeline Street. Around 1:00 Sunday afternoon, officers were apparently flagged down by four females at Hitt Street and Broadway.All four victims left the downtown area and

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) will be in Columbia today, visiting Columbia Regional Airport. Congresswoman Hartzler is scheduled to tour the airport and meet with officials to talk about their plans for a new terminal. On August 2 , voters approved an increased hotel tax to help fund renovations and improvements at the airport. But city

The Boone County Commission approved the use of Chapter 100 Revenue Bonds to expand a manufacturing plant in Columbia Tuesday night. The commission signed off on the expansion for Dana Light Axel Products, LLC, a company that manufactures parts for major automakers. It plans to invest $39 million in machinery and equipment to add a

Issues on free speech and campus protesting filled an auditorium at the University of Missouri Tuesday afternoon. MU interim chancellor Hank Foley led a campus-wide public forum Tuesday to discuss new recommendations on how public spaces should be regulated on campus. Mizzou’s Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech and the Press

Residents living in Columbia and surrounding Boone County have been asked to give their input about a tobacco sales license. Officials have told ABC 17 News they plan to hold a public meeting Thursday, Sept. 8 at 5:30 p.m. It will take place at the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services at

ABC 17 News has reporters at the scene of a gunshot victim Tuesday afternoon. ABC 17 News confirmed Hickman High School, Jefferson Middle School and Ridgeway Elementary were all put on lock down as a precaution before the alert was lifted around 1:40 p.m. Medical units were first called around 1:05 p.m. to 104 Third

Moberly Police are warning people about a new rash of car break-ins. The department received several reports throughout the past week and are urging drivers to lock their doors, hide their valuables and turn on alarms. Police said if you see any suspicious activity, provide a direction of travel, clothing description, any identifying marks (scars,

The Missouri Governor’s Cyber Security Summit was held today in Jefferson City. The summit was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of our state’s ongoing initiative to strengthen cybersecurity. A number of state leaders were in attendance, and the event was aimed at both raising awareness and sharing

The Boone County Commission held a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss rezoning more than 40 acres of property into single family homes. The public hearing was at the request of Green Thumb Properties, LLC for Nursery Heights Development Group, LLC to rezone parts of South Nursery Road in Columbia. Some residents in the neighboring

A former youth director for a Columbia church was sentenced to prison for sex crimes involving children Monday. A judge sentenced Dale Johnson to 12 years for charges including statutory sodomy and child pornography. Johnson was the youth director at Parkade Baptist Church on Garth Avenue in Columbia when he was arrested in March 2015.

It’s been 3,963 days since the continental United States has taken a hit from a major hurricane. This drought has been ongoing since Hurricane Wilma made landfall October 24, 2005. This drought shatters the previous record set in 1860-1869 by nearly two years. But that doesn’t mean the United States isn’t prone to another hurricane.

Several residents and businesses on High street and Lafayette street are upset with a new business in town, after they witnessed people urinating and littering in the street. Golden Smoke, a hookah lounge, opened the beginning of May of 2016. Since their opening, businesses and residents in the area aren’t happy. According to one resident,

UPDATE 8/30: University Hospital staff tells ABC 17 News Roger Dickey, the wrong way driver remains hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday. They say both the passenger in Dickey’s vehicle and the driver who was hit head-on are now in fair condition. UPDATE 8/29: Columbia police say intoxicated driving is still under investigation as part of