Month: August 2016

During this week, the Columbia Police Department will be putting more attention on stopping impaired drivers. This comes after C-P-D received a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division to participate in the You Drink, You Drive, You Lose campaign. Officers tell ABC17 that there will be at least one sobriety check

UPDATE: San Diego State announces Sterk will leave his position as athletic director. He he will begin serving as Mizzou athletic director on September 1. The University of Missouri said it had no comment regarding a new athletic director. The UM System Board of Curators is expected to meet in executive session Tuesday evening. The

The state will need to pay thousands of dollars to Planned Parenthood for the legal work done in a lawsuit against the state. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey decided that the Missouri Department of Health and Social Services would pay $156,630.68 in attorneys fees. That will come from the Legal Expense Fund, according to Nanci

The Jefferson City Public School District updated its plan to keep students safe this coming school year. Monday, the district’s safety and security coordinator presented the updated plan during the board of education meeting. In the 2016-17 school year, JCPS will start including intruder emergency drills. The district’s safety plan recommends each school hold at

A warm, moist air mass will move north by mid-week, bringing temperatures up into the low to mid 90s Wednesday and Thursday. Humidity will rise as well with dew points climbing into the mid 70s which will make afternoon temperatures feel more like 100-105. While we often have hot, sticky days in early August, this

Boone Hospital Center staff is providing CPR training to Columbia Public School health teachers Monday. Under a new law, which was signed into legislation by Governor Nixon back in June, Missouri high school students are required to undergo thirty minutes of both CPR and Heimlich maneuvertraining before they can graduate. The measure will go into

UPDATE: A judge has been chosen to preside over the trial for accused killer Pablo Serrano, charged with the murders of five people. Judge Steven Ohmer in the 22nd Judicial Circuit, which covers St. Louis, will take over the case and rule on Serrano’s motion for a change of venue. ORIGINAL: A man accused of

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection to a homicide investigation in Big Piney. According to Pulaski County Sheriff Ron Long, a man was found murdered in his home on Highway TT Saturday afternoon. Authorities said the man was shot multiple times. The victim has been identified as 61-year-old Keith

UPDATE: Repairs on nearly 40 miles of Interstate 70 in Boone and Callaway counties have been delayed due to contractor scheduling. The work was supposed to begin August 9, but has been pushed back to August 16. These improvements will happen on various stretches of the interstate from Lake of the Woods in Columbia to

No one is injured after a car crosses three lanes of traffic and falls into a ditch off of Highway 63, near the Prathersville exit. Only one car was involved in the crash. ABC17 talked with the driver of the vehicle and while he did not have any major injuries, he was shaken up from

Beginning Monday, drivers may see some delays on South Columbia roads as Columbia Public works is asphalt overlaying. Their street maintenance tactic is designed to keep up the roads so they do not have to do as much reconstruction later on. Crews will work on Southland Drive between Rock Quarry Road and East Nifong Boulevard.

Two months after the Jefferson City Council approved an $8 million bond for the company’s expansion, Gov. Jay Nixon will recognize Modern Litho Print Co. for its local workforce development efforts. In an announcement Monday, Nixon is expected to announce “new developments in local workforce readiness efforts.” Modern Litho Print Co. expects the expansion to

Drivers traveling to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, heading off to college or getting last minute vacations in before labor day, could see a increase in traffic on I-70 the next few weeks. MoDOT wants to remind people traveling near the Lamine River Bridge, that the interstate is reduced to one lane in each

Fulton will schedule a trash pickup week due to the damage caused by heavy rainfall. The City of Fulton will be providing the cleanup from Monday, August 8th through Friday, August 12th. The pickup week will function like the annual spring and fall cleanups. Residents can set their items at the curb on regularly scheduled

Starting Monday morning, a block of East Walnut Street will be closed for maintenance. The street will be closed from Melbourne to Ripley Streets through Wednesday. The city is performing sewer repairs. They are also resurfacing the road. This block of East Walnut has residential homes on it, and there are a number of apartments

Good news for back to school shoppers–select purchases are tax-free this weekend. The statewide tax holiday started Friday and runs through Sunday. While it doesn’t bring in the crowds Black Friday does, shoppers still packed many stores in Columbia Friday and Saturday. “We had people waiting at the door both days,” said Brian Mann, the

The Columbia Police Department is investigating a string of car break-ins in the 3600 block of West Sugar Tree Lane. According to police reports, the break-ins all happened in the early morning hours on Thursday August 4th between 1 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Three people reported to police that items were stolen from inside their

Landing 4 years ago today, Curiosity, the lone “living” inhabitant of Mars has been sending weather reports back to Earth every day. Actually in its case, every “sol” a solar day on Mars lasting 40 minutes longer than our Earth day. The rover celebrated its birthday with brisk temperatures with lows near -100 degrees, but

A Mexico, Missouri man was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after crashing his motorcycle in Boone County. The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Route Z near St. Charles Road. The Boone County Fire Protection District and the State Highway Patrol responded to the crash. According to the crash report, a cargo strapped

Columbia detectives had to chase down a man before making an arrest. Street Crime Unit detectives responded to a call from a Ultra Mart Convenience store a little after 10:30 p.m. last night. When detectives arrived, they noticed the subject Clezell Reynolds was in the area. When the detectives made contact with Reynolds, Reynolds took