Month: September 2016

A public safety officer in Mexico was taken to the hospital for a heat-related illness after battling a fire Tuesday. It happened at Cerro Copper on Industrial Drive where insulated roofing material was burning around part of the building’s HVAC system. According to Mexico’s Department of Public Safety, Cerro employees and MPSD worked together to

Columbia police and fire departments responded to a crash involving a school on S. Providence Road Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened just after 4 p.m. At least seven emergency units responded to the scene. Michelle Baumstark, who is a spokesperson for Columbia Public Schools, tells ABC 17 Newsa bus with 21 Douglass High School students

Gov. Jay Nixon explained his 22 vetoes from the 2016 session Wednesday afternoon. He urged the public, media, and lawmakers toread his veto messagesdetailing the reasoning behind his decision. Some of the bills were vetoed due to a grammatical error. House Bill 1763, for example, uses the word “insured” instead of “insurer.” “I think everybody

BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) – A woman found lying near the body of her disabled son in a southwest Missouri field has been charged in the teen’s death. Forty-two-year-old Kimberly Lightwine, of Aldrich, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Austin Anderson, who was blind and autistic. No attorney is listed for her

ABC 17 News went to the scene of a crash Wednesday morning about 15 minutes north of Jefferson City on Hwy. 63 southbound near the gas station off the Eagle Knoll exit. A dump truck and large tractor used for spraying crops were off the roadway. It is unclear if anyone was seriously hurt, but

UPDATE 9/7: The Columbia Housing Authority has confirmed another brief elevator outage at Paquin Towers. It says crews responded to the area around 6:00am Wednesday morning after learning the elevator was broken down. The Columbia Fire Department was also able to confirm that they arrived on scene four minutes after they were originally called. Authorities

UPDATE 3:22pm: The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms the amber alert issued for a 9-month-old is now cancelled. The patrol says the child was located safe. The Independence Police Department posted on its Facebook page saying the infant wasfound with family members in Kansas City, MO. It’s unclear if anyone is in custody for the

The University of Missouri Board of Curators and presidential search committee kicked off two days of meetings in St. Louis Tuesday morning. The Board of Curators chair and the search committee co-chairs released a statement focusing on their progress with the search for a new system president: “We are excited that a new academic year

The Sturgeon R-V School District Superintendent says it has notified the Boone County Health Department about students sick with E. Coli. Superintendent Shawn Schultz told ABC 17 News Tuesday it’s had three cases of E. Coli. Schultz says the first case happened before school started and the other two happened after the school year started.

Chris Koster picked up another endorsement usually reserved for Republican candidates. The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund announced support for Koster Tuesday, the Democratic candidate for Missouri governor. It goes along with other political groups’ endorsements of the state’s Attorney General, such as the Missouri Farm Bureau, who endorsed its first Democrat for governor

A Mid-Missouri man is due in court later in September for drug charges. Michael Waters, Jr. is accused of having meth, heroin and oxycodone near a school. The East Central Drug Task Force arrested the 33-year-old after serving a search warrant on West Street in Mexico on September 2. Waters faces four felony charges.

The Jefferson City Council approved a contract to make repairs to a year-old sinkhole in Jefferson City Tuesday night. ABC 17 News broke down the proposal last month. The contract is with Don Schnieders Excavating Company, Inc. and is estimated to cost nearly $244,000. The sinkhole opened up at Forest Hill Avenue and Forest Drive

A man was sentenced for charges stemming from an assault on a Columbia police officer Tuesday. The court sentenced Andrew Mackey to 15 years in prison for felony assault on an officer, but the sentence was suspended to 5 years probation. Mackey was also ordered to spend 180 days in jail for misdemeanor charges. The

Hurricane Newton is the 14th named storm this year for the Eastern North Pacific. It’s been an active year for the Pacific, compared to the eight that the Atlantic has seen. Newton slammed into Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California Peninsula early Tuesday morning. It hit the area with heavy rain and with winds

UPDATE 9/6: Robinson, Newsome and Harris have all been charged with second degree robbery in connection to the Fast Lane Robbery. UPDATE: Boone County deputies have arrested three teenage suspects in connection to the Fastlane robbery Monday night. Deputies said 19-year-old Shariffah Robinson, 18-year-old Jermain Newsome and 17-year-old Ke’aveon Harris are facing charges in the

Beagle Freedom Project, an animal activist group, is using a recent study to highlight the University of Missouri’s alleged sunshine law violations. In May 2016, the group filed a lawsuit against the University. The group says its goal is to raise awareness about medical testing on animals and wants to change standards for the practice.

UPDATE 9/6: ABC 17 News requested the public arresting documents on Endsley from prosecutors. The documents showed that Endsley has threatened the victims in the past, even threatening to burn down their trailer. According to the autopsy results, both victims were stabbed to death prior to the fire. The documents say that Endsley was angry

UPDATE 9/6 11:47 a.m.: The estimated cost of the damage is $30,000, which includes property and content damage. ORIGINAL STORY: Fire crews were on the scene of a house fire in Jefferson City Monday. It happened on Madeline Street around 3:30 Monday afternoon. According to Asst. Chief Matthew Bowden with the Jefferson City Fire Department,

As the Labor Day holiday comes to an end, ABC 17 News is looking into the number of crashes that have happened over the holiday weekend over the years. Statewide crash numbers have stayed in the 200s on Labor Day, except in 2015. In 2010, 236 crashes were reported; in 2011, 254; in 2012, 234;

UPDATE: The preliminary hearing was delayed. The defense and prosecution agreed to a continuance. A preliminary hearing with witnesses is now scheduled for November 4th. ABC 17 News will have a camera in the courtroom. ORIGINAL STORY: Michael Dixon, the former Osage County Sheriff charged with unlawful use of weapon, is expected to have a