Month: September 2016

A Holts Summit man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to eight counts of statutory sodomy in Jefferson City Thursday. The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office said the investigation into Michael Kreps began in August 2014 when the Boone County Cyber Crimes Task Force and Callaway County Sheriff’s Department were contacted with child

Several of the major players in a mid-Missouri drug ring are heading to federal prison. Judge Stephen Bough spent Thursday sentencing six people involved in the operation selling cocaine and crack throughout the area from 2011 to 2014. Federal authorities arrested 27 people in late 2014 throughout Missouri and Illinois, and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson

Normally our weather moves in from the west but over the next couple days, clouds will move in from a storm system to the east. We are on the backside of a large storm system which is rotating and nearly stationary over the Ohio Valley. Northerly winds on the west side of this low pressure

It’s been three months since Edmund “Ricky” Randolph was found dead on Leeway Drive from a gunshot wound and five months since Gabrielle Rhodes was killed in a shooting on Sylvan Lane. In both cases, the killer is still on the loose and while police said they receive tips weekly, they’re still not closing in

Two Mexico residents were arrested for multiple drug charges late Wednesday night in Mexico. According to the East Central Drug Task Force, officers served a search warrant at a residence on Marine Drive. During the search, officers seized methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. 29 year-old Joseph Dale Richards and 35 year-old Marylee Louise Ledbetter were

ABC 17 News went to a string of crashes involving several cars Thursday afternoon. It was reported around 12:50 p.m. on Broadway and Ripley, between Boone Hospital and College Avenue. At least seven units responded. Police later confirmed it appears no one was hurt, and no cars were towed from the scene.

TONIGHT: Expect more clouds tonight, and therefore not as cool temperatures. We’ll fall into the low to mid 50s overnight with a northerly wind under 10 mph. FRIDAY: We’ll have less sunshine and mild temperatures. Afternoon highs will reach near 70 under mostly cloudy skies with a northerly wind to 12 mph. There is a

A student from Thomas Jefferson Middle School was taken to the Prenger Family Center Thursday after making a threat against other students, officials said. According to Jefferson City Public Schools, Thomas Jefferson Middle School administrators became aware of a situation involving a female eighth-grade student who was threatening the safety and security of other students.

The University of Missouri Police Department released its Annual Fire Safety and Security Report Thursday morning. The report shows a jump in the number of reported hate crimes from 2014 to 2015. It shows in 2015, police took 11 reports of hate crimes. Of those 11 reports, police say three were unfounded. They say five

TODAY: Another beautiful and cool fall afternoon is expected across Mid-Missouri. Skies will remain mostly sunny in most of Mid-Missouri through the afternoon. By the early afternoon hours, expect clouds to begin to track into areas east of Highway 63, as a low off to our west continues to wobble back and forth. High temperatures

A detective with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department says it has gotten a report of a clown sighting within the county. Detective Tom O’Sullivan says deputies responded to the area of Carter School Road and Rangeline around 10:45 Wednesday night for the incident. The detective says a security guard for Missouri Auto Auction Inc. there

On Wednesday, the Boone and Callaway County Sheriffs Department arrested Travis Crutchfield, 38, after more than a month of looking for him. The Callaway County Sheriffs department and the MUSTANG drug task force had a drug related search warrant for a house in the 2900 block of Emerald Lake Drive in Callaway County. When deputies

This morning Tropical Storm Matthew had sustained winds of 65 mph tracking westward slowly at 16 mph. In the next 24-36 hours Matthew is expected to strengthen to a hurricane status, possible impacting Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao on Friday. The Windward Islands could picked up rainfall accumulations of 4″ to 8″ by Thursday night. Rainfall

A 60-year-old is dead today after a crash in Camden County Wednesday. It happened Wednesday just after 5:00 pm on Missouri 7, just south of Ruby Lane. A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows 60-year-old Kenneth Martin over corrected after failing to negotiate a turn. Troopers say Martin’s vehicle then flipped and

TODAY: It will be a cool, fall morning with low humidity and plenty of sun. Skies will remain mostly sunny in most of Mid-Missouri through the afternoon. By 3PM-5PM clouds look to increase for areas east of HWY 63. High temperatures will stay mild, reaching the lower 70s with a north wind picking up to

The church leader who spent several months in jail is suing the sheriff’s department that put him there. Ryan St. Anne Gevelinger, leader of the Holy Rosary Abbey, filed a federal lawsuit against Howard County, Deputy Russell Harrison and Sheriff Mike Neal Wednesday, claiming malicious prosecution and false arrest. Deputies arrested Gevelinger, who also goes

A woman was rescued Wednesday night after falling down a cliff at Devils Backbone on the Boone/Callaway County line. The call went out just before 7:30 p.m. for the 21-year-old who was hiking with friends when she fell down 30 feet off the side of the trail. Her friends traveled up the path to get

Gunfire erupted on a quiet street at about 8 p.m. Tuesday in Columbia. Witnesses said two groups were shooting at each other and the sparks from the bullets were flying. “It started over by the gas meters and then somebody was over there and they started shooting back,” said Kyle Bean, a resident. “[The sparks]

Traffic deaths in Missouri are up seven percent from this time last year, and drunk driving crashes make up a large portion. So far this year, 664 people have died on Missouri roadways. Wednesday, Carol Elwyn appeared in Miller County Court accused of killing Travis Davolt and Dominic Delong in a drunk driving crash on

A Columbia woman has been charged after she allegedly made up a report about being robbed. Boone County prosecutors charged Courtney Chancellor on Sept. 22 with a Class B misdemeanor of making a false report. Columbia police said Chancellor claimed she was robbed on Sept. 1 while delivering food to Wolper’s Hall on the University