Month: October 2016

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services confirmed a case of Zika virus in a non-pregnant Missouri woman who traveled to Puerto Rico. This case brings the total number of travel-related cases found in Missouri to 30. Nearly 80 percent of people infected with the virus will have no symptoms. Symptoms include fever, rash,

The westbound Route 54/63 bridge in Jefferson City will reopen on Nov. 14, Missouri Department of Transportation officials announced Wednesday. According to MoDOT’s official news release, the bridge, which has been closed since May 1 for painting and other repairs, was expected to open to traffic by the end of August, but unforeseen structural work

The University of Missouri is asking students, faculty and staff to complete a survey on the current campus climate. The survey opened Tuesday and is scheduled to close on November 4th. On the MU website that links to the survey it says “We seek to create an environment characterized by openness, fairness and equal access

Good Earth Egg Company, based in Bonne Terre, Missouri issued a recall of all of its shell egg products because they have the potential to become contaminated with salmonella. The recall includes all shell egg products with sell by dates of Oct. 8 and earlier. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, eight

A mid-Missouri man was on the run Tuesday after being charged with child molestation in Boone County. Court documents obtained by ABC 17 News show Columbia police officers have filed a warrant for the arrest of Frank Washburn, 64, of Columbia. Washburn is charged with first-degree child molestation and enticement of a child under the

One mid-Missouri school district is dealing with cases of hand, foot and mouth disease. ABC 17 spoke with Southern Boone school district superintendent Chris Felmlee who said 6 to 7 cases have been reported in the district. He said the disease is mostly affecting the middle and high schools. Hand, foot and mouth disease leaves

TODAY: Expect a warm afternoon with a mix of clouds and sun. The humidity will gradually increase throughout the day. You’ll notice conditions a bit more muggy by evening. We’ll likely warm again to the low 80s with a south wind near 10 mph. TONIGHT: There is a slight storm chance this evening and overnight,

TODAY: Showers will move east and out of the area by 8 AM with skies becoming partly cloudy. It will be a warm afternoon with a mix of clouds and sun. The humidity will gradually increase throughout the day. You’ll notice conditions a bit more muggy by evening. We’ll likely warm again to the low

A man arrested for failing to register as a sex offender was in Columbia, unregistered, for two years prior to his arrest. The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested Gregory J. Moore, 54, Monday morning at 110 Ripley Street, just east of downtown Columbia, for failure to register as a sex offender, living less than 1,000

TONIGHT: Showers and t-storms will move in from the west and weaken as they move east by morning. A tenth to half inch of rain is possible with these storms with locally higher amounts in stronger storms. Lows will drop into the low to mid 60s by morning. WEDNESDAY: Showers will move east and out

The Vice Presidential candidates squared off Tuesday night in Farmville, Virginia – and it got heated. Senator Tim Kaine said, “I can’t imagine how governor Pence can defend the insult-driven selfish me-first style of Donald Trump.” “Senator, you and Hillary Clinton would know a lot about an insult driven campaign,” Mike Pence, Indiana’s Governor, responded.

Downtown Columbia traffic can be stressful. If you add a stopped semi-truck in the lane ahead that stress and traffic congestion can grow. Columbia City leaders met Tuesday night to discuss potential limitations in delivery trucks stopping in downtown streets. Leaders didn’t pass a policy tonight but instead are asking the parking task force to

Deputies located a stolen truck at the bottom of the Hartsburg boat ramp access Tuesday. The Dodge pick-up truck was discovered this morning by a barge passing by. There was no one in the car, and it was partially submerged under water. “It looked like it’d been put in neutral and pushed down the ramp,”

Jefferson City council members voted to designate the newly renovated house at 304 Marshall St. as surplus and place it on the market. “This was made possible by federal funding through the neighborhood stabilization program,” said Jayme Abbott, with Jefferson City Planning and Protective Services. While the 304 Marshall renovation represents the end of federal

ABC 17 News has details from a string of car break-ins reported in just one day in central Columbia. All of the reports happened within two miles of each other on Monday, between 6 and 8:30 in the morning. Police say thieves smashed windows, grabbing wallets and valuables from vehicles in neighborhoods north of I-70.

Republican Eric Greitens’ campaign for Missouri governor is accusing Democratic opponent Chris Koster of political gamesmanship, after Koster threatened to end negotiations for a debate unless Greitens releases his tax returns. Koster’s campaign sent a letter Tuesday to Greitens’ campaign manager, Austin Chambers, noting that Koster released his own returns for the years 2012 through

The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced it will reopen the Missouri River bridge at Jefferson City by mid-November. Officials said they will announce an exact opening date at a press conference on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The project was originally scheduled to be completed by the end of August. Crews said paint removal revealed

ABC 17 News has confirmed police were called to Douglass Park in central Columbia Monday evening, where a 50 year-old man was assaulted. ABC 17 News had a photographer at the scene as he was loaded onto a stretcher and put in the back of an ambulance around 6:30 p.m., after officers were called to

UPDATE 1:20 p.m.: Officials have identified the victim as Antawan Ferguson, 25, from Fulton. The Missouri State Highway Patrol claims Ferguson crossed the center line, hitting a dump truck driven by Melvin Pinkett, 36, of Columbia. UPDATE 9:40 a.m.: The Boone County Fire Protection District confirms one man in a van is dead after a

A line of showers and t-storms will move through Mid-Missouri Tuesday night, ahead of a slow moving cold front in Kansas. Severe storms are unlikely but a few stronger storms with wind gusts up to 50 mph and heavy rain are possible in our western counties of Chariton, Saline, Pettis and Benton county as the