Month: October 2016

Columbia police tell ABC 17 News they heard a single gunshot from the parking lot of Club Vogue. Officers say there were already there to help with crowd control when they heard the shot. Officers say they then saw a car speeding away from the area. They could not confirm if that car was connected

UPDATE 9:30 A.M.: Columbia police say the two suspects taken into custody in connection to Saturday morning’s shooting are Rod Jamal Jones, 33, and Marlin Cortez Johnson, 20. According to the Columbia Police Department, officers arrived on scene and located the suspect vehicle in Columbia Square Apartments. The driver, Jones, had a handgun in his

TODAY: Clouds will continue to persist into today leaving us with mostly cloudy skies and high in the lower 70s. We have another slight chance for isolated rain showers during the afternoon hours again. The best chance for these showers is areas along and east of US 63. If you have a small umbrella, it

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A woman running for a seat in the Missouri Legislature has accused a fellow Democratic candidate of raping her. Cora Faith Walker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the attack happened the night of Aug. 26 or early the next morning when she went to meet Steven Roberts Jr. at a

Despite having a new coach and a backup running back, LSU managed to dominate Mizzou, 42-7, in Death Valley. The LSU Tigers scored 6 rushing touchdowns totaling 418 yards on the ground. Mizzou’s offense was non-existent. Quarterback Drew Lock was 17-37 for 167 yards and 1 interception. Lock did score the Tigers only touchdown as

Mid-Missouri has seen a lot of overcast skies this weekend making for a somewhat dreary Saturday. Clouds will persist overnight and into most of Sunday afternoon, but it might be a blessing as cloud cover can change temperatures for the more pleasant. During the day the main source of heat is the sun. When we

TONIGHT: Clouds will continue to stick around overnight leading to a slightly warmer night ahead with a low dipping into the upper 50s. Feel free to keep your windows open as Mid-Missouri will remain rain free with light northwest winds up to 6 mph. SUNDAY: Sunday morning will appear as gloomy as Saturday with persistent

UPDATE 10/1: Roots N Blues N BBQ organizer Richard King said there was no internet issues at the festival Saturday. King said staff preprinted the will call tickets so people didn’t have to wait for the computer when they got to the event. He said Friday night’s long lines may have also been because everyone

The land on the corner of Providence and Broadway has a hot topic for Columbia residents for the past few years. While the city owns the ice house parking lot, the rest of the few acres on that Providence corridor has private ownership and some of that ownership had wanted to lease out the land

A motion has been filed to dismiss a complaint made by a convicted Columbia killer. Ernest Johnson was previously convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, but last year, attorneys for Johnson filed a complaint in Missouri’s federal Western District Court to stop the state’s lethal injection. Johnson’s legal team argued that remnants of

Roots N Blues N BBQ kicked off for the 10th year in Columbia Friday night. There were some technical issues, but event organizer Richard King says everything should be running smoothly the rest of the weekend. Thousands are expected to attend this weekend’s festival, bringing a lot of extra people into town, specifically the area

TODAY: The sun today will stay hidden by a thick layer of lingering clouds all day with the bulk of these clouds hanging north of I-70. Due to the clouds, conditions will remain cool today with the high reaching around 70 degrees accompanied by a northwest wind up to 6 mph. A few light showers