Month: October 2016

UPDATE: Traffic is now moving. ORIGINAL STORY: Right now traffic is blocked on eastbound I-70 near the highway 63 connector. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. ABC 17 News has a crew headed to the scene to find out what happened and if anyone was injured.

University of Missouri leaders and students are meeting to talk about “Race and Social Justice: One Year Later” on campus tonight. Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is moderating the discussion. A news release said the dialogue “will help us to contextualize the uniqueness of our racial climate at Mizzou against the national status of race in

UPDATE: 6:00 p.m.: FedEx customers need to track their packages after a FedEx truck crashed into the Olive Garden restaurant around 3:10 a.m. Friday. According to the FedEx website, customers have 15 days from the ship date to request a refund. FedEx has had 869 freight truck crashes nationwide in the last two years, according

ABC 17 News has new details about a string of crashes involving a school bus in south Columbia. It was reported around 4:30 p.m. Friday down the street from Rock Bridge High School by Providence Road and Nifong Boulevard. Things finally cleared around 5:40 p.m. Police tell ABC 17 News a total of five cars

Several variables come into play to determine the outcome of a sport’s game. Typically people look at how a team has prepared, how the other team looks on paper, and learn a team’s strengths and weaknesses. These are variables that you typically have some control over, but there’s one variable that has caused several upsets

Northbound Stadium at Worley was shut down due to a single vehicle collision for a short time Friday. The vehicle flipped and then exploded. The male driver was found unconscious, but breathing. His injuries are still unknown, as well as the direction in which he was driving. According to officials, the driver could’ve been headed

TONIGHT: It will stay mostly clear tonight with a southwest breeze under 15 mph. Temperatures will be very mild, only reaching the low 60s which is nearly 20 degrees above normal. SATURDAY: The warm, dry weather continues into Saturday with high temperatures in the low 80s under mostly sunny skies. It will be breezy with

This month, Cole County launched “GoColeMo,” a mobile application that allows users easier access to its website. The app is free to download and was included in the recent $40,000 overhaul of ColeCounty.org. “It just gives a little bit better interface to be able to view and navigate our website,” said Cole County GIS manager

Dr. Said Sewell, vice president of academic affairs and provost at Lincoln University, will take an extended leave of absence, according to a letter to the executive committee from college president Dr. Kevin Rome. The letter says Sewell’s hiatus is for “personal reasons.” The announcement came after an 88-18 faculty senate vote of no confidence

ABC 17 News has crews at the scene of a rollover crash on I-70 westbound just east of Columbia. At least five units responded just before 2 p.m. Friday by mile marker 133 near the Route Z exit. The highway patrol told ABC 17 News the white Trailblazer was heading west when it was bumped

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon will feel like anything other than fall. We’ll warm quickly to 70 by noon with afternoon temperatures 10-12 degrees milder then what we’ve seen over the past 4 days. The breeze will pick up through the afternoon with winds gusting to 20-25 mph. Due to warmer temperatures and gusty winds, outdoor

UPDATE 9:46 a.m.: Authorities responded to reports of a shooting on Demaret Drive. The man they suspected for the shooting did not hear their commands, which led to him being put in handcuffs. Once authorities determined that the shooting was a false alarm, they took the man out of handcuffs and cleared the scene. ORIGINAL

Near record warmth is in the forecast today. It will feel more like mid September this afternoon as southwest winds kick up. Gusty winds of 20-25 mph is possible this afternoon and Saturday. The forecast high for Friday is 80, while the record is 85. We’ll likely have a few areas in the low 80s

Police and medical units responded to a gunshot victim in a central Columbia park Thursday evening. Officers were called to Douglass Park just before 6:30 p.m. off Providence Road. When they arrived, they found the male victim conscious and breathing with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, lying on the park’s east side along Fifth

TODAY: Fog is possible this morning across the eastern Ozarks and closer to I-44. It will be a partly cloudy-mostly sunny day starting off in the low 50s this morning. We’ll warm quickly to 70 by noon with afternoon temperatures 10-12 degrees milder then what we’ve seen over the past 4 days. The breeze will

The Columbia Fire Department released the results of fire code compliance checks at several downtown night clubs on Thursday afternoon. The department conducted the checks on Sept. 24 and Oct. 21 between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. No violations were reported at the following locations on Sept. 24: Willie’s at 1109 East Broadway Penguin Bar

Due to a high number of crashes, a Cole County highway is a high priority for both Jefferson City police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. From 2013 to May of 2016, there were nearly 290 crashes along Highway 179 in Mid-Missouri, according to highway patrol crash data. So far this year, there have been

Lincoln University only graduates one-quarter of its students, according to federal statistics. That’s the second smallest graduation percentage among Missouri’s public 4-year colleges. Lincoln also saw a 7 percent drop in enrollment this semester. Those numbers, along with significant internal conflict, has ABC 17 News asking leaders if the historic university is on the right

UPDATE 5:35 p.m.: The victim has been identified as a 14-year-old female who was at the Flat Branch Park with her friends. The victim had separated from her friends in the park and a short time later, the victim’s friends heard the victim screaming nearby. The victim reported she had been sexually assaulted by the

Missouri Attorney general Chris Koster has filed lawsuits against Gotcha Costume Rental and Theatrical Supplies LLC in Columbia and Celebrate the Season in St. Louis for selling non-prescription cosmetic contact lenses, according to a news release. Under state and federal law, contact lenses must be sold with a valid prescription. The U. S. Food and