Month: November 2016

TODAY: Broken cloud cover is expected this morning with temperatures nearly 10 degrees colder for the start of our Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the low 40s with a wind chill around 37-39 with a south wind under 10 mph. Skies look to become mostly sunny in the afternoon with high temperatures close to 60.

A Missouri state senator said he has no plan yet to file legislation allowing guns on college campuses. Senator Brian Munzlinger (R – Williamstown) told ABC 17 News he has not considered filing the same bill he did last session. It would have allowed concealed carry permit holders to bring their firearms on campus, with

A Jefferson City Council member is set to resign at the end of November. The announcement for Councilman Glen Costales’s resignation was made Monday night at the Jefferson City Council work session. ABC 17 News was told Councilman Costales will be leaving his position due to the health of a family member.

The Fulton Police Department is set to donate more than $1,000 to the Super Sam Foundation. According to the department’s Facebook page, First Responders of Callaway County participated in the “No Shave November” event this month. During the event, responders were allowed to skip strict clean shave policies by donating $20.00 to charity. This year,

Sturgeon’s Chief Financial Officer William “Bill” Dellinger resigned Monday afternoon. In his resignation letter, Dellinger said, “I will not be stating a reason for my withdrawal, so that rumors have no beginning.” Dellinger went on to write that his resignation was not because of anyone’s wrongdoing. Monday night, the Board of Alderman said the city’s

Another case of the Zika virus was confirmed in Missouri Monday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, said this latest case brings the total number of travel-related cases to 34 for the state. The case was found in a man who recently traveled to Mexico. The World Health Organization declared Zika

On Monday, the Missouri Department of Transportation temporarily turned off the stoplights at the intersection of Missouri Boulevard and Dunklin/Bolivar streets, in Jefferson City. The signals will remain turned off over the next 10 days so the existing traffic signal poles can be moved to their new locations. Drivers on Missouri Boulevard will not be

The Jefferson City School Board held a special work session Monday to discuss possible ballot measures to fund a second high school. The board has until January to approve putting any measures on the April 2017 ballot. Currently, the board is considering a $130 million bond issue and an operating tax levy. About $90 million

Law enforcement in Mid-Missouri says it’s imperative to have a plan in place in the event of an active shooter or threat. In light of the attack on the Ohio State University campus, ABC 17 News spoke with Major Brian Weimer with the University of Missouri Police Department and Sergeant Scott White with the Missouri

Officers arrested Samuel L. Moss Jr. on Nov. 25 in the 4400 block of Stevendave Drive for two outstanding warrants for his arrest. The first warrant was for a parole violation with a bond of $50,000. The second felony warrant was for unlawful use of weapons and armed criminal action with a bond of $10,000.

ABC 17 News has obtained official court documents saying that the family of James Carter II has filed a wrongful death petition against Vanessa Beatty on Nov. 23. Both Carter and Beatty were pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on vehicle collision on Oct. 29. Two of the plaintiffs are the surviving children of

Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Michael J. Gilley announced Monday that David W. Smith is sentenced to 19 years of incarceration in the Missouri Department of Corrections by Camden County Circuit Judge Kenneth Hayden. Smith pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and to abandonment of a corpse. Smith admitted to shooting and killing Shawn Spencer in April

Lincoln University in Jefferson City is facing possible layoffs. As ABC 17 News reported last week, Governor Jay Nixon says he will withhold one million dollars in matching land-grant state funding due to Missouri revenue growth concerns. This also comes at a time when enrollment is down and only a quarter of LU students will

This Thursday, December 1, marks the start of the coldest 90 days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s known to many as Meteorological Winter and is the period where snow falls across a good portion of North America. Here in Mid-Missouri, our average high temperature drops from the mid 40s to the upper

UPDATE 11/28: Leonard has officially been charged with leaving the scene of a vehicle accident and driving under the influence. Leonard’s blood alcohol content was 0.263 the night of Oct. 30, which is when the accident occurred. The damages from the accident are estimated to be over $10,000. ORIGINAL STORY: Officers were dispatched to University

TONIGHT: There is a slight shower chance until 7 PM then clouds will clear overnight with low temperatures in the low 40s. Winds will come in from the south-southeast up to 10 mph overnight. TUESDAY: It will still as high temperatures reach near 60 degrees under partly cloudy skies. South winds at 5-10 mph will

UPDATE: Ten people were killed on Missouri roads during the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. According to the report, there were 400 traffic crashes across the state, 124 of them resulting in injuries. Troopers arrested 103 people for driving while intoxicated and made 100 drug busts over the weekend. No fatal

Attorney General Chris Koster announced Monday that Macon County Circuit Court Judge Rick Tucker sentenced Melinda S. Tillitt, 39, of Shelbina, to prison for 90 years. Tillett received consecutive terms of 15 years each for five counts of statutory sodomy and one count of child molestation. Since at least 2007, Tillitt had sexually abused two

An accident at the MFA Exchange in Centralia Sunday afternoon was heard throughout various areas of the city. According to the Centralia Police Department, two engineers were setting rail cars at the MFA Exchange when a car was knocked completely off the tracks. The exact cause is unclear, but a photograph provided to ABC17 shows

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon are unseasonably warm thanks to be on the warm side of a cold front. This frontal boundary is providing some much needed rainfall to Mid-Missouri, with the heaviest falling near the I-44 corridor. Wave one of rain came through this morning and wave two is expected to sweep through in the