Month: December 2016

A Columbia man is charged with harassment and violating an order of protection after he posted ads on BackPage offering sexual services without the woman’s consent. Ryan Thiesse, 28, admitted to investigators about posting four BackPage ads depicting the woman as a prostitute. According to the probable cause statement that ABC 17 News obtained at

Columbia police detectives are investigating their sixth homicide of 2016, which is the highest number the department has seen in more than a decade. Keith Chambers, 33, was pronounced dead at a hospital Thursday after police said he was shot on Claudell Lane during a drug deal. Police arrested two 18-year-olds and a 16-year-old in

The attorney for the property owners next to Harpo’s responded to the bar’s lawsuit over a shared door access Friday. Earlier this month, ABC 17 News reported Harpo’s was suing its neighbor, Varose, LLC, after they supposedly blocked the bar’s emergency exit. Harpo’s owners claimed this caused the bar to close business Ten Below and

A Moberly man charged in another man’s death waived his preliminary hearing this week. Joseph Kertz is charged with first degree murder in the October shooting death of Kevin McCuiston. According to court documents, Kertz and a woman, Brittney Bowen, were planning to rob McCuiston. Bowen allegedly lured McCuiston to a home on Calhoun Street

There is a belief that positive thinking has power beyond science and medicine. Jennifer DeGraaf may be proof of that. In June, DeGraaf, 39, was rendered speechless during a meeting, then suffered a seizure. She knew something was wrong. Her previous bout with cancer in 2013 — stage three breast cancer — left her a

Two men have been officially charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 33-year-old Keith Chambers. According to charging documents, Brian Smith and Dariel Reid, both 18, were involved in a drug deal that ended in the shooting death of Keith Chambers but according to police, neither fired the shot that killed him. Police

The holiday counting period for the Missouri State Highway Patrol starts at 6 p.m. Friday and ends 11:59 p.m. Monday. The MSHP will increase patrols that period because it’s a holiday weekend and officials know that the number of travelers will increase. According to MSHP records, there were 1,070 crashes last year in Missouri during

UPDATE 10:13 a.m.: On Thursday at 12:49 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of Claudell Lane in reference to a gunshot wound. During the investigation, officers detained Ruben Anderson for questioning. After the reading of his Miranda Rights, Anderson said that he was parked in a driveway of the complex when he heard

TONIGHT: A DENSE FOG ADVISORY is in effect for Benton, Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, and Pulaski counties from 9 PM this evening until 9 AM Saturday. Isolated showers east of 63 are possible until midnight, then expect dry conditions. Clouds will stay with us overnight with temperatures in the mid 30s. Near freezing is

As Governor Jay Nixon prepares for life as a private Missourian, he sits down with ABC 17’s Joey Parker to discuss some victories, regrets, thoughts and advice for his successor.

A woman is charged in Cole County after she allegedly held a knife to someone’s throat. ABC 17 News picked up court documents on the incident Friday morning. They say Reili Ward displayed a knife towards a victim in a threatening manner during a verbal fight. The documents say several witnesses saw Ward hold the

UPDATE 3:45 p.m.: A K9 unit is working during the investigation. The two victims were found in different areas of the apartment complex. No arrests have been made. UPDATE 2:48 p.m.: ABC 17 News has confirmed that both victims were male and in their teens or early twenties. One victim has suffered life threatening injuries,

ABC 17 News is already getting reports of some winter weather in mid-Missouri Friday morning. Our ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologists say temperatures are above freezing still in most of mid-Missouri, but say temperatures will likely drop throughout the morning. They say we’ll have a wintry mix this morning with the concern of a glaze of

Two rounds of thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday. A warm front will lift in the morning from 7AM-11AM with storms starting south of HWY 50 and lifting north mid morning. We’ll have dry time in the afternoon and early evening with temperatures rising to the low 60s! A line of thunderstorms will move in

TODAY: A light rain and wet snow mix is possible this morning through 12PM. As temperatures fall to near freezing this morning, a glaze of ice is possible, and could cause issues. We are not under a Winter Weather Advisory as of 3AM this morning. However, take caution as you head out the door this

UPDATE: The vehicles are now being towed from the scene. ORIGINAL: Emergency crews are responding to a car crash at the intersection of West Broadway and Broadfield Drive. The call went out just before 9:20 p.m. for the crash. An ABC 17 News crew on the scene says it appears to be a two-vehicle crash.

The University of Missouri Police Department logged more than five hours of footage of a chaotic scene outside the Delta Upsilon fraternity involving members of the Legion of Black Collegians this past fall. The incident landed DU on emergency suspension, and stoked considerable interest from media outlets on the fraternity’s misconduct the last academic semester.

Members of the Jefferson City Public School Board of Education met on Thursday night to discuss the possibility of building a second high school. ABC 17 News was at the meeting as district leaders gave a presentation to the community about why the second school is needed. Committee member Brad Bates said, “We’re in a

A fire in eastern Boone County destroyed a home Thursday afternoon. The Boone County Fire Protection District responded to the house at 10761 I-70 Drive Northeast just after 2:45 p.m. A couple and one child were home at the time of the fire. They made it out safely and are being referred to the Red

Less than two days after Columbia police were called to Newton Drive for reports of gunfire, a woman said she found her child’s bedroom window shattered from what appeared to be a bullet. “We weren’t home at the time, but it gives the real reality of how close it came and how dangerous this street