Month: January 2017

A Blue Springs man was arrested following an early Monday morning crash on I-70. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 29 year-old Delante Hamilton was eastbound at the 119 mile marker just before 1:00 a.m. Monday morning when he attempted to overtake and pass another car, lost control, and traveled off the left side

A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect for those who live along and east of US 63 through 10am. It is set to expire at 8am for those south of the Missouri River. Visibility was near 1/2 mile in Columbia Monday morning and the ground was wet from rain. Meanwhile, our ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologists

A Dense Fog Advisory is valid through 10AM for those east of US 63. The advisory will expire for those south of the Missouri River at 8AM. A Dense Fog Advisory means visibility of will fall to 1/4 of a mile or less at times. Due to rapid changes in visibility, this will cause hazardous

Cafe Berlin was closed Sunday after an apparent break-in overnight. The restaurant posted on its Facebook page along with pictures showing the severity of the damage done inside. The pictures show items thrown about in the kitchen and behind the bar area. As of 2 p.m., employees were still at the restaurant cleaning up. Cafe

Northbound Highway 63 was shut down for about 45 minutes Sunday night while firefighters worked to put out a car fully engulfed in flames. The Boone County Fire Protection District were called to the fire near Hinton Road around 7:30 p.m. Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp said a Boone County sheriff’s deputy saw the car pulled

Missourians are coming out of hibernation after this weekend’s ice storm. While some areas were hit harder than others, emergency responders say this weekend went much better than when we saw ice just a month ago. ABC 17 News spoke with Missouri Department of Transportation officials Sunday night and they say a majority of their

UPDATE 9:50 p.m.: The suspect has been taken into custody, according to the Camden County Sheriff’s Department. His name isn’t being released at this time. ORIGINAL: Camden County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 1400 block of Carol Road just before 4 p.m. Sunday for reports that three people had been stabbed.

After a long weekend with several rounds of ice, it may be a relief that there are mild temperatures in store for the rest of this week. Temperatures range from the upper 40s to the lower 60s by the end of the work week. Monday, the rain chance will last throughout the entire day, with

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is looking for a mid-Missouri man after shooting at a MSHP trooper. Missouri authorities are searching for a suspected parole violator they say exchanged gunfire with a state trooper after a chase. The patrol says that the trooper began pursuing a vehicle for alleged traffic charges Friday night in Saline

TONIGHT: Scattered showers possible this evening, with a small chance of freezing rain north of the Highway 24 corridor. Rainfall amounts through the night will remain light, with the greatest rainfall coming Monday. Patchy to dense fog is possible overnight under overcast skies, with winds out of the east under 10 mph. MONDAY: Temperatures will

Actor and former DirecTV advertising spokesperson Rob Lowe is among 390-thousand unique subscribers who will apparently not be able to watch Sunday’s NFL Playoffs due to a carriage dispute between DirecTV and News-Press and Gazette Broadcast. NPG Broadcast owns and operates television stations in ten markets, including {CALL} and KKFX, the Fox affiliate in Santa

UPDATE, 9:40 a.m. – Water and Light spokesperson Connie Kacprowicz said there was a bad underground feeder line to the substation that crews are working to repair. She said the reason for the cable going bad is not known at this time, but the cause was probably not ice related. She said it could be

TODAY: Freezing rain expected across Mid-Missouri through the morning hours. By late morning through afternoon the freezing line will lift to northern Missouri allowing any accumulated ice to melt. Rain is expected for the rest of our Sunday for areas along and north of I-70 with additional liquid accumulation around 0.25″. The high will reach

*An Ice Storm Warning still in effect for all of Mid-Missouri through today* TODAY: Freezing rain is ongoing along and south of I-70, where a glaze in Columbia, up to three tenths of an inch has fall in the lake area. This freezing rain will be ongoing through the morning hours and gradually lift northward

A man died in a car crash around 7 p.m. Saturday in Montgomery County. David Riseberg, 34-year-old of Leasburg, was traveling east on I-70. According to the Missouri State highway Patrol’s crash report, Riseburg drove off the left side of the highway near mile marker 169, struck the median cables and overturned. Riseburg was ejected

Fire destroyed a house on County Road 328, just off of Route J Saturday, officials said. The New Bloomfield Fire Protection District, Central Callaway Fire Protection District and Fulton Fire Department sent crews to the residence around 7 p.m. Fire officials said the home was fully engulfed when they arrived. Two people were home at

For the better part of 40 hours, Mid-Missouri has seen spotty freezing rain showers, with most of the activity situated along and south of the Highway 50 corridor. That activity has since come to an end, leaving areas like Linn, Rolla and Camdenton seeing upward of four tenths of an inch of freezing rain. There

Columbia Public Works scaled back its operations Saturday afternoon after the freezing rain failed to last as long or amount to as much as expected in the area. Department officals sent all but eight crew members home around 12:30 p.m. But looking ahead in the forecast, the CPW planned to bring back in a full

A 29-year-old man suspected of a carjacking was arrested Saturday afternoon after leading police on a chase. The Jefferson City Police Department said it received the call about the cajacking in the 3500 block of Missouri Boulevard around 4:30 p.m. Police said a man was sitting in the car on the passenger side while his

TONIGHT: Freezing rain will increase after 10 PM from the southwest, spreading northeast through Sunday morning as temperatures hover just below freezing. Ice accumulation is likely with most amounts from 0.10 to 0.40″. Greatest concentration will be along and north of the Hwy 50 corridor. Winds tonight will remain out of the northeast under 8