Month: April 2017

UPDATE, 9:15 p.m.: Callaway County prosecutor Chris Wilson confirms he has received the reports from Knight’s office. Wilson tells ABC 17 News he has not made a decision on the case yet, but hopes to complete his review by the end of the month. ORIGINAL: The Boone County prosecutor has asked a neighboring prosecutor to

We have clear skies to view the first full moon of the spring season which will be technically at full phase (when the moon is on the exact opposite side of the Earth as the sun) at 1:08 AM Tuesday, April 11. This full moon of April is called the Pink Moon because it is

An Amber Alert for a missing 12-year-old ended with a 22-year-old arrested and accused of sex crimes on Sunday. Apple Briscoe allegedly ran away from home at about 1:00 a.m. Sunday and asked 22-year-old William Dela Cruz to pick her up. The two had met months before on an online video game called Onigiri and

A pit bull mix was shot Monday morning by a woman whose son was bitten by the dog, Boone County deputies said. Boone County deputies responded just before 9 a.m. to a report of person getting bitten by a dog and someone shooting the dog in the 6000 block of Murray Lane. Deputies said Shawna

Authorities said one child has died and two adults are dead after a murder-suicide occurred in an elementary school in San Bernardino Monday morning. The shooting happened at North Park Elementary School, located at 5378 North H Street. Officers were called to the shooting just before 10:30 a.m. According to police, Special Needs teacher Karen

The Sedalia School District released a statement on Monday afternoon through Facebook explaining that the Smith-Cotton High School Principal, Wade Norton, met with students in each grade level to discuss suicide. The statement went into detail about preventative steps the district has been taking. “The district and its crisis team have implemented professional development for

TONIGHT: Temperatures will be cooler overnight, dropping to the lower 40s by morning with clear skies and northwesterly winds at 6-12 mph. TUESDAY: We’ll have a mild, mostly sunny day with high temperatures in the mid 60s and a northwesterly breeze at 4-8 mph. EXTENDED: Southerly winds will bring warmer air into the area by

If you enjoyed this warmth over the past weekend, you’ll enjoy Easter weekend. The warmth look to increase by Friday again with areas west of US 63 and south of I-70 possibly hitting 80 during the day. It also looks to feel rather humid heading to the weekend, as dew points rise to the low

TODAY: It will be a mild morning with temperatures in the upper 60s for the morning commute. A chance of storms continues through 7AM for those north of HWY 24. There is a slight thunderstorm chance for Jefferson City and Fulton between 6AM and 7AM this morning, while the best chance will be for areas

The Missouri Auditor’s Office has released the findings of its investigation into the state’s transportation development districts. TDDs were established in Missouri 27 years ago as special political subdivisions to fund construction, operation and/or maintenance of transportation-related projects. State auditor Nicole Galloway examined 12 districts from across Missouri as a sample and discovered that all

A Camden County man in banned from Wal-Mart property after inappropriately touching an employee on Saturday. Dakota Allen Cody Whitworth, 31, was in the bedding aisle of the Wal-Mart on 94 Cecil Street when he grabbed a female employee inappropriately. The employee called out for one of her male co-workers and left the area. Whitworth

One man was stabbed on Friday night after a fight broke out at a Higbee bar. Randolph County deputies arrived at the bar when Jordan Richards, 27, told them he had been stabbed with a knife by a man he didn’t know. Richards said he had been playing pool with the man when they got

The eastbound lanes of the Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City are scheduled to shut down for a few hours on Monday. MODOT crews are replacing the bridge’s current street lights for more energy efficient ones. The work is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m and end at 1:00 p.m. Crews will first close the

TODAY: Mild and breezy morning with a rain/thunderstorm chance ending by 10AM. High temperatures will reach the low 70s with winds gusting up to 30 mph. Clouds will be decreasing during the day with sun increasing in the afternoon. TONIGHT: It looks mostly clear and cooler with lows dropping to the mid 40s with northerly

TONIGHT: Temperatures will remain mild in the lower 70s and upper 60s by this evening. Into the late evening hours there is a chance for storms to develop. The marginal risk for severe weather has been expanded to the west. The main threats are strong isolated thunderstorms that can produce hail and damaging wind gusts.

Into Sunday evening there is a marginal threat in place for northwestern portions of mid-Missouri. Showers and potential storms are looking to hold off until after the 2 AM. A cap in place in the atmosphere means that the atmospheric conditions may inhibit any storms to develop. If we do see storms developing, the main

The Columbia Public Schools district has maxed out the budget for renovations to Douglass High School. “We have come to the max of our allocated budget for Douglass High School,” Jonathan Sessions, CPS board member said. In February, ABC 17 News reported the district was getting close to its budgeted amount for the renovations. “That

UPDATE (3:20 p.m.): The Amber Alert has been canceled. Briscoe was found safe. ORIGINAL: The Blue Springs Police Department issued an Amber Alert for an abduction that occurred at 2514 NW 6th Street around 11:21 p.m. Saturday. Police said Apple Briscoe, 12, may have been abducted by William L. Dela Cruz, 22, last seen in

The first Molly’s Miles 5K had almost 900 participants, each of them receiving a finishers medal and a long-sleeve shirt once they passed the finish line. The event, which honors fallen law enforcement officers, started at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Boone Nifong Medical Center. Christie Anliker, co-chair of Molly’s Miles 5K, said that when

A flood warning is in effect for some counties near the Missouri, Mississippi and Grand Rivers through Sunday night. According to the National Weather Service, areas near the Missouri River in Boonville, Glasgow, Miami and Herman have minor flooding. Areas near the Grand River in Brunswick and Sumner have moderate flooding. The river levels near