Month: May 2017

A downtown Columbia donut shop said Wednesday that it was closing its location due to declining sales. Strange Donuts announced on Facebook the store at the corner of Broadway and Hitt Street will immediately close. “It’s been a lot of fun, but there has been a correlation between the student population decline and our sales.

Discussions on a proposed west Columbia road extension will continue in late May. On Wednesday, the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization, or CATSO, discussed the potential expansion from Dublin Avenue to Scott Boulevard as part of its long-range transportation plan. Multiple residents wrote letters to the group to voice concerns over traffic hazards for children,

Columbia’s Planned Parenthood could soon be providing abortions again. On Tuesday, a federal judge’s ruling to lift abortion restrictions went into effect. The ruling means Planned Parenthood just needs licensing from the state to resume abortion services at the Columbia facility on Providence Road. It’s something President and CEO Laura McQuade of Planned Parenthood Great

An inmate accused of attacking another inmate inside the Boone County Jail is now charged. Darian M. Carter, 24, of Columbia, was charged in Boone County on Tuesday with a misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault. According to a probable cause statement obtained by ABC 17 News, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office responded to the jail

As of Wednesday evening, only one road remained closed in Boone County for flooding. Easley River Road at Cooper’s Landing Campgrounds was closed Monday afternoon after a weekend of heavy rain. Greg Edington, director of Boone County Public Works, said road crews were busy clearing out pipes and ditches earlier in the week. He said

Heavy rains and rising river levels put more than a dozen roads under water Wednesday across Cole County. MoDOT crews shut down Route W just south of Wardsville. The road is near the Osage River which was at major flood stage Wednesday night. Cole County Public Works has also shut down many roads across the

The Columbia Public Schools finance committee met Wednesday night to discuss the school district’s budget for the next school year, including some cuts. The school district has just under $213 million in it’s operating budget for the upcoming school year, with nearly $167 million designated for salaries and benefits. Budget Additions Linda Quinley, chief financial

The University of Missouri will soon roll out some parking changes that will impact students taking summer classes and, possibly, fall classes. “In an effort to reduce congestion and indirectly enhance pedestrian safety on campus, we hired an outside consultant to review our parking operations,” said Liz McCune, associate director with the MU News Bureau.

The Missouri Department of Transportation reopened Highway 63 and 42 near Vienna on Wednesday. The roads were closed because they were first covered with water, then covered with debris from the stormwater. MoDOT crews removed the debris from the roads and fixed what was damaged. Joe Schmidt, a maintenance engineer with MoDOT, said school buses

Since April 26, the rain has been falling across Mid-Missouri leading to historic flooding and numerous roads closed. Not only did we close April as one of the wettest months ever (ranked sixth), but May is starting off on a wet note as well, as the prolonged flooding continues across the state. Just how much

TONIGHT : Rain will be ongoing tonight with pockets of moderate rain at times moving through. Highest rainfall amounts through tonight will be east of HWY 63 where 1-3″ additional rainfall is possible. Areas west will pick up an additional trace to half inch. Northerly winds will be gusty overnight with low temperatures falling into

Rain will continue Wednesday night and taper off from west to east Thursday morning through afternoon. Highest rainfall amounts of 1-3″ additional rainfall from 7 PM Wednesday through Thursday are expected east of HWY 63 with lower amounts west. Flooding will be ongoing into Thursday with some rivers are forecast to still be above flood

TONIGHT : Rain will be ongoing tonight with pockets of moderate rain at times moving through. Highest rainfall amounts through tonight will be east of HWY 63 where 1-3″ additional rainfall is possible. Areas west will pick up an additional trace to half inch. Northerly winds will be gusty overnight with low temperatures falling into

Engineers with Ameren Missouri utility company told ABC 17 News about 50,000 cubit feet per second of water is passing through the Bagnell Dam as of Wednesday afternoon. “We operate under a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission which really dictates how we can discharge during these kind of flood events,” said Alan

A drop in funding means about 20 percent of gauges used in Missouri to measure floodwaters will go offline this summer. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Science Center in Rolla maintains 247 gauges across the state. The instruments collect water data used by agencies such as the National Weather Service and the Army Corps of

An automatic extension will be issued to certain Missouri taxpayers whose quarterly and monthly tax return payments and filings were delayed by the flooding across the state. Any vehicle title penalty from April 29, 2017 through May 9, 2017 due to flooding will also be waived. “We understand that, because of the severe flooding, some

TODAY: Rain is steadily falling this afternoon, with the heaviest amounts along and south of Hwy 50. Radar estimates up to 3 inches of rain has fallen near the Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir. Flooding once again is an issue as we go through the day, as heavy rain will continue with pockets

UPDATE 9:17 A.M.: According to a press release from the Columbia Police Department, there were reports of a blue Toyota and a red sedan at the scene. Contact the Columbia Police Department at 573-874-7652, or call CrimeStoppers at 573-875-TIPS to remain anonymous if you have any information. ORIGINAL STORY: Police responded to the 2900 block

TODAY: Steady rain will be on going through Thursday morning. Rain amounts will range from 3″ in Columbia to 4″ south of HWY 50, with the highest totals in southeast Mid-Missouri near HWY 65, where locally higher amounts of 5″ isn’t ruled out. Areas north of I-70 will see rain amounts of 0.25″ to 1″

Boone County Public Works crews on Tuesday continued to repair damage from the weekend storms. According to the Boone County Office of Emergency Management, six roads in the county are closed because of flooding. Crews worked on River Oaks Road Tuesday morning. They had to repair a road bank that had been eroded by flood