Month: June 2017

At least one recording of a conversation between two men who were involved in a Columbia shooting exists, according to a search warrant application made by police and the accused shooter’s attorney. ABC 17 News obtained the application for a search warrant written by Columbia Police Department detectives on May 22 after a deadly shooting

The Columbia Police Department was investigating a death after receiving a medical response call Friday night. The call came in around 6:15 p.m. for an unresponsive person on Southampton Drive in south Columbia. Police confirmed just after 9 p.m. that a man had died in the parking lot by Swan Lake. Medics tried to revive

Despite finalizing $59.8 million in budget cuts and eliminating 307 positions at the University of Missouri Columbia campus, local and state leaders are hopeful Mizzou will rebound. “The university being the flagship campus is vital to Columbia, Boone County and all of mid-Missouri,” said Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch, R – Hallsville. “It turns the economy

At least two cars were involved in a crash in east Columbia Friday night. The collision happened just before 8:40 p.m. in front of Taco Bell on Clark Lane. One car ended up landing on its passenger side. Both eastbound lanes were blocked while emergency crews responded to the scene. Some cars used the bike

The Kansas City Chiefs released wide receiver Jeremy Maclin on Friday. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/870785367372431361″,”author_name”:”Kansas City Chiefs”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Chiefs”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;We have released wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. &#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;➡️ &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/xVXKqOhP3g”&#gt;https://t.co/xVXKqOhP3g&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/Gulky5JiAF”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/Gulky5JiAF&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/870785367372431361″&#gt;June 2, 2017&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The former Mizzou football player played in 27 games with the Chiefs and recorded 131 catches

Enjoy the low humidity and comfortable days, because signs are pointing to a warm middle of June. This means that Mid-Missouri could see our first 90 degree day this year, the last since October 17th of last year. This trend comes as a ridge builds into the Southwestern US and gradually tracks eastward. Through the

On Friday, President Donald Trump made federal disaster aid available for Missouri to help the state recover from severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that happened between April 28 and May 11. This comes a little more than one week after Gov. Eric Greitens made the request. Michael L. Parker was named the Federal Coordinating Officer

UPDATE: Boone County deputies said three people were injured Friday morning during an altercation in the 4000 block of Bellview Drive. Two of the men were transported to the hospital from the scene. The third person went to the hospital in a separate vehicle after the incident occurred. Deputies said the three men drove to

UPDATE 6 p.m.: Firefighters responded to the fire in the 1000 block of Eighth Street around 12:45 p.m. Friday. According to online dispatch records, 12 fire units responded. Jerry Jenkins, division fire chief of the Columbia Fire Department, said fire crews had to call for more help when they first got to the residence. Jenkins

The University of Missouri System’s budget for fiscal year 2018 features hundreds of job cuts across the board in order to make up for millions in lost revenue. UM System President Mun Choi highlighted several items that appeared in the budget and explained the necessity of cutting more than 400 jobs systemwide. The University of

WARNING: SOME DETAILS IN THIS ARTICLE MAY DISTURBING FOR SOME READERS UPDATE: 3:30 p.m.: ABC 17 News obtained court documents detailing the charges and arrest of Matthew Hamm. An investigation into the death of a child began on May 31. The investigation was initiated after the child’s mother reported she believed Hamm killed their 19-month-old

The University of Missouri’s undergraduate student government said on Friday that a “racially charged video” posted to Snapchat was not posted from a Mizzou account. The video allegedly has ties to the university, but in a statement shared on its Twitter page, the Missouri Students Association Executive Cabinet stated “it is clear that the post

The Circuit Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit of Missouri sent out a press release about the closing of the Moberly Courthouse. “It’s a bittersweet day for me. I handled many cases in the Moberly Courthouse – as an Assistant Prosecutor, Public Defender, as an Associate Judge. I have many fond memories from my legal

Mid-Missouri residents who frequent the Columbia Farmers Market likely know there are big plans in the works for a new agriculture park at that location. Billy Polansky from the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture is our guest for “This Week.” He starts our conversation with some really big news for the Build This Town ag

ABC 17 News checked back in with the inspector of the Jefferson City building that was deemed uninhabitable this week. A follow up inspection happened at 2:00 p.m. at the Marshall Apartments on Friday afternoon, and the inspector, Dave Helmick, confirmed that a majority of the issues have not been fixed yet. All of the

The City of Osage Beach sent out a press release on Friday afternoon, saying that the storm siren on Lazy Days Road is temporarily out of service. In the release, the city urges residents to use their local radio and television stations, along with weather radios, for weather alerts in case of inclement weather.

The Cole County Sheriff’s Department was called to a domestic disturbance on Thursday. Matthew Mcilwain had left the scene by foot before officers got there, and he was found and detained on the 1600 block of Westview Drive. Mcilwain and the victim live together, are in a relationship and have two children together. According to

A 56-year-old man has died after a single vehicle crash in Gasconade County on Thursday evening. John Lanning Jr. was driving a 2005 Jeep Liberty eastbound on Route ZZ. Lanning failed to negotiate a right turn, traveled off of the left side of the road, down an embankment and rolled into a creek. Lanning was

A husband and wife were charged with second degree kidnapping and felony possession of a controlled substance on Sunday after reports of an abduction were made to the Columbia Police Department. The mother of the victim reported that the victim had missed two days of work and that the last time her daughter reached out

TONIGHT: Afternoon storms that developed across Mid-Missouri thanks to the daytime heating will quickly fall apart after sunset. In it’s place will be a mild and humid evening. Lows will be in the mid to upper 60s with light winds out of the southeast under 7 mph. SATURDAY: After a quiet start to the morning,