Month: July 2017

UPDATE 7/20: A Columbia man was arrested after he ran from a traffic stop in northeast Columbia Wednesday night. Police said officers pulled over Anthony Johnson-Harris for dark tinted windows and for not using his turn signal near Sylvan Lane and Whitegate Drive around 6:15 p.m. According to police, Johnson-Harris stepped out of his vehicle

Heading through the month of July we have seen two heat waves already impact mid-Missouri. So far, out of the 19 days this month, 15 of them have had a daily high above the monthly high average of 87.9 degrees. The four days where we did see below average temperatures for the daily high, were

On Wednesday, officers responded to the Phelps County Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department due to a 21-year-old woman, who had been transported to the hospital by private vehicle, with a single gunshot wound to her head. The victim was immediately airlifted to the University of Missouri Medical Center. The shooting occurred on Highway 72 near

TODAY: It will be another hot and humid afternoon across Mid-Missouri. Throughout the day we will see temperatures reaching into the upper 90s with a southwesterly breeze under 10 mph. Heat indices will be in the triple digits reaching near 106 degrees in some places, with hotter conditions off to the west. TONIGHT: It will

TODAY: Another warm and muggy morning as you head out the door with temperatures in the upper 70s. Throughout the day we will see temperatures reaching into the upper 90s with a southwesterly breeze under 10 mph. Heat indices will be in the triple digits reaching near 106 degrees in some places, with hotter conditions

TODAY: Another warm and muggy morning as you head out the door with temperatures in the upper 70s. Throughout the day we will see temperatures reaching into the upper 90s with a southwesterly breeze under 10 mph. Heat indices will be in the triple digits reaching near 106 degrees in some places, with hotter temperatures

Parents want to get their kids out of the house over summer, but the local park may not be the safest place. Playground equipment can be anywhere between 100 and 150 degrees when air temperature gets to 90 degrees. Children are more at risk to burn injuries from equipment because their skin is more sensitive

The University of Missouri confirmed with ABC 17 that it will sell a non-controlling minority interest in the Fulton Medical Center. The university said it will sell its 35 percent stake in the facility to NueHealth, which has majority ownership. MU has had a stake in the center since 2014. A university spokesperson said the

Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight called several people to the stand on Wednesday to make his case for a tough sentence for Joanthony Johnson. The 28-year-old Columbia man was convicted by a jury on two counts of rape, two counts of sodomy and one count of attempted sexual abuse in April. Judge Jeff Harris will

More than 50 customers in the city of Blackwater in Cooper County were without power on Thursday night. According to utility provider Ameren Missouri, there were five outages affecting the city of about 160 people. The first outage was reported at 10:31 p.m. An Ameren spokesman tells ABC 17 News the company was able to

Thursday at 10 a.m., Welcome Home will host the grand opening of its new $3.2 million shelter to help veterans in mid-Missouri. The new building will increase the shelter’s capacity to 34 beds. It will allow Welcome Home to shelter female veterans and families with children, something the nonprofit hasn’t been able to do. At

The Cole County ambulance service is asking for more staffing to keep up with a growing number of emergency and patient transfer calls. Cole County EMS director Jerry Johnston presented two proposals to the county commission this week to solve that issue. This comes after the commission denied a different request for more employees earlier

Roads aren’t the only infrastructure at risk for buckling in extreme hot temperatures; your neighborhood sidewalks are as well. Columbia Public Works spokesperson Barry Dalton said the first major sidewalk buckle of the summer happened at West Worley and Silvey Street near Smithton Middle School. Some residents living in the Vintage Falls neighborhood said that

Note: Earlier today authorities referred to a suspect in this investigation as Matthew Fischer AKA Michael Piznaski. Authorities have referred to the man only as Matthew Fischer since he was taken into custody by Morgan and Pettis County Sheriffs. UPDATE 2:06 p.m.: According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department, Piznaski is not a registered sex

The average bride who bought an Alfred Angelo wedding dress lost at least $600, according to a local wedding dress consultant. At least six brides in mid-Missouri have been affected. The nationwide bridal company stated on their website: “Alfred Angelo filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 14, 2017. As a result, all Alfred Angelo

Research took center stage at day two of the UM Board of Curators meeting, which was held at the Bradford Research Center in Columbia. MU Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Mark McIntosh kicked off the meeting with a presentation on research and economic development. He spoke about the need to work with companies in Missouri,

Two physicians at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kenneth Loem Rall, 82, and Michael Edward Richards, 65, both of Columbia, have pleaded guilty in federal court to a health care fraud scheme that totaled more than $190,000, according to a release from the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Rall

The City of Columbia announced on Wednesday that it’s advising that residents follow a voluntary irrigation schedule in order to avoid a precautionary boil advisory. Water pressure monitors are showing that water pressure drops in the early morning hours beginning around 4 a.m. subsiding by 6 a.m. According to the release, heavy irrigation system demand

TONIGHT: It will be warm and muggy as overnight lows bottom out in the mid 70s. Skies will remain mostly clear with a breeze under 7 mph. THURSDAY: The morning will start off warm under mostly sunny skies and afternoon temperatures will climb into the mid to upper 90s as winds stay under 10 mph

Should you wear darker or lighter clothes when you are in the sun? That’s the answer the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team sought out earlier Wednesday through an experiment of melting crayons. Crayons which are largely made of paraffin wax and color pigment were used for this experiment because of the wide variety of colors,