Month: July 2017

Smith, 54, of Mexico, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 12 on one felony count of wire fraud. Smith was arrested on Tuesday. According to the indictment, from 2011 to 2016, Smith embezzled more than $200,000 from the law firm in Mexico, Missouri where she was the bookkeeper and office manager.

ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologists expect heat index values in the triple-digits from Tuesday to Saturday, and Dr. Chris Sampson with MU Health Care says fans won’t keep you cool in those temperatures. “People… think fans can be helpful and not that (one) could harm you,” Sampson said. “If we’re reaching temperatures above 95 degrees the

TODAY: An excessive heat warning begins today at noon for Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Monroe, Motgomery, and Osage counties until Saturday at 8 PM. Temperatures this afternoon are already climbing into the upper 80s and lower 90s, with heat indices approaching the triple digits. With the onset of dangerous heat expected to last

Boone County will receive money from the damages done by late April, early May flooding. The money has been included in the Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Missouri. The president’s action makes federal funding available to affected cities that have public infrastructure that was damaged in the floods. Federal funds are expected to

TUESDAY: It will be a mostly sunny, hot and humid day with high temperatures reaching the mid 90s and heat indices reaching near 100 in the afternoon. Winds will come in from the southwest and stay light, under 6 mph. An excessive heat warning starts today for Audrain Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery,

TUESDAY: It will be a mostly sunny, hot and humid day with high temperatures reaching the mid 90s and heat indices reaching near 100 in the afternoon. Winds will come in from the southwest and stay light, under 6 mph. An excessive heat warning starts today for Audrain Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Monroe, Montgomery,

Fulton police say they responded to a suspicious vehicle near Walker Lane and West 7th Street just after 11:30 p.m. Monday. A GMC truck with no license plates was stopped by officers, and inside was 18-year-old Justin Atterberry. During the investigation, officers learned the GMC truck was stolen from a business in Mexico. Officers arrested

A man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for two sexual assaults he admitted to committing on the University of Missouri campus. Zachery Jones received the punishment from Judge Kevin Crane on Monday in the Boone County court. Jones pleaded guilty to one count of rape and another count of attempted rape. The judge

UPDATE: The Columbia City Council voted 4-2 to delay a decision on the contract until August 21. Councilman Clyde Ruffin recused himself from the decision because he is a board member of the Heart of Missouri United Way, the company in question for the contract award. The vote to table the decision came after two

A former University of Missouri Hospital surgeon has pleaded guilty to harassment charges. Dr. Gregory McClain was charged with two counts of harassment after he allegedly had others make harassing phone calls to former coworkers in 2014. Two victims told police a deep voice, who identified himself as “The Gorilla”, threatened them to “back off”

On Monday, the Columbia Police Department told ABC 17 News it is searching for possibly multiple people involved in an evening assault. Officers got the call around 9:15 p.m. and are combing the area of Brown School Road and Rangeline Street. Dogs are tracking in the area. Suspect descriptions have not been released yet. ABC

A U.S. congresswoman from Missouri will not seek election to the U.S. Senate. On Monday, Rep. Vicky Hartzler announced she will instead look to get re-elected to the 4th Congressional District. “After much prayer and discussion with my family, I have decided to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives,” said Hartzler. Rep.

Columbia Police Department investigators are working on their sixth homicide investigation this year. Six was the yearly total of homicides in 2016. The number of homicides so far this year is just one less than one of the deadliest years, in 2005. Compared to 2016, homicide numbers in 2017 are on an upward trend. By

Eclipse 2017 is five weeks away. During the path of darkness, the United States could lose 9,000 megawatts of solar power enough electricity to power 7 million homes. As the moon obscures the sun on Aug. 21, the shadow will be 70 miles wide from Oregon to South Carolina. Bloomberg Technology News says the darkness

The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request and preliminary plans for a new affordable housing complex Monday. ABC 17 News reported that the developers want to build a 40-unit apartment complex on Trade Center Parkway, which is just off Old Lohman Road. The development would be built with the help of government tax

A woman filed a lawsuit today, alleging she was sexually harassed while working for the Missouri Department of Corrections. In the lawsuit, the woman said she was working as a nurse when she was sexually harassed on Jan. 20 at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. An officer told her he had a “capture room where

TONIGHT: Skies will become mostly clear and low temperatures will drop into the lower 70s with winds out of the southeast under 8 mph. TUESDAY: It will be a mostly sunny, hot and humid day with high temperatures reaching the mid 90s and heat indices reaching near 100 in the afternoon. Winds will come in

UPDATE 7/17: Police confirmed the victim who died after a triple shooting in east Columbia Saturday morning is Jamar Lamont Hicks, 26, of Boone County. Police have not released the names of the two other victims, but confirmed their injuries are non-life-threatening. Friends and family of Hicks plan to hold a vigil at JT’s Barbershop

Columbia Police officers were called to the 1700 block of West Worley Street on Monday for a report of shots fired. Reports said that a vehicle drove by and began firing rounds. When officers got to the scene, they located several shell casings near the entrance to Columbia Square Townhome Apartments. A vehicle that was

Governor Eric Greitens signed an executive order Monday directing the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to begin work creating a prescription drug monitoring program. The announcement was made at Express Scripts, a suburban St. Louis based pharmaceutical provider. The company will be a private-sector partner in the state program. “There is no single