Month: July 2017

Columbia Fire worked a crash near the Columbia Mall on Thursday evening. The department’s Twitter account tweeted out pictures at 8:18 p.m. The tweet said there was an accident on Worley Street with entrapment. ABC 17 has reached out to the department to get more information on the crash. Stay tuned for further updates.

UPDATE: Police dogs that were brought to the tower found no evidence of explosives. It’s unknown who made the threat or if any arrests were made. ORIGINAL STORY: ABC 17 News has confirmed with the Jefferson City Fire Department that there is a bomb threat at Hamilton Tower. ABC 17 News crews are working to

Columbia City Council is considering raising the property tax rate in order to increase funding for the Columbia Police Department. Steven Sapp, spokesman for the city of Columbia, said, “If we don’t have additional revenue sources, then the community… is really going to have to face some tough choices.” City Manager Mike Matthes, City Councilor

City council member Karl Skala asked city staff Monday night about the possibility of widening St. Charles Road east of Columbia. The road runs past Battle High School and many students walk there from the surrounding neighborhoods. “It’s a very dangerous place and you really do take your life in your hands,” said Skala. The

According to the Osage County Emergency Operations Center’s Facebook page, a water boil advisory has been issued for Osage County Public Water District #1 until Saturday at 8:00 a.m. after a water main break. This impacts residents from Highway C to Bonnots Mill including the community of Bonnots Mill, but not the addresses on Stony

The heat and humidity are back in the picture for Friday. We will see temperatures build into the upper 80s and lower 90s; however, with the humidity much of Mid-Missouri will be feeling more like the low- mid 90s by the afternoon hours. We will have mostly sunny skies but in the morning, there is

On Wednesday night, Columbia Police Detectives arrested Jeremiah Ezekiel Brown, 32, from Columbia, at 3000 block of Falling Leaf Lane for a felony warrant for robbery and armed criminal action with a bond of $250,000 cash only. Earlier on Wednesday, detectives arrested Lawrence Courtney Lawhorn, 29, from Columbia, at Hannover/Hidden Creek for felony warrant for

Less than five weeks ago, the state of Missouri received a major disaster declaration for the flooding and severe storms. The declaration was approved on June 2. Since then, over $10.2 million in FEMA grants to flooding survivors, $9.1 million in SBA low-interest disaster loans and $47 million in National Flood Insurance Program to policyholders

UPDATE 7/6: Christopher Hunt was caught on Wednesday in Lexington Kentucky by the U.S. Marshals. ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities in Phelps County have charged a man who allegedly escaped custody and is still on the run. Christopher Hunt is charged with escape from custody with a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument or by holding hostage. Texas County

Missouri citizens will soon be getting emergency alerts when a law enforcement officer is assaulted or killed in the line of duty. Gov. Eric Greitens signed the Blue Alert bill into law in St. Louis Thursday morning. Missouri now joins 27 other states with the alert system similar to an Amber Alert. Like an Amber

A Phelps County Jury found Ashley Bunton, 28, of Rolla, guilty of possessing marijuana in the Phelps County Jail on Wednesday. On July 21, 2016, a deputy from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department went to an address on Private Drive 7085 to serve an arrest warrant on Ashley Bunton. When the deputy got there, the

TONIGHT: Conditions will remain dry and skies mostly clear as temperatures drop into the lower 70s overnight. Winds will be turning southwesterly between 3-7 MPH. TOMORROW: It will be hot and humid for Friday with temperatures expected in the upper 80s and even close to 90 degrees. With that humidity, heat indices will make temperatures

A Corporal with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office has been charged with felony sexual conduct with a prisoner after being responsible for transporting her from the Chillicothe Correctional Facility to the Pulaski County Jail. During the transport on Dec. 29, 2016, Corporal Donald E. Sapp allegedly touched the inmate inappropriately, took nude photos of her

TODAY: Through the afternoon we will see mostly sunny skies and temperatures will climb to the upper 80s to near 90. Winds will remain light under 7 mph from the north. It will be a muggy day as heat indices reach into the low 90s. TONIGHT: Through the evening skies will remain mostly clear as

A Salisbury Police Department officer saw Brandon Beth of Blue Springs run a stop sign at 24 and 129.The officer attempted a traffic stop, but Beth fled. Beth started driving erratically and slamming on his brakes to try and cause a crash with the officer.Beth then drove towards a set of train tracks where there

TODAY: Visibility is reduced for the morning commute, but after some patchy morning fog, skies will become mostly sunny and temperatures will climb to the upper 80s to near 90 with light winds under 7 mph from the north. It will be a muggy day as heat indices reach into the low 90s. TONIGHT: Through

The head of Columbia’s police union hopes city leaders will use the University of Missouri as inspiration for public safety. The university’s Police Department added five new positions at the start of its fiscal year, July 1. That brings MUPD’s force to 50 officers. Major Brian Weimer told ABC 17 News the department is looking

Governor Eric Greitens held a ceremony in Kansas City to sign House Bill 93 and several other measures into on law Wednesday morning. HB 93 was sponsored by Rep. Jeanie Lauer (R – Blue Springs). It was similar to Rep. Travis Fitzwater’s (R – Holts Summit) House Bill 680. HB 680 was passed through the

A Collinsville, Ill. man was charged with various misdemeanors and felonies in Cooper County after allegedly driving recklessly in a stolen truck on June 5. When asked why he was passing on the shoulder of the highway at high speeds, Shane D. Giacoletto, 20, reportedly said, “It felt good. It felt right. God was on

While the new health care plan was a hot topic of discussion at U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s fifth and final town hall in Ashland Wednesday evening, she also discussed Missouri’s need for a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). “I am astounded that we are the only state in the union that’s put out a welcome