Month: July 2017

Accordign to the Columbia Police Department, residents have received an email from a City Traffic Collections Department (citycollections@travelalrets.com) stating that the recipient has a past due parking ticket and demanding payment of a delinquent parking fine. The fake email tries to get victims to pay online. The City of Columbia Parking Utility does not issue

ABC 17 News has reached out to the Lake Ozark Police Chief, who has confirmed that Hells Angels, a motorcycle club, is expected to be in the lake area starting this weekend through Aug. 4. 300 to 600 people are expected to come into town. The police chief said that the entire staff will be

TODAY: It will be a warm afternoon across Mid-Missouri, with highs climbing into the lower 90s. Once again the heat and humidity will be on the rise, with dew points climbing into the lower 70s. Winds through the day will gradually shift out of the southeast under 10 mph. Thankfully, heat indices this afternoon will

How many people will descend upon Mid-Missouri for Eclipse 2017? It depends on who you ask. The number varies from thousands to hundreds of thousands. As Boone County Emergency Management director Terry Cassil says, “We just can’t know the number of people that are going to come for the eclipse. There’s lots of numbers out

A Cole County judge approved a settlement in the civil case between convicted murderer Alyssa Bustamante and her victim’s mother Patricia Preiss. The 23-year-old now must pay Preiss $5 million in the wake of the 2009 murder of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. According to the settlement, the amount collected each year is limited to $25,000 with

TODAY: Temperatures will be in the 70s through the late morning hours. As we head into the afternoon, we will see the return of the heat. High temperatures will rise into the lower 90s with heat indices reaching into the upper 90s. There will be a slight breeze out of the southeast under mostly sunny

TODAY: Temperatures through the morning commute are rising back into the lower 70s. As we head into the afternoon, we will see the return of the heat. High temperatures will rise into the lower 90s with heat indices reaching into the upper 90s. There will be a slight breeze out of the southeast under mostly

Missouri senators are going back to the Capitol Tuesday to debate abortion-related bills in the second special session since May’s adjournment. The senators gathered Monday afternoon but did not vote on the bills. The main focus was Senate Bill 5. The bill has been modified by the House and is now back in the Senate.

Several thousand dollars in cuts to the city’s Community Relations department include office supplies and a reduction in sign language interpreters at city meetings. City Manager Mike Matthes announced the cuts at his budget address last Friday. Columbia needed to make greater payments toward its police and fire pension funds, Matthes said, and proposed cuts

Senators returned to the state capitol on Monday to debate abortion legislation. It comes after Gov. Eric Greitens called for a special session on the issue in June. Senators did not vote on whether or not to adopt stricter proposals recommended by the House, or move forward with a different version the Senate previously approved.

A man is charged after Boone County deputies say he assaulted a woman Saturday. Deputies say they were dispatched to the incident Saturday night. That’s where a woman said Thomas Penrose entered her house, dragged her by her ponytail, punched her several times on both sides of her face and hit her with a flashlight.

Jefferson City Public Schools presented its strategic plan Monday for the upcoming school year and the years ahead. Superintendent Larry Linthacum laid out his short and long term goals for the district during the work session for the board of education. Short term, Linthacum said he wants to improve the district’s attendance rate which was

The Fulton Medical Center has announced that it will be closing by Sept. 22 of this year. The hospital has 37 beds and 158 employees. “After careful consideration and in light of the challenges facing rural hospitals in today’s healthcare environment, we have made the difficult decision to close Fulton Medical Center, no later than

The associate dean of MU Student Life is no longer working at the University of Missouri. On Monday, university officials confirmed Janna Basler was no longer employed at MU. Basler attracted attention after video showed her with students in the November 2015 campus protests. The move comes during new budget cuts and more firings at

The Salvation Army of Columbia will receive a shipment of box fans next month. Recent hot weather in mid-Missouri has taken a toll on the organization’s supply of fans. On Aug 1. the Salvation Army will get 259 box fans from Westlake ACE Hardware. The group will receive the fans at 8 a.m. at the

The City of Columbia has approved a building permit for a second Aldi location. ABC 17 News reported in February when the grocery store chain submitted the plans. The store will be located at 1000 E. Green Meadows Road and is expected to open in the first half of 2018. Site work is already underway.

UPDATE: Columbia police arrested Willie Lee-Jacari Higgins, 23, Sunday night in reference to Davis’ death on Saturday. Higgins was in possession of a firearm when he was arrested on Freedom drive. Police believe the firearm was involved in Davis’ death. Higgins is a convicted felon in Michigan, and was arrested for unlawful possession of a

Sales tax revenue in Columbia is projected to only climb about 1 percent in 2018. The last time the city saw such low growth was in 2008, during the Great Recession. According to the city, the highest annual growth in sales tax revenue happened in 2011, when the growth was almost 6 percent. City Manager

A Marshall woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter of her eight month old baby. ABC 17 News previously reported that Lara Browder was arrested on suspicion of abuse or neglect of a child after her baby died from an apparent head trauma. Marshall police say officers

Columbia College will break ground on a new $20 million academic hall and residence hall next year. It comes after the school received approval of its campus development plan from the Columbia College Board of Trustees and the Columbia City Council. The building will serve as the college’s new home for the School of Business