Month: September 2017

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrested Derek Tarwater, 32, on suspicion of sodomizing two women at a residence on Locust Grove Church Road in the Midway area. Deputies said Tarwater was arrested on Wednesday morning in Ashland. Deputies said the victims reported the suspect assaulted them separately during the late night or early morning hours

Jefferson City police responded to two multiple-vehicle collisions on U.S. Route 54 west on Wednesday morning. Officers said the first crash happened in the 1000 block of U.S. 54, when a Toyota driven by a 16 year old was traveling in the west lane of traffic when she was cut off by an unknown vehicle.

TODAY: Temperatures this afternoon are already climbing into the lower 80s across Mid-Missouri and will continue to climb into the lower 90s. It will be a hot and humid day across the region. The humidity will make it feel hotter with heat indices reaching close to 100. In addition to the heat it will be

According to University Communications at Missouri State, there are more students than ever before on the Springfield campus and throughout the system. The university says system enrollment increased by 216 to 26,216. Enrollment on the Springfield campus increased by 234 to 24,350. The Springfield campus also saw an increase in graduate students. “Missouri State University

Officers arrested James Kelly and Courtney Hoffman on Tuesday after finding marijuana in the 900 block of Keene Street. According to police, officers saw Kelly lying in the parking lot next to his vehicle. Hoffman was seen standing next to Kelly. Officers said they also saw marijuana on the pavement next to Kelly and Hoffman

Four Moberly residents were arrested early Wednesday morning after a search warrant was issued by the police department. According to police, the search warrant was issued for a home on the 700 block of West Coates Street. Four residents were arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine and firearms. The police department did not provide the

The University of Missouri released its complete campus morale report this week. The more than 500-page document shows the results from the climate survey that was taken by nearly 10,000 students, faculty and staff. Last week, university leaders met with nearly 150 respondents and presented their findings. Specifically looking into incidents that dealt with exclusion

On Tuesday afternoon, the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to ABC 17 News’ Sunshine request regarding the patrol’s water training. The records sent by the patrol show how things may be changing since 2014. Troopers now must go through a 40-day field training program with a veteran marine officer.Part of their training includes swimming and

The opioid epidemic is not going away. Tonight ABC 17 News was at the forum, as the Youth Community Coalition members spoke to Missouri lawmakers about opioid use and how it’s effecting young people in our community. “Unfortunately, this year alone we’ve seen 10 heroin overdose deaths in our city limits of Columbia. That’s one

The Columbia City Council decided Monday night to put on hold the allocation of a quarter of a million dollars for local nonprofit Job Point until the organization presented a detailed plan for its need of the money. In this year’s city budget, there was more than $2 million that the city had accumulated in

Days after a woman was arrested and charged with attempting to rob a Hermann pharmacy, the man who stopped her spoke with ABC 17 News. Frank Meyer is the owner of Berlerner’s Health Mart in Hermann. Last Thursday, he said he and his employees were held at gunpoint, but it wasn’t cash the suspect was

UPDATE: Court documents obtained by ABC 17 reveal that Jamale Marteen had texted a man, whose identity we will not reveal due to the ongoing investigation, to meet him on McKee Street. The two exchanged these texts less than three hours before police were called for gunshots in the area. According to the court document,

TONIGHT: We’ll have a warm, muggy night with low temperatures near 70 under mostly clear skies. Winds will come in from the south at 5-8 mph with patchy fog possible by morning. WEDNESDAY: Temperatures will quickly rise from near 70 at 7 AM to 87 by noon and reach the lower 90s in the afternoon.

On Tuesday, Attorney General Josh Hawley announced that his office and other state attorney generals were investigating Equifax. Hawley said the investigation began shortly following Equifax’s disclosure of the breach of consumer files earlier this summer. “My office is working aggressively to protect the interests of Missourians in light of the recent Equifax breach,” Hawley

On Tuesday, the Columbia Police Department announced its beat commanders will begin holding a series of community meetings starting the first week of October. The meetings will focus on open discussion between area residents and the beat commanders. The schedule for the meetings are: October 3- Beats 70 and 80 will meet at New Haven

Health clinics around Columbia and Boone County are still seeing patients with bad allergies and the flu. Dr. Tara Flynn, with MU Healthcare said they’ve seen quite a bit of allergy related symptoms associated with ragweed. Those symptoms include runny noses and watery, itchy eyes. The positive testings for the flu are also increasing this

On Tuesday, the Jefferson City Public School system responded to a racially sensitive photo that was posted by students on social media. Director of School-Community Relations, Amy Berendzen, said the school system is disappointed by the racially insensitive photo taken over the weekend by three of the students. Berendzen said the incident did not happen

A second church in Columbia is now designated as a sanctuary church. Members of Rock Bridge Christian Church voted Sunday to become a sanctuary church, which means the congregation is willing to house someone who is at risk of deportation. Rev. Sarah Klaassen said the church’s stance was in response to a recent harder line

A Cooper County man has been charged with harassment and stalking after he was accused of threatening a deputy. According to the probable cause statement, Herbert Shackleford made threats to a detention sergeant that he planned to burn down the houses of two Cooper County deputies. Deputies said Shackleford made these statements in the Cooper