Month: May 2018

A frustrated and concerned grandmother said her 5-year-old granddaughter was left alone on the sidewalk at the wrong bus location after getting out of summer school. Frank Underwood, who is the transportation, safety and security coordinator with Jefferson City Public Schools, said Cedar Hill Elementary is contracted with a bus company called First Student. The

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office wants to hire five employees and put out bids for a private lab to help process thousands of untested sexual assault evidence kits. The details are in a federal grant application the office submitted in April. ABC 17 News obtained the application through an open records request shortly after Attorney

The attorney for Carl DeDrodie’s family is speaking out about the alleged oversight that led to the untimely death of the disabled man. As ABC 17 News previously reported, new allegations released in a civil lawsuit reveal DeBrodie was forced to physically fight another resident for the “benefit and amusement of Paulo and her family”

UPDATE: The Boone County Fire Protection District confirmed the fire was caused by an electrical surge protector that shorted out due to a small water leak in the basement. The fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. Red Cross is providing assistance to the person that lived there. ORIGINAL: A fire in a home just

ABC 17 News in partnership with Missourinet will air the special “Governor’s Office in Transition” Friday, June 1 at 4:30 p.m. on ABC 17, KMIZ. Throughout the commercial-free special, ABC 17’s Joey Parker and Missourinet’s Brian Hauswirth will look at what led up to Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation and what lies ahead with Lt. Gov.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department’s K-9 died Wednesday night during a training exercise. Baron, an 8 1/2-year-old German shepherd, unexpectedly collapsed while training at the department’s K-9 training facility north of Columbia. “They were rushed to University of Missouri Veterinary Hospital where they were unable to revive him,” Lt. Philip Smith of the Boone County

Lt. Gov. Mike Parson received a security briefing at the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency on Thursday ahead of his transition into the governor’s office. “I appreciate the service of our leadership and personnel at the Missouri Department of Public Safety,” Parson said. “Emergency preparedness and the security of our state will always be my

The 2017 vehicle stops report, released by Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office, comes out Friday but the city of Columbia is addressing its numbers before the report comes out. The data has been released no later than June 1 every year since 2000, after citizens raised concerns about racial profiling by law enforcement. The disparity

A federal judge sentenced a Camdenton man who allegedly molested a 10-year-old child to 15 years in prison without parole for receiving child pornography over the internet. Duffy Dean Woodman, 52, pleaded guilty in October 2017. The investigation started in 2015 after the Laclede County Sheriff’s Department took a report that a child had been

According to the DeBrodie family’s attorney, Rudy Veit, he didn’t originally want to add all the information to the lawsuit but said he had no choice in order to move forward. Veit told ABC 17 the defendants’ lawyers said they needed more information on how DeBrodie died, which Veit says they already had, but refused

TONIGHT: Any spotty storms this evening will quickly come to an end with the loss of daytime heating. This will lead to clearer skies through the night, with the mild and humid conditions to continue. Areas that saw heavy rain this morning will also see the chance for some patchy fog to develop. Otherwise, it

More than a dozen defendants were named in a new civil lawsuit related to the death of Carl DeBrodie. After digging through the new allegations, ABC 17 News sought out the people named in the lawsuit to see if they were willing to shed more light on the allegations. The defendants are as follows: Second

New allegations released in a civil lawsuit reveal Carl DeBrodie was forced to physically fight another resident for the “benefit and amusement of Paulo and her family,” those events eventually causing his death. Sherry Paulo was the manager of Second Chance Homes, where Carl was living before he died. As a result of these forced

According to a probable cause statement, a man swung a “ninja style sword” at several people in the 1000 block of Madison St. on Wednesday. Allegedly, Chrystopher Wright was in an argument with the individuals and took out a ninja style sword in a threatening manner. Wright began to swing the sword around and doing

THIS AFTERNOON: We’re in a bit of a lull period early this afternoon, but short-range data continues to indicate thunderstorms redeveloping this afternoon across southeastern portions of Mid-Missouri. The timeframe for seeing those storms will be between 3-6pm tonight. So those commuting home this evening, especially on HWY 63 through Osage & Maries counties and

According to a tweet from Troop F of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, troopers are working a crash where a tractor-trailer that was carrying piglets overturned on MO 42 and Rosebud Lane in Miller County. Allegedly, several piglets are running loose and the troopers are trying to round them up. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF/status/1002225233389113348″,”author_name”:”MSHP Troop F”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en”

The Governor of Missouri has resigned after a months-long legal battle about an invasion of privacy case and fraud involving his non-profits. On Feb. 22, Governor Greitens was indicted by a Grand Jury on a felony charge of invasion of personal privacy after he allegedly took a semi-nude photograph of his former mistress. In later

THURSDAY: Widespread storms are expected for the morning commute, with a few strong storms possible. Storms are expected to weaken through the morning, with a debris of clouds expected to stick around. This will likely keep temperatures slightly cooler than initially expected. A marginal risk for severe storms is possible Thursday afternoon, as storm redevelopment

Lieutenant Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to become the 57th governor of Missouri on Friday after Eric Greitens’ resignation takes effect at 5 p.m. In glaring contrast to his predecessor’s career, the 62-year-old Republican will enter the job with more than 25 years of experience in elected office. After a 6-year stint as a U.S.

A Phelps County man is officially charged after being accused of setting a car on fire then leading deputies on a pursuit. Court documents say the suspect, Alyxander Rutledge, allegedly lit a car on fire to “retaliate” against a victim in a previous incident. On May 28, a Phelps County Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling in