Month: May 2018

UPDATE 9:14 P.M.: The endangered silver advisory has been canceled due to Channel being found safe. ORIGINAL STORY: The Lake of the Ozark Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for a missing 72-year-old man. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the man, Billie Junior Channel, was reported missing from 37 Bobwhite Ln at

The Missouri Senate has voted to move Prop A, the Right To Work bill, to the August ballot. The bill was on the Senate floor for nearly 12 hours closing the bill around 5:30 a.m. on Friday in a vote, 23-7. Senate Democrats releasing a statement on Twitter: {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MoSenDems/status/994886047766056960″,”author_name”:”Senate Democrats”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MoSenDems”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Shameful. Senate Republicans

Lawmakers have passed a more than $28 billion budget proposal ahead of their Friday deadline. The proposal includes, $99 million more for Missouri K-12 public schools next fiscal year and stable higher education funding. If the Governor approves the budget, the plan would meet funding goals for elementary and secondary education as outlined in state

Columbia Police detectives arrested Sean Thomas Diestel, 30, of Boone County, on May 10 for felony sexual contact with a student following a sexual offense investigation involving a minor. Diestel was a teacher with Columbia Public Schools when the reported incident took place. On May 4, detectives were called to 4303 S. Providence Road, otherwise

As the country continues to battle the opioid crisis, local governments across Missouri are considering how to prevent drug misuse and abuse. The lack of a statewide drug monitoring program, however, leaves local leaders with little state guidance on how to prevent opioid-related injuries and deaths. Tonight Camden County debates joining Missouri’s only Prescription Drug

Emergency crews worked to remove at least two vehicles after a collision in north Columbia Thursday night. It happened around 10:48 p.m. on Providence Road at East Brown School Road. An ABC 17 News crew at the scene saw tow trucks remove the vehicles from the scene. It’s unclear how many people were involved in

Josh Buffington resigned from his position as Helias’ head boys basketball coach on Wednesday. A release from the school says Buffington stepped down in order to spend more time with his wife and three kids. Helias President Father Stephen Jones released this statement: “To say that his decision saddens me is a great understatement. Coach

State Auditor Nicole Galloway praised the UM System in a new audit report issued Thursday which found “improvements” in the UM System more than a year after her office issued a blistering report. The March 2017 audit criticized the system for handing out $2.3 million in hidden bonuses. It also found that MU’s former chancellor,

House majority leaders held a news conference Thursday afternoon to discuss members passing a state budget and what comes next for the final week of the regular legislative session. “I think all around it’s a great budget,” said Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, chairman of the budget committee. “It’s a bipartisan budget, a budget that really every

On Thursday around 6:15 p.m., Columbia police were called to the area of Rice Road and Shamrock Drive for reports of gunshots. Boone County Joint Communications said it got reports of people in two different vehicles shooting at one another. CPD said officers found shell casings in the 5200 block of Rice Road. The preliminary

For the second time this year, someone has been arrested for allegedly taking a photo of someone in a bathroom without their consent. Austin Miller, a former Columbia Public Schools teacher, is accused of using his phone to take a photo of another man in the bathroom at Ellis Library on the University of Missouri

UPDATE 5:45 P.M.: ABC 17 News learned there have been more than 25 calls to the 1500 block of Hinkson Avenue. Police records show calls were made for burglary, larceny, peace disturbance and a suspicious incident last June. Assistant Fire Chief Brad Fraizer said investigation like this fire can take some time. “We look at

ABC 17 spoke with lawmakers today about their reaction to the passed budget for the 2019 fiscal year. Representative Chuck Basye told us he is pleased with the bill, he believes that it turned out as best it could. He did tell us, he was displeased by one bill passed, to allow Missouri schools and

It’s hard to believe that just a few short weeks ago, Mid-Missouri was dealing with its third Sunday snowfall in a row. Now the tables have turned, as temperatures have climbed to near-record values in the upper 80s. Although it’s only 10 days into the month of May, the past week and a half has

Authorities told ABC 17 one person was injured and taken to the hospital after a roll-over crash on I-70 near Stadium. Police said the person in the car was going fast and simply lost control. A tow truck arrived on the scene and there was no traffic build-up.

UPDATE 4:14 P.M.: Jury selection is running behind schedule due to nearly all jurors being questioned individually. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/LucasABC17/status/994686591523344385″,”author_name”:”Lucas Geisler”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/LucasABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Jury selection in Greitens trial running behind schedule. Questioning individual jurors about their knowledge of case taking most of the time today.&#lt;/p&#gt;— Lucas Geisler (@LucasABC17) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/LucasABC17/status/994686591523344385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;May 10, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} {“url”:”https://twitter.com/LucasABC17/status/994686804380053506″,”author_name”:”Lucas Geisler”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/LucasABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote

TONIGHT: Temperatures will only drop into the mid 60s by morning which is 13 degrees above average for this time of year. We’ll have mostly clear skies and winds from the south at 6-10 mph. FRIDAY: Some morning clouds leftover from dying storms in west-northwest Missouri will pass through but thin out to partly cloudy

Several natural cover fires are causing traffic congestion on Interstate 70 in the westbound lanes near Highway BB, according to Boone County Joint Communications. Online dispatch records indicate the fires started around 1 p.m. Thursday. The agency is urging drivers to find a different route. MoDOT Central District also warned drivers about possible delays Thursday

A 80-year-old man has minor injuries after getting hit by a vehicle in Mexico Wednesday morning, officials say. According to police, at 9:36 a.m. they were called to the 400 block of Fairground regarding a vehicle hitting a pedestrian and leaving the scene. Investigators say the vehicle was heading south on Fairground and was weaving

THURSDAY: It’s another toasty afternoon across Mid-Missouri, as temperatures are expected to top out near 90 degrees. Even with clouds in place, the brisk southwest will aid in warming us into the day. While we will be dry for most of the afternoon hours, isolated showers and storms will be possible for areas along and