Month: June 2018

Staffing issues have been looming over the Cole County Emergency Medical Services department for months, but there is disagreement over how bad the situation really is. On Friday Jack Brade, the chief of the Regional West Fire Protection District, posted a picture of an ambulance with the word “Closed” layered on top with the caption,

The families of the two people killed in a Boone County fire are settling lawsuits with the former owners of the building. The children of Lauren Ballew filed a proposed settlement on Thursday with Herman Hardt, Elizabeth Hardt and James Roark-Gruender, related to Ballew’s death. The Hardts owned the building on East Kathryn Drive in

Howard County Coroner Frank Flaspohler and his attorneys filed an appeal Friday morning in the case surrounding a teenager’s suicide. ABC 17 news reported when Howard County Judge Scott Hayes issued a partial summary judgment in the lawsuit between the Howard County Coroner’s office and the Glasgow School District. The judgment said the Howard County

Emergency crews responded to a crash on Highway 63 in Columbia Friday night. It happened near Grindstone Creek in the northbound lanes. Boone County Joint Communications urged drivers to avoid the area. As of 7 p.m., one northbound lane was still closed. All southbound lanes were open. A viewer sent ABC 17 News a picture

UPDATE: Carmelita Kaser was left to die Easter Sunday in 2013. The first witness to address the jury in Randolph County Courthouse Friday was Kaser’s daughter, Phylis Self. Self sat quietly as the defendant’s attorney and prosecutors asked questions regarding her mother who was killed by Jeffrey Nichols with a “machete-like knife.” Two officers with

A billboard on Highway 63 South heading into Jefferson City reads, “Overdoses remove addicts from the gene pool. -Rob Schaaf” “In this case, this billboard seems to be put up by people within the member’s party who are unhappy with what he’s been doing so it just shows how divisive everything has become that even

Governor Parson signed his first bills as the Governor of Missouri on Friday, according to an official press release. “Our top objective is to move Missouri forward. Today, by signing these bills into law, we are headed [in] the right direction. The legislature should be proud of the work that was done this year. Many

Draft night did not go the way former Mizzou forward Jordan Barnett hoped. However, the end result did. Barnett agreed to play in the NBA Summer League with the Milwaukee Bucks. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JBounce33/status/1010029834272010242″,”author_name”:”Jordan Barnett”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JBounce33″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”und” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/FearTheDeer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#FearTheDeer&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Jordan Barnett (@JBounce33) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/JBounce33/status/1010029834272010242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;June 22, 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″} The Bucks’ first game in the Summer League

UPDATE 5:20 P.M.: The AMBER Alert has been canceled due to Sledge “no longer considered an abductee.” UPDATE 3:21 P.M.: {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperA/status/1010256215551696897″,”author_name”:”MSHP Troop A”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperA”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;UPDATED INFORMATION&#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;AMBER ALERT–State of Missouri: Abduction of 15-y.o. Brajean Sledge. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOCATED. No new vehicle information. Sledge’s hair is CURRENTLY STYLED IN A BLOND WEAVE. Last seen in

TONIGHT: Overcast skies look to remain in place across Mid-Missouri into the night, with some areas of fog expected to develop. However, winds out of the north up 7 mph could keep many areas from seeing the fog, as drier air tracks in. Overnight it will be cool, with a low of 61 degrees. SATURDAY:

The Boonville Police Department released information Friday about a local gas station technician finding an internal skimmer device inside of a gas pump. “It is unknown at this point in the investigation how many people will be affected, if any at all,” said the release. The Boonville police also issued the following advice: We want

An officer fired from the Columbia Police Department after shoving and injuring someone in a holding cell in 2011 is seeking over $553,000, according to a proposed judgment filed this week. Rob Sanders sued the city to try to get his job back. A bench trial was held in May, but a final decision has

UPDATE: UM System President Mun Choi said the system is developing a “long term program to address salary issues” and will be giving employees merit-based pay raises. Choi made his remarks during his president’s report Friday at the UM Board of Curators meeting in Columbia. Citing the Chronicle of Higher Education, Choi said salaries for

UPDATE 6/22 11:27 A.M.: UM System President Mun Choi said during a press conference Friday that the university plans to appeal the judge’s decision on MU graduate workers. “We do not agree that graduate students are employees,” said Choi. ORIGINAL STORY: A Boone County judge ruled Thursday that graduate workers at the University of Missouri

FRIDAY: It will be another cool, yet pleasant afternoon across Mid-Missouri. Temperatures this afternoon will struggle to climb out of the upper 60s and lower 70s, as stubborn low level clouds remain in place. A few scattered showers can’t be ruled out along and west of Hwy 63, but overall most locations should remain on

Curator David Steelman kicked off day two of the UM System Board of Curators meeting with a series of passionate remarks about the state of the system’s flagship campus. Steelman said there is a “completely false narrative” that has arisen at Mizzou after the 2015 campus protests. Steelman said he wanted to make two things

FRIDAY: The work week will end with mild temperatures, only reaching the mid 70s with northwesterly winds up to 13 mph. Spotty showers are possible again with the best chance of rain east of HWY 63, however anything will be short in duration and low in intensity. Showers will continue to taper off in the

UPDATE: The first New Bloomfield city council meeting with Mayor Terry Shaw went smoothly, according to some residents. ABC 17 News attended the meeting and spoke with people after, including one person who said it was the best city council meeting they had seen. “I couldn’t do everything in one meeting. I know there’s a

According to New Bloomfield Mayor Terry Shaw, Tuesday’s meeting was canceled for two reasons: a potential lack of quorum and a posting error with the document signature posted on the City Hall’s door. Terry Shaw, the new mayor of New Bloomfield, said the potential lack of quorum came from City Council members saying they would

Michael Porter Jr. was on the board much longer than expected on Thursday night. Nonetheless, his dream is now a reality. Porter Jr. is officially a professional basketball player. The Denver Nuggets selected Porter 14th overall in the 2018 NBA Draft. He is now the 16th former Mizzou basketball player to be taken in the