Month: July 2018

An organization backing one of three competing medical marijuana initiatives in Missouri has continued to bring in large contributions despite the origins of most of the haul being kept secret. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the Missourians for Patient Care campaign committee raised $530,000 in monetary contributions between April and July, about $505,000 of which

Construction of the new fieldhouse at A. Perry Philips Park is set to begin this month. The City of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation is funding the project through a park sales tax that first appeared on the 2015 ballot. Last year, the department spent more than $2 million in local businesses like local

The University of Missouri is a land-grant institution. According to Marshall Stewart, MU’s Vice Chancellor of Extension and Engagement, that means the university is open for business. “Extension means that we take things like agriculture, 4-H, human development, nutrition, areas like community development, business development, and we extend them out across the state of Missouri

The Stone County Sheriff’s Office released the names of the 17 people killed Thursday at Table Rock Lake when a Ride the Ducks boat capsized. The names released are: William Asher, 69, MO Rosemarie Hamann, 68, MO Janice Bright, 63, MO William Bright, 65, MO Angela Coleman, 45, IN Arya Coleman, 1, IN Belinda Coleman,

TODAY: Plenty of sunshine will greet us this weekend! All of that sunshine will help us warm into the upper 80s around Mid-Missouri this afternoon. Winds out of the northwest will keep us on the comfortable side, however. Those winds will be blowing around 10 mph in the afternoon, with some gusts up to 20

UPDATE: Dozens of people turned out for the vigil held at the Ride the Ducks building. Flowers piled up on two vehicles in the parking lot, presumably belonging to victims. There was also another pile of items including balloons, toys and a large card. ABC 17 News spoke to Ed Brown, who was at the

Columbia police officers with the Community Outreach Unit are on the move. City council approved a request Monday to move the police northeast substation from the Indian Hills subdivision to the corner of McKee Street and Orchard Lane. “This allows us to be in the area where things have happened and have an immediate response,”

UPDATE: City Manager Mike Matthes expects a one percent, or $5 million dollar, decrease in the 2019 fiscal year budget for the city. “Our old way of funding things is not sustainable, and it’s not producing the kind of revenue that our community expected,” Matthes told reporters after his address Friday morning. Matthes forecasted a

The National Transportation Safety Board said the cause of the Ride the Ducks boat capsizing on Table Rock Lake could take up to one year to determine. Officials made the announcement in a news conference Friday evening, just over 24 hours after the boat sunk, killing 17 people on board. The NTSB arrived in Branson

ABC 17 News spoke with Gov. Mike Parson in Branson Friday afternoon. Parson traveled to the city to meet with survivors, family of the victims, rescuers and first responders after a duck boat sank on Table Rock Lake. Parson called Thursday night a tragedy and said everyone should work together to support the victims and

Columbia City Manager Mike Matthes proposed several cuts to Columbia’s public transportation service as the city struggles with a declining budget. Matthes shared the proposed cuts in his presentation Friday morning in which he outlined the city’s budget for fiscal year 2019. “Our bus system continues to experience dire financial condition,” Matthes said. Matthes suggested

Trash and recycling collection for some Columbia residents is delayed Tuesday. The City of Columbia Solid Waste Utility reported it experienced a significant and unexpected shortage of workers on Tuesday morning. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/CoMoGov/status/1019245929017364481″,”author_name”:”City of Columbia, MO”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CoMoGov”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Solid Waste Utility is experiencing significant/unexpected staff shortage today & will work late to accommodate Tuesday route. If

Several state and U.S. lawmakers released statements Friday in response to Thursday night’s tragedy at Table Rock Lake where a duck boat capsized, killing 17 people. Gov. Parson arrived in Branson Friday morning to visit with survivors and first responders. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt also traveled to Table Rock Lake Friday. “I am deeply saddened

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) – The Latest on a deadly tourist boat accident in Missouri (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The nine members of one family who died in the duck boat accident were from Indianapolis, said Thomas Griffith, suffragan bishop of Zion Tabernacle Apostolic Faith Church in Indianapolis. He did not identify them. Missouri Gov.

At least one man faces nearly a dozen felony forgery charges in Pettis County following a counterfeit money investigation by the Sedalia Police Department. Officers said the investigation started after police took a report from Domino’s Pizza that a delivery driver got a counterfeit $100 bill during a delivery on July 15. A second and

TONIGHT: Early evening clouds and spot showers south of I-70 will end and skies will clear. It will be a more comfortable night as temperatures drop into the mid to upper 60s by morning with winds from the north up to 7 mph. SATURDAY: We’ll see abundant sunshine which will warm temperatures into the upper

Three people are now charged and a fourth could face new charges after deputies conducted a parole and probation check-in in Moniteau County earlier this week. According to the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to a home on Pace Road near Fortuna, Missouri on Wednesday to check on a person who lives there. Once

Emergency crews are working to clean up damage left behind after storms blew through parts of the Lake of the Ozarks early Friday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol tweeted out several photos of the storm damage from mile markers 6 and 7 on the Little Niangua Arm of the lake in Camden County. Damage

FRIDAY: Despite a cold front tracking through Mid-Missouri today, it will still be on the hot side. Temperatures will climb into the lower 90s today, but thankfully humidity values will be on the low side. We could see a few isolated storms as we head into the evening, as a weak upper level disturbance tracks

Two people could face new charges after the Cole County Sheriff’s Department recovers several guns and a variety of drugs Thursday night. According to investigators, deputies responded to a possible weapons violation in the 2700 block of Bess Street around 11:25 p.m. The Sheriff’s Department said deputies found an intoxicated male and female at the