Month: August 2018

UPDATE: According to the Ameren power outage map, power was restored to nearly a 1,000 customers around 9:15 p.m. Ameren initially predicted power may not be back on until 11 p.m. Crews had to shut down Interstate 70 at Route 87 to put the power lines back in place. ORIGINAL: Hundreds of Ameren Missouri customers

Boone County and the city of Columbia are using a new report to highlight how poverty is affecting the community, with a particular focus on children. The report, called “A Focus on Poverty,” highlights drop-out rates in Columbia Public Schools and how those rates are affected by poverty. “Concentrated poverty is keeping Boone County from

Moberly residents are cleaning up after storms downed trees and power lines Thursday night. About 1,500 Ameren Missouri customers were without power starting at about 9:30 p.m., but power was restored within about 30 minutes, an Ameren spokeswoman said Friday. Moberly Regional Medical Center was one of the buildings that lost power, but a staff

Police arrested a Florida man late Thursday on suspicion of stealing a pistol and a cellphone from a vehicle in the 500 block of Cherry Street. A man identified by the initials W.F. called police and reported a Sig P238 pistol and a cellphone were stolen from his vehicle at about 9 p.m., Columbia Police

Moberly Storm Damage Video

Boone Electric Cooperative will close one lane of a section of East St. Charles Road starting next week while workers replace power lines and poles. The work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday between Talon and Richland roads, Boone Electric said in a news release. Workers will have to

The Columbia Police Department detained one person Friday afternoon after he led officers on a chase in downtown Columbia. The pursuit ended on Clark Lane and Towne near an apartment complex. The suspect drove through an active work zone before getting out of his car and leading officers on a short foot pursuit. Officers were

TONIGHT: Skies will become partly cloudy with lows dropping into the upper 60s with light north winds to 6 mph. Patchy fog is possible by morning. SATURDAY: We’ll have a warm, dry start to the weekend with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 80s. Winds will come in from the northeast up

The current director for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, Drew Juden, will step down beginning Aug. 31 and will be replaced with Colonel Sandra K. Karsten. Governor Mike Parson announced Friday that Karsten will temporarily replace Juden until he appoints a new director. According to Press Secretary Kelli Jones, the governor chose to replace

THIS AFTERNOON: Skies are continuing to clear out this afternoon, but we’re not going to the clouds totally clear out. Temperatures will slowly rise into the mid-80s, however with humidities in the mid to upper 60s, it will continue to feel muggy through this evening. There’s the potential for a few showers & storms for

A federal grand jury has indicted a sex offender living in Fulton on accusations that he tried to entice a child into illegal sexual activity. Michael Collins, 21, was charged Thursday in federal court in Jefferson City with three counts: attempting to entice a minor under the age of 14 to engage in illegal sexual

A 33-year-old Jefferson City man died Thursday afternoon when his jet ski capsized on the Lake of the Ozarks. Tyrell Anderson was riding in Camden County at about 4:45 p.m. when his 2006 Yamaha jet ski capsized, sending him into the water, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in an online crash report. Anderson tried

The Ameren Missouri scam is making its rounds again in Mexico, Missouri, according to the Mexico Public Safety Department. The scammers will call, representing themselves as someone who works with Ameren and tell the victim they are behind on their bill. The scammer then will demand immediate payment and say an Ameren employee will come

Police in Moberly are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store Friday morning. Officers said it happened just before 1:30 a.m. at the Break Time North location at 1210 E US 24. According to the police report, a man walked into the store, showed a gun and demanded money from the clerk. The

UPDATE 10: 00 p.m. “We were watching TV then all of a sudden we heard hail and then a loud boom! Next thing we knew, the power went out,” a Moberly resident said. Homes in Moberly on Promenade street showed signs of restored power after reports showed more than 1,500 homes were without power. ABC

FRIDAY: Storms will end early this morning with only spot showers possible through the afternoon, behind a trailing cold front. Most areas will stay completely dry throughout the day under partly sunny skies. High temperatures will reach the mid to upper 80s Friday with northerly winds up to 10 mph. TONIGHT: Some clouds will stick

The CEO of MU Health Care said any deal between the company and SSM Health regarding its two mid-Missouri hospitals will be fair for all involved. CEO Jonathan Curtright said he and a team from MU Health would begin reviewing the pros and cons of buying two hospitals from the St. Louis-based provider: SSM St.

The Columbia Police Department wants help in identifying a man who allegedly robbed the Central Bank of Boone County Thursday. Officers responded to the bank location on Paris Road around 11:55 Thursday morning in response to a possible robbery. Upon investigating, officers found a man entered the business, approached a teller and demanded money. The

ABC 17 News is continuing to check in with Mizzou and the City of Columbia after a series of shootings downtown. As we previously reported, there have been four separate shootings in just three weeks. A spokesperson for MUPD and campus safety said MU alerts are sent if there is an imminent, ongoing threat to

Work is continuing on the Route BB bridge over Interstate 70 this week with pavement repairs to ramps. Both westbound I-70 ramps at the interchange near Rocheport will be closed from 10 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Work will then be suspended until 7 p.m. Friday and the