Month: September 2018

Patrons picked through the last remaining items of the Gerbes grocery store on Nifong Boulevard in push carts. The store will close its doors at the end of the day on Saturday, ending a nearly 20-year run at the corner of Nifong Boulevard and Providence Road. The store’s closing leaves Jay Lindner, president of Lindner

Columbia police re-opened a portion of Vandiver Drive after is was blocked off for a potential bomb threat. However, after an investigation that lasted more than one and a half hours, police determined the threat was false. The threat in the 500 block of Vandiver was determined to be false. Vandiver is reopening to traffic

Columbia police were looking for a man suspected of robbing a Providence Road bank early Friday afternoon. According to police, the man entered Great Southern Bank armed with a firearm and demanded money from an employee. He then fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. No bank employees were injured during

The University of Missouri has placed 125 “Stop the Bleed” kits around campus in case of blood loss and trauma during events such as emergencies, injuries, bombings and mass shootings. The kit includes a military-grade tourniquet to stop someone from bleeding and to buy time for first responders to arrive. “We know the leading cause

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY*** TONIGHT: It will be breezy with periods of rain and isolated thunder with pockets of heavy rain. Lows will drop into the low to mid 60s with winds out of the northeast up to 15 mph. SATURDAY: Rain will be ongoing in the morning with heavy rain possible at times.

Farmers are finally catching a break when it comes to the drought, as the latest drought monitor shows significant improvements for the region. Just last week, roughly 15 percent of the state was experiencing extreme to exceptional drought conditions. Since then nearly 4 inches of rain has fallen in locations across Mid-Missouri, of which now

A Hartsburg man was charged after he allegedly robbed a Millersburg resident on Wednseday at his home. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office conducted an investigation on the incident where a victim reported he was “approached by two male suspects, one of which was armed.” According to the sheriff’s office, the victim reported he was assaulted

ABC Labs presented its final Chapter 100 performance report Thursday, revealing the company employs 372 people. The number is well over the Columbia company’s initial target of 274 jobs as part of the deal struck with the Boone County Commission that allowed ABC Labs to receive a property tax break since 2008. In an email,

Friday night football fans should prepare for rain and a possibility of game-delaying lightning can’t be ruled out. Spot showers are possible at game time in many parts of mid-Missouri, ABC 17 News meteorologists say. Heavy rains are shifting east into the weekend and flash flooding is still a threat to mid-Missouri. ABC 17 News

Here are the scores from Week 2 of area high school football. Will be updated throughout the night. Helias (34) at Hickman (14) FINAL DeSmet (35) at Rock Bridge (17) FINAL Smith-Cotton (22) at Battle (39) FINAL Lutheran St. Charles (40) at Tolton (18) FINAL Southern Boone (54) at Fulton (7) FINAL Mexico (22) at

Deputies have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery on Paris Road that occurred last month. Boone County deputies picked Richard Welty, 44, of Columbia up from the Greene County Jail in Springfield, Missouri, Thursday morning, Boone County Sheriff’s Department Det. Tom O’Sullivan said. He was booked into the jail here Thursday afternoon, O’Sullivan said.

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY*** TODAY: Scattered showers and t-storms Friday will focus on areas north of I-70 into the early afternoon hours, but as moisture ahead of the circulation from Gordon moves in from the south, showers and storms will increase from the south into Friday evening. Some of the storms could

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY*** FRIDAY: Scattered showers and t-storms Friday will focus on areas north of I-70 early in the day but as moisture ahead of the circulation from Gordon moves in from the south, showers and storms will increase from the south later in the afternoon and Friday evening. Some of

Severe weather is in the forecast this weekend in mid-Missouri, according to ABC 17’s Stormtrack weather team However, the much needed rain might cause some frustration for University of Missouri athletes and fans. According to MU director of event management Tony Wirkus, it takes a lot for a game to be canceled. Typically, the game

A St. Louis-area woman will serve a 10-year prison sentence for her role in an Audrain County death. Judge Wesley Dalton sentenced Arline Diedrich of St. Ann on a charge of second-degree drug trafficking on Aug. 24. Diedrich, who pleaded guilty in June, will receive credit toward that sentence for the year she’s spent in

Cheryl Howard touts the history of the Nora Stewart Early Learning Center with picture collages of the day care’s alumni. Members of the facility’s board of directors shared stories of their time as children there, at one point called the Negro Nursery School, the first place to serve African-American children in Columbia back in 1933.

UPDATE: The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously agreed to recommend the approval of the proposed facility. Laura Peckham, CEO of Landmark Hospitals of Columbia, said the site would serve as an expansion of the current facility at 603 Old 63 in Columbia. The current building holds two hospitals, one specializing in rehabilitation and the other

A Boone County judge ruled Wednesday that the University of Missouri’s prohibition of guns on campus does not conflict with state statute, but that claims the rule violates the state constitution deserve further scrutiny. Circuit Judge Jeff Harris rejected the university’s argument that the case should be dismissed “without engaging in strict scrutiny or another

A Jefferson City Police Department official credited public help in catching a Westphalia man accused of stealing construction equipment from two work sites and having illegal animal pelts. Osage County deputies arrested Drew G. Buersmeyer, 34 of Westphalia, Missouri, on Tuesday after search his residence. He is being held without bond in the Cole County