Month: November 2018

The University of Missouri Board of Curators on Thursday approved reduced housing and dining rates for the coming school year. For the second straight year rates will be reduced for a third of available rooms, according to board meeting documents. The curators met Thursday and Friday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The weighted average

All lanes of Providence Road at Vandiver Drive have reopened after being closed for a gas leak. A natural gas leak caused the road to be closed a little before 11:30 a.m., according to an alert from Boone County dispatchers. A second alert at about 12:40 p.m. said the road had been reopened. Information from

A 23-year-old Columbia man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of robbing a woman in the parking lot of a credit union. Dyran Hill is accused of hitting a woman with a firearm and taking her property outside Academic Employees Credit Union, 2804 W. Ash St., the Columbia Police Department said in a news release. Officers

FRIDAY: For the first time in quite some time, it will be a pleasant afternoon across Mid-Missouri. Plenty of sunshine and light winds out of the west will allow temperatures to warm into the upper 40s and lower 50s. The only exceptions will be far eastern Mid-Missouri where temperatures will stay in the mid 40s

A week before the Thanksgiving holiday, law enforcement agencies across mid-Missouri are investigating their third fatal crash this week. So far, six people have been killed in deadly crashes this week. I-70 Fatal crash Investigators said a semitruck that caught fire west of the crash caused the deadly wreck on Wednesday. They said smoke from

UPDATE 10:30 p.m.: A pedestrian was hit and killed on Highway 63 in Randolph County Thursday night, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. It happened just before 6 p.m. in the southbound lanes two miles south of Moberly. A crash report identified the pedestrian as John Redelfs, 39 of Moberly. According to the report,

UPDATE – 3:30 A.M.: The endangered person advisory for Katie R. Piatt was canceled Friday Morning by the Macon Police Department. According to the cancellation notice, Piatt was found safe in St. Louis. ORIGINAL: The Macon Police Department issued an endangered person advisory for Katie R. Piatt, 17, Friday morning. The teen was last seen

FRIDAY: Friday looks to be the nicest day of the week thus far, as we approach 50 degrees in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies and light winds from the west to southwest. Areas to the north may be a bit cooler through the afternoon. TONIGHT: Clouds build tonight with temperatures falling to near freezing.

City Manager Mike Matthes understands the Community Outreach Unit will be spread thin under a new plan. “It’s the same amount of peanut butter on a lot bigger piece of bread,” Matthes said. The city manager explained his vision of how the Community Outreach Unit would expand. A Columbia Police Department memo obtained by ABC

A Holts Summit man died in a crash Thursday after his car slid on a snow-covered road in Callaway County. Jason S. Mayer, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene after his 2014 Chevrolet Malibu lost control on Highway 94 east of Route C, crossed the center line and crashed into a 2014 Ford Explorer

Columbia police took one person in custody after a robbery at Academic Employees Credit Union, located on Ash Street Thursday afternoon. Lt. Geoff Jones said the suspect struck one victim at the credit union at the time of the robbery and then fled the scene. A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper saw a person matching

The owner of 200 E. High Street, which first partially collapsed in June, still has no plan for its demolition. The building’s neighbor, 202 E. High Street, is connected to the collapsing building through a shared wall. The structure was deemed “dangerous” by the city in October the inhabiting business and renters were ordered to

A man accused of making synthetic marijuana after more than 20 overdoses in Columbia previously pleaded guilty to three counts of felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Court records show 45-year-old Michael McTye pleaded guilty in 1991. On Thursday, McTye was charged with manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance. Police

A Columbia man was charged Thursday for allegedly manufacturing synthetic marijuana, K2. According to court documents, police found 90 grams of K2 in Michael McTye’s business, Stylez N Etc. LLC, which is located on Old Highway 63, after getting tips saying the drug could be purchased at the business. Police said they saw McTye in

UPDATE: According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Richey Blanchard, 28 of Alabama, was driving the tractor-trailer that rear-ended the school bus. Authorities said Blanchard braked, skidded on ice and struck one of the buses. That bus then crashed into the bus in front of it. ORIGINAL: Four vehicles, two school buses for

Ceres, the bronze statue on top of the state capitol, was removed Thursday morning as part of the ongoing renovation project. This marked the first time the statue has been removed from the dome since it was installed. Officials put ceres in a nearby parking lot for a two-hour public viewing after the removal. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MissouriOA/status/1063140911280992257″,”author_name”:”Missouri

The trucking company that employed the driver who started a deadly chain-reaction crash Wednesday on Interstate 70 has reported nearly a crash per month over the last two years. ABC 17 investigated the safety and crash records of Active USA LLC, a trucking company based in Wisconsin about two hours north of Chicago. Active USA

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the names of the four people who died Wednesday in a crash on Interstate 70 at mile marker 133 east of Columbia. Otto Kramer III, 63, of Pickerington ,Ohio; Vicky Moore, 60, of Auxvasse, Missouri; Cindy Spradlin, 63, of Auxvasse; and Jennifer Temple, 44, of Columbia were killed in

A Columbia man was sentenced to prison for a Columbia bank robbery and high-speed chase that happened while he had an infant in the getaway car. Larome D. Humphrey, 28, was sentenced Thursday in federal court to 10 years in prison without parole. Humphrey pleaded guilty in July to one count of armed bank robbery

A 79-year-old Columbia man will spend 18 months in federal prison and pay more than $1.1 million in restitution for an investment fraud scheme. Billings Chapman was sentenced Thursday by federal Judge Stephen R. Bough in Jefferson City. Chapman pleaded guilty in April to one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering.