Month: January 2019

One person was hurt Friday morning after a crash involving an Eldon school bus and a car. At 7:38 am, we responded to a crash involving a Eldon school bus & passenger car on EB US 54 at Short Rd (Miller Co.) No injuries reported on the bus. Car driver transported to Capital Region Hospital

The Missouri Department of Corrections announced it is combatting its staffing shortage and low wages with plans to consolidate two corrections centers. In a press conference held with Gov. Mike Parson on Friday, the Department said it plans to consolidate Crossroads Correctional Center and Western Missouri Correctional Center, both located in Cameron. It would move

FRIDAY: High temperatures will reach the upper 30s under cloudy skies a winds increase from the east at 15-20 mph, giving us wind chills in the low to mid 20s. Light rain will move in from the west after 3 PM and increase into the evening. Areas near HWY 36 will see sleet and snow

A vehicle was considered a total loss on Friday morning after it caught fire on Highway 63. Southern Boone Fire Protection District responded to the call of a stalled vehicle around 8 a.m. near Ashland on Highway 63. When first responders arrived, the vehicle was in flames. The fire started in the engine compartment, fire

Students at North Callaway High School were threatened Thursday night by one of their peers, the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies began a criminal investigation at 10:05 p.m. after they received a call of a student making threats, and within two hours, deputies found the male student and took him into custody. “The Callaway

As Mid-Missouri prepares for a second round of snow this month, plans to the building at demolish 200 E. High St. remain at an impasse. The downtown Jefferson City building partially collapsed in June, and later was discovered to be connected to its neighbor, 202 E. High, by a shared wall. Building records show the

The Mizzou women’s basketball team rolled past Georgia, 61-35, and held a conference opponent to the fewest points in Mizzou women’s basketball history. The Tigers now improve to 15-4 overall and 4-1 in the SEC. Mizzou scored 36 points in the second half, while the Bulldogs mustered up just 35 for the entire game. Sophie

Gov. Mike Parson unveiled plans Thursday to restructure several agencies with the goal of improving economic and workforce development. Parson held a news conference in his office with the heads of several state agencies to announce his executive order implementing some of the changes, which include the creation of a regional workforce development division and

TONIGHT: Cloudy skies remain tonight with temperatures back into the upper 20s with freezing fog possible once again as winds remain light. FRIDAY: High temperatures will reach the upper 30s under cloudy skies a wInds increase from the east at 15-20 mph, giving us wind chills in the low to mid 20s. Light rain will

Mid-Missouri is home to more than two dozen bridges that would be repaired or replaced under a proposal made public this week. Gov. Mike Parson announced during his State of the State speech Wednesday he wants to replace 250 bridges across the state. The state would use $351 million in bond fuding to pay for

Some University of Missouri students are coming back to Columbia early to avoid being caught in a winter storm. MU classes are starting next week, but the campus opened early this week to accommodate students wanting to come back early. ABC 17 Stormtrack meteorologists say snow is possible in mid-Missouri starting Friday night and is

The Columbia Police Department confirmed a person was shot and killed Thursday morning in the 3700 block of Weymeyer Drive, but authorities have released few other details. Police responded to the north Columbia residence at about 12:45 a.m. after they received several reports of shots heard. Police found Deonte Gainwell, 20, of Columbia, with gunshot

Officers with the Columbia Police Department searched for a driver Thursday night. Police said officers attempted a traffic stop near Anderson Avenue and Hope Place around 6 p.m. and the driver fled the scene on foot. Officers and the K-9 Unit searched for the person throughout the area. Police cleared the scene around 6:30 p.m.

A Pakistani-born math teacher is suing Jefferson City Public Schools, alleging his supervisor and others discriminated against him because of his age and ethnicity. Naveed Malik, who teaches at the district’s Simonsen Ninth Grade Center, was given approval to move forward with the lawsuit by the Missouri Human Rights Commission in October. Malik alleges in

The Mizzou football team has hired David Gibbs as a defensive assistant coach. The Tigers have also promoted Garrick McGee to an offensive assistant coach. A release says details of Gibbs and McGee’s contract and specific job titles with be released after the human resources process is completed. Gibbs has 25 years of coaching experience.

The Missouri Department of Transportation will host an informational meeting Thursday in Columbia to talk about bridge work along Highway 63. The meeting, at New Haven Elementary School from 4 to 6 p.m., will include discussion of improvements to the Route AC/Grindstone Parkway overpass at Highway 63. REMINDER: Informational meeting planned for TONIGHT, to discuss

An autopsy has found that a St. Louis ballet dancer whose body was found in a rural northeast Missouri lake drowned. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that it obtained 23-year-old Raffaella Maria Stroik’s autopsy report this month through an open records request. The Monroe County Coroner’s Office determined that Stroik died by drowning. But Coroner

An alleged Columbia drug dealer has new charges after police found 1,500 grams of K2 and $45,000 in a storage unit in December Tommy L. Thomas Jr. was charged with second-degree drug trafficking, delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm on Wednesday after police raided his storage unit on Dec. 22.

THIS AFTERNOON: Another round of cloudy skies, mist & foggy conditionswill take us through the afternoon on Thursday. It’s chilly if you’re headed out the door with many locations remain in the low to mid 30s. We can expect winds to remain out of the NW up to 8 mph. TONIGHT: Cloudy skies remain tonight