Month: February 2019

The True/False Film Fest draws thousands of people to Columbia each year. Weather forecasters are predicting the crowds at the festival — which continues through Sunday — might have to deal with some bothersome weather. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team is forecasting a possible 2 to 4 inches of snow overnight Saturday into Sunday

Road crews will be monitoring chances of refreeze Thursday night into Friday as temperatures are expected to dip below freezing. Cole County and Jefferson City public works departments say there could be patches of slippery areas in some areas but that all of their roads have been treated. “We’re not expecting slick conditions tonight here

The city of Columbia is eyeing land in the southwest part of the city for several new facilities. The Columbia City Council is set to vote on Monday to spend $2.25 million on 9.6 acres of land at Scott Boulevard and Route KK. The land owned by Beacon Street Properties is southwest of the roundabout

A St. Louis area woman is facing charges in Cole County after allegedly making physical threats toward government employees. Missouri Capitol Police said Deborah Montague, 64, called the Missouri Department of Revenue and the Lieutenant Governor’s office about her tax return. Court documents said Montague called department of revenue workers three times on Feb. 14

The Mizzou women’s basketball team notched its 20th win of the season for the fourth straight year with a 73-67 road win over Arkansas. Following the win, the Tigers are 20-9 overall (9-6 SEC). Cierra Porter led the way with her best game since returning to the team. She had a season-high 21 points to

A dog is back with its owner after firefighters rescued it from a pond at a Moberly park Thursday. According to the Moberly Fire Department, Nico, fell into the water after the dog went after some geese at Lion’s Beuth Park. Nico was unable to get back onto the melting ice or swim to the

A judge sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison Wednesday for being an accessory to child sex crimes. Angie Sheets pleaded guilty to two counts of accessory to endangering the welfare of a child. According to the probable cause statement, a child victim told investigators Carl Sheets touched her private parts and said that

TONIGHT: Our weather will calm down heading into tonight. Partly cloudy skies will allow temperatures to cool back into the lower 20s. Winds will be calm tonight as high pressure settles in. FRIDAY: Slightly warmer weather is in store for us closing out the work week. Winds will turn out of the south as high

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft closed his investigation into possible election violations against Sen. Josh Hawley. The original complaint was submitted on Nov. 6 by nonprofit organization American Democracy Legal Fund. The organization accused Hawley of using public funds as Missouri’s attorney general to support his candidacy for U.S. senate. The complaint cited emails

The former Callaway County collector is set to be sentenced Monday for stealing nearly $300,000. Pamela Oestreich pleaded guilty in September, admitting to depositing taxpayer funds into her personal bank account. She claimed she had a gambling addiction. In a filing Thursday, several people wrote character reference letters for Oestreich. In one letter, Oestreich’s daughter

Bridges throughout the state of Missouri are progressively deteriorating. Twenty-two major bridges in the state are in poor condition. Video playback of the event can be streamed in the player below. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the average age of the bridges it maintains are 46 years old. Those bridges are designed to

The city of Columbia paid thousands of dollars to other cities that assisted with widespread power outages during January’s historic snowstorm. Lissie Wade, a community relations specialist with Columbia Water & Light, confirmed the city paid a total of $21,438.14 for mutual aid to four cities: City of Waynesville: $2,435.22 City of Palmyra: $3,729.84 City

The person found dead this month in a Columbia Chinese restaurant is a foreign national from Vietnam, police said Thursday. Police were sent to the restaurant on I-70 Drive S.E. after the owner said he found a dead man in his kitchen after he arrived at the restaurant the morning of Feb. 18. The body

According to a team spokesperson, Mizzou women’s basketball guard Akira Levy tore her ACL and meniscus in her right knee against Auburn. She will miss the rest of the season, and there is not timetable for her surgery. The spokesperson said the team is confident Levy will make a full recovery and be ready for

Interstate 44 was closed in Pulaski County on Thursday morning while crews work to clean up a hazardous materials spill after a tractor-trailer crash. Sgt. Mike Mitchell with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop I said two 55-gallon drums containing sodium hydrosulfide spilled in the crash west of Waynesville, which Troop I warned drivers about

The Mexico Public Safety Department was searching for people in connection with a Thursday morning shooting. Police responded to the Quantico Road area of Mexico, Missouri, just after 4 a.m. Thursday for a report of shots fired. However, when officers arrived, they found evidence of shots fired in the area of 900 Latney Street, which

THURSDAY: After this morning’s snow showers, the bulk of the wintry precip continues to move off to the east for this afternoon. A few flurries are still possible through the first part of the afternoon, but no more accumulation is expected. Slick spots may persist on the roadways through the evening as temperatures today won’t

Jefferson City Public Schools said officials notified parents Thursday morning of social media threats made by a Jefferson City High School student on Wednesday. JCPS worked with the Jefferson City Police Department and detained the student immediately after initial reports of the threats came in on Wednesday. JCPS is currently investigating the threats, and it

The highway patrol responded to 29 crashes around mid-Missouri and several school districts closed as roads became slick with ice Thursday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F sent out the number of calls it responded to from 5 to 10 a.m. on Thursday. The troop was sent to 71 calls and 29 crashes.

The owner of Sugar Creek Frozen Custard out of Chillicothe, Missouri, was accused of sexually abusing children who stayed with him during the summer of 2018. Dale M. Barker, who also owns Ann Marie’s Frozen Custard in Moberly, was watching three children during the summer at his home in Chillicothe, court documents said. During that