Month: February 2019

Columbia Public Works and Boone County Road and Bridge workers are preparing for another snow. But while many people try to avoid driving when winter precipitation falls, plow drivers’ job is to hit the streets at one of the worst times for travel. “We’ve been working it seems like seven days a week,” said Brandon

Several mid-Missouri schools will close Wednesday due to snow and freezing rain. Columbia Public Schools made the announcement around 5 p.m. Tuesday. It is the fifth school day canceled this school year due to weather. Boonville Schools and Southern Boone County Schools also canceled classes for Wednesday. The University of Missouri announced late Tuesday that

***WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY*** TONIGHT: Light snow will develop in the Ozarks by 6 PM spreading north to I-70 by 8 PM. Most snow accumulation along and south of I-70 will come before 11 PM as we transition to freezing rain and freezing drizzle. Temperatures will fall into the upper 20s to near

Charles Erickson spends his days like many of us might. He takes college classes and trains his foster dog, Harley. He’s also in a class to improve his public speaking. The difference is that he’s doing it all behind bars. Erickson has spent almost 15 years in prison after confessing to the Nov. 1, 2001,

The Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking support from local cities and counties to replace the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport. MoDOT says the replacement would cost about $238 million dollars and would be funded primarily through a competitive federal grant. To boost the grant’s project score, MoDOT is asking for

Questions remain unanswered after a pair of First Student buses carrying Jefferson City Public Schools students crashed during Friday’s intense midday snowfall. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JoeABC17/status/1096489453189849088″,”author_name”:”Joe McLean”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JoeABC17″,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;A little crash on E. McCarty Street near Cherry Street in &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/JCMO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#JCMO&#lt;/a&#gt;. One school bus slid into another. We’re told there were no injuries but we’re still working

The Missouri House committee on Corrections and Public Institutions is scheduled to consider a measure Tuesday that would see a roughly 116-acre area of riverside land transferred from state ownership to that of the Heartland Port Authority, House Bill 813, sponsored by Rep. Rudy Veit, R-Wardsville, is the next step in the development of a

It’s been more than six months since the western wall of 200 E. High St. partially collapsed onto the street. The neighbors at 202 E. High St. argued with the city Tuesday why their building shouldn’t be demolished as well. The city deemed 202 E. High dangerous months ago because of wall deterioration observed by

Dozens of activists with Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America flooded the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday. The lobby is working to garner support for House Bill 960, which would ban Missourians from having a firearm if they are being tried for or have been convicted of domestic abuse. “The bill also requires notification

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL MID-MISSOURI COUNTIES AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON AT 12 PM THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 AM A FULL BREAKDOWN ON THIS STORM CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEATHER ALERT DAY BLOG. THIS AFTERNOON: We’re continuing to track cold and dry conditions across Mid-Missouri this afternoon. Our

The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team issued a Weather Alert Day for Tuesday evening into Wednesday as snow and ice are expected to affect mid-Missouri. Columbia Public Works said its Street Division has been monitoring and preparing for the expected snowfall. Winter Weather Alert. City of Columbia Public Works Street Division has been monitoring and

The Columbia Planned Parenthood reopened on Tuesday after it was closed for more than a week because of a suspicious fire, according to a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman. The Columbia Police Department and the FBI are investigating the fire as a possible hate crime. The fire broke out just after 4 a.m. on Feb. 10. A

Prosecutors have filed charges against a North Carolina man after he’s arrested during a drug bust on Interstate 70 in Callaway County. Robbie A. Roberts, 33, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol,

A deal between MU Healh Care and SSM Health is slowly developing, according to leaders who say they’re not rushing the talks. The potential deal would see the university take control of the St. Mary’s hospitals in Jefferson City and Mexico. Johnathan Curtright, CEO of MU Health, described the status of the deal in a

A Franklin woman was charged after she tried to smuggle meth into Tipton Correctional Center, court documents said. Jessi J. Bull, 34, was going to visit an inmate at the corrections facility on Friday. Investigators heard her previous conversations with the inmate and suspected she would try to bring drugs into the facility. Corrections officers

A Maries County man faces charges after being accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Prosecutors have charged Shad Lincoln, 45, of St. James, with three counts of first-degree statutory rape, three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and one count of furnishing pornographic material. According to the Maries County Sheriff’s Office, detectives found allegations made against

The Western District Court of Missouri dismissed a case against the City of Marshall, Sonic Drive-In, the business manager, police officers and the Marshall police chief that was brought on by a Saline County man. Harlan Fletcher accused two Marshall police officers of arresting and assaulting him in summer 2017 at a Sonic Drive-In without

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL MID-MISSOURI COUNTIES AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON AT 12 PM THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 AM TUESDAY: The first part of today looks dry with high temperatures reaching the mid 30s but we’ll be tracking our next round of winter weather by the afternoon. As a

One person is in the Pulaski County jail in connection with a stabbing. The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened before midnight on Sunday. Deputies responded to a reported knife attack on Swindell Drive in Richland, according to a post on The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. The victim in the case

UPDATE, 10:19 p.m.: The Columbia City Council unanimously approved rules targeting stores selling tobacco and vapor smoking products. The rules require stores selling the items to get a license from the city by June 30 to do so. Second Ward Councilman Michael Trapp offered several amendments to the plan on Monday night, including a requirement