Month: March 2019

State lawmakers could vote on a new bill Wednesday, House bill 341, that proposes medical marijuana card holders could be eligible to have their marijuana-related charges removed from their record. Currently, medical marijuana ID card holders are able to have two marijuana-related misdemeanors expunged. However, this new bill specifies no expungement limit for all marijuana-related

The MU professor that won a Nobel Prize plans to donate his money to the University of Missouri. George Smith, the recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced Tuesday night that he will donate his prize money, of more than $243,000, to support students in the College of Arts and Science. The university

A federal grant will allow a consultant to help attract small-scale manufacturing to Business Loop 70. The Business Loop Community Improvement District was one of six organizations in the country to receive a grant through the Economic Development Administration. Consultants will be in town this March to help the Loop CID create opportunities for existing

After a dozen people and organizations went on the record to oppose a change to Title IX procedures, Rebulican lawmakers made almost two dozen edits to the bill. House Bill 573, sponsored by Rep. Dean Dohrman, R – La Monte, would create an appeal process for either party of a Title IX case to appeal

Watch the full video of the ABC 17 News Stormtrack severe weather special.

Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Boone County on Tuesday afternoon. The Boone County Fire Protection District was dispatched to Mount Hope Road at Liddell Lane before 5 p.m. Crews at the scene told ABC 17 News the crash occurred as a vehicle traveling eastbound attempted to make a U-turn and collided

The state has granted the city of Columbia the easements it needs to build a trail from Shepherd to Rollins, capping a court battle that began last year. Appointed commissioners recently visited the tract owned by It’s Our Wild Nature off Old 63 that the city plans to build the trail through and valued the

We have confirmed an explosion at an Audrain County welding business. ABC 17 spoke with a Martinsburg city spokeswoman who confirmed the explosion and fire. The fire was reported at Fennewald Custom Welding Inc. located at 105 W. Jefferson St. in Martinsburg. Authorities say the explosion was reported around 1 p.m. Audrain County Sheriff deputies

Missouri House members announced the formation of a blue ribbon panel Tuesday morning that will look at strategies to accelerate the proposed hyperloop that would run from Kansas City to St. Louis, passing through Columbia. House Speaker Elijah Haar held a news conference at 9:15 a.m. Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe is set to chair the

TONIGHT: Rain with embedded thunderstorms will move through the area through the evening, tapering off overnight. Rain will be more widespread south of HWY 50 with scattered lighter showers north. South winds at 15 mph will gust up to 30 mph at times overnight as temperatures hold steady, in the upper 40s to near 50.

A Randolph County man is being charged on multiple counts relating to sex crimes between two children. Moberly police were recently made aware of multiple sex crimes involving a Moberly area man. Robert Whitezell is being accused of multiple counts of sex crimes, including two counts of second-degree child molestation and one count of first-degree

A Wind Advisory goes into effect at 10 AM Wednesday until 7 PM Wednesday due to strong winds gusts from the south as a cold front moves through Mid-Missouri. Southerly winds sustained at 20-30 mph are expected to gust as high as 50 mph at times. Travel along east to west roadways will be difficult,

The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office said human remains found last month in a wooded area west of Fulton belonged to a 39-year-old man. The medical examiner’s office identified the body as that of Loy Peters, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Foul play is not suspected in his death. Peters’ remains were found

THIS AFTERNOON: Surface dry air continues to inhibit any steady rain early on this afternoon, but some sprinkles can be expected through 4 pm. There will be a lull in the precip through the evening commute while we’re continuing to follow rain redeveloping overnight as a warm front lifts northward. It’s a cool and raw

The Moniteau County Sheriff’s Department arrested three people Sunday after they led deputies on a chase. A Moniteau County deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle on Highway 50 near California for an equipment violation and the vehicle took off, heading west on Highway 50, the department said in a news release. The vehicle turned

The owner of a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake and killed 17 people has reached a settlement with relatives of two brothers who were among the victims. The Kansas City Star reports that lawyers for Ervin and Horace Coleman filed a notice of the settlement with Ripley Entertainment last week. Terms of

A member of Mayor Brian Treece’s campaign committee says he has filed a complaint alleging Treece’s opponent violated campaign finance laws. The Treece campaign included the complaint in a news release Tuesday. The complaint, filed Monday by Treece for Mayor campaign treasurer Chuck Graham, alleged the campaign committee Friends of Chris Kelly accepted an illegal

TUESDAY: We’re off to a cloudy start to the day. There’s a slight chill in the air as temperatures will bottom out in the mid to upper 30s by sunrise. An area of showers will track into the area after 8am in our western counties. This will bring rainfall to most of Mid-Missouri between 10am

The Columbia Public School District has agreed to contract with a new substitute staffing company called EDUStaff. The contract with EDUStaff will last for the next three years. It will begin July 1, 2019, and last through June 30, 2022. The company is based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It has a marketing and recruitment

Officers found several shell casings in the Bodie Drive and Greensboro Drive area early Sunday, a Columbia Police Department spokesman said Monday. CPD spokesman Jeff Pitts said police responded to a call of shots heard around 1:30 a.m. and found several shell casings in the area. A mailbox and the side of a garage were