Month: April 2019

The Jefferson City Police Department, in cooperation with Empower Missouri’s central area committee, held the fifth and final event in a series of community listening sessions Saturday. The sessions were aimed at affording Jefferson City citizens from each ward the opportunity to voice any comment or complaint to the city’s police department. JCPD Capt. Eric

THIS AFTERNOON: We’re tracking scattered bands of showers lifting out of Mid-Missouri this afternoon. We’re not expecting any more downpours as we saw overnight, but light to moderate rain showers are not out of the question through 5 pm. Most of us are dry after 7 pm. TONIGHT: We’ll carry deep cloud cover into the

One man is in police custody after leading police on a short chase in south Columbia early Thursday morning. Columbia police originally received a physical disturbance call around 1 a.m. on the south side of town. When they got to the area of Canterbury Drive and Belle Meade Drive, a man fled the area and

Three men have been charged with second-degree murder after a fatal shooting in the Calwood area of Callaway County in what authorities say was a methamphetamine deal. Callaway County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Wilson charged Justin Witt, 47 and William Schoening-Scoggins, 23, both of Fulton, and Joey Morris, 28, of Vandalia, on Tuesday in the death

One of the nation’s largest wind energy projects is facing a new obstacle from Missouri legislation that could prevent the high-voltage power line from being strung across the property of unwilling landowners. A Missouri House panel advanced legislation Wednesday that would prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire easements for the Grain Belt Express

Columbia police were investigating after they found evidence of a shooting on Elleta Boulevard Wednesday evening. Officers originally responded to the call of shots heard near Wilson’s Total Fitness on Rangeline Street at 10:15 p.m.. However, when officers arrived, they found the incident took place on Elleta Street, but a vehicle involved had traveled to

THURSDAY: Rain has moved in from the southwest this morning, with some pockets of moderate to heavy rain falling. This will continue into the morning commute, so don’t forget that umbrella this morning! Temperatures won’t warm much this afternoon, only topping out near 60 with rain and plenty of cloud cover. It will be a

The Columbia Public Schools Long-Range Facilities Planning Committee and the district’s Finance Committee met tonight at the Aslin Administrative Building. The committees, which operate under the Columbia Board of Education, talked about all of the capital projects included in the 2019-2020 budget. One of the projects is the new middle school on Sinclair Road in

The Downtown Leadership Council has voted to recommend the COMO 200 committee’s preferred option plan for the Flat Branch Expansion Project. The project is set to be complete by Columbia’s bicentennial in 2021. DLC chair Scott Wilson said the vote to recommend option one to City Council was almost unanimous. The plan, pictured below, features

The owners of Jefferson City’s 202 E. High St. are asking a judge to stop the city from destroying two buildings who share an adjoining wall. Last month, the city declared the wall collapse on High Street a public nuisance, which allows the city to address construction issues itself. Jefferson City ordered the owners of

Engineers discussed the Ballenger Lane improvement project Wednesday during a preconstruction meeting ahead of work starting in May, Columbia Public Works spokesman Barry Dalton said. “The improvements on Ballenger will provide a safer path for non-motorized users by widening the pavement in order to provide a thoroughfare for pedestrians,” he said. Improvements include 6-foot-wide shoulders

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Areas with a high number of properties occupied by people who are not the owners are likely to have a higher crime rate, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. ABC 17 News previously reported on at least 22 incidents on Demaret Drive in 2018. This includes three shootings in 2019, six shootings in 2018,

A Columbia school was on modified lockdown Wednesday afternoon after police were investigating a report of shots fired in the area. Gentry only. Modified just means no one in or out. School continues normally inside. Lasted about 10 minutes. All students are safe. — Michelle Baumstark (@mbaumstark) April 3, 2019 Police responded to the call

Voter turnout beat projections in Boone County but failed to meet the forecast in Cole County. Nearly 20 percent of registered Boone County voters cast ballots in the municipal and school district elections Tuesday, exceeding the approximately 15 percent predicted this week by Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon. Out of the county’s 108,510 registered voters,

The Blair Oaks School District won two major victories Tuesday driven by turnout that was almost twice the rate for Cole County as a whole. Voters living in the district boundaries approved a $14 million bond issue and an increase in the operating tax levy Tuesday. About 30 percent of those voters cast ballots on

TONIGHT: Some spot showers are possible through the early evening, but more widespread rain chances increase late tonight as our next storm system approaches from the west. An upper trough will move through, kicking off moderate rainfall into the morning with a few embedded thunderstorms, but nothing will be severe. Temperatures overnight will fall into

The Columbia Fire Department and Columbia Police Department responded to a vehicle running into a building on Wednesday afternoon. The incident happened at Worley Street and Garth Avenue, and the vehicle ran into a residence as it was pulling into the garage, said CFD spokesman Brad Frazier. Building and Site Development officials were inspecting the