Month: May 2019

One graduate from the University of Missouri may stick out from the crowd Saturday. Mel West, 94, is being awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Missouri for his humanitarian work, about three quarters of a century after he first attended the school. The university has only given out about 400 honorary degree since

*A Weather Alert Day is in effect for Saturday* TONIGHT: Increasing clouds. Temperatures remain mild most of the night, falling into the upper 60s. Winds will be breezy out of the south up to 15 miles per hour. SATURDAY: A few isolated thunderstorms are possible, with a line of strong storms arriving to Mid-Missouri by

5 p.m. Live playback of Gov. Mike Parson’s end of session press conference is available in the player below. 2:30 p.m. A Missouri state lawmaker says he misspoke on the House floor when he referred to “consensual rapes” during a highly charged debate on a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks, including in cases

Missouri’s attorney general is closing an investigation into whether former Gov. Eric Greitens improperly used his office staff to work on his campaign’s social media accounts. The Kansas City Star reports Eric Schmitt’s announcement on Thursday concludes what is believed to be the last investigation into alleged wrongdoing during Greitens’ administration. Greitens resigned last June

A plane landed safely Friday afternoon at Columbia Regional Airport after it was experiencing electrical issues. Three people were on board the single-engine aircraft that left from Moberly and was heading to Georgia, said Columbia spokesman Steve Sapp. The aircraft, which was a Piper PA-32R, had an electrical issue and stopped at COU for maintenance.

A single-vehicle crash that killed a woman and four children Wednesday night in Miller County took a toll on first responders. The driver, Radiance Wright, 30, of Columbia somehow lost control of her vehicle with her four children, Patience Horton, 3, Arleone Horton, 4, Brya Brown, 7 months, and Rondrea Anderson, 8, inside. Rexx Morrison

Five people died in a single vehicle crash on Highway 54 in Miller County on Wednesday night, according to officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troop F confirmed in a tweet that one adult and four children died in the crash. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF/status/1128885429560852480″,”author_name”:”MSHP Troop F”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MillerCounty?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#MillerCounty&#lt;/a&#gt; – US 54 Final Update:&#lt;br&#gt;&#lt;br&#gt;Family has

An investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration alleges an unsolved homicide in the Old Hawthorne subdivision was tied to a drug trafficking scheme. Augustus Roberts was killed in Columbia’s Old Hawthorne subdivision on Dec. 11, 2017. ABC 17 News previously reported, police said the investigation revealed that suspects targeted the home and forced entry into

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office found and captured a man accused of shooting and killing a woman in Iona, Missouri. Authorities were able to take Travis Henderson, 45, into custody around 10 p.m. Thursday after a short standoff. Deputies got a call from Khristy M. Clark, 47, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, saying Henderson was pointing

The prosecutor in a Miller County murder case intends to seek the death penalty against one of the suspects. On Wednesday, Miller County Prosecuting Attorney R. Benjamin Winfrey filed a notice of intent to pursue the death penalty against Joseph McKenna, 26, of Chicago. McKenna was arrested in September in connection with the death of

After the Missouri Senate passed its version of HB126, also known as the “heartbeat bill,” the controversial anti-abortion legislation was referred back to the House of Representatives and now awaits a final vote. After receiving approval from the House Fiscal Review Committee, the bill could see a final vote from lawmakers in the final hours

FRIDAY: Heat and humidity continue with sunshine and highs in the upper 80s. It will be breezy again with winds gusting up to 25 mph from the southwest. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild. Temperatures only dip into the mid-60s. Southwest winds still breezy at 10-15 mph. EXTENDED: A strong storm system over the Plains will

Tracey Smith’s niece approached him last year about preparing a cultivation facility in Missouri, ahead of the November vote to legalize medical marijuana. She runs a cultivation facility and dispensary in Oklahoma and hoped Smith could get things started in Missouri. If they’re approved, she and Smith’s wife would run the business here. He’s now

Air traffic at Columbia Regional Airport dropped about 36 percent in April, showing at least some of the impact a weeklong closure of the runway had that month. United Airlines and American Airlines reported 6,857 people left COU in April, while 6,424 people got off a plane in Columbia. That accounts for a 35.6 percent

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and mild. Temperatures only dip into the mid-60s. Southwest winds still breezy at 10-15 mph. FRIDAY: Heat and humidity continue with sunshine and highs in the upper 80s. It will be breezy again with winds gusting up to 25 mph from the southwest. EXTENDED: A strong storm system over the Plains will

A woman who had been shot in the chest and abdomen Wednesday in Boonville was able to identify her shooter, investigators say. Cooper County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Phelps said in a news release Thursday that Derrick Young, 30, has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal

The Columbia municipal prosecutor’s office filed charges against the former Columbia chief of police Thursday. Ken Burton is being charged for driving while intoxicated and failure to stop for a red light, according to documents from the prosecutor’s office. Burton was arrested by police officers around 8:20 p.m. May 2 near McBaine Avenue and Broadway

UPDATE 7:30 P.M: The Columbia Police Department confirmed one person suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash on I-70 near Stadium Boulevard on Thursday afternoon. According to a news release, William McDowell, 86, of Vandalia, was in the merging lane from the Stadium/I-70 on-ramp and tried to use the cross-median emergency U-turn by crossing both the

A firefighter and sheriff’s deputy were nearly hit by a drunken driver while working at the scene of a crash where a woman and four children died in Miller County. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office in a Facebook post said a county deputy and a Moreau firefighter were “nearly struck by an intoxicated driver traveling

Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has passed a bill to ban abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. Senators approved the legislation 24-10 early Thursday with just hours left before lawmakers’ Friday deadline to pass bills. It needs at least another vote of approval in the GOP-led House before it can go to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who