Month: May 2019

Ameren Missouri will continue its challenge of Boone County’s property tax assessment of its natural gas system. The company filed an application for review with the State Tax Commission on Friday. The three-person commission will review a hearing officer’s decision to deny Ameren’s appeal of Boone County’s valuation of its system. ABC 17 News Investigates

TONIGHT: Clouds return in advance of our next disturbance that will bring light rain showers by tomorrow morning. Most of the night stays dry as temperatures dip into the upper 40s. Winds will be light out of the northeast. SATURDAY: Scattered showers are possible during the day and it will be chilly with highs only

A substitute teacher in northeast Missouri has been charged with child sex crimes. Twenty-seven-year-old Ty Michael Gramley, of Columbia, was arrested Thursday. He is scheduled to be arraigned next week on one count of possessing child pornography and two counts of furnishing or attempting to furnish pornographic material to a minor. No attorney is listed

No one was hurt when a vehicle backed into a building Friday in south Columbia. A hole was left in the corner of the brick building in the 100 block of East Green Meadows Drive after the driver, who lives at the apartment complex, backed his car into it, Tracy Gray of the Columbia Fire

A bystander attempted to wrestle a gun out of the hands of an escaped inmate on Wednesday after the inmate allegedly shot off a gun and stole a Chariton County Sheriff’s vehicle. According to court documents released Thursday, a deputy was transporting Sadonna M. Staton in Randolph County, west of Moberly, when Staton slipped out

Columbia police are currently investigating a shots-fired incident in south Columbia. Officers responded to the 400 block of Old Plank Road around 2:30 a.m. Friday. ABC 17 News crews on the scene said officers confirmed they initially got called for shots fired but when officers got to the scene they didn’t find any evidence right

The Columbia municipal prosecutor has received the case file on former police chief Ken Burton’s DWI arrest from the police department, the prosecutor’s office said Friday. The file was on prosecutor Robert Rinck’s desk Friday morning, according to his office. Police arrested Burton on May 2 on suspicion of DWI near Broadway and McBaine Avenue

UPDATE: The principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School sent an email to parents and guardians Thursday night saying he recieved multiple complaints from parents and the theme has been changed. “I would like to reassure you that “Stoplight” day has been eliminated from the spirit day calendar for next week and has been replaced with

Missouri House members have passed an incentives package offering General Motors up to $50 million for an expansion of an eastern Missouri plant that makes trucks and vans. The Republican-led House voted 92-51 for the proposal Thursday. The package would include up to $25 million in tax credits if GM makes at least $500 million

A Boone County woman convicted of first-degree murder appeared before a Boone County judge Thursday in a bid to get a new trial. Tausha Fields’ attorney, James Schottel Jr., presented a transcript of a deposition of former Boone County public defender Paul Hood, who represented Fields and was the lead trial attorney in the case.

Missouri lawmakers have passed a roughly $30 billion state spending plan after a fight over college tuition for students living in the U.S. illegally. The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave final approval to a budget with $61 million more in core K-12 public school funding compared to this year. Colleges and universities are each set

FRIDAY: Mostly sunny with highs only reaching the low to mid-60s. TONIGHT: Clouds return in advance of our next disturbance that will bring light rain showers by tomorrow morning. Most of the night stays dry as temperatures dip into the uppper 40s. Winds will be light out of the northeast. EXTENDED: Spotty showers increase Saturday

Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission discussed zoning standards for medical marijuana facilities during a public hearing Thursday evening. The commission held several work sessions to finalize a draft with regulations for each of the four facility types identified in state law: dispensaries, cultivation facilities, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers and testing facilities. Commissioner Micheal MacMann said

The Columbia Police Department continued reviewing its policies and sought input from the public at a committee meeting Thursday night. The department is reviewing its policies as part of a process to get accredited by a third party. Law enforcement agency standards are always subject to review by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement

Millions of dollars intended for school districts, libraries and local governments continue to sit in the Boone County Collector’s office while Ameren UE challenges its property tax rate. Ameren claims Boone County Assessor Tom Schauwecker’s office gave it too high of an appraised valuation of the company’s natural gas distribution system. While the appeal works

A Columbia attorney is planning a run for judge in Boone and Callaway counties. Andy Hirth, a lawyer at TGH Litigation, formed a candidate committee on Wednesday for the circuit judge position in the 13th Judicial Circuit. Hirth gave $20,000 to his committee the same day to get it started, and plans to run as

The Jefferson City Police Department is coordinating with federal authorities on investigations into homicides and shootings in the capital city. Police have investigated several incidents of gunfire in past six months, four of which have been deadly. Officers found several spent shell casings in two different locations Wednesday evening. One man was killed on Hickory

Two men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a meth distribution scheme. Javiar Rosser, 32, and Robert Istill McNair, 32, were the latest people sentenced to prison. They and three others, were apart of a drug ring that distributed meth to people via the U.S. Postal Service. Shadeed Muhammed, 43, of

Jefferson City police said they’ve arrested two people in connection to a burglary and chase Wednesday night. One of those arrested has been identified as Carmen Chase, who goes by Cassandra. According to court documents, Chase ran out of Dillard’s with eight stolen handbags, leaving the scene in a Kia Sorrento. Cole County deputies allegedly

The Jefferson City Police SWAT team executed a search warrant Thursday afternoon at a home in the 800 block of East Elm Street, according to Police Lt. David Williams. Several officers equipped with tactical gear surrounded the home in east Jefferson City. ABC 17 News saw officers escort one man in handcuffs from the home