Month: May 2019

Crashes on Grindstone Parkway in Columbia are frequent, according to data maintained by the state. The STARS crash reporting system shows there have been 45 crashes along that road from the beginning of 2018 to the present. Only eight of those crashes resulted in injuries. “I was actually sideswiped near that area,” Columbia resident Elizabeth

The company that operates Bird scooters has resolved violations of its contract with the City of Columbia, a city spokesman said Monday. ABC17 previously reported on the agreement with Bird Rides, Inc. and Columbia in November. Columbia Public Works Director David Nichols sent a letter to Bird on Wednesday outlining two violations of the contract

The Fulton Police Department has arrested a man after he allegedly followed a woman into the women’s bathroom and groped her. According to court documents, police responded to Memorial Park in Fulton around 8:30 Sunday night for a suspicious person. The person who originally called police said Tracey Shelton approached her and her grandchild and

More than 40,000 property owners in Boone County received change of assessment notices Wednesday, and real estate taxes are likely to increase for many of them. In a news release, Boone County Assessor Tom Schauwecker said about 3,500 of the changes were the result of new construction, partial valuations, alterations, additions, parcel splits or combinations.

Prosecutors have changed the felony charge against a man accused of causing his baby’s death. An indictment was filed Friday against Cortavia E. Smith charging the Columbia man with child abuse resulting in death. Smith had been charged with second-degree murder. Both charges carry the same range of punishment and the requirement that the defendant

A lawyer representing patients suing over a surgery performed by University of Missouri Health Care said Monday that he plans to appeal a judge’s decision dismissing the university from the lawsuit. Last month Judge Brouck Jacobs dismissed the university from a lawsuit over its BioJoint knee surgery, which uses tissue from human donors to treat

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through Thursday morning with an active weather pattern setting up again into this week. Rainfall totals could exceed 2″-5″ within the next 7 days. TONIGHT: Storms will increase in coverage from the northwest after 10PM. These storms will last well into the overnight hours, through the Tuesday morning

Several fights that broke out after a party on the Lincoln University campus led to the arrests of three students Sunday morning. “Due to the number of people involved in the altercations, the Lincoln University Police Department requested assistance from the Jefferson City Police Department and the Cole County Sheriff’s Department,” said LU spokesperson Misty

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect starting this evening through Thursday morning with an active weather pattern setting up again into this week. Rainfall totals could exceed 3″-5″ within the next 7 days. THIS AFTERNOON: We look to remain dry into this afternoon as cloudy cover from a departing area of rainfall has kept

A Morgan County man arrested last week on child sex crimes was set to be arraigned Tuesday. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office says it started a sexual assault investigation involving a juvenile Thursday after staff at the Morgan County R-I School District in Stover reported abuse. Deputies arrested Richard Kerksiek, 30, of Stover, the sheriff’s

Police in Mexico, Missouri, have been investigating a pair of shootings since Friday afternoon. Mexico Public Safety said the first shooting happened around 3:32 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Breckenridge Street. ABC 17 News was told by police that officers investigated a report of people in two vehicles shooting at each other. Police

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect starting this evening through Thursday morning with an active weather pattern setting up again into this week. Rainfall totals could exceed 3″-5″ within the next 7 days. MONDAY: A few showers is possible for the Monday morning commute. You’ll want to have the umbrella out the door. This

A semi-truck carrying oranges crashed on I-70 eastbound near the Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport. The 35-year-old driver of the semi-truck crashed into a MoDOT truck around 9:30 Sunday night. Authorities were still cleaning up the oranges scatered on the side of I-70 at mile marker 113 Monday morning. The driver of the semi-truck was

The Missouri Department of Transportation continues repairs on the Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport Monday. One eastbound lane of Interstate 70 will be closed for several days, and speed limits are reduced to 45 mph. The westbound lanes will remain open throughout the project. MoDOT said motorists should expect congestion, especially during peak driving times.

Traffic investigators are investigating a major car crash on Grindstone Parkway that sent two people to the hospital and left a car engulfed in flames. According to the Columbia Fire Department, said two firetrucks and several ambulances were dispatched to what was labeled as an injury crash. Division Chief John Metz said a person was

TONIGHT: The weather will remain quiet into this evening as temperatures slowly fall into the mid 50s. We’ll be staying dry for most of the evening. A weak disturbance is set to track through the regions after midnight which could bring rain and a few storms for the Monday morning commute. MONDAY: A few showers

The Food Network show “Restaurant: Impossible” is in Columbia this week to try to save McLanks Family Restaurant off Paris Road. Host Robert Irvine and his team arrived Sunday morning at 8 a.m. and plan to do renovations until Monday. The show is utilizing local volunteers from the Mid-Missouri area to do everything from painting

Firefighters in Gravois Mills said a boat is a total loss after it caught fire while docked at Millstone Marina off Highway O just before 10 p.m. Saturday. When the first fire units arrived, the power boat was already engulfed in flames. They were able to extinguish the flames. The 1986 Wellcraft twin-engine power boat

Boone County fire officials said one man was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries after he crashed his dirt bike on a trail near Peabody Road in Finger Lake State Park just after 2 p.m. Sunday. According to authorities, the 50-year-old was riding and crashed. His friend was able to call 911, and the

Power was restored to nearly 300 customers in Moberly on Sunday morning. According to Ameren’s outage map, the outage first started at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday and was fixed at 9 a.m. Moberly Police Department tweeted about a crash on Business 63 north of the Moberly Correctional Center. The post said one car hit an