Month: June 2019

UPDATE 5:37 P.M.: According to the crash report, a 2016 Chevrolet Cruz was slowing to a stop due to a crash that was off the south side of the road. on I-70 at the 91.6 mile marker. A 2014 Chrysler Town and Country didn’t see the Cruz slowing down and hit the rear of it.

Two people were hurt in a shooting near Stephens Lake Park on Tuesday, Columbia police said. Police were called to Anita Court north of the park and blocked part of nearby Walnut Street during the investigation. Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said police were sent to the scene at about 11 a.m. Tuesday on

WEDNESDAY: We’ll wake up to partly to mostly cloudy skies this morning thanks to storms north and west of the viewing area streaming cloud cover our direction. Temperatures will warm up into the mid to upper 80s , with a few spotty storms possible this afternoon. TONIGHT: Those storms will fizzle with the loss of

UPDATE: The Jefferson City Police Department identified the suspect in the shooting as Michael Miller, 27, of Jefferson City. According to a news release, Miller is not in custody and is considered armed and dangerous. Police said Miller knowingly caused serious injuries to the victim while committing anarmed robbery in the 1300 block of Monroe

The University of Missouri and Bird, Inc. agreed on new terms for use of the company’s electric scooters on campus. School spokesman Christian Basi said the two sides agreed sometime last month rules for impounding scooters, where scooters are supposed to be parked and how Bird employees will respond to complaints. “We want to make

There was a heavy law enforcement presence along Rice Road in northeast Columbia on Tuesday night. Several officers with the Columbia Police Department responded to Rice Road near Boyd Lane around 9:30 p.m. An officer at the scene told ABC 17 News that police were called to the area for reports of gunfire and one

The Missouri Department of Transportation has closed several roads near New Franklin and Boonville for a second time due to flooding. Highway 5 and Highway 87 are closed just outside of New Franklin. Highway 5 is a common route for residents to get to and from Boonville. According to the MoDOT traveler map, Highway 40

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continued to assess damaged levees on Tuesday. The Corps is getting aerial views of the levees that they’re unable to travel to by vehicle, said emergency management specialist Rick Weixelbaum. He said this year’s effort is the largest levee rehabiliation in the Kansas City district since 1993. The Corps

Missouri roads and highways are in need of significant repairs after historically high river levels overtook much of the state. Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna said there is no total estimate of damage caused by flooding yet because hundreds of roads remain underwater, but he estimated the cost of repairs at “upwards of

The suspect in a 2017 shooting that killed a Clinton police officer claims investigators either lost or destroyed evidence in the case. Attorneys for Ian McCarthy are asking a Jackson County judge to either dismiss the death penalty case against him or remove the death penalty because of the losses. Those include the release and

Columbia authorities are warning residents that fireworks are illegal in the city limits more than a week ahead of the Fourth of July. The Columbia Fire Department in a release Tuesday said shooting and possessing fireworks within the city limits is illegal, prohibited by a city ordinance. City officials also encouraged residents to attend the

Authorities said they increased security at the Audrain County Courthouse after someone called the joint communications Tuesday morning. The caller was an anonymous citizen according to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said they had information a shooting would happen at the courthouse. The Sheriff’s Office told ABC 17 News the report was along the

People are moving barriers on closed roads as floodwaters stick around in mid-Missouri, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. “If there’s a flood, there’s people moving barriers,” said MoDOT District Maintenance Engineer Jason Shafer. “And I don’t quite understand it, but it is a given.” According to the MoDOT traveler’s map, Highway 40 just

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy to mostly clear with a chance of storms across northern Missouri. Most stay dry with lows in the upper 60s. WEDNESDAY: Partly to mostly sunny with a chance of a stray storm, especially southeast. Highs in the upper 80s to around 90. EXTENDED: A nice dry stretch of weather continues through the

Commissioners, safety officials and business owners from Callaway County joined engineers from the Capital View Levee District Tuesday morning to survey the damage left behind by a major flood that struck the area in May. More than a dozen businesses in northern Jefferson City are significantly damaged, such that western district commissioner Roger Fischer says

An Illinois man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after accepting a plea deal in a Missouri drug-deal shooting that left one man dead and another wounded. The Sedalia Democrat reports that 30-year-old Antonio Harper, of the Chicago suburb of Maywood, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree burglary.

The Boone County Commission will sign a three-year contract with Veterans United Home Loans and UPS manage the former fairgrounds. Veterans United and UPS have been using the property for events and storage since the fairground, now known as the Central Missouri Events Center, was shuttered in 2016. Boone County Southern District Commissioner Fred Parry

The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Columbia man Monday, saying a search of his home turned up several pieces of child pornography. The evidence includes DVDs containing child porn videos that Gary Osborne, 72, said he edited to add special effects and background music, a patrol trooper wrote in a probable cause statement. The

Relief efforts are underway to help Jefferson City and Eldon residents and business owners after an EF-3 tornado ripped through the area and as people across the region deal with historic flooding on the Missouri River. Volunteers and donations are needed across the area. Here are a few ways people can help: The Salvation Army

A man is dead after a crash on Highway 52 near Eldon on Monday afternoon. David O. Ward, 66, of Eldon, was taken to University Hospital in Columbia around 12:05 p.m. following a single-vehicle crash west of VFW Road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a van driven by Ward went off the side