Month: July 2019

MoDOT reopened Highway 40 near the Boonville bridge at noon. Missouri river flooding caused the roads to submerge back in May. MoDOT officials say the road recovery cost is expected to be in the millions. Mike Schupp, MoDOT area engineer said, “With 18 counties and all the man power and equipment it’ll be in the

The entire Osage River is now open to recreational boating. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reopened the last section of the river from the Missouri River to Lock and Dam 1 on Tuesday. The last stretch of the river was closed due to high water. Previously, the Osage River had been closed from the Missouri

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and muggy, lows in the low 70s. WEDNESDAY: Hot and humid with a heat index between 98-102. Scattered thunderstorms are possible by late afternoon along a cold front. Some storms may be strong with gusty winds and isolated hail. EXTENDED: Behind the front Wednesday night, temperatures will cool into the 60s and

Several historic buildings were damaged after the EF-3 tornado tore through areas of Jefferson City in May. Chairman and Founder of Communique Inc., Steve Veile, is an owner of a historic building on Capitol Avenue. Veile said his company has been in the building for 36 years, before the tornado hit. “We lost our entire

A boat caught fire near Dog Days Bar and Grill at the Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach on Monday night after running up on shore. A viewer sent ABC 17 News a photograph just before 9 p.m. showing a thick cloud of smoke in the air. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol,

University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright named NaTashua R. Davis as the interim vice chancellor of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity on Tuesday. Her appointment will be effective July 26. The appointment comes after Kevin McDonald announced he would leave to hold a similar position at the University of Virginia. Davis currently holds the title of

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fire in Macks Creek early Tuesday morning. ABC 17 News is told the Southwest Camden County Fire Protection District responded around 4:20 a.m. to the old feed store at the end of the strip in Macks Creek. Crews were able to stop the fire from spreading from

Boone County Fire officials determined the cause of a Monday night apartment fire was unattended cooking. Fire crews responded to the fire at 101 Sanders Court Monday evening. The apartment building was evacuated, and there were four people in the apartment where the fire originated, said BCFPD spokesman Gale Blomenkamp. Everyone made it out of

A fourth man involved in what authorities described as a brutal assault in downtown Columbia was booked into the Boone County Jail on Monday. Benjamin E. Nielsen, 22, of Columbia, remained in the jail Tuesday morning on a $50,000 cash-only bond after turning himself in Monday at the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. He is charged

The city of New Bloomfield is good at managing its money, but some issues need to be addressed such as segregating accounting duties, according to a report from the state auditor’s office. New Bloomfield received a “good” rating on the audit, which is the second-highest category on the Missouri auditor’s office’s rating scale. State Auditor

H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the past century, died early Tuesday at

(AP) – A Missouri judge has dismissed claims that former Gov. Eric Greitens’ office used a message-deleting app to avoid the state Sunshine Law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem on Monday sided with the former governor’s office. St. Louis attorney Ben Sansone sued Greitens in 2017 over use

TUESDAY: We’ll be tracking some showers and storms moving in this morning, but it doesn’t look like everyone’s commute will be impacted, as these will be isolated to scattered in coverage. A warm front will lift through the area throughout the day, keeping rain chances into the afternoon as temperatures reach back into the upper

The man accused of killing Jon Williams, who went missing in November 2015, admitted that he killed Williams and buried his body, according to court documents filed Monday. Sandy R. Gallaspie admitted to police that he killed Williams and buried the body on Bess Hill Road, according to a probable cause statement. The Cole County

An appellate court panel ruled Monday that the American Civil Liberties Union can soon begin collecting signatures that would put a new Missouri law banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy to a public vote. A three-judge panel of the state’s Court of Appeals found that GOP Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was “without authority”

The Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department sprayed for mosquitoes in Hartsburg after floodwaters stood stagnant in the area. The town requested the department to mosquito fog, which is usually only sprayed in areas where there are confirmed cases of the West Nile Virus. The department also sprays the trails in Columbia weekly

Tens of thousands of Missouri taxpayers are still waiting on their 2018 tax refund and the state’s bill for the late payments is racking up. As of July 1, the state Department of Revenue paid taxpayers $641,000 in interest. Last year the department only paid a total of $219,581 to taxpayers for late refunds, according

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has received more than 550 medical marijuana business applications as of Wednesday. The applications are for medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivators and other businesses. So far, the state has received 308 applications for a license to operate a dispensary, 160 applications have been received to cultivate and 86

Jefferson City Public Schools’ instructional technology coordinator Tammy Ferry will face the school board Wednesday in a hearing to determine whether she will be fired. Ferry’s attorney, David Moen, told ABC 17 News on Friday that his client is the employee who was suspended Feb. 1, for what the district called, ‘a security breach.’ The