Month: August 2019

The city of Columbia promised a new area for service animals to relieve themselves at Columbia Regional Airport following a federal audit over accessibility. The Federal Aviation Administration cited the airport for missing a service animal relief area as required by federal law past TSA security during a 2017 audit. Records obtained by ABC 17

Recovery efforts continue in Eldon, Missouri three months after an EF 3 tornado swept through the city. Chris Reynolds, senior minister at Ninth Street Christian Church, said many residents affected by the tornado are working to repair their homes while other structures remain damaged. “There are parts of town that are coming back together,” Reynolds

A man accused of a 2016 double homicide faces new charges linked to the original case. A grand jury indicted Brandon Rapier on two counts of armed criminal action and one count of aggravated stalking. He already faces two counts of first-degree murder. Cole County Prosecuting Attorney Locke Thompson filed a superseding indictment to review

Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released an audit of Camden County that said there has been a lack of oversight and failure to follow policies to ensure efficient use of taxpayer funding in the county government. “Throughout Camden County government, we made recommendations to ensure taxpayer dollars are used effectively and efficiently,” Galloway said. “The

A large portion of Tuesday morning’s Jefferson City Housing Authority meeting centered around the state’s implementation of a legal medical marijuana industry. Because the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development provides the majority of the housing authority’s funding, and the federal government considers marijuana a controlled substance, JCHA leaders suggested bringing their policy

The University of Missouri Police Department has named a student who was found dead in a residence hall Wednesday. MUPD was sent to Excellence Hall at about 4 p.m. Wednesday and found Erik Severson, 18, of Aurora, Illinois, in his dorm room unresponsive, the university said in a news release. An MUPD spokeswoman said Severson

A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday after police responded to reports of a concerning social media post. Jefferson City police arrested Brian S. Groner, 26, of Jefferson City Wednesday, and he was charged with first-degree terrorist threat. Groner allegedly posted comments on a public page saying he was “Your Next Mass Shooter,” the

The University of Missouri is offering grief counseling after 18-year-old Erik Severson was found unresponsive in his dorm room. Severson was a freshman at the university. The university sent an email to students to tell them grief counselors are available for anyone who may need to talk. Jason Jacob lives in Discovery Hall, which is

TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cooler. Lows in the upper 60s. FRIDAY: Partly sunny, low rain chance. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: The weekend stays tranquil and pleasant with high pressure to our northeast. This will keep temperatures cooler than average by a few degrees with highs in the low 80s. Rain

Two prosecution witnesses faced intense scrutiny Thursday in the trial of a Columbia businessman accused or orchestrating an arson-for-hire plot. Merhdad Fotoohighiam’s defense lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, attacked the credibility of a woman whose boyfriend was also charged in the plot and a man who said Fotoohighiam approached him about setting the fire. Fotoohighiam is charged

The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River will remain high at least into September. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday that water releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border will remain at current levels of 70,000 cubic feet per second. The Corps says it is still

A Howard County school district will pay $80,000 to settle claims in a lawsuit over the death of a former student who was allegedly bullied. The Glasgow School District released the terms of the settlement with Angela Suttner on Wednesday after a school board meeting. Suttner’s son, Kenneth, killed himself in 2016. Family members say

Abortion-rights advocates on Thursday sued Missouri’s top election official, alleging his actions and state laws denied them the right to put one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws to a public vote. No Bans on Choice Committee and the American Civil Liberties Union sought to put the law on the 2020 ballot in hopes

Charges have been dropped against a Lake of the Ozarks-area doctor who had been charged with rape, sodomy and incest. The office of Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Ben Winfrey, which was serving as special prosecutor in the Camden County case, dropped the charges because of a lack of evidence, ABC affiliate KSPR reported. Koch was

A Jefferson City man was charged on Monday after he allegedly shot off a gun in the 1000 block of Elizabeth Street early Monday morning. Amadeo D. Williams, 30, allegedly shot at a vehicle in the area. When police arrived at the scene, they found a car parked on the street with multiple bullet holes,

TONIGHT: Spotty showers and storms look to dry up after 10pm this evening. Mostly cloudy skies will take us into Friday morning. FRIDAY: After a cloudy start to the day, skies will start to clear into the late morning and early afternoon. High temperatures top out in the upper 70s and low 80s . A

Two people were taken into custody on Thursday morning after a multi-county chase ended in a crash. The chase started in Cole County on Highway 50 and ended at Wieneke Branch Road and Highway 50 in Moniteau County, said Moniteau County Sheriff Tony Wheatley. Moniteau County deputies were originally called into the chase around 10:30

A man could face new charges in Callaway County following a chase in Holts Summit. Travis Schoer, 38, of Fulton, was arrested by deputies and police around 11 a.m. Wednesday when he was tracked down to the 100 block of East Simon Boulevard. Deputies said Schoer abandoned his motorcycle and ran from deputies when he

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA UNTIL 10*** THURSDAY: Rain looks to be moving back in after a brief break in the action and will likely be impacting the morning commute. With plenty of rain having already fallen overnight, we’ll have to keep an eye on low water crossings, and

A former Fulton and Southern Boone District teacher pleaded guilty in a child enticement case on Monday. Teneil Stevenson, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty to a first-degree stalking charge after he was originally indicted for attempted enticement of a child, according to online court records. According to the indictment, he sent suggestive messages and photos