Month: September 2019

A man Boone County prosecutors charged with rape in early September was arrested Friday. Thomas Czerniejewski, 24, was arrested by Boone County sheriff’s deputies and booked into the Boone County Jail on Friday evening. Prosecutors charged him with rape in connection with an alleged assault in May. According to court documents, Czerniejewski took the victim,

TODAY: Another beautiful day. Mostly sunny skies with highs in the low-to-mid 80’s. Humidity will stay low as well. Highs sticking in the mid 80’s. SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear and staying warm with a low of 68 degrees. EXTENDED: The heat & humidity returns Sunday. Temperatures will be near 90 with feels like temperatures in

Here are the scores from Week 3 of area high school football. Battle (21) at Rock Bridge (14) FINAL Jefferson City (23) at Hickman (8) FINAL Versailles (41) at Southern Boone (61) FINAL St. Francis Borgia (35) at Tolton (14) FINAL Schuyler County (6) at Fayette (40) FINAL Blair Oaks (38) at Boonville (21) FINAL

A lawyer who represents sexual abuse survivors within the Catholic Church reacted Friday to the Missouri attorney general’s investigation. Attorney General Eric Schmitt is referring a dozen former clergy members for potential criminal prosecution. The 13-month investigation looked at religious leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the dioceses of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Springfield-Cape

A homeowners association near a planned commercial development in south Columbia said it will support a request from the developers to rezone the land. Village at Bedford Walk HOA president Michael Sykuta told ABC 17 News that a miscommunication between the group and others knowledgable about the project at the southeast corner of Bethel Street

Week three of SportsZone Football Friday rolls on as high school teams across Missouri gear up for upcoming games. Our SportsZone Football Friday game of the week this week is the matchup between Battle and Rock Bridge. LIVE PLAYBACK of the game is available in the player below. Rock Bridge football coach Van Vanatta said,

Lincoln University in Jefferson City could soon be forced to send more than $3.6M to the federal government on Sept. 30. That money was part of the $7.1 million provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the college last year, as it is one of the state’s two land-grant institutions, the other being the

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a crash involving a semi in Audrain County on Friday night. According to a tweet from Troop F, it was a rollover crash that involved hundreds of sheep. Officials said nearby residents came to the scene with livestock trucks and sprayed the sheep with water to keep the

A St. Joseph man has pleaded guilty to boating while intoxicated after a deadly boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks. On Tuesday, Cletus Barsch pleaded guilty to one count of Class C felony BWI-homicide and two counts of Class D felony BWI-serious physical injury in Miller County. Barsch was driving the boat with

TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies– a little chilly. Lows near 58. SATURDAY: Another beautiful day. Mostly sunny skies with highs in the low-to-mid 80s . Humidity will stay low as well. EXTENDED: The heat & humidity returns Sunday. Temperatures will be near 90 with feels like temperatures in the mid and upper 90s . This heat

The family of South Dakota woman Melissa Peskey is now offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information on the murder that happened nine months ago outside of Boonville. A golf tournament dubbed “Golfing for Justice” was held last weekend to raise money to help the family find the information they need. “Just if you

Most of us learned about latitude and longitude in grade school and how we distinguish different parts of our planet. You may have even gone over their different names such as the Tropics, mid-Latitudes and Arctic. All three of these areas can produce impactful weather and the one that’s most influential for mid-Missouri are mid-latitude

The Columbia Police Department is expanding the area of its search of the Columbia landfill as a part of the investigation into a missing woman from 2006. The Columbia Police Department began searching a 14-acre section of the landfill Monday in an effort to pinpoint where trash was being buried when Megan Schultz went missing

Missouri senators voted 29-0 Friday to pass a bill ensuring people and businesses can continue getting a discounted sales tax on a new vehicle after trading-in multiple used cars, boats and other vehicles. Gov. Mike Parson discussed the outcome of this week’s special session on Friday. LIVE PLAYBACK of the press conference can be viewed

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is referring 12 former clergy for potential criminal prosecution after his office completed a 13-month investigation of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. Schmitt on Friday released details of the investigation of religious leaders within the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the dioceses of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Springfield-Cape Girardeau

A Holts Summit man was sentenced to 10 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Friday after he pleaded guilty to two counts of child molestation. Austin T. Hoyt had sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl four times beginning as early as 2017, according to court documents. Hoyt was originally charged with two counts

A California man could face drug trafficking charges after he was arrested in Cooper County Thursday night. Johnny J. Thompson, 45, of La Puente, California, was arrested around 9:35 p.m. by the Missouri State Highway Patrol during a traffic stop on Interstate 70. According to an arrest report, troopers found 20 pounds (9.07 kg) of

FRIDAY: Can’t rule out a spot shower or two this morning, but it looks like the activity is over for us in Mid-Missouri. Clouds will clear out during the morning, leaving us with lower humidity and cooler temperatures with highs hitting the low 80s . TONIGHT: We hang on to mostly clear skies overnight with

The Columbia Police Department confirmed multiple shots were fired in the 5300 block of Currituck Lane Thursday night. Police responded to the shots fired call at about 10:20 p.m. Officers found about 12 shell casings from two separate calibers in the area, said CPD spokesman Jeff Pitts. No damage was found, and no gunshot victims