A Sedalia man was sentenced to 120 days in shock incarceration on Friday in a case connected with a deadly crash in Moniteau County. The crash originally happened in August 2016 when a car driven by Joshua Blankenship crossed the center line on US 50, hitting another vehicle head-on. Graden Lovelace, who was driving the
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Missouri football coach Barry Odom spoke with reporters during his weekly press availability Tuesday. The Tigers are coming off an upset on the road against SEC foe Vanderbilt and have another SEC East matchup set for Saturday at Kentucky. Watch playback of a live video stream of the news conference in the player below. Copyright
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A trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a Columbia man accused of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Knowledge Wilson, 18, is accused of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action. Authorities said on Feb. 12 of this year, Wilson stole a man’s gun and threatened the man with it. Boone County deputies said the
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A former Fulton and Southern Boone District teacher was sentenced to three years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Monday. Teneil Stevenson pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking in August after he was originally indicted for attempted enticement of a child in September 2018, according to online court records. According to the indictment, he sent
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TUESDAY: It will stay breezy through this afternoon. Mostly sunny skies return but temperatures only manage the upper 50s for highs with gusts around 30 mph . TONIGHT: Winds back off, but shift out of a more southwesterly direction. Overnight lows fall into the low 40s under mostly clear skies. EXTENDED: Those winds will push
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The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a new agreement with the school district to provide school resource officers. Four police officers will serve as school resource officers in three of the city’s public high schools and one to work in up to two middle schools. The city and school district will split the salaries of
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The Boone County Prosecutor’s office is handling the most murder cases it’s seen in more than 20 years. On Monday, prosecutors changed the charge for Cameron White, the man suspected of shooting and killing 13-year-old Dajion Harris, from involuntary manslaughter to second-degree murder. The change made the case the 29th pending murder case in the
Continue ReadingA 19-year-old man is now charged with murder in the shooting death of a 13-year-old in Columbia. Prosecutors on Monday charged Cameron White, 19, of Columbia, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting. Boone County prosecutors originally charged White with involuntary manslaughter, but assistant prosecutor Sam Buffaloe told ABC 17 News new
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A Jefferson City school board member said he won’t seek reelection in 2020. Steve Bruce has served on the JC school board since 2014. He was up for election next year, after winning a reelection campaign in 2017. Bruce said he’s stepping down from the school board to spend more time with his family. The
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The Jefferson City Council will hold a public hearing about medical marijuana testing and transportation facility zoning regulations at Monday evening’s council meeting. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved zoning regulations for testing and treatment facilities in C-2 zoning districts as a permitted use in September. Medical marijuana facilities cannot be within 1,000 feet of
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Two men were charged in Saline County after they allegedly led authorities on a chase early Saturday morning. A Saline County Sheriff’s Department incident report shows deputies were contacted by state troopers to assist in a chase westbound on Interstate 70 just after midnight Saturday. Reports show Phillip Boyd, 18, and Wyatt Duncan, 19, were
Continue ReadingSUNDAY NIGHT: Showers and thunderstorms will be headed our way and enter the viewing area around midnight and could linger into the morning commute. The highest chances for severe weather are barely stretching into our southernmost counties, which are under a slight risk for severe storms. The rest of mid-Missouri is under a marginal risk
Continue ReadingFrom May to October, severe generally tends to wane across the United States. However, when you look at tornado data between 1950-2011, November sees a brief spike in tornadic activity during this time. Why is that? Well, during the spring and summer, we see a lot more sunshine, which means we have much warmer and
Continue ReadingThe Columbia City Council will vote on rezoning and re-plating a section of the Columbia Mall property that is set to become a second Dillard’s location Monday night. City Councilman Mike Trapp said the city must rezone and re-plat the property on the corner of Stadium and Bernadette so the space can become a new
Continue ReadingTONIGHT: Skies begin to clear, getting chilly. Breezy with lows in the low to mid-40s. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Wednesday is our nicest day of the work week with sunshine and highs in the mid-60s in advance of our next surface cold front. That front arrives late
Continue ReadingTHIS AFTERNOON: Mostly sunny skies with gusty winds. Temperatures hold in the middle 50s. TONIGHT: With mostly clear skies overhead, temperatures tumble into the low 40s . EXTENDED: We stay settled into Tuesday, but will be a few degree cooler in the afternoon with highs only managing the upper 50s. It still looks breezy through
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Sheriff’s Department says scammers are using the department’s phone number in an effort to get money from people. A man called the department and said scammers are using the department’s main number — 875-1111 — making it look like it is really the Sheriff’s Department calling. “Then they’re identifying themselves as an
Continue ReadingA Cole County man was taken to a hospital after a rollover crash in northeastern Jefferson City Monday morning. Jefferson City police said Tracy Hubbard, 62, of Centertown, was involved in a crash at the 800 block of Highway 179 before 10 a.m. A police incident report showed Hubbard was heading southbound on Highway 179
Continue ReadingNo injuries were reported after firefighters were called to battle a blaze on a Columbia apartment balcony. Emergency crews were called to the Broadway Apartments complex at the 2300 block of West Broadway around 4 p.m. Firefighters said they received reports of fire and smoke on the third floor of one of the buildings. Columbia
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