Boone Archives

Share of breakthrough coronavirus infections increasing as omicron spreads in Missouri

January 10, 2022 12:12 PM Erika McGuire

Missouri is seeing a larger share of fully vaccinated or previously infected people getting the coronavirus amid a surge powered by the more transmissible omicron variant.

Attic fire damages medical clinic in Sturgeon

January 10, 2022 4:01 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Boone County firefighters responded to a building with smoke coming out of the eves on the 200 block of North Ogden St. in Sturgeon at 1:17 p.m.

University of Missouri Board of Curators to review COVID-19 protocols

January 10, 2022 9:42 AM Zachary Farwell

According to an agenda released Monday morning, board members are scheduled to meet over the phone and virtually at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The agenda shows an item listed as COVID-19 protocols.

Driver arrested after crash early Monday morning in east Columbia

January 10, 2022 5:41 AM ABC 17 News Team

Troopers at the scene said the car crossed the center of the roadway and overturned.

Moberly man seriously hurt after being thrown out of car in Boone County crash

January 8, 2022 10:40 AM Meghan Drakas

BOONE CO. (KMIZ) A Moberly man is seriously hurt after being thrown out of a car during a Boone County crash on Saturday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, 47-year-old Ryan Cobb was driving along Highway 124 near Route U when his Jeep Cherokee went off the right side of the

FRIDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS reporting free at-home test kits delayed to Wednesday

January 7, 2022 2:27 PM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates related to the coronavirus pandemic in Missouri.

Fire damages house north of Columbia early Friday

January 7, 2022 5:34 PM Zachary Farwell

A Boone County home suffered several thousand dollars in damage in a fire Friday morning.

Elledge sentenced to 28 years in prison

January 7, 2022 3:22 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A Boone County judge has sentenced Joseph Elledge to 28 years in prison for the murder Mengqi Ji.

Warming centers open across Columbia as city deals with single-digit temperatures

January 7, 2022 5:49 AM Ben Fein

In a press release Wednesday, The City of Columbia announced it would temporarily open an overnight warming center at The Wabash Bus Station.

Temporary behavioral crisis center to open in Columbia; permanent solution still in works

January 6, 2022 8:53 PM ABC 17 News Team

Burrell Behavioral Health has come up with a temporary solution while awaiting a decision of financial support from the City of Columbia.

MUPD arrests man after fight in Downtown Columbia on Wednesday night

January 6, 2022 11:53 AM Zachary Farwell

Officers arrested Brandon L. Welty, 25, of Columbia, after a fight among three people near the intersection of Ninth and Cherry streets, University of Missouri police said.