Twelve attorneys in the Boone County’s Public Defender’s office are handling almost as many murder cases. Sarah Aplin, the district defender in the local office, said she and her staff are handling 10 ongoing murder cases. “In the six years that I have been here, that is a large number of murder cases to be
Continue ReadingThe Boone County Commission ordered five Columbia property owners clean up their yards Tuesday to avoid violating county health codes. Fred Parry, the Boone County District I Commissioner said, “Quite often during the course of the year we will have to do nuisance abatements where we go into a property and we remove cars that
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No injuries were reported after Columbia firefighters responded to a fire in north Columbia on Tuesday night. The Columbia Fire Department tweeted around 7:30 p.m. that crews were on scene at the 2000 block of Sunflower Street. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/1186801374861778950″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Columbia Fire Department crews working a structure fire in the 2000 block of Sunflower Street.
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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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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 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 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
Continue ReadingBoone County deputies took two people into custody, suspected of stealing a truck. Columbia police said Boone County deputies pulled over a truck on Hogan Drive in North Columbia after a check showed it had been stolen. Deputies were assisted by Columbia police officers at the scene Monday afternoon. Watch ABC 17 News at 6
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UPDATE 6:11 A.M.: Boone Electric Coop’s power outage map shows all power has been restored to the affected customers. According to a nationwide power outage map, there aren’t any power outages in Boone County. ORIGINAL: More than 50 customers are without power in Boone County Monday morning after an overnight storm rolled through mid-Missouri. According
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Columbia police arrested one person after the shooting death of a minor, the department said in a news release Sunday. Just before midnight Saturday, emergency crews were called to the 4400 block of Rice Road for reports of a shooting. Officers found a 13-year-old male with a gunshot wound. The minor was taken to a
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Boone County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting in southeast Columbia early Sunday. Just before 2 a.m. deputies responded to Santa Barbara Drive for reports of shots fired. Deputies told ABC 17 News crews on the scene that no one was hurt, but they did find shell casings in the area. ABC 17 News is
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UPDATE 1:40 p.m.: “Power should be restored to all of our customers,” according to a Columbia Water & Light post on Facebook just before 1 p.m. “We appreciate your patience this morning as we understand the impacts the outage caused by disrupting individuals and businesses Saturday morning,” the post said. “Thank you for your patience.”
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The University of Missouri rebuked its theater department on Friday after the department faculty said it would not host True/False Film Festival programming next year. The department released a statement on Friday pulling its partnership with True/False because of the group’s ties to The Crossing Church. The church received criticism for a sermon on Sunday
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Columbia leaders discussed workforce development and community contributions Friday at a meeting that brought together officials from Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri, business and city and county governments. Representatives from the Boone County Commission, the Columbia Area Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Public Schools, the University of Missouri and the City of Columbia were
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A meeting scheduled for Friday morning will focus on items from Columbia Public Schools. Along with CPS, leaders from Boone County, the City of Columbia, the Chamber of Commerce and the University of Missouri will all be at the City Hall meeting. The groups are set to discuss a possible bond issue for CPS that
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Hallsville residents will vote on Nov. 5 whether to sell the town’s sewer system. No matter what residents vote in favor of, there will most likely be some changes to the current system. The city reached out to several companies, both private and public, that may be interested taking over the system. Several of those
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Columbia Mayor Brian Treece and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said partnerships between the two government entities are important to making things better. The two spoke to reporters following a 30-minute closed-door meeting. The two said they discussed job expansion, road projects and local crime in that time. Parson highlighted the importance of the two working
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A Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman said the district is happy with its overall performance in data released by the state Thursday. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Thursday released Annual Progress Reports for school districts, which are used to determine districts’ accreditation status. The reports look at performance measures such as standardized
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