A widespread phone and internet outage, stemming from construction work in Kansas City, caused statewide issues including an electronic system failure in the Cole County Jail. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said the Monday morning outage resulted in a shutdown of certain systems, including cell door operations. The doors, which are normally operated electronically throughout
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a murder charge against the woman suspected in the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray. Thompson filed a superceding indictment Tuesday. Online court records show Quatavia Givens is charged with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse or neglect resulting in death.
Continue ReadingA widespread phone and internet outage, stemming from construction work in Kansas City, caused statewide issues including an electronic system failure in the Cole County Jail. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said the Monday morning outage resulted in a shutdown of certain systems, including cell door operations. The doors, which are normally operated electronically throughout
Continue ReadingCole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a murder charge against the woman suspected in the death of 4-year-old Darnell Gray. Thompson filed a superceding indictment Tuesday. Online court records show Quatavia Givens is now charged with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse or neglect resulting in death in the case.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Revenue has paid taxpayers significantly more in interest from late tax refunds so far this year, according to a department spokesperson. The department has paid about more than $1,372,059.07 since January as part of the 2018 tax season, compared to $549,468.05, $533,780.73 and $370,306.20 during the same time span in the
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Route AA in Callaway County early Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a truck driven by Matthew A. Spencer, 19, of Centertown, Missouri, went off the road near County 499 and hit a tree. Spencer was pronounced dead at Capital Region
Continue ReadingThe director of Cole County Public Works said Tuesday that his department is preparing equipment to handle anticipated winter weather. Larry Benz told ABC 17 News that crews are working to get trucks ready to handle any potential freezing precipitation or snow in the coming days. It comes after the department’s equipment was strained in
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An attorney for a government transparency group filed a lawsuit against Missouri lawmakers Wednesday over a public records rule that he claims violates state law. “A Constitutional crisis is being whipped up in the state of Missouri,” attorney Mark Pedroli, of the Sunshine and Government Accountability Project, wrote in the lawsuit against the state House of
Continue ReadingA man is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Route AA in Callaway County early Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a truck driven by Matthew A. Spencer, 19, of Centertown, Missouri, went off the road near County 499 and hit a tree. Spencer was pronounced dead at Capital Region Medical Center in
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UPDATE 6:30 p.m.: A CenturyLink spokeswoman said crews restored all services to Mid-Missouri customers Monday. The same company official said the fiber line was cut by a construction crew in Kansas City. UPDATE 1:00 p.m.: Widespread telephone service outages were reported across Mid-Missouri Monday after CenturyLink notified the public about a cut fiber line. A spokesperson for
Continue ReadingUPDATE 6:30 p.m.: A CenturyLink spokeswoman said crews restored all services to Mid-Missouri customers Monday. The same company official said the fiber line was cut by a construction crew in Kansas City. UPDATE 1:00 p.m.: Widespread telephone service outages were reported across Mid-Missouri Monday after CenturyLink notified the public about a cut fiber line. A
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Jefferson City Administrator Steve Crowell will present a summary of the costs associated with the natural disasters that have struck the city. The estimate, which includes the costs of the May 22 tornado and the weeks of flooding in the city, is $4,224,559. In the document, the costs are sorted into both actual and anticipated
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The Missouri Lottery generated $1,400,216,223 of revenue in 2018, according to unaudited data from the program’s headquarters. Of that sum, $306,072,098 was forwarded to public education. In the 2018 fiscal year, $306,072,098 was allocated to public education, an amount that has steadily grown since the lottery’s inception in the 1980s. For every dollar that was
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The Diocese of Jefferson City announced Thursday that President Doug Callahan is no longer at Father Augustine Tolton Regional Catholic High School. Callahan was appointed as president in September after he spent more than 30 years with the Boy Scouts of America. Callahan said in an e-mail to ABC 17 News: “Late this afternoon Bishop
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The Jefferson City teenager accused in the deadly shooting of a correctional officer could head to trial in the spring. A three-day trial for Jahuan Whirley is scheduled to start the morning of May 4. The prosecutor’s office charged Whirley in December with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of
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A mid-Missouri-based utility crew remained in Arkansas Thursday night to help restore the power to hundreds of customers. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative said Wednesday afternoon that four of its workers deployed to Carroll County, Arkansas, after overnight storms on Monday left hundreds in the dark. At last check, Carroll Electric Cooperative, based in Berryville, Arkansas,
Continue ReadingAccording to the Federal Communications Commission, more than 1.26 million Missourians do not have access to high-speed internet, that’s 20% of the population. University of Missouri extension along with state leaders discussed Missouri’s are planning to have everyone in the state online by 2028. The main concern is for people in rural parts of the
Continue ReadingA mid-Missouri-based nonprofit group will no longer put on a Memorial Day air show. The Salute to Veterans Memorial Day Weekend Corporation announced on Facebook Wednesday that it would shut down its operations. The group told ABC 17 News on Thursday night that it doesn’t have the resources to resume operations in the foreseeable future.
Continue ReadingCole County Assessor Christopher Estes appeared in court Thursday afternoon to be arraigned on a fourth-degree assault charge. Estes pleaded not guilty to the charge. The case against the county official was filed after a neighbor accused Estes of punching him in the face over a property line dispute. Estes and his lawyer, Daniel Dodson,
Continue ReadingAn attorney for a government transparency group filed a lawsuit against Missouri lawmakers Wednesday over a public records rule that he claims violates state law. “A Constitutional crisis is being whipped up in the state of Missouri,” attorney Mark Pedroli, of the Sunshine and Government Accountability Project, wrote in the lawsuit against the state House
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