Under a new agreement, Columbia and Jefferson City building permit reviewers might be able to help each other out in the event of a natural disaster. The Columbia City Council approved a memorandum of understanding Monday between the two cities. The agreement allows one city’s building and site development department to ask the other for
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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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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
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 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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When the roads are wet from rain, drivers are encouraged to exercise extra caution. We previously reported that Mid-Missouri drivers have been involved in almost 30,000 rain-related car crashes in the past three years, according to records maintained by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Tonya Brimer was driving through Columbia on Saturday and said she
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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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One person died on Thursday, and another person was charged after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 63 and Broadway. A Ford Focus was traveling southbound on the on-ramp from East Broadway to Highway 63 south just before 2 p.m. Thursday. The vehicle crashed into a trailer being towed by a Chevrolet Silverado on Highway 63,
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A Columbia nonprofit will end its relationship with a local church following a Sunday sermon some found hurtful. The Ragtag Film Society board voted Friday afternoon to sever ties with The Crossing after the church’s co-pastor gave a sermon on gender identity and transgender people. The Ragtag Film Society operates the Ragtag Cinema on Hitt
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The attorney for the Columbia police officer that hit and killed a child asked the prosecutor on the case to consult a forensic video expert, according to a letter obtained by ABC 17 News. According to a crash report, Gabriella Curry, 4, was struck on Jan. 4 when Officer Andria Heese, 27, tried to park
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