Rain throughout the morning Thursday caused more than 20 rain-related car crashes on state roads in mid-Missouri, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F Sgt. Scott White said. By mid-afternoon, Boone County first responders had been sent to nearly a dozen crashes, online dispatch records showed. And public safety organizations hope drivers exercise caution for the
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Columbia is prepping for winter and will showcase the winter weather facilities at the annual Snow Palooza open house Thursday. During the event the city opened up its winter weather facilities and equipment for the public to get an up close look and talk about snow-fighting operations with engineers, plow drivers and support personnel. “Winter
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A Centralia woman is in the Boone County Jail facing extradition to California on two felony counts related to a child custody dispute. Boone County deputies arrested Lisa Ann Hoeppner on Sept. 20 on an extradition warrant out of Shasta County, California, two days after charges were filed against her in that state, according to
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A well-known local Democrat said Thursday that she will seek a state Senate seat, setting up a primary in the race for the 19th District. Judy Baker, a former state representative who lives in Columbia, in a news release announced her campaign for the seat currently held by Republican Caleb Rowden. The district covers Boone
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ABC 17 News’ Behind the Kitchen Door looked at health inspection reports for Boone County businesses for the month of September. Below are the findings from that review. If an eatery did not have a reinspection date, all critical violations were corrected while the inspector was at the establishment conducting the inspection. Sycamore 9/30, all
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Authorities confirmed a house and two vehicles were hit by gunfire Thursday morning in the 3300 block of Dove Drive in Columbia. Columbia police blocked off Dove Drive at Elk Drive just after 3:30 a.m. Police said there are multiple people detained for questioning at this time. No one was hurt in the incident. At
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The Columbia Police Department took one person into custody on Wednesday night after the suspect led police on a chase in Columbia. Police originally tried to pull over Caleb M. Johnson, 20, of Prairie Home, and Johnson allegedly did not pull over and sped away. At one point, Johnson got out of the car at
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A large company in Columbia will now be paying its full amount of real property taxes after a 10-year period. ABC Laboratories, Inc., now known as Eurofins, paid 50 percent in real estate property taxes as part of a chapter 100 bond. Several representatives from Regional Economic Development, Inc. updated the Columbia Public Schools finance
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UPDATE: The crash cleared and the road reopened before 7 p.m. ORIGINAL: Right now emergency crews are on the scene of a crash in downtown Columbia. The Columbia Fire Department was dispatched to Fifth and Walnut at 6:19 p.m. for a wreck. ABC 17 News crews also saw two ambulances at the scene. Traffic heading
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A University of Missouri basketball player is back with the team after serving a suspension. A team spokesman said in an email Wednesday that Torrence Watson has served a suspension and has been reinstated. The spokesman said the team has no further comment. MUPD spokeswoman Sara Diedrich said Watson was issued a citation in the
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A mobile medical marijuana certification van dubbed the “Cannabus” was stopping in Columbia Wednesday. The “special mobile certification event” is being put on by organizations called Health City MD, a Brentwood-based company and The Cannabus MD and offers $125 physician certifications, which are necessary for medical marijuana cards. Dr. Zinia Thomas, the Cannabus MD said,
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A box truck hit a utility pole on a Columbia street Wednesday, blocking the road for less than an hour. Firefighters and medics were sent at about 11:15 a.m. to the call at Ammonette Street and Old 63 in east Columbia and the truck hit a pole, taking down wires, emergency radio traffic indicated. Dispatchers
Continue ReadingMore police officers will be on the streets in Columbia this weekend. The Columbia Police Department will increase foot patrols downtown and in the East campus area for the University of Missouri’s Homecoming festivities, CPD spokesman Jeff Pitts said. While there will be more officers on the streets, bars and nightclubs in Columbia are not
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U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said federal agencies, including the Senate, should continue overseeing agreements between U.S. schools and a Chinese education group. Hawley (R-Missouri) told ABC 17 News on Tuesday that he still has concerns about the University of Missouri’s partnership with the Confucius Institute, a subsidiary of China’s Ministry of Education. The University of
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The University of Missouri announced the school is looking for the next vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity. On Tuesday, MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright said the university started a nationwide search for the position. NaTusha Davis has been serving as interim vice chancellor in that role since July. The search comes after the first
Continue ReadingThe advent of cold temperatures also means an increased risk at home as people start firing up their furnaces for the first time. According to the City of Columbia’s 911 dispatch records, 142 residential house fires and 187 carbon monoxide alarm calls were reported in the last year. Fire calls peaked in December 2018, when
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A man has been charged with breaking into a home in Columbia and wearing the victim’s clothes. According to court documents, officers were called to the 200 block of Third Avenue to investigate a burglary on Sunday. The homeowner told officers he had walked in to find Wade Hulett and Kristina Heaston in his house.
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The city of Columbia has hired a new finance director. The city announced the hiring of Mexico, Missouri-native Matthew Lue with a news release Tuesday. Lue will take over the job, which has been filled on an interim basis by Janet Frazier since September 2018, on Nov. 4. Lue received a bachelor’s degree in finance
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One person was arrested and charged on Monday after they were accused of trying to rob the McDonald’s on Stadium Boulevard last month. Malik R. Cobb was fired from his job at the McDonald’s on Sept. 27, and an employee said they heard Cobb say he was going to rob the business, according to a
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Rocheport bridge work is expected to cause delays on the Tuesday and Wednesday morning and afternoon commutes. Missouri Department of Transportation will close one westbound lane of Interstate 70 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. both Tuesday and Wednesday. MoDOT said the survey work is the first step of the replacement project and it urges
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