News

The votes are in and Jefferson City voters elected Pam Murray and Michael Couty to the Jefferson City School Board. Incumbent Alan Mudd did not seeking re-election, but incumbent Joy Sweeney did. Sweeney faced four challengers; Pam Murray, Michael Couty, Dan Renfrow and Adrian Hendricks II. Candidates gathered for a forum at Lincoln University last

A line of storms are developing ahead of a cold front and will track to the east into portions of Mid-Missouri Tuesday night. There is a Severe Storm Watch until 2 a.m. for Benton, Cooper, Morgan, Saline and Pettis counties. The storms could contain scattered large hail over 1 inch in diameter and isolated hail

ABC 17 News has learned a suspect has been arrested for the hit-and-run death of an MU student in Dallas over the weekend. WFAA in Dallas is reporting Jonathan Redmond, 31, turned himself in Monday night for the deadly crash. Paul Miltenberger, 20, was back home in Texas visiting for Easter when he was hit

Less than a week after owners of an iconic business in downtown Columbia announced they plan to demolish and remodel, the city council proposed a new law that would halt demolition of certain buildings. Council members are set to vote later this month on the issue. But the proposed ordinance would stop demolition of all

Five people have been displaced after a house fire in Otterville late Monday. Crews arrived at the scene on Vine Street and Grover Street at around 11:30 p.m. No one was in the home at the time, and there are no injuries to report. The fire marshal is helping in the investigation, but there is

Officials at North Callaway R-I Schools confirmed the high school in Kingdom City will be closed all-day Tuesday because of flooding. The issues are only canceling classes at the high school. The district says a pipe was clogged with debris. Workers cleared the line Tuesday morning, and the water is going down. Classes are expected

Monday evening Cole County deputies and Jefferson City Police were searching for a man after he allegedly held a gun to a woman’s head. Authorities were searching near Centertown when the suspect passed deputies at a MoDOT shed and a chase ensued. The suspect was taken into custody without incident near the intersection of Lookout

Police responded to the scene of an armed robbery Monday night at a loan store near the I-70/Highway 63 connector in Columbia. Officers responded around 7 p.m. to Tower Loan inside the shopping center near Home Depot. Emergency personnel initially took reports about an employee who was locked in the back of the shop. Police

A mobile home park south of Columbia that is scheduled to close will be the future home of a new hospital. Abc 17 News talked to Fulton Medical Center, LLC. which said it purchased the property where Sunset and Ed’s Mobile Home Parks currently sit to build a $40 million hospital. Amy Leiker with the

Police in Jefferson City expect more reports, after two teenagers landed in jail for a string of thefts from cars that started late Sunday night and continued early Monday. Jared Hayes, 17, and Charles Clemens, 18, were both arrested after officers responded to a car that stalled at Missouri Boulevard and Virginia Street. Police claim

A fire at a mobile home park in Columbia damaged a trailer home, a pop-up camper and a vehicle Sunday afternoon. It happened on Lenoir Street at Ed’s Trailer Court just after 4:30 p.m. It took crews about 20 minutes to extinguish the fire. Fire crews said no one was home at the time of

On Monday police released new video showing a couple who broke into a condo at the Lake of the Ozarks and stayed there before leaving with a stash of valuables. They were at the condominium for a few days in mid-March, before trashing the home and taking numerous items. The owners did not want their

Jefferson City police cruisers could get new dash cameras. A proposed bill would use sales tax money and drug forfeiture funds to replace the old cameras, which police say don’t even work. “We don’t have any now that are reliable, ” said Jefferson City Police Chief Roger Schroeder. “That’s just kind of a product of

On Monday a Mid-Missouri suspected pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree assault after the death of his neighbor in 2013. Jake Gastler was accused of killing Zachery O’Connor, 30, and seriously assaulting the victim’s father, Michael O’Connor. The attack happened early August 31, 2013, at 1091 Blue Ridge Road off State Road B, east

The former owner of a popular Jefferson City bridal shop heads to trial Monday. Ann Metternich was charged with theft in October of 2011. Prosecutors tell ABC 17 the reason it has taken so long to get a trial is because of all of the paperwork that’s gone into the case. Monday afternoon at 1:30

An unsettled, stormy week is expected across Mid-Missouri with multiple chances for rain and thunderstorms and mild temperatures. Spotty showers and thunderstorms are possible Monday and Tuesday due to low-level moisture being pushed into the area by warm, southerly winds. No severe weather is expected Monday or Tuesday, and only up to a trace of

A 20-year-old MU sophomore died at the scene of a car crash while he was crossing the street early Sunday morning. Dallas’ ABC affiliate WFAA reports that around 2:30 a.m., a black Dodge Charger hit Paul Miltenberger when he tried crossing East Mockingbird Lane, a six-lane street. The car, heading west, left the scene after

A southerly flow over the weekend has brought in warmer air and more moisture for Mid-Missouri. With this moisture a few showers moving in from the south will be possible late Sunday night and into Monday. Monday will be mostly cloudy, but mainly dry with only slight chances of showers and thunderstorms during the morning

A man in green scrubs walks briskly down the hallway at the Missouri Heart Center on East Broadway. At the other end, a receptionist is talking with another man at the desk, helping fulfill the task his wife sent him to the office for Friday afternoon. Before the man in green scrubs reaches the end

An iconic Columbia restaurant closed its doors for the last time Saturday night. The restaurant had its sales tax license revoked, according the Missouri Department of Revenue website. The 63 Diner off Rangeline opened in 1989. Employees told ABC 17 News they were set to close at nine Saturday night, or until they sold out