News

Residents hope to turn a Jefferson City neighborhood into a specially designated historic district, but a local church claims the application’s boundary lines leave out the full picture. Laura Ward, Second Ward city councilwoman and sponsor of the application, says one reason 75 percent of the homeowners in the area signed the application was because

The Missouri First initiative is a low-interest loan program for small businesses, agriculture and more. The loans were rebranded in March to create the current Missouri First program. Since then, the state treasurer says business has been booming and the economy is doing well. ABC 17’s Deborah Kendrick sat down with the state treasurer to

A Gumby’s Pizza delivery employee was robbed while on a delivery run late Thursday night. Police were called to an apartment building on Northland Drive where the victim said Carl Hayes tried to take the pizza without paying for it. The victim told police he pushed Hayes away, but then Hayes tried to physically take

TODAY: We will start off the weekend on a warm and dry note for your Saturday. Partly cloudy skies will help us warm up to the upper 80s for highs, with winds will be out of the northeast this afternoon up to 10 mph, keeping our heat indices in check. TONIGHT: Overnight, temperatures will fall

UPDATE 10:27 p.m.: ABC 17 News had crews downtown from 7:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Friday night. Our crews saw at least eight officers patrolling the streets, and there was a visible increase in patrols. A city spokesperson said Friday that the extra patrols are not just because of the recent shootings, but also because

The westbound Interstate 70 ramps will remain closed over the weekend. The work started Friday at 7 p.m. and will continue through Monday at 5 a.m. Missouri Department of Transportation engineer Mike Schnupp said the eastbound ramp has already been completed, and once the westbound ramp is finished, the Route BB bridge will then close

UPDATE: According to the Ameren power outage map, power was restored to nearly a 1,000 customers around 9:15 p.m. Ameren initially predicted power may not be back on until 11 p.m. Crews had to shut down Interstate 70 at Route 87 to put the power lines back in place. ORIGINAL: Hundreds of Ameren Missouri customers

Boone County and the city of Columbia are using a new report to highlight how poverty is affecting the community, with a particular focus on children. The report, called “A Focus on Poverty,” highlights drop-out rates in Columbia Public Schools and how those rates are affected by poverty. “Concentrated poverty is keeping Boone County from

Moberly residents are cleaning up after storms downed trees and power lines Thursday night. About 1,500 Ameren Missouri customers were without power starting at about 9:30 p.m., but power was restored within about 30 minutes, an Ameren spokeswoman said Friday. Moberly Regional Medical Center was one of the buildings that lost power, but a staff

Police arrested a Florida man late Thursday on suspicion of stealing a pistol and a cellphone from a vehicle in the 500 block of Cherry Street. A man identified by the initials W.F. called police and reported a Sig P238 pistol and a cellphone were stolen from his vehicle at about 9 p.m., Columbia Police

Moberly Storm Damage Video

Boone Electric Cooperative will close one lane of a section of East St. Charles Road starting next week while workers replace power lines and poles. The work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday between Talon and Richland roads, Boone Electric said in a news release. Workers will have to

The Columbia Police Department detained one person Friday afternoon after he led officers on a chase in downtown Columbia. The pursuit ended on Clark Lane and Towne near an apartment complex. The suspect drove through an active work zone before getting out of his car and leading officers on a short foot pursuit. Officers were

TONIGHT: Skies will become partly cloudy with lows dropping into the upper 60s with light north winds to 6 mph. Patchy fog is possible by morning. SATURDAY: We’ll have a warm, dry start to the weekend with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 80s. Winds will come in from the northeast up

The current director for the Missouri Department of Public Safety, Drew Juden, will step down beginning Aug. 31 and will be replaced with Colonel Sandra K. Karsten. Governor Mike Parson announced Friday that Karsten will temporarily replace Juden until he appoints a new director. According to Press Secretary Kelli Jones, the governor chose to replace

THIS AFTERNOON: Skies are continuing to clear out this afternoon, but we’re not going to the clouds totally clear out. Temperatures will slowly rise into the mid-80s, however with humidities in the mid to upper 60s, it will continue to feel muggy through this evening. There’s the potential for a few showers & storms for

A federal grand jury has indicted a sex offender living in Fulton on accusations that he tried to entice a child into illegal sexual activity. Michael Collins, 21, was charged Thursday in federal court in Jefferson City with three counts: attempting to entice a minor under the age of 14 to engage in illegal sexual

A 33-year-old Jefferson City man died Thursday afternoon when his jet ski capsized on the Lake of the Ozarks. Tyrell Anderson was riding in Camden County at about 4:45 p.m. when his 2006 Yamaha jet ski capsized, sending him into the water, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in an online crash report. Anderson tried

The Ameren Missouri scam is making its rounds again in Mexico, Missouri, according to the Mexico Public Safety Department. The scammers will call, representing themselves as someone who works with Ameren and tell the victim they are behind on their bill. The scammer then will demand immediate payment and say an Ameren employee will come

Police in Moberly are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store Friday morning. Officers said it happened just before 1:30 a.m. at the Break Time North location at 1210 E US 24. According to the police report, a man walked into the store, showed a gun and demanded money from the clerk. The