News

A Jefferson City man was charged Tuesday after allegedly crashing into a Jefferson City police officer’s patrol car while drunk. Sulaimaan Habeel is charged with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of a crash and resisting arrest. ABC 17 News obtained court documents that claim Habeel struck the patrol vehicle parked in the 1000 block

A drop-off recycling center in Columbia will be unavailable starting Wednesday April 13 until the week of April 18. Repairs are being made to the Moser’s parking lot on Keene street. The recycling containers will be temporarily removed during this time. The city hopes to have the recycling containers back the week of April 18

The MU Operations department announced Tuesday it would eliminate 53.5 positions due to expected budget cuts in fiscal year 2017. In a memo to MU faculty and staff, Vice Chancellor for Operations Gary Ward said the budget cuts will likely amount to $5.47 million. Ward said those cuts, however, should not affect Mizzou’s academic mission.

Demolition work has started at the site where Quinton’s Bar and Deli and Britches clothing store once opened for business in downtown Columbia. A city spokesperson told ABC 17 News developer Fields Holdings picked up its demolition permit Monday. The developer wants to build a new ten-story residential and retail building on the lot. Demolition

OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, confirmed to ABC 17 on Thursday that it will be taking over the investigation. A worker at a workshop in Fulton was killed Thursday after getting stuck between a truck and fork lift. According to the Fulton Police Department the accident happened Thursday morning around 10:30 a.m at Kingdom

A man has pleaded guilty to charges filed after a home invasion in Columbia last October. Isaiah Anderson, 19, broke into a home on Parkside Drive, where police say he hit one of the residents on the head with a gun. However, the people in the home were able to pin Anderson and hold him

A power outage left nearly three dozen homes in central Columbia in the dark Tuesday morning. The outage, reported by Columbia Water and Light, was in the area of Sexton Road and Garth Avenue. There’s no word yet on what caused the outage. A separate outage is affecting around 17 homes in the area of

The Columbia Public School board met on Monday night to discuss the upcoming school year. One of the topics that was brought up was Gentry middle school and the amount of students it holds. The school was built in 1994 and was set to hold a maximum of 650 students. In the 2015-2016 school year

Crews were on the scene of a crash near the connector at Interstate 70 and Highway 63 in Columbia. The crash reportedly happened just after 8:00 Tuesday morning. At least five units responded to the scene. ABC 17 News is hearing reports that one vehicle involved may have caught on fire in the crash. Police

Classes resumed at Southern Boone High School after students were evacuated for a gas odor. The students were moved to the middle school as a precaution around 11:30 a.m. Monday. Firefighters and Ameren Missouri responded to the school to look for a possible leak. School officials said crews found no gas leak and stopped the

UPDATE: ABC 17’s affiliate station in Kansas City KMBC reports police have canceled an Amber Alert for a missing infant girl. Police had believed the infant was taken by her father who had threatened to harm her and her mother. However, KMBC reportsAmilyah Foreman has been located and is safe. KMBC reports the one-month-old has

After a cool day Tuesday, temperatures will start to climb and stay above average from Thursday through early next week. The 30 year average high temperature for the middle of April is 65-67 degrees which we will surpass starting Thursday. Medium range forecast models show a mild weather pattern shaping up for the second half

Organizers of an effort to recall Columbia Fifth Ward Councilwoman Laura Nauser submitted their petition to the city on Monday. Taylor Burks told ABC 17 News the petition has 416 signatures, eight more than the number required to initiate a recall election. The recall effort was started by some Fifth Ward residents who are upset

A Jefferson City school bus driver behind the wheel of the bus that was shot last week was recognized at Monday night’s school board meeting. Members gave an official thank you and standing ovation to Tiesha “Ty” Donner, the driver of bus #28. Donner recounted the day saying, “In a school bus in motion, gunshots

The House Committee on Urban Issues met Monday to discuss diversity at the University of Missouri. UM system President Mike Middleton testified before the committee as did curator Pamela Henrickson and Chuck Henson, the university’s interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity. Committee chairman Rep. Courtney Curtis said his goal was to gain a

A man was killed Friday in a two vehicle crash in Camdenton. It happened around 4:20 Friday afternoon on South Business Route 5 near the intersection of VFW Road. 40-year-old David Ray was traveling southbound on the road when his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a northbound truck pulling a trailer. Emergency

UPDATE: Funeral arrangements are now set for former University of Kansas football player Brandon Bourbon. Bourbon was found dead Friday from an apparent suicide in Maries County Friday after he was missing for six days. According to the Declue Funeral Home website, services for Bourbon will be held in Potosi, Mo starting on Tuesday. The

Due to an expected drop in student enrollment next fall, the University of Missouri announced it will be temporarily restricting two more residence halls on campus from incoming freshman. According to the university’s Residences’ Online Access to Rooms website, both Respect and Excellence Halls will no longer be available to students next semester. A statement

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded late Saturday night after receiving a call that a vehicle was overturned. Keith Hopkins was driving on Highway 40 when he crossed the center lane, drove off the left side of the road, hit a tree and overturned the vehicle. Hopkins was taken to the University Hospital where he

Early Sunday morning, the Missouri State Highway Patrol received a call that a car drove off the side of the Highway 63 going northbound. Landon Anderson, 21, was driving when he fell asleep at the wheel, causing it to drive off the right side of the road. The vehicle hit numerous objects before it came