News

The organization, Bikers Against Child Abuse is calling the decision to release admitted child rapist Aaron Fisher, a failure of the justice system. The nationwide organization escorts abused children to court to face their victims, and they even pay for therapy if needed. ABC 17 News talked to two local members from the Jefferson City

The Bach-Yager Funeral Chapel is once more open, after an arsonist’s fire gutted the old church last November. Funeral chapel co-owner John Bach told ABC 17 News the business hosted its first ceremony last Saturday. Bach said he and business partner Vernon Yager were mainly left with the brick walls and floor of the chapel

Colder air will move into Mid-Missouri Wednesday night, dropping temperatures into the 30s by Thursday morning. A surface cold front will move through early in the day Wednesday but the coldest air arrives with an area of low pressure aloft which dives in from the north Wednesday night. A band of clouds will move through

Maty Mauk will return to the Mizzou Football team, according to multiple media reports. Mauk had been suspended since September 29 for a violation of team rules. A Mizzou spokesperson said the team could not confirm Mauk’s reinstatement. He did say, however, head coach Gary Pinkel would address Mauk’s status during his weekly SEC teleconference

A Columbia gun shop owner accused of ripping off his customers is now facing more legal trouble. ZK Guns announced it was officially closed Tuesday, the same day the landlord filed a lawsuit against the owner. ABC 17 News reported back in July that customers claimed ZK Guns owner, Zach Kean, was taking money up

Three crashes happened Tuesday night on Interstate 70 near Kingdom City. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it all happened in the same area and two semi-trucks were involved. So far we know two of the crashes did not involve any injuries, but minor injuries were reported in the third crash. This all happened near

A federal judge rejected a Columbia man’s request for a different method of execution. Judge Greg Kays’ judgement Tuesday denies Ernest L. Johnson’s request for a temporary restraining order against the Missouri Department of Corrections, just a week before his execution for a 1994 triple murder in Columbia. Johnson’s attorneys claimed that the drugs used

ABC 17 News is working to confirm details about another reported crash Tuesday afternoon west of Columbia, after a semi-truck hit a guardrail in the westbound lanes, followed by a car and an overpass at mile marker 98, just past Boonville. The highway patrol was first called at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday about the crash. They

ABC 17 News confirmed more details about a rollover crash reported Tuesday morning on Highway 124, about 25 minutes north of Columbia. The state highway patrol said Carl Shaver, 16, lost control and slid off the side of the road, hitting an embankment before overturning. Nine units, including ambulances and the Boone County Fire Protection

Downtown Columbia merchants between 9th and 8th street on Broadway are frustrated with a mounting trash problem in the alley behind their businesses. They said ever since the city removed the compactor, garbage and boxes have been piling up, leaving the area messy and stinky. City officials said they removed the compactor because a nearby

Columbia school officials alerted parents Tuesday evening after finding a toy gun at Derby Ridge Elementary. PrincipalKristi Shinn sent an email home to parents Tuesday. The email said aplastic, toy gun was found in a boy’s bathroom at the school and turned into the main office at dismissal time. Shinn said the situation was investigated,

Hourly parking will return to the Short Street parking garage Tuesday. Columbia Public Works says crews installed 48 parking meters in the garage. The metered spaces can be found on the first level past the pay-arm. The meters will accept both change and the EZ Park cars. The meters will be enforced 8 a.m. through

The westbound lanes along I-70 near mile marker 119 were reopened Tuesday morning. Missouri Highway Patrol Corporal Scott White tells ABC 17 a vehicle hit a deer, partially blocking a lane. Another car then ran into the vehicle that hit the deer. Both lanes were temporarily closed. There weren’t any injuries. Our crews at the

Former state representative Ted Farnen announced his plans to run for the Boone County commission. Farnen tells ABC 17 News he will seek the democratic nomination for the Boone county Southern District seat. He served as a state representative for eight years. This comes after current commissioner Karen Miller announced she would not seek re-election.

A trial date is now set for a Howard County man claiming to be a Catholic monk. The jury trial for Ryan Gevelinger is scheduled to start January 4 in Moberly. Gevelinger is accused of financially exploiting an 86-year-old woman. Investigators said he tried to get the woman to sell her Iowa farm and give

Missouri Representative Rocky Miller, who serves Miller and Camden counties said Monday night he’s reviewing the Aaron Fisher case to see if Judge Pat Joyce should face articles of impeachment. The accused child rapist who confessed on a video to sodomizing a five month old child was released last Friday. Joyce cited there were to

A Mid-Missouri man was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his role in a 2013 Boone Co. shooting Monday. Ronald Bryant pleaded guilty back in July to a shooting that happened at Apple Grover’s Trailer Park on North Creasy Springs outside Columbia. The bullet gazed the victim’s ear and Bryant admitted to shooting the

Tropical moisture from what was Hurricane Patricia has moved into the Gulf of Mexico and is heading north into the Mississippi Valley. This moisture will meet up with a trough of low pressure aloft, producing rain across Mid-Missouri Tuesday. Rain will start off light and showery as it moves into areas south of I-70 through

Seven journalists and media organizations receive the University of Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. Faculty select the medalists on the basis of lifetime or superior achievement in journalism. The School of Journalism has awarded journalists, business people and media organizations every year since 1930. One of this year’s medalist is veteran CBS

Just about three months ago, in July, Cathy Propst began her battle with breast cancer. “They detected that I had a tumor,” she said. Propst was a patient at St. Mary’s hospital in Jefferson City. She worked with physician Dr. Anne Petersen. Petersen told her she would need a lumpectomy. During a lumpectomy, surgeons attempt